Comparison

DoulaConnect vs True Joy Birthing

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

Head to head
About

DoulaConnect

This app streamlines doula services by centralizing client management, tracking, and communication. It offers features for monitoring infant care, managing appointments, and sharing resources, all within a single platform.

Highlights
  • Collaborative tracking for sleep, feeds, and diapers
  • Shift management and client usage tracking
  • Progress review and reporting
  • Voice and picture chat
  • Resource sharing
  • Client management
Features
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An all-in-one tool for doulas, agencies, and their clients. Everything and everyone in one place. Clean, simple collaborative tracking for sleep, feeds, diapers. Add shifts and track client usage. Review your progress, chat with voice and picture, share resources, and so much more.

About

True Joy Birthing

Prepare for childbirth with a comprehensive birth plan builder and tools for every stage of pregnancy and postpartum. Connect with local birth professionals and collaborate with your care team.

Highlights
  • Interactive birth plan builder
  • Plain-language explanations
  • Contraction timer
  • Weekly pregnancy tips
  • Wellness journal
  • Provider marketplace
  • Care team collaboration
Features
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True Joy Birthing is the birth plan app built by a real doula, with plain-language explanations that actually hold up in a hospital, a shared space for you and your care team to prepare together, and tools that carry you from your first trimester through postpartum. BUILD A BIRTH PLAN THAT WORKS WHEN IT MATTERS (1/3) Walk through 9 sections covering labor, delivery, pain management, interventions, pushing, post-delivery, and newborn care. Every option comes with a plain-language explanation of what it means in a hospital setting. No generic checklists. No medical jargon. Just honest guidance from a doula who has been in the room. Interactive birth plan builder with 9 comprehensive sections Guided video walkthroughs for each section Export a clean, branded PDF your care team can read in under 2 minutes Pushing preferences and a personal safe word Postpartum planning built right into your birth plan TOOLS FOR EVERY STAGE Contraction timer that tracks timing, duration, and patterns Weekly pregnancy tips tailored to your due date Wellness journal to check in on how you are feeling Pregnancy timeline with milestones and reminders Postpartum plan to prepare for life after birth FIND AND CONNECT WITH PROVIDERS Browse a marketplace of doulas and midwives in your area. Watch video introductions, read about their philosophy, and connect directly through the app. SHARE YOUR PLAN WITH YOUR WHOLE TEAM Invite your partner, doula, or midwife to view and collaborate on your plan. Everyone stays on the same page, literally. FOR DOULAS AND MIDWIVES True Joy Birthing Pro gives birth workers a professional toolkit: Client management and visit tracking Appointment scheduling and clinical notes Contracts with e-signature and invoicing Shared birth plan access with clients Lead tracking and client pipeline Newborn exams and prenatal visit documentation (midwives) Birth summaries Professional profile with video introduction Free for moms. Pro tools for doulas and midwives. ABOUT TRUE JOY BIRTHING Founded by a birth doula who watched too many moms walk into hospitals unprepared, not because they didn't care, but because nobody gave them the real information in plain language. True Joy Birthing exists to close that gap. (2/3) We don't give medical advice. We don't shame any birth path. We help you make informed choices and give you the words to stand by them. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

DoulaConnect4 screens
True Joy Birthing4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: DoulaConnect at none against True Joy Birthing's 2. DoulaConnect also leads on iOS requirement (12.0 vs 16.0). True Joy Birthing's advantage is ads (none vs shown). On price, rating, ratings volume and device support 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. True Joy Birthing sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $29.99 per month. DoulaConnect asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for DoulaConnect against 5.0 for True Joy Birthing. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 3 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
DoulaConnect versus True Joy Birthing: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDoulaConnectTrue Joy Birthing
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (4 ratings)5.0 (3 ratings)
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings4 — better3
Update frequency—Every 10 days
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationAd-supported — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS12.0 — better16.0
Further details — not scored
Size39 MB57 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperRested IncorporatedKenneth Kohler

Customer experience

DoulaConnect

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

True Joy Birthing

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

DoulaConnect

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

True Joy Birthing

Subscriptions2
  • True Joy Pro — Monthly14 Days trial$29.991 Month
  • True Joy Pro — Annual14 Days trial$274.991 Year

Questions

Is DoulaConnect free?
DoulaConnect is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is True Joy Birthing free?
True Joy Birthing is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, DoulaConnect or True Joy Birthing?
DoulaConnect and True Joy Birthing are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 4 and 3 ratings respectively.
Do DoulaConnect or True Joy Birthing have ads?
DoulaConnect shows ads; True Joy Birthing does not.

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