Comparison

Contraction Timer vs Milk Monster

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

Head to head
About

Contraction Timer

Effortlessly time labor contractions with a single tap from your Lock Screen, Apple Watch, or hands-free via Siri. This free app helps you track duration, intervals, and frequency to identify patterns and know when to seek medical help.

Highlights
  • One-tap contraction tracking
  • Apple Watch app
  • Lock Screen & Home Screen widgets
  • Siri hands-free timing
  • Clear timeline view
  • Smart regularity notifications
  • Private and secure
Features
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Completely FREE to use — no ads, no paywalls Take the stress out of timing contractions. With Labora Contraction Timer, you can track every contraction with just one tap — right from your Lock Screen, Apple Watch, or even hands-free with Siri.  No fumbling when the moment hits. From the first gentle tightenings to active labor, Labora keeps you calm, confident, and in control.  Track how long contractions last, how far apart they are, and how often they come — so you can see patterns and know when it’s time to call your midwife or head to the hospital. Why parents choose Labora: - One-tap tracking — start & stop instantly - Apple Watch app for quick timing on your wrist - Lock Screen & Home Screen widgets for fast access - Siri support for hands-free timing - Clear timeline showing duration & intervals - Smart notifications when contractions are regular - Private & secure — no account, no data uploads Created by a mom, for moms.

About

Milk Monster

This app offers a beautiful and simple way to track your baby's daily activities, including feeding, sleep, and diaper changes. It facilitates seamless sharing of this information between caregivers in real-time, ensuring everyone is up-to-date. The app also provides valuable insights and summaries for doctor's visits.

Highlights
  • Breastfeeding and bottle tracking
  • Sleep and diaper logging
  • Medicine and temperature recording
  • Growth measurements
  • Caregiver sharing
  • Lock Screen timers
  • Pediatrician visit summaries
Features
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Milk Monster is a calm, beautiful way to track your baby's day — built around sharing between caregivers from the ground up, not as an afterthought. Log a feed in two taps. Start a nursing timer that lives on your Lock Screen. See at a glance when the last diaper was, how long baby slept, and what the whole day looked like — in a quiet, uncluttered design that doesn't shout at you at 3 a.m. IT FOLLOWS YOU ACROSS YOUR DEVICES Log it on iPhone. See the whole day on iPad. Glance at the running timer in your Apple Watch Smart Stack. And when your hands are full, Milk Monster works with Siri — say "Log 4 ounces of formula in Milk Monster," or log a diaper without picking up your phone at all. • iPhone — two taps, one-handed, in the dark • iPad — the whole day at once, in a two-pane view built for the bigger screen • Apple Watch — your live feed or sleep timer in the Smart Stack • Lock Screen & Dynamic Island — timers that count while you hold the baby • Home Screen widgets — last feed, and what's happening right now • Control Center — start or end sleep without opening the app • Siri — log a feed or a diaper hands-free EVERYTHING IN ONE PLACE • Breastfeeding with left/right tracking and live timers • Bottles, with expressed milk and formula kept separate • Pumping sessions, left and right • Diapers — wet, dirty, or both • Sleep, with running timers and settling time • Care — baths, skincare, nail trims, tummy time and activities • Medicine and temperature • Growth: weight, length, and head measurements • Milestones and first moments SHARED, THE RIGHT WAY Invite your partner, a grandparent, or a newborn care specialist. Everyone signs in as themselves and logs to the same baby in real time, so you always know what's already been done — no "did you feed her?" texts. Every entry carries the name of whoever logged it, and nothing can be quietly rewritten. FOR CARE PROFESSIONALS Working with more than one family? Keep them all under one login and switch between them. Mute the families you're not with tonight. Lock each baby's home time zone so everyone reads the same clock. At the end of a shift, send the parents the whole day — every entry in order, with totals. THE BIG PICTURE See every range of your baby's days, beautifully charted — sleep, feeds, nursing with left/right totals, diapers, pumping, and a rhythm view that shows whether the days are starting to look alike. It lives in its own tab, and on the web: sign in at my.milkmonster.app from any laptop. READY FOR CHECKUPS Keep a shared "questions for the doctor" list with your partner, follow growth on WHO percentile charts, and export a clear PDF — every feed, sleep, diaper, temperature and medicine for any day or date range — to hand to your pediatrician. FREE TO START Track as a single caregiver with the last 30 days of your log, free. Milk Monster Premium unlocks caregiver sharing, your full history, and trends — monthly or yearly. MADE BY TWO NEW PARENTS Made by two new parents, for the bleary-eyed, beautiful chaos of a newborn. We built it for our own daughter and we still use it every night. Alyssa uses it more than I do, and she still tells me what is wrong with it. A good part of what is in here did not start with us. Care logging came from a newborn care specialist who uses Milk Monster nightly with client families. Other things started as a message from a parent who needed one small thing to work differently. They are here because someone asked. So if you need it to do something it does not do yet, tell us at https://milkmonster.app/support/. It is usually how the next version gets decided. Privacy Policy: https://milkmonster.app/privacy/ Terms of Use: https://milkmonster.app/terms/

Screenshots

Contraction Timer4 screens
Milk Monster4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is monetization model: Contraction Timer at free against Milk Monster's freemium. Milk Monster's advantage is update cadence (every 6 days vs every 3 weeks) and iOS requirement (15.1 vs 18.0). On price, rating, review sentiment and ratings volume 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. Contraction Timer sells 3 one-off in-app purchases and Milk Monster sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 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 Contraction Timer against 5.0 for Milk Monster. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 101 and 36 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Contraction Timer ships an update every 3 weeks, Milk Monster every 6 days. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Contraction Timer versus Milk Monster: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterContraction TimerMilk Monster
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (101 ratings)5.0 (36 ratings) — better
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings101 — better36
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksEvery 6 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree — betterFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple WatchiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS18.015.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size22 MB52 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperPanittha SuwannajangERICK GREGORY JOHNSON

Customer experience

Contraction Timer

All ratings85 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews47 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Milk Monster

All ratings35 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews20 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Contraction Timer

One-time3
  • Optional Support - Small$3.49
  • Optional Support - Medium$13.00
  • Optional Support - Large$35.00
2 purchases

Milk Monster

Subscriptions2
  • Premium$9.991 Month
  • Premium (Annual)1 Month trial$59.991 Year

Questions

Is Contraction Timer free?
Contraction Timer is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Milk Monster free?
Milk Monster is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Contraction Timer or Milk Monster?
Milk Monster is rated higher. Contraction Timer averages 5.0 out of 5 from 101 ratings, while Milk Monster averages 5.0 from 36 ratings.
Do Contraction Timer or Milk Monster have ads?
Neither Contraction Timer nor Milk Monster shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Contraction Timer or Milk Monster?
Contraction Timer ships an update every 3 weeks, and Milk Monster every 6 days. Most recently, Contraction Timer was updated on October 24, 2026 and Milk Monster on October 24, 2026.

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