The Best Breastfeeding Apps Out There!

If you can track your steps, your sleep and your water intake with an app, it should come as no surprise that there are apps for breastfeeding too. Some are brilliant for spotting patterns in a fussy feeder. Others are mostly useful for remembering which side you last fed from at 3am when your brain has given up. Either way, a good tracker can take some of the guesswork out of the early weeks.

This guide looks at what these apps actually do, what to check before you commit to one, and which ones tend to work well for different situations, including twins and mixed feeding. We’ve also included one book worth having on your Kindle, because not everything useful comes as an app.

How do breastfeeding apps actually work?

Most breastfeeding apps let you log the time and length of each feed, which side you used, and sometimes an estimate of how much your baby has taken if you’re combination feeding or expressing. Many also let you track nappy changes, sleep, growth measurements and medication, all in one place, so you’re not trying to remember everything or scribble it on the back of an envelope.

The genuinely useful bit for most parents is the side-tracking. In the fog of newborn feeding, it’s very easy to lose track of which breast you last used, and lopsided feeding over several days can lead to one side feeling fuller or more uncomfortable than the other. A quick tap on an app solves that instantly.

A lot of apps will also generate simple charts showing feeding frequency and duration over days or weeks. This can be genuinely helpful to show a health visitor, GP or lactation consultant if you’re worried about your baby’s feeding pattern or weight gain, because you’ll have real data rather than a vague memory of “she feeds a lot, I think.”

What to check before you download one

Not every app is worth your storage space. Before you settle on one, it’s worth thinking about a few practical things:

• Can your partner or another carer use it too? Look for apps that let more than one person log in, so whoever is up in the night can add the feed without you both keeping separate records.
• Does it work offline? Some apps need a constant internet connection to save data, which is annoying at 4am if your wifi drops.
• What happens to your data? Check the app’s privacy policy, particularly if it asks for your baby’s name, date of birth or photos. Reputable apps will say clearly how your information is stored and whether it’s shared with third parties.
• Is the free version actually useful, or just a trial for a subscription? Some apps lock basic features like exporting your data or adding a second baby profile behind a paywall.
• Does it support your feeding style? If you’re combination feeding, expressing, or feeding twins, check the app can genuinely handle that rather than assuming one baby, one feeding method.

A quick note here: these apps are a tool, not a rulebook. They’re there to help you notice patterns and jog your memory, not to tell you your baby is feeding “wrong” if the numbers don’t match some ideal schedule. If you’re worried about your baby’s feeding, weight gain, or your own supply, speak to your midwife, health visitor or GP rather than relying on an app to diagnose anything.

Best apps for iPhone and iPad

Apple’s App Store has several solid options built specifically around breastfeeding and general baby tracking. Baby Tracker (by Nighp Software) is one of the longer-running and most widely used, with logging for feeds, sleep, nappies, growth and medication, plus the ability to add more than one child, which makes it a decent option if you have twins or an older sibling to track alongside a newborn.

Feed Baby is another App Store option built specifically around breastfeeding, bottle feeding and pumping, with reminders for which side to use next and a simple diary view. Several of these apps also offer an Apple Watch companion, letting you log a feed with a couple of taps on your wrist rather than fumbling for your phone with a baby attached to you.

Pricing and features do change fairly often, so it’s worth checking the current App Store listing, screenshots and recent reviews before downloading, rather than relying on older reviews you might find elsewhere.

Best apps for Android

Android users have a similarly good spread of choices on Google Play, including Android versions of Baby Tracker and Feed Baby. Both cover the same core ground: feed timing and side, nappy changes, sleep, and growth tracking, with the option to sync between two parents’ phones so you’re both working from the same information.

If you want something a bit more data-heavy, apps like Huckleberry track feeding alongside sleep and offer pattern predictions based on your baby’s recent logs. These can be genuinely interesting for sleep-deprived parents trying to spot a rhythm, though it’s worth remembering predictions are based on your own baby’s recent data, not a guarantee of what will happen next.

Best for sharing with your partner or other carers

If you want multiple people logging feeds on multiple devices, in real time, look for apps built with multi-user syncing as a core feature rather than an afterthought. Baby Connect is one of the older, more established apps in this space and is popular with parents who have grandparents, nannies or nurseries also logging information, since everyone sees the same up-to-date record. It’s a paid app, but many parents find the reliability worth it once more than two people are involved in a baby’s care.

Best for twins or multiples

Feeding two (or more) babies brings its own logistical headache, mainly remembering which baby fed when, for how long, and from which side, especially if you’re tandem feeding or alternating. Look specifically for apps that let you create separate profiles for each baby and switch between them quickly, ideally with a colour-coded or clearly labelled view so you’re not second-guessing yourself while half asleep.

Baby Tracker and Baby Connect both support multiple child profiles and are commonly used by parents of multiples for this reason. It’s worth spending five minutes setting each profile up properly with names and photos before you’re relying on it in the middle of the night, since a mix-up in the app is an easy mistake to make when you’re exhausted.

A book worth having, even if it’s not an app

Not everything helpful comes as an app, and if you want something to actually read rather than log data into, “The Womanly Art of Breastfeeding” by La Leche League International (written by Diane Wiessinger, Diana West and Teresa Pitman) is one of the most respected breastfeeding books around, now in its 8th edition. It’s available as a Kindle ebook as well as in print, so you can have it on hand without adding another physical book to your changing bag.

It covers everything from the first days of feeding through to weaning, with separate sections for different stages, so you can dip in and out depending on what you’re dealing with rather than reading it cover to cover in one go. It won’t replace personalised advice from a midwife, health visitor or lactation consultant if something isn’t going right, but it’s a genuinely useful reference to have.

A few honest things worth knowing

Most of these apps are free to download, but many make their money through optional upgrades, ads, or subscriptions for extra features like data export or additional child profiles. That’s fine, just go in with your eyes open about what you’re actually paying for.

Try not to let the app become another source of pressure. If your baby isn’t feeding to a neat schedule some days, that’s completely normal, babies often aren’t consistent, especially in the first few months, during growth spurts, or when they’re a bit unwell. The app is there to help you spot genuine patterns over time and to give you something concrete to show a health professional if you’re concerned, not to make you feel like you’re getting it wrong.

If tracking on a phone adds stress rather than taking it away, there’s no rule that says you have to use an app at all. A notebook by the bed, or simply doing what feels manageable, is just as valid. The right tool is whichever one actually makes your life a bit easier, not the one with the most features.