Ovia Parenting & Baby Tracker Reviews

by Ben & Sherry's

We have been using Ovia products through the entire process of having our now 8.5 month old son (Fertility, Pregnancy, Parenting) but a recent design update has rendered the Parenting app much more difficult to use.

The data entry form is one long flowing page with closely packed fields and until recently the different sections were delineated by very distinct background colors so that at a glance (which is all a parent with no sleep or time can often provide) it was very easy to know where you were on the page. These colors also coordinated with the highlight boxes on the front page so it was all very clear. Recently the design was updated so that everything is instead now a sleek white background which might look nice but actually just serves to make the entire form a jumbled mess without very close inspection.

I can understand the theory but in this case the new UI design simply creates a significantly worse user experience. Perhaps you could create a design selector (Classic, Modern, Dark Mode) or something if a new look is something you feel is necessary, because it was much more functional before.

by BeeMamaBear

I wish I had switch to another app when my baby was just a few days old, it I figured I already had a few days logged so I’d keep it and now I regret it. OviaParentingBabyTracker is often slow to load, but that’s not the worst part for me.

First of all I don’t understand why the summary of feeds is accessed by taping on diapers, not feedings, I don’t like that there’s no time mark for the diapers, I often can’t remember if I logged one, if the time was logged I could look back and figure it out.

I also don’t like some of the milestones, they just aren’t appropriate in my opinion. “First babysitter” isn’t a milestone and it came up way to early in my opinion. Also some of the articles come up at inappropriate times, like way after the info would have been helpful. But I think the thing that app lacks most is a place to log weight and length.

Also the AAP and WHO recommend breastfeeding exclusively for at least the first 6 months for most babies.... the breastfeeding log should be first, not bottles, with formula listed before breast milk!

I wish I had paid $5 for OviaParentingBabyTracker I used when I had my older child. Please make some changes Ovia, this could be a great app but now it’s majorly lacking!

by Kdw14

(EDIT: the original issues I experienced are fixed but now OviaParentingBabyTracker constantly says he last ate on the left side. This is super annoying because I usually just quick glance at the main screen to determine which side to feed him on if I’ve forgotten. So this is really frustrating and needs to be fixed.)
I used the pregnancy app almost my entire pregnancy (once I found it I used it the rest of my pregnancy), and loved it, I kept track of appointments, my blood pressure readings and I loved seeing my babies development within the womb. But OviaParentingBabyTracker has not met my expectations from the amazing pregnancy app. I expected to be able to easily track doctors appointments and vaccinations height and weight etc. Right now I just make a note on OviaParentingBabyTracker calendar of what his height and weight were, vaccines and a photo from the day. I’d love to see some work done on those issues and maybe an addition of appointments to the calendar or a doctors section where you can track appointments and vaccinations etc.

by Mama Px

So I first found OviaParentingBabyTracker after using Ovia Pregnancy and initially loved it! It’s great for new moms (like myself) to track how often and long baby is eating and keep track of dirty diapers without having to think too much about it because honestly you don’t have time for that. It also has great advice you can read about pertaining to where your baby is developmentally. It also has a feature that lets you document when your baby achieves a milestone which is great to use to later fill in your baby book. However one day after using the breastfeeding timer part it froze and now anytime I open OviaParentingBabyTracker it has the timer still at the time it froze on and will not let me read any more articles or look to see what milestones are in the age range my baby is. So overall it’s a great app I guess just don’t input too much information into it or it freezes and not sure how to get it to clear out without losing everything I’ve added in there including milestones 😭

by Lbj1964

I started off with the fertility app and when I was pregnant, got the pregnancy app. I was very happy with both apps, but the parenting one just isn’t what I expected after the first two. After going back, I can see that they didn’t mention having any of the stuff I’ve come to expect, but I would’ve liked something to keep track of Dr’s appointments, an immunization schedule, questions for Dr, tracking feeding and diaper changes, etc. On the other hand, I do enjoy the community and they have helped me out already (baby’s less than a week old). I also do enjoy the articles which can be interesting at least and even downright helpful. Not sure about the milestones yet, too early to say how I feel about them. Hopefully over time, Ovia will add a few more helpful tools to OviaParentingBabyTracker and make it just as good as the others.

