Pregnancy Tracker, Maternity

Review by eFreeware

Pregnancy Tracker, Maternity is built for expectant parents who want one app to log the milestones of a pregnancy and read up on what is happening along the way. It comes from Appwest Limited and sits in the Parenting category, with more than five million installs and a 4.4 average across 19,029 ratings. It is free, supported by ads, and offers in-app purchases.

What appeals to me is the breadth on offer. Rather than doing one job, it covers weekly background reading, a to-do list, a kick counter, a contraction timer, weight logging, photo albums and a heartbeat recorder. For someone who would otherwise keep notes in several places, having all of that in a single app is the main draw.

The developer also makes a point of saying this is not only for women. Men who want to follow the pregnancy and understand what their partner is going through are part of the intended audience. That framing makes sense for a tool that mixes practical logging with explanatory material.

Following the weeks and keeping a checklist

The core of the app is the week-by-week view. As the pregnancy progresses, it presents information about the baby and about the mother, along with tips and general guidance on pregnancy. I would treat this as background reading rather than medical advice, but as a way to know roughly what to expect in a given week, it is the sort of thing that keeps a pregnancy from feeling like a blur.

Alongside that sits a to-do list aimed at mothers. Items can be ticked off as they are completed, which turns a long stretch of appointments, purchases and preparations into something with a visible finish line. The developer notes that this part is free to use.

Between the weekly material and the checklist, the app covers the two things a lot of people want early on: an idea of what is coming and a way to keep track of what still needs doing. Neither is complicated, and that is part of the appeal.

Kick counting, contractions and weight

The kick counter is one of the more useful tools here. It records each kick as it happens, so you can keep a log of when the baby was active instead of trying to remember afterward. The developer describes it as quick to use and easy to understand, which matters when you are counting movements over a stretch of time.

The contraction timer does something similar for labor. It times contractions and records the intervals, adding each one to a pregnancy diary. That kind of running record is the practical way to see whether contractions are settling into a pattern, and having it stored rather than scribbled on a note gives you something to look back on.

Weight tracking rounds out the set. The app lets you log your weight on a daily basis, and the developer frames it as a way to understand your weight through the pregnancy cycle. For anyone whose clinician has asked them to keep an eye on weight, a simple daily entry is about as low-effort as tracking gets.

Photos, heartbeats and your own pulse

The app also works as a keepsake. There are family photo albums, and you can add belly photos as the pregnancy develops. Ultrasound photos can be stored too, so a child might look back on them years later or share them when they are older.

The heartbeat feature is the one I would approach with the most caution. The idea is to place the phone's microphone against your belly so it can record the baby's heartbeat. The developer is upfront that background noise can get in the way and that the recording may not pick up the sound. It is presented as a way to capture the heartbeat, not as a diagnostic tool, and the app's own guidance is to see a doctor with any health concern.

There is also a pulse monitor for the mother. It takes about ten seconds with a finger on the phone's camera area, after which your pulse is shown. The developer warns that results may not always be exact, as with any device of this sort, and says the feature should not be used for medical purposes. Treat it as a curiosity rather than a measurement you would rely on.

What you need before you start

Getting going is a matter of installing the app and working through it as the pregnancy advances, since the tools are arranged around the pregnancy timeline.

Two features rely on the phone's hardware. The kick and contraction tools depend on you tapping as things happen, while the heartbeat recorder uses the microphone and the pulse monitor uses the camera. That means a phone with a working mic and camera is all the hardware you need.

The app was released in June 2022 and was last updated in February 2026, with the recent changes described as performance improvements and bug fixes. It is free to download, carries ads, and includes in-app purchases.

Where it fits into a pregnancy

This is a good fit for first-time parents in particular. When everything is new, having weekly explanations, a checklist and simple counters in one place removes a lot of the guesswork about what to keep track of. It also suits partners who want to follow along rather than hear about it secondhand, which is clearly part of the developer's intent in building it for men as well as women.

It works best as a companion to proper prenatal care, not a replacement for it. The heartbeat recorder and pulse monitor are the clearest examples: they are pitched as ways to capture a moment or take a quick reading, and the app itself points you to a doctor for anything health-related. Anyone hoping for clinical-grade monitoring will be working against what the app is designed to do.

If you are organized enough to want a single running record of a pregnancy, from the first weekly update to the last contraction logged, the combination here covers that ground without much fuss. The ads and the optional purchases are the trade-off for not paying upfront.

A steady companion for the next nine months

Pregnancy Tracker, Maternity earns a place on the phone of anyone who wants their pregnancy organized in one spot. The weekly guidance, to-do list, kick counter, contraction timer and weight log cover the practical side, while the photo albums and heartbeat recorder handle the sentimental side. It is a sensible free starting point for expectant parents, whether this is a first pregnancy or a later one.

The caveats are worth keeping in mind. It is ad-supported and offers in-app purchases, and the heartbeat and pulse features are explicitly not medical tools, with the developer directing anyone with a health concern to a doctor. Go in expecting a tracker and a keepsake, and it should serve you well through the months ahead.

What's new in version 1.28.0

Performance improvements and bug fixes for a smoother pregnancy journey.