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There are tracker apps for everything, from your habits, to your goals, to your period, so of course there are tons of pregnancy tracker apps that all do similar things. Whether you want to know what changes your body is going through or whether your baby is the size of a grapefruit or a pineapple, the best pregnancy apps have features that serve as day-to-day companions during some of the most meaningful months of your life.

“Pregnancy tracker apps are certainly not necessary, but can be a helpful tool for navigating pregnancy,” says ob-gyn Fatima Daoud Yilmaz, MD, a clinical assistant professor of obstetrics and gynecology based in New York. However, “there are so many pregnancy apps out there and the app overload is certainly real, says Yilmaz.

It’s easy to get overwhelmed with options, especially when so many of these pregnancy apps advertise the same services. So how do you figure out which one is best for you?

Dr. Peace Nwegbo-Banks, an ob-gyn at Serenity Women’s Health & Med Spa in Pearland, Texas, says you’ll want to look for features that include a calendar for appointments, patient information on basic embryology, and mood, food, and water intake tracking. Nwegbo-Banks likes the Ovia app (#18 on our list), and says it’s a great app that offers info on what to expect each week and trimester.

Daoud Yilmaz says to look for apps made by reputable sources, and recommends the ACOG (The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists) app (#1 on our list) for the most accurate due date calculator based on clinical guidelines. She also recommends looking for apps that give you trimester-specific information written by professionals, like doctors and midwives, and that link to reputable medical sources online. She warns against apps that claim to monitor fetal heart rate, saying it’s “rarely accurate,” and apps that try to sell you something other than premium features on the app itself, like prenatal vitamins or baby products.

And remember: Pregnancy apps are great, but they cannot and should not replace your actual doctor. Use them as a journal, a symptom-tracker, a log of your vitamins and medicines, and a place to connect with other parents-to-be. But you know your body better than anyone else or any app ever could, so if something feels off or you have questions you’d rather have answered by someone who knows your medical history, don’t hesitate to call your doc. “The only medical advice you should take is advice from your doctor—not social forums and certainly not app developers,” says Daoud Yilmaz.

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So without further ado, here are our top picks for the best pregnancy apps you can download on your smartphone RN. Remember—these are only supplementary to actual advice and insights from your doctor.

1.ACOG

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This app is designed for doctors and members of The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, meaning it’s up-to-date with articles and jam-packed with the most recent and accurate information on pregnancy and birth. These are scientific articles, so they might be hard to understand if you’re not in the medical field, but definitely consult your doctor if you have any doubts or questions about what’s on there.

  • 4.9 stars over 5.2K ratings on iOS
  • 4.5 stars over 306 ratings on Android

Available for free on iOS and Android

2. Flo Period & Ovulation Tracker

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Apple Store

Flo ranks #2 on the Health & Fitness Charts in the Apple App Store and Healthline rated it the best fertility app in 2020, so you know people love it. Use it to track your pregnancy symptoms, follow your baby’s growth, countdown to your due date, and learn more about newborn care. According to reviewers, you’ll get more out of the paid version of this app (different options ranging from $0.99 to $49.99), but you can still access the basic features on the free version.

  • 4.8 stars over 818.2K ratings on iOS
  • 4.6 stars over 2.4M ratings on Android

Costs vary, available on iOS and Android

3. Expectful: Wellness for Moms

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Apple Store

Expectful isn’t your usual pregnancy tracker app because it focuses more on maternal care and mental wellness than tracking symptoms and cycles. Yes, you’ll find some common features like resources and information on topics like nutrition, what to pack in your hospital bag, breastfeeding and lactation, and more. But the heart of the app is meditation, “for every step of your journey to motherhood.” No matter what you’re stressed about, there’s probably a meditation for it on Expectful. The app is also big on community. You’ll find group pre- and post-natal fitness classes, group meditations, group support sessions, and more. The monthly subscription starts at $12.99.

  • 4.8 stars over 3K ratings on iOS
  • 4 stars over 391 ratings on Android

Costs vary, available on iOS and Android

4. Pregnancy and Due Date Tracker

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Apple Store

This handy app features a calendar you can use to keep track of your tests and doctor’s appointments, and a digital diary that lets you track your blood pressure, mood, growth, and more. It also features trimester checklists, a contraction calculator for when you’re ready to give birth, and keeps you up to date on how your baby’s doing in there, from size to when you should be able to know the sex. App costs range from $1.99 to $12.99 depending on membership level.

