Baby Daybook - Newborn Tracker

Review by eFreeware

Baby Daybook is a baby tracking app from the developer Baltapis, listed under Parenting and free to install on Android. It records the ordinary, repetitive parts of caring for a newborn, feeds, sleep, diaper changes, growth measurements and health notes, and adds a layer of prediction on top of the sleep data. The reason to consider it is the combination: a shared log that several caregivers can update, plus a sleep schedule that shifts as the day's naps are entered.

The app has been in the store since May 2014 and has passed a million installs, with a 4.7 average across roughly 69,000 ratings. Those numbers suggest a long-running tool rather than a recent experiment, though they say nothing about how it fits your household. What matters more is whether the categories it tracks match the ones you already keep in your head or on a scrap of paper.

A tracker built for households with more than one pair of hands

The clearest case for Baby Daybook is a home where two or more people take turns with the baby. Real-time family sync shares updates with partners, caregivers and daycare, so whoever is holding the baby at 3 a.m. can see when the last bottle was and how long the previous nap ran. That is the sort of detail that usually gets lost in a handover, and losing it is what makes the next stretch harder than it needs to be.

It also suits parents who want a record they can look back on rather than a single day's snapshot. Daily statistics and reports analyze feeding, sleep and growth patterns, and the data can be exported as printable health and growth reports. A pediatrician visit is easier to prepare for when the last few weeks of feeds and weights are already in one place.

The app covers the whole span from newborn through toddlerhood, so the same log carries into potty training and teething rather than being abandoned once the newborn phase ends. If you want a tracker that changes shape as your child does, that continuity is the appeal.

Sleep logging with predictions that adjust to your baby

Sleep is where the app puts most of its emphasis. You log naps, nighttime sleep and awake periods, and the app builds a visual timeline of the day. From those entries it produces sleep predictions that adapt as you keep logging, showing when the next nap is likely to fall. Reminders are meant to arrive before your baby becomes overtired, which is the point at which settling usually gets harder.

The developer describes the predictions as personalized and backed by expert recommendations, and says they account for wake windows and developmental needs. I would treat any prediction as a starting point rather than an instruction. The value is in the pattern it reveals over a week, not in the precision of any single notification.

A recent update allows a one-nap schedule to be selected from ten months, which matters for parents whose toddler has already dropped to a single sleep. The nap and night logging itself is straightforward bookkeeping, and the timeline is the part that makes it readable at a glance.

Feeding, diapers and the rest of the daily round

Feeding gets its own set of tools. There are timers for breastfeeding that you start and stop on each side, a pumping log for sessions and milk supply, and a bottle log for breast milk or formula. Once solids begin, the app tracks foods along with reactions and preferences, which is useful when you are introducing new items one at a time and trying to remember which one caused a rash.

Diapers are handled with a log for wet, dirty and mixed changes, and the same area covers potty training, where you can record potty times and set reminders. Growth entries for height and weight are compared against CDC and WHO charts, and the recent changes add a table view on the growth screen with PDF export. Teething has a visual teeth chart, and the health log holds symptoms, temperature, medications, doctor visits and vaccines.

Beyond the standard categories, custom activity tracking covers tummy time, walks, playtime and bath time, so the log is not limited to the clinical items. A photo album holds moments and milestones, and widgets plus Wear OS support, including tiles and complications, put the schedule within reach without opening the phone.

What it costs and what comes with it

Baby Daybook is free to download, and it contains ads. In-app purchases are also offered.

The practical question is not whether ads exist but whether they interrupt the moments you actually use the app for. Most logging happens in short bursts, often one-handed, and anything that stands between you and a timer is a real cost. It is worth deciding how you feel about that before you commit to keeping months of records in one place.

The app has been updated recently, with the August 2026 release adding the growth table and PDF export, teething export, improved PDF layouts, corrected-age percentiles for premature babies, VoiceOver accessibility improvements across the phone and watch apps, and the one-nap schedule option. Whatever you think of the ads, the developer is still working on the app rather than leaving it as it was.

How it compares with simpler alternatives

The obvious alternative is a notebook and a pen, or a notes app you already have. Those cost nothing and require no learning, and for a single caregiver tracking one or two things they work well. What they do not do is sync between people, produce charts against growth standards, or turn a week of naps into a prediction.

A second option is a general-purpose spreadsheet, which gives you full control over what you record and how you chart it. It will not remind you before a nap window closes, and it will not give you a timeline without work. If you enjoy building that yourself, the effort may be worth it; if you do not, a dedicated tracker saves the setup.

There are also narrower trackers that focus on one job, such as sleep alone or feeding alone. Those can be less overwhelming at the start, when the sheer number of categories in a full tracker feels like more than you want to manage. Baby Daybook's answer is breadth: one place for feeds, sleep, diapers, growth, health and the small daily activities, with the sleep predictions layered on top.

Where the app asks something of you

Every tracker depends on the logging you put into it. Sleep predictions only adapt if naps and wake times are entered, and the reports are only as useful as the records behind them. During the first exhausting weeks, remembering to log each feed is its own small burden, and some parents will find that the app adds a task rather than removing one.

The breadth that makes Baby Daybook useful also makes it busier than a single-purpose tool. There are many categories to move between, and the parts you do not need, such as potty training or teething, sit alongside the ones you use daily. That is a reasonable design for a long-term record, but it takes some getting used to.

The app is built around babies and young children rather than older kids. Within that scope it is thorough, and the family sync is the feature that separates it from a private log kept on one phone.

A shared log worth keeping for the first two years

Baby Daybook is worth installing if more than one person cares for your baby and you want everyone working from the same information. The combination of real-time sync, sleep predictions and a record that runs from newborn feeding through potty training is hard to assemble by hand, and the free download makes it easy to try before deciding how much of your routine to move into it.

If you are the only caregiver and you track one or two things, a simpler method may serve you just as well. If you want charts against CDC and WHO standards, reminders before nap windows close, and printable reports for appointments, this is the kind of app built for that. The logging is the work you bring.

What's new

Added a table tab on the growth screen with PDF export; Added teething export to PDF; Improved growth, activity list, and timeline PDF layouts; Growth percentiles for premature babies now use corrected age; Improved VoiceOver accessibility across the phone and watch apps; Allows selecting a 1-nap schedule from 10 months.