Comparison

Pregnancy Tracker vs Contraction Timer

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

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About

Pregnancy Tracker

Features
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A calm space for your pregnancy. Lulani walks with you week by week, from the first positive test to the day you meet your baby - with no ads, no account, and no subscription draining you for nine months. YOUR WEEK, IN PLAIN LANGUAGE How big your baby is right now. What is changing for them, and for you. One small thing worth doing this week, and a note to settle your mind. Enter your due date, or let the app work it out from your last period - then correct it when your ultrasound gives a better one. ALWAYS FREE • Kick counter with reminders, built on the count-to-ten method • Contraction timer - tap to start, tap to stop, watch the pattern build • Private journal with photos, for the moments you will want back • Appointments, with everything you meant to ask in one place • Checklists: hospital bag, documents, baby essentials, trimester by trimester • Weight log and a timeline of the whole pregnancy • The warning signs for every week - safety content is never behind a paywall PEACE OF MIND (PREMIUM) • The full weekly guide, all 40 weeks • "Is this normal?" - a symptom guide that separates common from call-someone • Contraction insight: when the pattern says it is time to go • The right questions for every appointment, ready to take with you • A birth plan you build in the app and print or share as a PDF • Export your journal and appointment notes as PDFs One purchase. Yours for the whole pregnancy and after. Nothing renews, nothing to cancel. WRITTEN FOR WHERE YOU LIVE, NOT TRANSLATED US prenatal visit schedules, US screening choices, US paperwork. The birth plan follows the order labor actually happens in, and the hospital bag list knows what an American hospital does and does not hand you. PRIVATE BY DESIGN There is no account, because there is no server. Your due date, your journal, your photos, your symptoms - all of it stays on your iPhone. We cannot read it and we cannot sell it, because we never have it. The app is paid for by the people who buy it, not by advertisers. FOR PARTNERS TOO Tell the app whether you are expecting, supporting someone you love, or doing this together, and it changes how it speaks to you. Lulani gives you information and a private place to keep your own records. It does not replace your doctor or midwife - if something worries you, call them.

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Contraction Timer

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Waves is a calm, one-tap contraction timer and labor tracker. Tap once when a contraction starts, tap again when it stops. Waves does the rest - duration, the interval since the last one, your rolling hourly averages, and a plain-English read on which stage of labor the pattern looks like. WHEN YOU'RE IN IT, ONE TAP IS ALL YOU HAVE Start and stop with a single tap on a target big enough to hit without looking at the screen. No menus, no forms, no setup while you're breathing through a contraction. Lock Screen controls let you start and stop timing without unlocking your phone. KNOW WHICH STAGE YOU'RE IN Most timers hand you a table of numbers and leave you to work out what it means at 3am. Waves reads the pattern for you and tells you where you are: practice contractions, early labor, active labor, or time to go. It watches for the well-known 5-1-1 rule - five minutes apart, lasting one minute, holding steady for one hour - and surfaces it the moment your log matches. BRAXTON HICKS OR THE REAL THING? Short, irregular contractions are usually Braxton Hicks - practice, nothing to worry about. Rather than making you label each one, Waves looks at the whole pattern and tells you whether it currently looks like practice or real labor. SEE THE TREND, NOT JUST THE MOMENT Pattern Insights breaks the last six hours into hourly windows, so you can see at a glance whether things are picking up, holding steady, or easing off. Waves also estimates when the current pattern began - useful information for your midwife or doctor when you call. FEATURES • One-tap contraction timer - a big target you can hit without looking • Automatic duration, interval and rolling hourly averages • Labor stage tracker: practice, early labor, active labor, time to go • 5-1-1 rule detection • Braxton Hicks vs real labor pattern read • Pattern Insights: a six-hour trend in hourly windows • Estimated labor start time • Due date with a gentle heads-up if a real pattern shows up unusually early • Optional intensity slider to rate each one as it happens • Optional paced breathing animation to breathe along with • Auto-stop, in case you forget to end a contraction (1–15 minutes, your choice) • Full history you can edit - fix a time, add one you missed, delete a mistake • Lock Screen controls, where Live Activities are supported • Follows your system dark mode • Works completely offline FOR THE PERSON HOLDING THE PHONE Plenty of contraction tracking happens on a partner's phone while the person in labor breathes. Waves is built for that too - big targets, high contrast, calm colors, no reading required. FREE, PRIVATE, NO ACCOUNT Waves is free. No ads, no account, no sign-up, no subscription. Your history is stored on your own device and never uploaded anywhere. If the app helps you, there's an optional tip jar inside - entirely up to you, and every feature works without it. IMPORTANT Waves is a timing and organizing tool, not a medical device. It does not diagnose labor and is not a substitute for advice from your doctor or midwife. Every pregnancy is different - always follow your provider's specific guidance, and call them if anything feels wrong, even before the 5-1-1 pattern is reached. Privacy Policy: https://waves.klavins.dev/privacy/ Terms of Use (Apple Standard EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Pregnancy Tracker4 screens
Contraction Timer4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Contraction Timer at 16.4 against Pregnancy Tracker's 18.0. On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.

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

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

Both are free to download. Pregnancy Tracker sells 2 one-off in-app purchases and Contraction Timer sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

Scorecard1 real difference Ā· 5 level
Pregnancy Tracker versus Contraction Timer: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPregnancy TrackerContraction Timer
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 2 months—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS18.016.4 — better
Further details — not scored
Size25 MB59 MB
Age rating17+17+
DeveloperAdam NeumannArmands Klavins

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Pregnancy Tracker

One-time2
  • Premium Lifetime Launch offer$9.99
  • Premium Lifetime$14.99
3 purchases

Contraction Timer

One-time3
  • Coffee Tip$2.99
  • Lunch Tip$9.99
  • Dinner Tip$24.99

Questions

Is Pregnancy Tracker free?
Pregnancy Tracker is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Contraction Timer free?
Contraction Timer is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Pregnancy Tracker or Contraction Timer have ads?
Neither Pregnancy Tracker nor Contraction Timer shows ads.

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