Comparison

Lovevery vs Solid Starts

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Lovevery

This app provides stage-based play and activity ideas for babies and toddlers aged 0-36 months. It offers daily parenting tips, child development information, and expert insights to support your child's growth. Access digital play guides, DIY activities, and milestone tracking to feel confident in your child's development.

Highlights
  • Stage-based activities for 0-36 months
  • Daily parenting tips and expert insights
  • Digital play guides with videos
  • DIY activity ideas
  • Monthly developmental milestone information
  • Play Finder for Lovevery toys
Features
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Lovevery’s new baby development app gives Play Kit subscribers daily baby and toddler activities, parenting tips, child development information, and expert insight at their fingertips. A natural complement to The Play Kits, the app includes hundreds of stage-based activities and ideas covering ages 0-36 months to help you feel confident you’re giving your child the best start. The Lovevery App brings you just the information you want, at just the right time, for your child’s developing brain. Tune into your child and connect-making the most of each stage-without an overwhelming endless scroll. Not a Play Kits subscriber yet? Download the app now to enjoy all the features and content with a 28-day free trial. Throughout this period, you’ll have full access to the guidance, content, and activities that subscribers love in their Play Kits. After the 28-day trial period, the complete Lovevery App experience is exclusively accessible to active Play Kits Subscribers, or you can subscribe to The Lovevery App. Home Enjoy week-by-week guidance for what to focus on at every stage with articles, activities, and more. Activities Digital Play Guides-including videos and easy-to-read instructions-for your Play Kits, plus easy DIYs. Play Finder Tap on the magnifying glass icon from the top right of the Activities tab to open Play Finder. Point your camera at any Lovevery plaything to see fun ways to play. My Child Get monthly developmental milestone information to help you understand and identify your child's emerging skills. The Course Packs Access your Course Packs right from the app for on-to-go expert guidance. Shop Discover and shop award-winning Lovevery favorites, right from the app.

About

Solid Starts

This app guides parents through introducing solid foods to babies using baby-led weaning or transitioning from purees. It offers a comprehensive food database, meal plans, recipes, and tracking tools developed by pediatric experts.

Highlights
  • Baby-led weaning guidance
  • Extensive first foods database
  • Personalized meal plans
  • Baby food tracker
  • BLW recipes and meal ideas
  • Expert pediatric advice
Features
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App of the Day – Apple Best Apps for Parents – Apple Trusted by 6M+ around the world Solid Starts provides you everything you need to know about introducing solid foods to babies with baby led weaning, BLW, or transitioning from spoon feeding or purées to finger foods. Built by a team of board-certified pediatricians, infant feeding therapists, swallowing specialists, allergist and dietitian to guide your child’s food journey. This is your trusted tool to feel confident when starting solids and creating joyful mealtimes. THE #1 TRUSTED BABY FOOD DATABASE IN THE WORLD Learn how to safely introduce 400+ foods to baby in our First Foods® Database. Each food has detailed nutrition information, choking & allergen guidance, instructions on how to cut and serve the food based on baby's age, and videos of real babies eating. Updated by our team of pediatric professionals so you have the latest evidence-backed information. EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO START BABY LED WEANING Easy introduction of baby’s first 100 foods with simple meals for each food to take the guesswork out of meal planning. Learn with access to our library of articles and guides about infant CPR, recognizing signs of readiness for eating, fantastic first foods, introducing allergens, cup drinking, and more.. PERSONALIZED FOR YOUR BABY’S UNIQUE JOURNEY Get our guided introduction to 100 first foods—complete with tailored meal plans that include recommended foods and recipes by our pediatric team of experts. We suggest new foods to try that gradually build your baby’s ability to bite and chew a variety of textures—and explain exactly how to serve them to make the most of mealtime. Common food allergens are introduced along the way, with step-by-step guidance to help you build confidence with each taste. A PEDIATRIC PRO IN YOUR POCKET Developed by a team of pediatricians, infant feeding therapists, swallowing specialists, allergist and dietitian to bring you the latest expert guidance for feeding your baby. BABY FOOD TRACKER Record baby's progress with a digital food log, log foods tried, track baby's favorite foods, make a list of foods you'd like to try later, and track reactions or sensitivities which you can download to share with doctors and caregivers BLW MEALS AND RECIPES 300+ BLW ideas and easy baby recipes, toddler recipes and family recipes. Explore categories including baby’s first meals, iron-rich ideas, and quick breakfasts ideas. WHAT PARENTS ARE SAYING “It’s really the only app one NEEDS to have for a baby.” - Stephanie “Every new parent needs this app! As a first time mom, I had zero idea of how to start solids. The content provided by Solid Starts gave me the confidence to start solids when my baby was ready shortly after 6 months!” - Shelley “The Solid Starts app is one of the most used on my phone, as I’m constantly checking to make sure I’m preparing food for my daughter safely and to keep an eye out for what to watch for.” - Phoebe “You gave me the confidence to do baby led weaning, and also stand my ground with grandparents/child care of how I want my child to be fed and food served.” - Laura SUBSCRIPTION OPTIONS The Solid Starts First Foods® Database is free to download and use. Upgrade to unlock all the features that make starting solids even easier with our All Access monthly or yearly plan, which you can try with a free trial. All subscriptions can be canceled anytime. Payment will be charged at confirmation of purchase. Subscription automatically renews unless canceled or turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage your subscriptions by visiting your account settings in the App Store. Prices may vary per country and actual charges may be converted to your local currency depending on the country of residence. Have feedback or questions? Please send contact us at www.solidstarts.com/contact Terms of Service: https://solidstarts.com/terms-of-use/ Privacy Policy: https://solidstarts.com/privacy-policy-2/

