Comparison

Before vs Chatterkin

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

Head to head
About

Before

Start your day with a daily Bible verse and intentional reflection. Build a consistent habit with guided steps and optional features to minimize phone distractions. Track your progress and unlock new verses and modes as you grow in your spiritual journey.

Highlights
  • Daily verse reading
  • Contextual understanding
  • Memorization tools
  • Progress tracking
  • Weekly focus themes
  • Optional app lock
Features
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Before helps you start the day with God’s Word.. Build a simple habit: one verse, a few intentional steps, and optional shields so your phone waits until you’ve finished. Your daily rhythm
: Walk through Read, Context, Listen, and Memorize so the passage sticks. See your week at a glance and keep a streak that reflects showing up, not perfection. Review & progress
: Review holds every verse you’ve unlocked. Progress (Premium) shows memorized streak, verses memorized, and a chapter heatmap across Scripture, so you can see growth over time. Modes that fit your life
: Daily verse, Weekly Focus by theme, or Mature Mode (Premium) for longer passages in smaller daily pieces. Free vs Premium
: Free includes Read, Context, your Review library, streak on Home, iCloud sync, and optional kids-friendly context wording in Settings. Premium adds Listen, full Memorize, Weekly Focus, Mature Mode, Night Recap, Progress, and more. Optional: lock what distracts you
: Use Screen Time–style app lock to wait on distracting apps until your verse is done, so “Before” isn’t just a name, it’s a boundary. Privacy
: We’re built to keep your rhythm yours. See our privacy policy in the app or on our site for details. Legal: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Start tomorrow morning with one verse before everything else.

About

Chatterkin

This app allows parents to privately track their child's speech development, from first sounds to full sentences. It visually represents progress and allows for saving voice recordings, creating a keepsake baby book, and sharing reports with pediatricians.

Highlights
  • Track new words and phrases
  • Record short audio clips
  • Visualize vocabulary growth with Chatter Tree
  • Create a digital baby book
  • Generate pediatrician reports
  • Invite family and caregivers to contribute
  • Connect with parent groups
Features
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Chatterkin is the gentle, beautiful way to hold onto every moment of early parenthood — from the first flutter of pregnancy through your baby's first words and beyond. Part keepsake, part gentle guide, it grows with your family: celebrate your pregnancy, settle into the newborn months, capture every word as your little one finds their voice, and treasure it all in a private, ad-free space. THE NEST — CELEBRATE YOUR PREGNANCY A keepsake space for your bump: weekly journey entries, letters to your baby, kicks, and unlimited bump + ultrasound photos — all free. Chatterkin+ adds a private baby-name shortlist to rate with your partner, a family tree, keepsake boards, and a baby-shower guestbook. When baby arrives, your Nest gently "hatches" into their profile — and for twins or triplets, each gets their own. THE FOURTH TRIMESTER — SUPPORT FOR THE NEW MOM Those first months are for you, too — and this whole season is free. A gentle "How You're Doing" wellbeing journal, plus recovery, feeding, and rest tracking. AFTER BEDTIME (Free) When the house is finally quiet, one small question — what made you laugh today? — and thirty seconds to answer it. A quiet record of these days, one evening at a time. TRACK EVERY WORD Log new words and phrases as they happen. Tag categories, capture short audio recordings, and hear how pronunciation evolves over time. WATCH THE CHATTER TREE BLOOM Every word makes your child's Chatter Tree grow, alongside gentle, age-aware milestones across all areas of development — not just speech — using public ASHA and CDC benchmarks. SAVE A SONGBOOK OF TINY VOICES Keep those mispronunciations forever — hear "sketti" slowly become "spaghetti," captured for keeps. PLAN THE LITTLE THINGS (Free) Keep appointments and reminders in one gentle, non-clinical planner — for both pregnancy and baby. THE VILLAGE (Premium) Let your people show up for you. Post the little things that would help — a meal, laundry, a night shift — and share one link. Friends and family sign up with just their name, no app needed, and you get a note when someone's got you. CHATTERBOOK — YOUR KEEPSAKE BABY BOOK (Premium) Turn the moments you capture into a beautiful baby book — birth story, month-by-month memories, favorite firsts, and heartfelt "letters to baby," with your own photos and videos and 10 illustrated themes. Invited family can add letters, too. CARE CIRCLE (Premium) Bring your child's whole support team together. Invite co-parents, grandparents, or caregivers to follow along — and with role-based permissions, the people you choose can add words, phrases, and voice memories too, each credited to who shared it. CARE CORNER (Premium) Work hand in hand with your child's speech therapist or early-intervention team — share prompts, songs, activities, and short recordings back and forth, each one approved by whoever receives it, so you stay in control. BUILT WITH CARE • No ads, ever • Your family's data stays private — never sold, never used for advertising • Designed for parents, not algorithms • Available on iPhone, iPad, and the web FREE TO START The full pregnancy journal, the entire newborn "fourth trimester" season, After Bedtime, appointment planning, and tracking up to 25 words and phrases are all free. Ready for more? Chatterkin+ starts with a 7-day free trial, then $6.99/month or $59.99/year (or a one-time $109 Lifetime). IMPORTANT NOTES Chatterkin is for parents 18+ who are the parent or legal guardian of any child whose information they enter. Chatterkin is informational only and is not a substitute for professional medical, educational, or developmental advice. Chatterkin is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by ASHA or the CDC. Questions? Email support@chatterkin.com. Terms of Use: https://chatterkin.com/terms Terms of Use (EULA): https://chatterkin.com/terms Privacy Policy: https://chatterkin.com/privacy

Screenshots

Before4 screens
Chatterkin4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Chatterkin at 15.0 against Before's 17.0. 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. Before sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per 7 days and Chatterkin sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $6.99 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 Before against 5.0 for Chatterkin. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 6 and 3 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Before ships an update every 4 days, Chatterkin every 5 days. Both last shipped on October 5, 2026.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Before versus Chatterkin: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBeforeChatterkin
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (6 ratings)5.0 (3 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings6 — better3
Update frequencyEvery 4 days — betterEvery 5 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemiumFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS17.015.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size82 MB30 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperBefore Bible LLCMacy's App Development LLC

Customer experience

Before

All ratings6 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Chatterkin

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

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Before

Subscriptions3
  • Premium (Weekly)14 Days trial$2.997 Days
  • Premium (Monthly)14 Days trial$9.991 Month
  • Premium (Yearly)14 Days trial$59.991 Year
3 purchases

Chatterkin

Subscriptions2
  • Chatterkin+ Monthly$6.991 Month
  • Chatterkin+ Annual3 Days trial$59.991 Year
One-time1
  • Chatterkin+ Lifetime$109.00

Questions

Is Before free?
Before is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Chatterkin free?
Chatterkin is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Before or Chatterkin?
Before and Chatterkin are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 6 and 3 ratings respectively.
Do Before or Chatterkin have ads?
Neither Before nor Chatterkin shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Before or Chatterkin?
Before ships an update every 4 days, and Chatterkin every 5 days. Most recently, Before was updated on October 5, 2026 and Chatterkin on October 5, 2026.

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