Comparison

NextSide vs Nursling Breastfeeding Tracker

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

Head to head
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NextSide

Features
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Which breast now β€” and which side is next? It's 3am. You're half asleep, the baby is already crying, and your brain is stuck on one question: which side did I feed from last time? NextSide answers it in under 3 seconds. One tap β€” Left or Right. Done. No timer to start, no stopwatch to stop, no form to fill in. One-handed. In the dark. Fully offline. THE ANSWER, THE MOMENT YOU LOOK Open the app and the Glance Bar tells you two things: which side is next, and how long it's been since the last feed. Nothing to remember. Nothing to calculate. A NURSING LOG IN 3 SECONDS One tap on Left or Right records a completed feed. That's the whole interaction. BUILT FOR 3AM, NOT FOR A SPREADSHEET Night mode isn't a dark theme with the brightness turned down. It's warm, near-black, zero-blue, with oversized targets you can hit without looking. It won't burn your eyes and it won't wake the baby. NO ACCOUNT TO TRACK. EVER. No sign-up, no waiting, no connection required. Logging, history, reminders and night mode work fully offline β€” in airplane mode, at the hospital, on a plane. Your feeding history stays on your phone. UNLIMITED FEEDING HISTORY Every feed, which side and when. Unlimited, free. GENTLE REMINDERS A quiet nudge at the interval you choose after the last feed. Optional, never nagging. FOUR LANGUAGES English, TΓΌrkΓ§e, Deutsch and Π‘ΡŠΠ»Π³Π°Ρ€ΡΠΊΠΈ. PREMIUM β€” LOG WITHOUT OPENING YOUR PHONE Logging inside the app is free, always. Premium moves those 3 seconds to the surfaces you can reach without opening the phone at all: β€’ Home-screen widget β€” one glance, one tap, no unlocking β€’ Lock Screen quick log β€’ Apple Watch app and complication β€” one tap from your wrist β€’ Cloud backup and restore β€” sign in once with email or Google so a new phone doesn't mean starting over β€’ The Premium breastfeeding guide WHAT NEXTSIDE IS NOT No pumping, bottle, diaper or sleep tracking. No charts, no AI guessing, no ads. Just the one moment, made faster. For every mother feeding a newborn: a breastfeeding tracker shouldn't be forty features. It should be one clear answer. Which breast now, and which side is next? Tap. Done. TERMS OF USE (EULA) https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

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Nursling Breastfeeding Tracker

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Nursling is a breastfeeding tracker built for one moment: 3am, one hand free, a baby in the other arm. It answers the only two questions that matter β€” which breast comes next, and how long since the last nursling started β€” and it records a nursling in a single tap. ONE TAP Open the app and the button is already set to the right breast. Tap it. That's the whole interaction. No confirmation screen, no dialogs, nothing to dismiss. IT REMEMBERS FOR YOU Nursling starts you on the breast you finished on last time, so you never have to remember. Switched sides mid-nursling? It knows, and it still counts as one nursling. BOTTLES TOO Log a bottle with its amount and whether it was formula, expressed milk or something else. Track breastfeeding, bottle feeding or both, and change it any time in Settings. A bottle never changes which breast comes next. TRACK WITHOUT OPENING THE APP Start a nursling straight from the Home Screen widget, from Control Centre, from the Action Button, or by asking Siri. A Live Activity shows the current side while you're nursing, and ends the moment you finish. TIME BETWEEN NURSLINGS Measured from the start of one nursling to the start of the next β€” the number you actually want at a glance. BUILT FOR NIGHT A dark palette that won't wake anyone, buttons big enough to hit without looking, and a distinct haptic for every action. EASY TO CORRECT Undo any tap. Change a time or a side afterwards. Delete a nursling you logged by mistake. PRIVATE BY DESIGN Your nurslings never leave your device. No account, no cloud, no analytics, no ads, no tracking of any kind. Export everything to CSV whenever you like β€” that stays free forever. SIMPLE PRICING The first 50 feeds are free, nurslings and bottles alike. After that, a single one-time purchase unlocks unlimited tracking. No subscription. Your history and your export always stay available, whether you buy or not. Nursling is a log, not medical advice. For questions about feeding, weight gain or supply, talk to your pediatrician.

Screenshots

NextSide4 screens
Nursling Breastfeeding Tracker4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is device support: NextSide at 4 against Nursling Breastfeeding Tracker's 2. NextSide also leads on iOS requirement (15.0 vs 26.0). On price, ads and in-app purchases there is nothing between them.

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

CostPrice Β· In-app purchases Β· Ads Β· Monetization

Both are free to download. NextSide sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month and Nursling Breastfeeding Tracker sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

Scorecard2 real differences Β· 4 level
NextSide versus Nursling Breastfeeding Tracker: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterNextSideNursling Breastfeeding Tracker
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyβ€”Every 4 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch β€” betteriPhone, Apple Watch
Requires iOS15.0 β€” better26.0
Further details β€” not scored
Size48 MB19 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperCemal KarabulakliDavid Miguel Vicente Ferreira

In-app purchases

3 purchases

NextSide

Subscriptions2
  • Premium Monthly$4.991 Month
  • Premium Annual$29.991 Year
One-time1
  • Premium Lifetime$49.99
1 purchases

Nursling Breastfeeding Tracker

One-time1
  • Nursling Unlimited$9.00

Questions

Is NextSide free?
NextSide is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Nursling Breastfeeding Tracker free?
Nursling Breastfeeding Tracker is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do NextSide or Nursling Breastfeeding Tracker have ads?
Neither NextSide nor Nursling Breastfeeding Tracker shows ads.

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