MamaCare vs Sapling
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
MamaCare
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MamaCare is your ultimate pregnancy companion, designed to guide you through every step of your journey. Track your baby's development, log your symptoms, count kicks, monitor your vitals, and stay organized with upcoming appointments. Get access to personalized insights, expert-reviewed articles, and connect with specialists like midwives and nutritionists. With MamaCare, you'll feel informed, supported, and confident as you prepare for your baby's arrival. MamaCare Premium features (specialist access, weekly insights, exercises & nutrition library, tracking & birth plan) require an auto-renewable subscription: $9.99/month or $59.99/year with a 7-day free trial. Payment is charged to your Apple ID account. The subscription auto-renews unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel anytime in your App Store account settings. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://lateral-rib-20d.notion.site/PRIVACY_POLICY-384f936192e980c58f62c836aaf90f8c
Sapling
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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 — 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.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Sapling at none against MamaCare's 2. MamaCare's advantage is iOS requirement (15.1 vs 17.0). On price, ads 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
Both are free to download. MamaCare sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month. Sapling asks for nothing beyond the download.
| Parameter | MamaCare | Sapling |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 45 MB | 17 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Ayoub Aitbelhaj | Le Duc Manh |
In-app purchases
MamaCare
- MamaCare Monthly$9.991 Month
- MamaCare Yearly7 Days trial$59.991 Year
Sapling
No in-app purchases









