Baby Tracker and Huckleberry are the two all-in-one apps that come up most when parents ask what to download, and they sit at opposite ends of the pricing spectrum. Baby Tracker (Nighp Software's app with the stork icon, around for over a decade now) is free with ads and costs $4.99 once to remove them. Huckleberry has a free tier, but the features people actually download it for cost $58.99 to $119.99 a year. Pick Huckleberry if the SweetSpot nap predictor is going to change your life. Pick Baby Tracker if you want to log everything and never think about a subscription. And if the breastfeeding timer is the only screen you'd ever open, there's a cheaper, quieter option at the end.
TL;DR: Both apps track feeds, sleep, diapers, growth and milestones on iPhone and Android. Baby Tracker is free with ads, $4.99 once removes them, no account needed, and your data stays on your device (with optional sync through your own iCloud or Dropbox). Huckleberry is more polished and has the SweetSpot nap predictor, but widgets, Live Activities, the Apple Watch app and the predictor all need Plus ($58.99 to $68.99 a year) or Premium ($119.99 a year), and it needs an account with cloud sync. Both carry Apple's "Data Used to Track You" label.
Quick comparison
| Feature | Baby Tracker (Nighp) | Huckleberry |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free with ads; $4.99 once removes them | Free tier; Plus $58.99 to $68.99/yr; Premium $119.99/yr |
| Optional subscription | Plus, $5.99/mo or $49.99/yr, for on-device AI nap and feed cues | Plus and Premium are where most features live |
| Breastfeeding timer | Yes | Yes (free tier) |
| Sleep tracking | Yes | Yes |
| Nap predictor | AI cues with Plus | SweetSpot, Plus and Premium only |
| Home Screen widgets | Yes, for glancing at info | Plus subscription only |
| Live Activities | Yes | Plus subscription only |
| Apple Watch | Yes | Plus subscription only |
| PDF reports for the pediatrician | Yes | Enhanced reports with Plus |
| WHO growth percentiles | Yes | Yes |
| Multiple children | Yes | Yes |
| Platforms | iPhone, iPad, Android | iPhone, Android |
| Account required | No | Yes |
| Where your data lives | On your device; optional sync via your own iCloud or Dropbox | Huckleberry's cloud |
| App Store privacy label | Data Used to Track You, Data Linked to You, Data Not Linked to You | Data Used to Track You, Data Linked to You |
Baby Tracker in detail
Baby Tracker is the veteran of this category. It logs breastfeeding, pumping, bottles, solids, diapers, sleep, growth, temperature, medication and milestones, handles multiple children, lets you invent custom activities, and produces tidy PDF reports that parents hand straight to the pediatrician. A 5.0 redesign in early 2026 finally modernised an interface that had been looking its age, and along the way it picked up Live Activities, an Apple Watch app and Siri Shortcuts.
The pricing is the headline. The core app is free, $4.99 once removes the ads, and there's nothing else to pay. The only subscription (Plus, $5.99 a month or $49.99 a year) is an optional add-on for on-device AI cues about the next nap or feed, and nothing you'd call essential is behind it. In a category where almost everyone else charges yearly just to log a diaper, that's rare.
The privacy model matches. There's no account to create, your data lives on your phone, and if you want it on a second device the sync runs through your own iCloud or Dropbox rather than the company's servers. One caveat: the free version shows ads, and Apple's privacy label for Baby Tracker reads "Data Used to Track You" and "Data Linked to You", which is the ad network at work. Pay the $4.99 and the ads go away, though the label stays what it is.
What Baby Tracker is good at
- One payment of $4.99, and you never see an upsell for the things you actually use.
- Breadth: if it happens to a baby, there's a button for it.
- The PDF export is the best in the category for taking to appointments.
- No account, and sync through your own cloud if you want it.
What Baby Tracker is not great at
- It's busy. Logging a feed in the app means opening the app, finding breastfeeding, picking a side and starting. The widget is for reading information, not running a feed.
- The free version has ads, and the privacy label reflects that.
- No nap predictor unless you pay for Plus, and even then it's cues rather than a schedule.
Huckleberry in detail
Huckleberry is the polished, popular option, and the SweetSpot nap predictor is the reason. It takes your baby's sleep data and suggests when to put them down next, and parents of babies with chaotic sleep swear by it. The app also tracks feeds, diapers, pumping, growth and milestones, and it looks better than anything else in the category.
