Comparison

Pipkin vs Basic Baby Tracker

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

Head to head
About

Pipkin

Features
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Pipkin is the baby tracker that doesn't paywall the basics, never loses an entry, and shows its work. Track every sleep, feed, diaper, growth measurement and milestone — free, forever. We put it in writing: a dated pledge that tracking never goes behind a paywall. WHY PARENTS SWITCH TO PIPKIN Free means free. All tracking is free for good - no trial timer on the basics, no "Plus vs Premium" maze, no surprise charge. Never lose an entry. Pipkin is local-first and saves to your own iCloud. No account, no password, no spinner - your log lives on your iPhone and in your iCloud, not on our servers. Logging in one tap. Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets, a Live Activity timer in the Dynamic Island, Siri, and a quick-add box you can type or speak ("120ml bottle"). Wet, dirty, mixed and dry diapers are each one tap - yes, mixed is back. Both parents, one baby, in sync. Invite the other parent with a QR scan or a link - no second account. One Plus covers you both, never per person. WHAT MAKES PIPKIN DIFFERENT Most trackers just store what happened. Pipkin tells you what's changing. Know when things change. Pipkin names sleep regressions and developmental leaps - the 4-month change, the 8/12/18-month windows - when your baby's own logs confirm them, and shows what parents often try. A gentle heads-up, never 3am anxiety. Predictions that show their reasoning. A plain-English "today's rhythm" - your next nap, feed and wind-down - from your baby's last wake and personal averages, blended with age norms. Every prediction shows the maths. No black box. No AI sleep coach. Patterns no other tracker shows. Pipkin surfaces real relationships in your own data - "your longest nights tend to follow 3-nap days" - held to a high statistical bar. Never junk correlations, never advice. Trends that wait to be sure. A trend is only named once it has held for three weeks, so you see signal, not noise. YOUR DATA, YOURS Free WHO growth curves, CSV export of every entry, and a one-tap PDF for your pediatrician. Log teething, illness, a fever or travel so a rough patch has an honest explanation. PRIVACY BY DESIGN No trackers, no ad-tech. Only anonymous, aggregated counts ever leave your device - never your child's data. Predictions are rule-based and auditable, not an AI guessing about your baby. PLUS, FAIRLY Tracking is always free. Plus unlocks the change alerts, deep insights, correlations, WHO percentiles on your growth charts, and predictive nap and feed reminders. Pipkin Plus is $5.99/month or $34.99/year, in your local App Store currency, with a 7-day free trial for new subscribers. Your Apple ID is charged when the trial ends unless you cancel at least 24 hours before - and we remind you first. Cancel anytime in Settings. The price you start at is the price you keep - we never raise it on you. One Plus covers both parents. iPhone-only, and proud of it. We'd rather be excellent on one platform than mediocre on three. Privacy policy: https://pipkin.app/privacy · Terms: https://pipkin.app/terms

About

Basic Baby Tracker

Easily track your baby's feeding, sleep, and diaper changes in real-time. Share updates instantly with caregivers and view daily trends and summaries. Log entries quickly with widgets, even offline.

Highlights
  • Track feeding, sleep, and diapers
  • Real-time sharing with caregivers
  • Home and Lock Screen widgets for quick logging
  • Offline functionality
  • Daily totals and historical timelines
  • Printable summaries for doctors
Features
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Basic Baby Tracker is a calm, fast way to keep track of your baby's day — and to stay in sync with everyone who helps care for them. Log a feed, a nap, or a diaper change in a couple of taps and see everything at a glance. Share your baby with a partner, grandparent, or sitter, and every entry shows up for all of you in real time. WHAT YOU CAN TRACK • Feeding — bottle (with the amount, in oz or mL) or breast • Sleep — a live timer while they nap, and how long they've been awake since • Diapers — wet, dirty, or both • Notes — anything worth remembering about the day STAY ON TOP OF THE DAY • Today: whether your baby is asleep or awake right now, with a live running timer — plus daily totals for sleep, awake time, feeds, and diapers • History: a clean timeline you can filter by type • Reports: day-by-day trends and a 24-hour "day view" of feeds, sleep, and diapers LOG WITHOUT OPENING THE APP Add the Home Screen or Lock Screen widget and log a feed, sleep, or diaper in a tap — the running timers update right there. SHARED WITH YOUR CAREGIVERS Invite the people who help care for your baby by email. Everyone sees the same up-to-date history, so no one has to guess when the last feed or nap was — updates appear instantly across everyone's phones. Handing off to a doctor or overnight nurse? Share a clean summary of the day in a tap. ONE-TIME PRICE, NO SUBSCRIPTION Try it free for 7 days. Then unlock your first baby once for $9.99; each additional baby is $4.99. No monthly fees. No ads. MADE TO STAY OUT OF YOUR WAY • Works offline — log now, and it syncs when you're back online • Light, dark, and color themes • Your data stays private to your household Feeding, sleep, diapers, and notes — simple, shared, and yours to keep.

Screenshots

Pipkin4 screens
Basic Baby Tracker4 screens

Verdict

The call

Pipkin and Basic Baby Tracker are too close to call on the numbers: across 6 compared parameters — price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

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. Pipkin sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $5.99 per month and Basic Baby Tracker sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
Pipkin versus Basic Baby Tracker: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPipkinBasic Baby Tracker
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (3 ratings) — better
Number of ratings—3 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 daysEvery 3 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
Monetization—Free with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad — better
Requires iOS17.016.4 — better
Further details — not scored
Size21 MB59 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperForge 9 LabsRelay LLC (MI)

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Pipkin

Subscriptions2
  • Pipkin Plus Monthly7 Days trial$5.991 Month
  • Pipkin Plus Yearly7 Days trial$34.991 Year
2 purchases

Basic Baby Tracker

One-time2
  • Additional Child Unloc$4.99
  • First Child Unlock$9.99

Questions

Is Pipkin free?
Pipkin is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Basic Baby Tracker free?
Basic Baby Tracker is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Pipkin or Basic Baby Tracker have ads?
Neither Pipkin nor Basic Baby Tracker shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Pipkin or Basic Baby Tracker?
Pipkin ships an update every 3 days, and Basic Baby Tracker every 3 days. Most recently, Pipkin was updated on October 29, 2026 and Basic Baby Tracker on October 31, 2026.

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