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BabyCenter
Comprehensive pregnancy and baby information app
As of 30 August 2026, BabyCenter is free to use. BabyCenter is an all-in-one pregnancy and baby app providing week-by-week development information, baby tracking, parenting tips, and expert advice. Softwr lists it under Parenting. BabyCenter is launched in 1997, available on Web, iOS, Android.
Overview
What BabyCenter does
BabyCenter is an all-in-one pregnancy and baby app providing week-by-week development information, baby tracking, parenting tips, and expert advice. It includes pregnancy calculators, baby milestone tracking, and a large community of parents. BabyCenter helps families navigate every stage of parenthood.
What people use it for
- Pregnancy information
- Baby tracking
- Community support
- Health information
The honest half
Where it falls short
Concrete and checkable, so you can decide whether any of them matter to you. This is the half of a review a vendor will not write about BabyCenter.
- BabyCenter is free to use with no subscription tier of its own, monetising through advertising and partnerships rather than a user fee
Cross-shopped
What people choose instead of BabyCenter
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Pricing
What BabyCenter costs
Taken from the vendor's own pricing page. Prices move, so check before you buy.
Free
Free
- Week-by-week updates
- Baby tracker
- Community forums
- Expert articles
- Growth charts
Capabilities
Features
Week-by-week pregnancy updates
Baby development tracker
Milestone tracking
Parenting tips
Expert articles
Community forums
Growth charts
Vaccine schedules
Health apps
Integration with Health apps
Photo storage
Integration with Photo storage
Data privacy
Data privacy security feature
Secure servers
Secure servers security feature
Behind it
Who makes BabyCenter
- Company
- BabyCenter
- Based in
- San Francisco, CA
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Where to go from BabyCenter
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Best Parenting software for
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- Sprout Baby
- The Wonder Weeks
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