The free tier looks generous on paper (basic tracking, a breastfeeding timer, growth charts), but everything that makes Huckleberry worth having sits behind a subscription. Plus is $11.99 a month or $58.99 to $68.99 a year and unlocks SweetSpot, Insights, the schedule creator, AI logging, enhanced reports, Home Screen widgets, Live Activities and the Apple Watch app. Premium is $14.99 a month or $119.99 a year and adds Berry, a 24/7 AI parenting chat, and custom sleep plans. We broke down exactly what each tier includes in our Huckleberry Premium explainer.
Two things grate. Widgets and Live Activities used to be included, then got moved behind Plus, and App Store reviewers have not been kind about it. And the free tier works as a funnel: you get a 14-day Premium trial up front, build habits around the paid features, then lose them, while "tip" popups keep appearing inside the tracking list.
On privacy, Huckleberry needs an account and stores your data in its cloud. Apple's label reads "Data Used to Track You" and "Data Linked to You", with Health and Fitness, Contact Info, Identifiers and Usage Data all linked to your identity, and security researchers at NowSecure flagged the app for external server patterns and background location requests.
What Huckleberry is good at
- SweetSpot, which is the feature that justifies the price if your baby's naps are a mess.
- Design: it's the best-looking baby app around.
- Insights, with analysis of sleep and feeding patterns on top of the charts.
What Huckleberry is not great at
- $58.99 to $119.99 a year, and even the widget is paid.
- A free trial that hooks you, then paywalls and promotional popups.
- An account, cloud storage, and a tracking label with health data linked to you.
The real cost over a year
Baby Tracker: $4.99, once, if the ads bother you. Nothing more unless you want the AI cues.
Huckleberry: nothing if you can live on the free tier, which is designed so that you can't. Realistically $58.99 to $119.99 a year for as long as you use it, so $120 to $240 over a typical two years of tracking.
When to pick Baby Tracker
- You want one app for everything and you'd rather pay once than monthly
- You need Android or iPad as well as iPhone
- You want PDF reports to hand to the pediatrician
- You don't want an account, and you'd rather sync through your own iCloud
- You're tracking more than one child
When to pick Huckleberry
- Sleep is your biggest problem and you'll use SweetSpot every day
- You care about polish and you can stomach the subscription
- You want the Apple Watch app and widgets and you're fine paying for them
- An account and cloud sync don't bother you
If you only time breastfeeds
Both of these apps assume you want a dashboard. A lot of parents install one, use it for two weeks, and end up opening nothing but the breastfeeding timer while the diaper log goes quiet.
If that's you, MilkMode is a different kind of answer. It's a breastfeeding timer and nothing else: left and right tracking, a Home Screen widget and Live Activities if you want them, and a calm interface for tired eyes. It costs $4.99 once after a 7-day free trial, there's no account, and Apple's privacy label for it reads "Data Not Collected", which neither app above can say. It's iPhone only and it won't track sleep or diapers, so if you want the dashboard, Baby Tracker is the better buy.
The honest take
- Want everything, paid once? Baby Tracker.
- Want the best nap predictor and don't mind paying yearly? Huckleberry.
- Only want to time feeds and keep the data on your phone? MilkMode.
All three have a free way to try them, so test whichever fits how you actually live before paying for anything.
Quick answers
Is Baby Tracker by Nighp free? Yes, the core app is free with ads. Paying $4.99 once removes the ads, and an optional Plus subscription ($5.99 a month or $49.99 a year) adds AI nap and feed cues.
How much does Huckleberry cost? Huckleberry has a free tier, but SweetSpot, widgets, Live Activities and the Apple Watch app need Plus at $11.99 a month or $58.99 to $68.99 a year, and Premium is $14.99 a month or $119.99 a year.
Does Baby Tracker have a nap predictor like Huckleberry's SweetSpot? Not in the free or $4.99 version. Its Plus subscription adds on-device AI cues about the next nap or feed, which is a lighter version of what SweetSpot does.
Which of these apps collects your data? Both. Apple's App Store privacy labels for Baby Tracker and Huckleberry each read "Data Used to Track You" and "Data Linked to You". Baby Tracker works without an account and keeps data on your device, while Huckleberry needs an account and stores it in the cloud. MilkMode's label reads "Data Not Collected".
Do Baby Tracker and Huckleberry work on Android? Yes, both have Android apps. Baby Tracker also has an iPad app.
Keep reading
- Nara Baby vs. Huckleberry: Which Baby Tracker Should You Actually Use?
- MilkMode vs. Baby Tracker (Nighp): Which One Should You Use?
- Huckleberry Premium Cost (2026): $119.99/Year vs. Plus vs. Free
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