The Best Nara Baby Alternatives in 2026 (Free and Cheap Picks)

You downloaded Nara because everyone told you it was free. You logged a week of feeds, and then the app asked for $9.99 a month or $99.99 for lifetime access. Skip paying and Nara goes read-only: you can still look at your history and export it, but you can't log anything new.

If $99.99 once feels fair for an ad-free tracker your whole family can use, Nara is still a good app and you can stop reading here. If it doesn't, here are five alternatives, what each one costs, and who it's actually for.

Before you switch: export your Nara data

Do this first, even if you're sure you'll never open Nara again. Your notes from those first few weeks (how often the baby ate, how long, which side) are exactly what your pediatrician or lactation consultant will ask about, and you'll have forgotten all of it by the two-month checkup.

According to Nara's FAQ, here's how to export:

1. Open Nara and go to the main Activity screen.
2. Tap the avatar icon next to your child's name.
3. Tap Export Data. Nara saves everything as a CSV file.

Save that file somewhere you'll find it again (Files, email it to yourself, whatever works). Exporting still works after the trial ends, so you haven't missed your chance if you're already locked out. Don't count on another app importing it, though. Think of the CSV as your own record of those weeks.

Nara Baby alternatives at a glance

App	Price	Platforms	Best for
Huckleberry (free tier)	Free; paid plans from $11.99/mo	iPhone, Apple Watch, Android	Free full tracking
Baby Tracker by Nighp	Free with ads, $4.99 to remove	iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch, Android	Cheap, everything, Apple Watch
Glow Baby	Free with ads, $59.99/yr or $79.99 lifetime	iPhone, Android	Community forums
Baby Connect	Subscription after 7-day trial	iPhone, Android, Apple Watch, web	Big caregiver circles
MilkMode	$4.99 once after 7-day trial	iPhone	Just timing breastfeeds

1. Huckleberry's free tier

Price: Free. Plus is $11.99/month or $58.99/year, Premium is $14.99/month or $119.99/year.
Platforms: iPhone, Android, Apple Watch.

This is the closest thing to "Nara, but free." The free tier gives you one-tap tracking for feeds, diapers and sleep, a breastfeeding timer, multiple kids, and caregiver syncing, so your partner can log the 4am feed on their own phone. That's most of what people downloaded Nara for in the first place.

The catch is that Huckleberry really, really wants you to upgrade. The SweetSpot nap predictor, insights, and even the Home Screen widget and Lock Screen timer are on paid plans, and the free app is full of reminders about it. If you can tune that out, it's a really useful free tracker. (Here's what the paid tiers actually get you, and our Nara vs. Huckleberry comparison if you're deciding between the two.)

Best for: Parents who want free, full tracking and a shared log with a partner, and don't mind upsells.

2. Baby Tracker by Nighp

Price: Free with ads, or $4.99 once to remove them. There's also a newer Plus subscription ($5.99/month or $49.99/year).
Platforms: iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch, Android.

Baby Tracker has been around forever and has more App Store ratings than almost anything else in the category. It logs feeds, pumping, bottles, diapers, sleep and growth, it has an Apple Watch app, and the ads go away for a one-time $4.99. For a do-everything tracker, that's about as cheap as it gets.

It's not the prettiest app, and since it added the Plus subscription it's worth checking which features sit behind it before you assume $4.99 covers everything you want. We go deeper in MilkMode vs. Baby Tracker.

Best for: Parents who want to track everything, on a budget, ideally with an Apple Watch.

3. Glow Baby

Price: Free with ads. Premium is $59.99/year after a 7-day trial, or $79.99 for lifetime.
Platforms: iPhone, Android.

Glow Baby tracks nursing, pumping, diapers, sleep and growth, and it comes with community forums, which some parents love at 3am when nobody else is awake. The free version has a lot of ads, though, and they show up while you're trying to log a feed.

The other thing to know: Glow needs an account and keeps your data in the cloud, and in 2020 the company paid a $250,000 settlement to the California Attorney General over security flaws that exposed users' health data. If you're leaving Nara partly because a formula company had your feeding data, Glow doesn't solve that. Our MilkMode vs. Glow Baby comparison has the details.

Best for: Parents who want a free tracker plus a community, and are fine with ads.

4. Baby Connect

Price: Subscription after a 7-day trial. The App Store lists the family plan (up to five kids) at $6.99, $29.99 for six months, or $49.99 for a year.
Platforms: iPhone, Android, Apple Watch, and a web browser.

If what you loved about Nara was having grandparents, a nanny and a partner all logging into the same baby, Baby Connect is the power-user version of that. It tracks basically everything, it works in a browser (handy for a daycare or a grandparent who doesn't want another app), and the caregiver sharing is the best in the category.

It's also the least pretty app on this list, and there's a learning curve. One more catch: when the trial ends it works just like Nara, so without a subscription you can't add new entries.

Best for: Families with a lot of caregivers who want everyone on one log, and are fine paying yearly for it.

5. MilkMode

Price: Free for 7 days, then $4.99 once.
Platforms: iPhone.

Full disclosure, this one's ours. MilkMode is a breastfeeding timer and nothing else. You can start, switch sides, pause and finish a feed from the Home Screen widget without opening the app, and Live Activities keep the timer on your Lock Screen and Dynamic Island. There's no account and no cloud, so your data never leaves your phone (no formula company, no anyone).

It doesn't track diapers, sleep or bottles, on purpose, and since nothing syncs, a partner can't log from their own phone. If you need those things, pick one of the apps above. If you mostly opened Nara to time breastfeeds and remember which side you finished on, MilkMode does that faster for a twentieth of Nara's lifetime price. The full side-by-side is in MilkMode vs. Nara Baby.

Best for: Breastfeeding parents on iPhone who only need a fast timer and want to pay once.

So which one should you pick?

Start with what you actually used Nara for. Most people who go looking for a Nara alternative fall into one of three camps:

• "I want what Nara did, for free." Huckleberry's free tier, or Baby Tracker if you'd rather pay $4.99 once to get rid of ads.
• "I need the whole family on one log." Baby Connect, or honestly, Nara's $99.99 lifetime plan. Over a couple of years it costs about the same as Baby Connect, and you already know how it works.
• "I just time feeds." MilkMode, or a hair tie on your wrist moved to the side you'll start on next. (Free, and generations of parents swear by it.)

Quick answers

What's the best free alternative to Nara Baby? Huckleberry's free tier is the closest match. It covers feeds, diapers, sleep and caregiver syncing at no cost. Baby Tracker by Nighp is also free, with ads.

How do I export my data from Nara Baby? On the main Activity screen, tap the avatar next to your child's name, then tap Export Data. Nara saves it as a CSV file, and this still works after the trial ends.

Is there a baby tracker that isn't a subscription? Yes. Baby Tracker by Nighp charges $4.99 once to remove ads, Glow Baby has a $79.99 lifetime option, Nara itself has $99.99 lifetime, and MilkMode is $4.99 once for breastfeeding only.

What happens to my Nara data if I don't pay? Nothing gets deleted. Nara goes read-only, so you can still view and export your history, but you can't add new entries.

The bottom line

Nara is still a good app. It costs money now, and the "just use Nara, it's free" advice floating around hasn't caught up. Export your data, figure out which of the three camps you're in, and try one or two of these during their free trials. At 3am with a baby in one arm, you'll care a lot more about how fast an app opens than how long its feature list is.

Keep reading

• Is Nara Baby Still Free? What It Costs Now (2026)
• Nara Baby vs. Huckleberry: Which Baby Tracker Should You Actually Use?
• The Best Breastfeeding Timer Apps in 2026 (Honest Picks)