  • 4.8 stars over 6.3K ratings on iOS
  • 4.5 stars over 110K ratings on Android

Costs vary, available on iOS and Android

5. My Pregnancy

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Apple Store

My Pregnancy features week-by-week fetal measurements and imaging, info on the fetus’ development, changes in your body, a trimester to-do list, a kick counter, and more. But one of the biggest perks (and one that reviewers rave about) is that it’s add-free, making it v pleasant and user-friendly. It’s also 100% free!

  • 4.8 stars over 3.8K ratings on iOS
  • 4.5 stars over 34K ratings on Android

Available for free on iOS and Android

6. Stork

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Apple Store

Stork allows users to input their due date to receive personalized updates each day and week their pregnancy progresses. There's also a built-in social network for pregnant women so you can talk to other expecting mothers, a personal diary feature, a way to log your pregnancy weight gain, a contraction timer for when the big day comes, a newborn shopping list, hospital bag check list, and more articles and tips.

  • 4.8 stars over 54 ratings on iOS
  • 4+ stars over 441 ratings on Android

Available for free on iOS and Android

7. UMC Pregnancy App

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App Store

While this app is targeted for pregnant women who are patients of University Medical Center, it's full of great info for all expecting mothers. There are features that help visualize the growth of your baby throughout your pregnancy with weekly updates and development stages, count baby kicks, and time contractions. There's also a pregnancy timeline that can show you when you can begin to expect to show (around the 12-week mark) and what tests are needed and when during the duration of your pregnancy. There are also articles and tips by Texas Tech physicians which you can use as a jumping-off point for any questions you might have to bring to your own doctor at your scheduled visits.

  • 4.8 stars over 165 ratings on iOS
  • 4.6 stars over 10 ratings on Android

Available for free on iOS and Android

8. ProDaddy

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Why should expecting moms get all the pregnancy app goodness? While there are a few dad-centric pregnancy apps out there, ProDaddy is one of the highest-rated ones for good reason. While some of the dad apps lean towards masculinizing parenthood with lumberjack imagery (lol), ProDaddy offers articles and tips that focus more on equal parenting responsibility, like encouraging dads-to-be to get in on the baby shower, asking and using paternity leave, and more. The tone is a lil bro-y, but it's cheeky in a cute way that anyone can appreciate ("Baby Yourlastname coming in hot in 29 weeks.") There are quick articles and tips for first-time dads, deeper dives on topics that require more time, and updates on your baby's development along the way. The app promises you'll "build your confidence in your path to becoming the talented and involved dad you want to be" and that you can be a ProDaddy yourself after nine months.

  • 4.8 stars over 535 ratings on iOS

Available for free on iOS

9. 280 Days

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App Store

Named after the average amount of gestation, 280 days is a pregnancy diary app that allows you to eventually turn your notes into a book. The free app is meant to sell the service ofc, but you can always sign up, use the journaling service in the app, and just not buy the book at the end. There are features that let you see the development and growth of your baby, track your physical condition and weight gain, and take notes on doctor's appointments and ultrasounds.

  • 4.8 stars over 397 ratings on iOS
  • 4.5+ stars over 35,819 ratings on Android

Available for free on iOS and Android

10. HiMommy Pregnancy Tracker

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App Store

With an easy-to-use interface and color palette, the HiMommy Pregnancy Tracker is a simple app that’s most useful for its checklists. If you want an expert-approved list of exactly what to bring to the hospital for mom, for baby, and what to have at home, this is for you.

  • 4.8 stars over 5.12k ratings on iOS
  • 4.8 stars over 9838 ratings on Android

Available for free on iOS and Android

11. Pregnancy Tracker: Baby Bump

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App Store

This simple app comes with an easy-to-use contraction timer, kick counter, and a fun gradient pink interface that I shouldn’t fall for, but I am!

  • 4.5 stars over 1.7K ratings on iOS

Available for free on iOS

12. Preglife

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It’s not pretty, but this 4.9 rating speaks for itself. Users love the lack of ad popups and if you don’t like the social aspect of a lot of the other apps, this one won’t force you to join a community or share stuff either. You’ll get information on what’s happening in your body week by week as well as some calendar features to track your baby’s growth.

