Newborn Logbook vs CDC's Milestone Tracker
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Newborn Logbook
Easily track your newborn's essential activities like feeding, sleep, diaper changes, and baths. This app helps new parents remember crucial details about their baby's daily routine.
- Record feeding times and milk intake
- Track sleep duration
- Log diaper changes with details
- Monitor bath times
- Simple, one-tap recording
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When a new baby comes to this world, parents' life changes. I know that, as I've been there and done that. There are multiple things you need to remember and, quite honestly, sometimes you just can't remember everything you did for your baby. Newborn Logbook is an application created by a father of Mary Eve, who wanted to keep track of all the feeding times, diaper changes, sleep times and baths over the time. It allows you to record, with just a few taps, the times of: * feeding (together with amount of milk drank) * sleep (you tap once when the baby [finally] fell asleep, then tap once when it's back awake) * diaper changes (and you can select what kind of 'contamination' was in the diaper) * bath times App is free and Ad-supported. For any questions, issues or feature requests, contact me at: pawel@owlcoding.com.
CDC's Milestone Tracker
Monitor your child's developmental progress from 2 months to 5 years with interactive checklists. Includes tips, videos, and guidance on when to seek professional advice. Easily share milestone summaries with healthcare providers.
- Add multiple children
- Interactive milestone checklists
- Milestone photos and videos
- Developmental tips and activities
- Guidance on early developmental concerns
- Track doctor's appointments
- Share milestone summaries
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Milestones matter! Track your child’s milestones from age 2 months to 5 years with CDC’s easy-to-use checklists; get tips from CDC to support your child’s development; and find out what to do if you ever have concerns about your child's development. From birth to age 5, your child should reach milestones in how he or she plays, learns, speaks, acts and moves. Photos and videos in this app illustrate each milestone and make tracking them for your child easy and fun! Spanish photos and videos are coming soon! Features: • Add a Child – enter personalized information about your child or multiple children • Milestone Tracker – track your child’s development by looking for important milestones using an interactive checklist • Milestone Photos and Videos – know what each milestone looks like so that you can better identify them in your own child. • Tips and Activities – support your child’s development at every age • When to Act Early – know when it’s time to “act early” and talk with your child’s doctor about developmental concerns • Appointments – keep track of your child’s doctors’ appointments and get reminders about recommended developmental screenings • Milestone Summary – get a summary of your child’s milestones to view, and share with or email to your child’s doctor and other important care providers For more information and free tools to help you track your child’s milestones, visit www.cdc.gov/ActEarly. *This milestone checklist is not a substitute for a standardized, validated developmental screening tool. These developmental milestones show what most children (75% or more) can do by each age. Subject matter experts selected these milestones based on available data and expert consensus. CDC does not collect or share any personal information that can be used to identify you or your child.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Newborn Logbook at 100% against CDC's Milestone Tracker's 62%. Newborn Logbook also leads on iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.1). CDC's Milestone Tracker's advantage is monetization model (free vs ad-supported). On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Newborn Logbook ships an update every 9 months, CDC's Milestone Tracker every 6 months. The most recent releases landed on October 6, 2026 and October 22, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Newborn Logbook | CDC's Milestone Tracker |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 4.9 (11K ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 61.7% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | — | 11K — better |
| Update frequency | Every 9 months | Every 6 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 15.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 11 MB | 61 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Pawel Maczewski | Centers For Disease Control and Prevention |
Customer experience
Newborn Logbook
CDC's Milestone Tracker
Bugs and requests
Newborn Logbook
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
CDC's Milestone Tracker
Reported bugs
4 issues- Incorrect age display for children
- Milestone checklist reset after app updates
- Reference videos not working as expected
- Inability to input child's exact age or prematurity details
Requested features
5 requests- Ability to sync data between multiple devices
- Option to track milestones beyond early childhood
- Integration with other child health and development apps
- More customization options for milestone tracking
- Improved data visualization and reporting
In-app purchases
Newborn Logbook
No in-app purchases
CDC's Milestone Tracker
No in-app purchases



