Software · head to head
Tiny Beans vs Glow Baby
The short version
- Each has a real cost: Tiny Beans the free Tinybeans plan is capped at 20 uploads per month and 5GB of storage; Glow Baby glow Premium is $59.99 a year after a 7 day free trial and is required for the GlowGPT health assistant, advanced analytics, comparative health insights and an ad free experience
- They diverge on capability: Tiny Beans covers Private photo sharing, Glow Baby covers Nursing & bottle tracking.
Where they differ
Only the attributes on which Tiny Beans and Glow Baby actually diverge.
| Attribute | Tiny Beans | Glow Baby |
|---|---|---|
| Platforms | Ios, Android, Web | Ios, Android |
| Founded | 2012 | 2013 |
Identical on both: starting price (Free), pricing model (freemium), free tier (Yes), user rating (Not yet rated), category (Unknown).
What each one covers
Drawn from each product's published feature list. An absence here means we hold no record of it - not that the product lacks it.
Only in Tiny Beans
- Private photo sharing
- Video sharing
- Daily email digests
- Child timelines
- Comments & reactions
- Print products
- Memory search
- Apple Photos
Only in Glow Baby
- Nursing & bottle tracking
- Pumping log
- Diaper tracking
- Sleep tracking
- Growth tracking
- Multiple caregivers
- Breast pump sync
- Apple Health
Both cover
- Milestone tracking
- Data encryption
- Cloud deployment
- Ios support
- Android support
- English language support
What people use each for
The jobs each tool is most often brought in to do.
Tiny Beans
- Keeping a private family photo and video journal organised by datenot Glow Baby
- Sharing baby photos with invited grandparents and relatives onlynot Glow Baby
- Turning saved moments into printed photo booksnot Glow Baby
Glow Baby
- Tracking ovulation, pregnancy and newborn care across linked appsnot Tiny Beans
- Building a baby registry and logging feeding and sleep for a newbornnot Tiny Beans
Where each one falls short
Documented limitations, not opinions. Every one is a constraint you would hit in normal use.
Tiny Beans
- The free Tinybeans plan is capped at 20 uploads per month and 5GB of storage
- The free plan shows ads; an ad-free experience requires Tinybeans+
- A second user account to share the journal is a Tinybeans+ feature
- High-quality video uploads are limited to 5 minutes and require Tinybeans+
- Tinybeans+ storage is capped at 200GB rather than unlimited
- Priority support is restricted to Tinybeans+
- Subscriptions renew automatically unless auto-renew is switched off at least 24 hours before the period ends
Glow Baby
- Glow Premium is $59.99 a year after a 7 day free trial and is required for the GlowGPT health assistant, advanced analytics, comparative health insights and an ad free experience
- The free trial has no stated cancel-anytime disclaimer beyond a general cancel anytime note, and converts to the paid annual charge unless cancelled first
Pricing, plan by plan
Tiny Beans
Free- FreeFree
- Photo & video sharing
- Daily email updates
- Milestone tracking
- Premium$4.99/month
- Everything in Free
- Unlimited storage
- Video longer than 1 min
Glow Baby
Free- FreeFree
- Basic tracking
- Feeding log
- Diaper log
- Premium$47.99/year
- Everything in Free
- Unlimited data history
- Advanced insights
Which should you pick?
Choose Tiny Beans if
- You need private photo sharing.
- You want to start without paying.
- You work on Ios, Android, Web.
- You also want video sharing.
Choose Glow Baby if
- You need nursing & bottle tracking.
- You want to start without paying.
- You work on Ios, Android.
- You also want pumping log.
Questions people ask
- Is Tiny Beans or Glow Baby better?
- Neither clearly leads. Tiny Beans starts at Free and Glow Baby at Free, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
- Which is cheaper, Tiny Beans or Glow Baby?
- Tiny Beans starts at Free and Glow Baby at Free.
- Does Tiny Beans or Glow Baby run on more platforms?
- Tiny Beans runs on Ios, Android, Web. Glow Baby runs on Ios, Android.
- Can I use Tiny Beans for free?
- Both have a free tier, so you can try either at no cost before committing.
- What is Tiny Beans best used for?
- Tiny Beans is most often used for keeping a private family photo and video journal organised by date, sharing baby photos with invited grandparents and relatives only, turning saved moments into printed photo books. Of those, keeping a private family photo and video journal organised by date and sharing baby photos with invited grandparents and relatives only are not what Glow Baby is typically brought in for.
- What can Tiny Beans do that Glow Baby cannot?
- Tiny Beans covers Private photo sharing, Video sharing, Daily email digests, Child timelines. Glow Baby covers Nursing & bottle tracking, Pumping log, Diaper tracking, Sleep tracking. Both handle Milestone tracking, Data encryption, Cloud deployment, Ios support.