Screenshots

Lovevery4 screens
Solid Starts4 screens

Verdict

The call

Lovevery and Solid Starts both sit at 5.0 stars, but that hides the real split: 88% of Lovevery's written reviews are positive against 47% of Solid Starts's. Solid Starts's advantage is chart position (#32 vs unranked) and ratings volume (45K vs 14K). On price, rating, update cadence and ads there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Lovevery sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $12.00 per month and Solid Starts sells 13 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Lovevery against 4.9 for Solid Starts. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 14K and 45K respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 88% of Lovevery's written reviews are positive against 47% of Solid Starts's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Lovevery ships an update fortnightly, Solid Starts weekly. The most recent releases landed on September 23, 2026 and September 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 7 level
Lovevery versus Solid Starts: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLoveverySolid Starts
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (14K ratings) — better4.9 (45K ratings)
Positive reviews87.8% of reviews — better46.8% of reviews
Number of ratings14K45K — better
Update frequencyFortnightlyWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
Best chart rank#32 — better
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad — better
Requires iOS18.016.4 — better
Further details — not scored
Size116 MB123 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperLovevery, IncSolidStarts LLC

Customer experience

Lovevery

All ratings13,613 ratings
Positive99.5%
Neutral0.2%
Negative0.3%
Written reviews131 reviews
Positive87.8%
Neutral3.1%
Negative9.2%

Solid Starts

All ratings44,631 ratings
Positive97.6%
Neutral0.6%
Negative1.8%
Written reviews1,049 reviews
Positive46.8%
Neutral8.4%
Negative44.8%

User reviews

Lovevery

From 14K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Great customer service
  • 👍 Exceptional tips and information
  • 👍 Helpful for child development
  • 👍 Easy to navigate app
  • 👍 Valuable resources and expert advice

Room to improve

  • 🔒 Lack of permanent access to purchased content
  • 🐛 App crashes and bugs
  • 🐛 Limited content for older children
  • 🔒 Automatic ordering issues

Solid Starts

From 45K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Extremely helpful for starting solids
  • 🚀 Comprehensive food database
  • 💡 Provides evidence-based guidance
  • 👍 Builds confidence in feeding baby
  • 👍 Useful for tracking foods and reactions

Room to improve

  • 🐛 App crashes and glitches reported
  • 🔒 Concerns over recent paywall changes
  • 💰 Subscription cost seen as too high
  • 🔍 Search function could be improved
  • 💡 Desire for more customization options

Bugs and requests

Lovevery

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Articles not fully scrollable
  • Audio unavailable in some podcasts
  • App not opening properly

Requested features

4 requests
  • Add dark mode option
  • Expand content for older children
  • Allow adding toys from other retailers to the app
  • Improve syncing between app and subscription

Solid Starts

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • App crashes when trying to access certain features
  • Search function not working as expected
  • Data loss when updating or reinstalling the app

Requested features

4 requests
  • Add ability to share/sync data between accounts
  • Improve food logging/tracking experience
  • Provide more filtering and sorting options
  • Include more international/cultural foods

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Lovevery

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly App Subscription$12.001 Month
  • Annual App Subscription$107.991 Year
13 purchases

Solid Starts

Subscriptions13
  • Premium Access$2.991 Month
  • Premium Subscription$19.991 Year
  • Unlimited Monthly3 Days trial3 variants$19.991 Month
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  • Tracker$19.991 Month
  • Compass3 Days trial$19.991 Month
  • Unlimited Monthly3 Days trial$24.991 Month
  • Anniversary Compass Yearly$99.991 Year
  • Unlimited Yearly1 Year trial$99.991 Year
  • Yearly Subscription3 Days trial$99.991 Year
  • Compass Yearly7 Days trial$99.991 Year
  • Seasonal Premium Yearly$99.991 Year
  • Unlimited Yearly7 Days trial$99.991 Year
  • Unlimited Yearly7 Days trial$149.001 Year

Questions

Is Lovevery free?
Lovevery is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Solid Starts free?
Solid Starts is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Lovevery or Solid Starts?
Lovevery is rated higher. Lovevery averages 5.0 out of 5 from 14K ratings, while Solid Starts averages 4.9 from 45K ratings.
Do Lovevery or Solid Starts have ads?
Neither Lovevery nor Solid Starts shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Lovevery or Solid Starts?
Lovevery ships an update fortnightly, and Solid Starts weekly. Most recently, Lovevery was updated on September 23, 2026 and Solid Starts on September 24, 2026.

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