Comparison

smallbean vs Sapling

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

Head to head
About

smallbean

Features
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Version 1.0.0 - Initial Release This is smallbean. We're excited to introduce your new pregnancy companion. Here's what you can do: Track Your Pregnancy - Follow your journey week by week from conception to birth - See your baby's size compared to familiar items - View length and weight estimates as your baby grows - Watch your progress with a beautiful countdown to your due date Log Your Symptoms - Track how you're feeling each day - Add severity, frequency, and time of day for each symptom - See symptoms relevant to your current trimester - Get helpful information about concerning symptoms Journal Your Journey - Write entries with thoughtful daily prompts - Capture memories and reflections throughout your pregnancy - Look back on your thoughts and feelings week by week Personalize Your Experience - Give your baby a nickname - Update your due date if it changes - Track milestones and development at every stage Coming Soon - Symptom insights and patterns - More journaling prompts - Additional features based on your feedback Thank you for choosing smallbean for your pregnancy journey. We'd love to hear from you! Privacy Policy: https://smallbean.app/privacy-policy.html Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Sapling

Features
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Sapling is your pregnancy companion, week by week, from your first positive test to the day baby arrives, and into postpartum. Track everything that matters, see what is happening with your little one, and feel less alone. PERSONALISED, WEEK BY WEEK Set up in 30 seconds with your last period, due date, or conception date. See your gestational week and trimester at a glance, with a beautiful illustration of how baby is growing inside you and what size they are now. EVERYTHING YOU NEED, ONE TAP AWAY - Kick counter: the clinical "count to 10" pattern with haptic feedback - Contraction timer: auto-detects the 5-1-1 pattern for hospital time - Weight chart: log entries, see the curve, sync with Apple Health - Symptom and mood log: 15 physical symptoms, 6 mood states, with severity - Vitamin reminders: daily check-off for folic acid, iron, calcium, more - Hospital bag checklist: 28 curated items, ready to pack APPOINTMENT SCHEDULES THAT FIT YOU Import the international ACOG prenatal schedule with one tap and Sapling auto-adds the visits: first trimester screening, anatomy scan, GTT, group B strep, and the third-trimester check-ins. Reminders go out the evening before and the morning of each visit. LEARN, WITHOUT NOISE Short, accurate articles for each week. Curated from CDC, NHS, and MedlinePlus public-health sources, no fluff, no fearmongering. AI ASSISTANT Ask anything about your pregnancy: symptoms, nutrition, what to expect next. Personalised to your current week. Built with strict guardrails: the assistant never recommends medications, always defers clinical questions to your OB, and escalates red-flag symptoms (bleeding, severe headache, reduced fetal movement) to "call your doctor now". Educational only โ€” every response asks you to confirm with your healthcare provider. POSTPARTUM TOO When baby arrives, the app shifts: feeding sessions (left, right, bottle with volume), diaper log, sleep timer, growth chart with weight, height, and head circumference. PRIVACY FIRST Everything lives on your device. Optional Apple Health sync for weight. No tracking, no IDFA, no third-party ad networks. Your data is yours. Free to use. No subscriptions, no ads. Pregnancy is hard enough already.

Screenshots

smallbean4 screens
Sapling4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Sapling at none against smallbean's 1. smallbean's advantage is device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.1 vs 17.0). On price and ads there is nothing between them.

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

CostPrice ยท In-app purchases ยท Ads ยท Monetization

Both are free to download. smallbean sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $29.99 per year. Sapling asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard3 real differences ยท 2 level
smallbean versus Sapling: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParametersmallbeanSapling
PriceFreeFree
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo โ€” better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod โ€” betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.1 โ€” better17.0
Further details โ€” not scored
Size36 MB17 MB
Age rating17+17+
DeveloperSaba ImranLe Duc Manh

In-app purchases

1 purchases

smallbean

Subscriptions1
  • smallbean yearly subscription7 Days trial$29.991 Year
None

Sapling

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is smallbean free?
smallbean is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Sapling free?
Sapling is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do smallbean or Sapling have ads?
Neither smallbean nor Sapling shows ads.

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