  • 4.9 stars over 3.9K ratings on iOS
  • 4.8 stars over 14,798 total ratings on Android

Available for free on iOS and Android

13. What to Expect’s Pregnancy & Baby Tracker

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App Store

This über-popular pregnancy tracking app allows you to track and contextualize your baby’s growth over time using concrete visual benchmarks like fruit. Precise measurements are…fine. But who’s really whipping out a ruler and scale to see how big their baby is at 11 weeks? 0.25 oz.? No idea what that is. The size of a lime? That I can work with.

  • 4.8 stars over 181K ratings for iOS
  • 4.7 stars over 59,181 ratings for Android

Get it for free on iOS and Android

14. WebMD Pregnancy

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Apple Store

Yep, the hypochondriac’s wet dream of a website has its own pregnancy tracker and it’s actually pretty comprehensive. The app features an appointment organizer, a symptom tracker (in case you want a place to log small concerns for your next doctor’s visit), and a contraction and kick counter (which can be useful in monitoring your baby’s movements and health). Plus, a place to save and track belly photos in case you’re feeling nostalgic but have run out space in your camera roll. There are also weekly articles with topics relevant to the stage of pregnancy you’re in.

  • 4.4 stars over 608 ratings for iOS

Get it for free on iOS

15. Pregnancy +

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App Store

This popular app offers a sleek and easy-to-navigate user interface. You can track your baby’s kicks and your weight gain, as well as learn about your baby’s growth through size-specific illustrated charts and images from every angle through every week of your pregnancy. Short of your baby texting you real-time selfies from the womb, this is probably the closest you can get to seeing what your baby looks like through each stage.

  • 4.8 stars over 33.1K ratings for iOS
  • 4.7 stars over 525,809 total ratings for Android

Get it for free (with in-app purchases) iOS and Android

16. Pregnancy Tracker & Baby App

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App Store

This app features specialized tips that correspond with how far along you are in your pregnancy, like maternity shopping advice when you start to show. There’s also a feature that allows you to talk to other expecting parents so you can exchange support and advice as well as just general excitement for your new bundles of joy.

  • 4.8 stars over 55.2K ratings for iOS
  • 4.8 stars over 892,460 total ratings for Android

Available for free on iOS and Android

17. The Bump

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App Store

If all the other apps are starting to blend together for you, The Bump will certainly wake you up. This adorably bright app tracks your baby’s growth and also offers informative articles and resources like recipes to remind you that yes, you totally have this under control.

  • 4.8 stars over 16K ratings for iOS
  • 4.8 stars over 28,861 ratings for Android

Available for free on iOS and Android

18. Ovia Pregnancy Tracker

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This pregnancy tracker allows you to easily track your baby’s growth, symptoms, photos, and you can ask anonymous questions for other parents in the Community section of the app. Now you don’t have to wonder if you’re the only one who seems to be growing nipple hair like crazy. This app also lets you log pre-natal vitamin intake as well. And while the option to track your baby’s growth via fruit-shaped visuals is an option, you can also change the growth setting to “Parisian Bakery” if you’ve ever wanted to know how big your baby is on a scale of croissants to baguettes. C’est chic!

  • 4.9 stars over 28.1K ratings for iOS
  • 4.8 stars over 123,335 ratings for Android

Available for free on iOS and Android

19. Sprout Pregnancy

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Sprout’s pregnancy app features personal testimonials from mothers as well as articles from doctors. There’s also a neat 3-D baby that you can check out to see how your own baby is developing. The world has come so far from the Ally McBeal CGI baby.

  • 4.7 stars over 9.2K ratings for iOS
  • 4.6 stars over 29,695 ratings for Android

Available on iOS and Android

20. Pregnancy & Baby App — Glow

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App Store

Nurture’s app gives you the same tracking feature as most apps, but you can also link your account up with your partner’s and track your pregnancy together. You can also hook up the app with MyFitnessPal and the Apple Health app for seamless integration.

  • 4.7 stars over 5.1K ratings for iOS
  • 4.4 stars over 22,326 ratings for Android

Available for free (with in-app purchases) on iOS and Android

21. Hello Belly: Pregnancy Tracker

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App Store

This cute pregnancy app offers funny illustrated tips for pregnancy, like this cheeky hint about apples:

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This app is less about heavy medical advice, and more cute lifestyle-y tips for expecting mothers. There’s also pregnancy yoga tips and a really beautiful rainbow 3-D baby that tilts with your screen and is mesmerizing to look at, even for non-pregnant women.

  • 4.1 over 1.2K ratings for iOS
  • 4.4 over 1,967 ratings for Android

Available for free (with in-app purchases) on iOS and Android