Comparison

MyPreemie app vs Breast Beginnings

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

Head to head
About

MyPreemie app

This app provides a comprehensive toolkit for parents of premature babies, offering practical information, emotional support, and tools to track development. It includes a guide to prematurity issues, suggested questions for doctors, a diary for documenting milestones, and trackers for growth measurements.

Highlights
  • Pocket Guide to Preemies
  • Suggested Questions for Doctors
  • Illustrated Baby Diary
  • Growth Trackers (Weight, Length, Head Size)
  • Remember to Ask/Do Lists
  • Share Progress via Email/Facebook
  • Treasured Mementos Checklist
Features
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In English or Spanish, depending on your phone’s setting. MyPreemie is a complete toolkit for the unique practical and emotional needs of families of premature babies. “I love this app.... it’s an invaluable tool for the NICU parent.” - Twinstuff.com “I would strongly urge neonatologists and neonatal nurse practitioners to suggest MyPreemie to any family ...to help them navigate the turbulent waters of the NICU experience.” - Alan Spitzer, MD. “Great looking app with tons of information and advice to ask doctors....I already feel better about having a premature baby with this app. I highly recommend. ” - customer review (by Airlinejoe) “Those questions you meant to ask the doctor, but forgot—the answers are in here and they’re easy to find. The layout is beautiful, and once you see the diary you want to start using it. But the most important part is that all the information you need is easy to get hold of. Totally recommended! - customer review (by PreemieDad) “My preemie app is the best tool to jot down all the little milestones that happen. ... then at the end of the day I send my diary by email through the app to the grandparents to know all about their new grandson’s progress. Highly recommend this app!” - customer review (by grbnvcdnc) “This app is beautifully made, and has made tracking my preemies’ progress easy. I love all the features....Thank you so much for creating this app!” - customer review (by MMLFamily) FEATURES: - Pocket Guide to Preemies—information on over a hundred health, developmental, and parenting issues of prematurity - Suggested Questions—to help you ask doctors and nurses about your baby - Our Diary—a beautifully illustrated Baby Book with prompts focusing on the experience of prematurity, to make it easy for you to document daily events, your feelings, and photos - Trackers—records your baby’s daily weight, length, and head size and shows where your baby’s growth falls on preemie growth charts - Remember to Ask List—automatically logs the Suggested Questions you tag, with space to add your own, so they’re handy when the doctor comes around. - Remember to Do List—keeps your tasks organized - Treasured Mementos—a checklist of objects for you to gather as precious keepsakes - Share—Easily update family and friends by sharing any page of MyPreemie by email or Facebook. You can also print pages as PDF to save - Contents by the authors of the acclaimed book, PREEMIES: The Essential Guide for Parents of Premature Babies.

About

Breast Beginnings

This app offers resources and support for mothers to learn about breastfeeding. It covers preparation for a new baby and common challenges faced during the first two months of a baby's life.

Highlights
  • Breastfeeding preparation resources
  • Support for new mothers
  • Information on common challenges
  • Guidance for baby's second month
  • Maternal health support
Features
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The BreastBeginnings app was created to help mothers be successful in breastfeeding. It provides resources and support in learning about breastfeeding in preparation in preparation for a new baby, as well as the most common challenges that mothers face when breastfeeding throughout a baby's second month of life.

Screenshots

MyPreemie app4 screens
Breast Beginnings4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Breast Beginnings at 4.5 against MyPreemie app's 3.5. Breast Beginnings also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 66%) and iOS requirement (11.0 vs 15.6). MyPreemie app's advantage is update cadence (every 5 months vs every 21 months) and ratings volume (60 vs 13). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Breast Beginnings holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 3.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 60 and 13 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 66% of MyPreemie app's written reviews are positive against 100% of Breast Beginnings's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

MyPreemie app ships an update every 5 months, Breast Beginnings every 21 months. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
MyPreemie app versus Breast Beginnings: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMyPreemie appBreast Beginnings
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.5 (60 ratings)4.5 (13 ratings) — better
Positive reviews65.9% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings60 — better13
Update frequencyEvery 5 months — betterEvery 21 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.611.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size46 MB83 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperGraham's FoundationUniversity of Kentucky

Customer experience

MyPreemie app

All ratings59 ratings
Positive59.3%
Neutral13.6%
Negative27.1%
Written reviews44 reviews
Positive65.9%
Neutral11.4%
Negative22.7%

Breast Beginnings

All ratings13 ratings
Positive84.6%
Neutral7.7%
Negative7.7%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

MyPreemie app

Reported bugs

7 issues
  • Weight graph counting down incorrectly
  • Data deleted/lost after update
  • Cannot input past birth dates (defaults to current date or January 1, 2020)
  • Weekly chart tab causes app crash
  • Scrolling bug preventing input of name
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  • Guide feature shuts down the app
  • Headings in tips section not visible without clicking

Requested features

8 requests
  • Ability to link accounts across multiple phones
  • Save as PDFs for printing
  • Export journal pages as images
  • Extend growth charts beyond one year
  • Change time span for graphs
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  • Ability to log in to access babies' data from multiple devices
  • Change appearance/remove artwork
  • Make journal exportable into a book

Breast Beginnings

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

MyPreemie app

No in-app purchases

None

Breast Beginnings

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is MyPreemie app free?
MyPreemie app is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Breast Beginnings free?
Breast Beginnings is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, MyPreemie app or Breast Beginnings?
Breast Beginnings is rated higher. MyPreemie app averages 3.5 out of 5 from 60 ratings, while Breast Beginnings averages 4.5 from 13 ratings.
Do MyPreemie app or Breast Beginnings have ads?
Neither MyPreemie app nor Breast Beginnings shows ads.
Which is updated more often, MyPreemie app or Breast Beginnings?
MyPreemie app ships an update every 5 months, and Breast Beginnings every 21 months. Most recently, MyPreemie app was updated on November 1, 2026 and Breast Beginnings on November 3, 2026.

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