Best Gentle Birth Apps

A Hypnobirthing: Zen Pregnancy

Birth Relaxation, Sleep, Labor

Free

This app offers hypnobirthing and pregnancy meditations to help expectant mothers feel calm and confident during childbirth. It provides tools for pain management, relaxation, and tracking baby's movements, aiming for a more positive birth experience.

Mindful Birth

Pregnancy & birth preparation

Free

This pregnancy app offers personalized weekly updates and tailored relaxation audios based on your chosen birth preference. It also includes customizable hospital packing lists, a contact manager, and a contraction timer to support you throughout your pregnancy and birth journey.

Contraction Timer & Counter 9m

Track labor contractions

Free

This app helps expectant mothers track labor contractions by simply tapping a button. It analyzes contraction duration and frequency to determine when it's time to head to the hospital or to understand the current stage of labor for home births. It provides guidance based on standard indicators, but always consult your doctor.

Hypnobirthing: Birth Made Easy

Pregnant Hypnosis Gentle Labor

Free

This app offers a comprehensive approach to childbirth using hypnosis, covering natural births, C-sections, and overdue situations. It aims to promote a relaxed, pain-free, and empowering birth experience, aiding in rapid recovery and bonding with your baby. An introductory visualization is available for free, with full access via subscription.

Prenatal Yoga | Down Dog

Pregnancy Workout & Exercise

Free

This app offers a unique prenatal yoga experience with a new practice generated every time. It adapts to your trimester and allows you to target specific areas for relief, making it a sustainable daily wellness habit during pregnancy.

Made for This Birth

Christian Pregnancy & Birth

Free

This app offers a faith-centered approach to pregnancy and childbirth, providing guided meditations, weekly insights, and a customizable contraction timer. It aims to support expectant mothers physically, mentally, and spiritually throughout their journey.

Freya • Surge Timer

Hypnobirthing birth timer

$5.99

This app guides users through labor with hypnobirthing techniques, offering timed surge tracking, guided relaxations, and breathing exercises. It provides notifications for established labor and can be used during pregnancy for relaxation and practice.

Contraction Timer & Tracker

My Labor Counter & Monitor

Free

Easily time and track your contractions during labor. This app helps expectant mothers determine their stage of labor based on contraction patterns, aiming for a positive birth experience.

Birth Plan Plus

Pregnancy & Birth Confidence

Free

Create a personalized birth plan covering preferences for pregnancy, labor, delivery, and postpartum care. Easily share your plan with your support and healthcare teams. Includes resources and tips from other mothers.

Hypnobirthing Baby Surge Timer

Your pregnancy to birth guide

Free

This app guides you through pregnancy and childbirth using hypnobirthing techniques. It offers meditations, breathing exercises, and expert advice to promote a peaceful and confident birth experience. Track your progress from pregnancy to motherhood with offline access to all features.

The Birth Deck

50 Ways to Comfort in Labor

Free

This app offers expecting parents doula-inspired tools, illustrations, and 50 techniques for a more comfortable childbirth experience. Learn evidence-based pain management, relaxation, and support methods through video tutorials and practical guidance.

ONA: Hypnobirthing app

surge timer

Free

This app assists with labor by tracking contractions, guiding breathing techniques, and offering relaxation audio. It helps users monitor labor progress and stay calm during childbirth. Birth partners can also use it to track labor from multiple devices.

Doula Contraction Labor Coach

by DTT Multimedia B.V.

Free

This childbirth app provides a virtual midwife to guide you through labor. It offers soothing voice coaching, relaxation techniques, and music options to help manage contractions and create a calm birthing experience. Track your contraction statistics with clear graphs.

Full Term - Contraction Timer

Labor Timer/Pregnancy Toolkit

Free

Easily track labor contractions with a simple, single-button interface. Monitor contraction times, durations, and frequency, with saved history and the ability to email progress. Includes a fetal kick counter, weight tracker, and pregnancy reference section.

Neo Hypnobirthing

Positive Childbirth

Free

This program supports expectant parents through pregnancy and childbirth with guided sessions, weekly goals, and affirmations. It offers relaxation and visualization exercises to build confidence and a deeper connection with the baby.

Have a safe delivery

Contraction cycle timer

Free

This app helps expectant mothers track labor contractions with a simple, intuitive interface. Record start and stop times with a single button to monitor your contraction cycle and receive an alarm when it's time to head to the hospital. It offers basic guidance on distinguishing true labor from Braxton Hicks contractions.