The Birth Deck vs Giving Birth Explained
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
The Birth Deck
This app offers expecting parents doula-inspired tools, illustrations, and 50 techniques for a more comfortable childbirth experience. Learn evidence-based pain management, relaxation, and support methods through video tutorials and practical guidance.
- 50 labor comfort techniques
- Video tutorials for each technique
- Evidence-based pain management
- Natural solutions for labor hurdles
- Categories: Move, Massage, Mind, Support
- Doula-inspired guidance
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• Prepare Confidently for Childbirth – The Birth Deck App provides expecting parents with powerful doula tools, illustrations, and empowering birth affirmation cards to help women and their partner feel more connected and supported for a more holistic childbirth experience. • 50 Techniques to Comfort Someone in Labor - A thorough guide to labor preparation that covers topics like packing for the hospital, massage techniques, positions for active labor, positive affirmations, and so much more. The app is easy to understand and provides evidence-based pain management techniques whether you’re having an epidural, water birth, home birth, natural birth or C-Section. • A Full Birth Preparation App - Don't have time for a birth education course? No problem! Learn fun, practical, hands-on techniques for a more comfortable pregnancy and labor experience. Expecting parents will discover 4 categories of cards: Move, Massage, Mind, and Support. Choose from relaxation massages to relieve pain and muscle tension to meditations to ease the mind and body and reduce stress levels. • Video Tutorials – Find a video tutorial for every technique in The Birth Deck App so you can easily learn how to comfort someone in pregnancy and childbirth. The author, Sara Lyon, personally guides you through the techniques so that you will be confident using them in the labor room. • Solutions to Common Hurdles – The Birth Deck app provides natural solutions to the most common problems in labor like stalled contractions, back pain, hip pain and slow labor. Use these techniques alone or alongside pain medication in the hospital. Feeling lost in the middle of labor? Just check out Common Hurdles in your app and apply the techniques you see there. • The Author - With more than 15 years as a doula and childbirth educator, Sara Lyon, author and creator of The Birth Deck App has distilled her wisdom into the 50 most effective techniques for comforting a woman in labor. The Birth Deck is used by nurses in hundreds of hospitals and birth centers around the world to help educate families and nurses about reducing pain in childbirth. The Birth Deck has sold more than 25,000 copies worldwide, and her book You've Got This: Your Guide to Getting Comfortable with Labor is used by midwives, and doulas internationally for birth education. Sara's prenatal massage company, Glow Birth & Body, has locations in Chicago, New York City and Oakland. Terms of Use https://thebirthdeck.com/pages/policies
Giving Birth Explained
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Giving Birth Explained is the online birthing class to empower and prepare you for the birth of your baby. Through the videos, you and your birth partner will learn what happens during the birth process, how to build body awareness and how to develop new communication skills. - Access all of your videos in one easy-to-use app - Receive push notifications with the latest news and updates - Access to all of your videos without having to remember your password - Save your favorite posts so you can quickly find them later
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Giving Birth Explained at none against The Birth Deck's 6. Giving Birth Explained also leads on ads (none vs shown). On price, device support and iOS requirement 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
Both are free to download. The Birth Deck sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Giving Birth Explained asks for nothing beyond the download.
| Parameter | The Birth Deck | Giving Birth Explained |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (6 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 6 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 12 months | — |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 14.0.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 44 MB | 4 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | The Birth Deck LLC | Orbis Terra GmbH |
In-app purchases
The Birth Deck
- Monthly Full App Access$4.991 Month
- Card$0.99
- Video$1.99
- Birth Packing List$2.99
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- All Videos & More$34.99
- All Cards, Videos + More$49.99
Giving Birth Explained
No in-app purchases