by Psukii

Used the pregnancy app and it was great especially with the community section where you can ask questions anonymously. The parenting app started just as great but these past few months have been pretty terrible. I don’t know if there just aren’t enough users on OviaParentingBabyTracker to answer your questions or if I’m just alone with my questions/problems... a huge majority of my questions don’t get answered at all. I’ve seen others post in the community that they’re experiencing the same issue so again... I don’t know if it’s an issue of lack of users who are able to answer the question or if there’s a glitch in OviaParentingBabyTracker where the question isn’t available for those to answer.

by Kmetz576

Please add a way to log how often you pump breast milk. That would be so helpful. Also a way to enter baby’s weight /height to see how much she grows.

Given how much OviaParentingBabyTracker asks about parent mental health and the Edinburg scale, you would think it would offer a mood tracker just like Ovia pregnancy does but it doesn’t. It would be useful for tracking potential postpartum depression symptoms given it’s tough to identify if you’re experiencing when you’re in it so the objective data would be helpful.

Also the feeding tracking is glitchy & not super user friendly so my husband won’t use it and we stopped leveraging it after about 2 weeks because it was annoying. If you open the feeding tracker it gets stuck on the time from when you open it so you can’t enter a later time unless you save or cancel and reopen the tracker. It would be good to have a pop up that asks whether you want to save your tracking entries because it won’t log it if you don’t hit save

by LLinOC

I love that this apps allows multiple users to track information about baby. I also love that it includes milestones and so much information about baby along his/her journey. But I wish that it was easier to track baby as well as go back and view information. When tracking that you gave baby a bottle it requires hits save in multiple places or else your activity is not tracked. This is a big pain!! Also, wet and dirty diapers are not tracked well. The timeline does not accurately show when these activities were entered, and I wish there was more detailed information in “today” to tell you the timing of the diapers previously entered. With multiple people tracking it would be helpful to see the time stamp. It often comes up “I don’t know if I tracked her last diaper, but there’s no easy way to tell when the last time was that we tracked a diaper”. Overall I like OviaParentingBabyTracker , I just wish it was a little bit better. These improvements would make OviaParentingBabyTracker much more user friendly!

by Hoping To Be Pregnant Soon

I used the Ovia pregnancy app with two of my pregnancies and I really loved it, so using Ovia parenting was a natural progression for me. OviaParentingBabyTracker's various trackers (pee, poo, feeding, sleep) are great! I like that while feeding, I can exit OviaParentingBabyTracker and do other things on my phone, or use other features in OviaParentingBabyTracker , and come back to the timer when I'm ready to switch sides or conclude a session. The calendar is also nice, to be able to look back quickly at the overview of everything I've recorded on specific dates.

I am giving it four stars instead of five foot the following reasons:

I really miss the "just a note" feature from the pregnancy app - I wanted to be able to use OviaParentingBabyTracker as an on-the-go journal like I did during pregnancy -- then come back and transfer those special memories to my baby book when I have time. Unfortunately, OviaParentingBabyTracker does not have that option.

Also, the milestones feature could be improved - I didn't realize how that part worked until my daughter was already a month old, and was checking off a bunch of them all "on the same day" to catch up! I wish OviaParentingBabyTracker would prompt you with the various milestones along the way - the same way they do when they ask about whether baby has had a check-up recently, or if you will take a quick mental health survey.

by Piña Princessa

Love that Ovia is with you from fertility to pregnancy to parenting with their three apps. I used the pregnancy one throughout my pregnancy for my first one and will use it again for any future one.

Getting used to logging info for the parenting one, I started with Medela and am working on getting some of the info transferred. I would like to see a pumping option as I both breastfeed and pump. Sometimes I need fo pump first to get some of the milk out or else it’s too overwhelming for my LO. Having a pumping tracker included will help me see how much I’m producing during the day. Maybe also having a time for each of the diaper changes with the ability to write notes in case there’s a bowel movement or something that’s questionable, we can try to figure out what could have caused it and bring it up with the dr.

Other than those, love OviaParentingBabyTracker !

by Gfujigfguyfgutfg

I like everything about OviaParentingBabyTracker. It helps me feel a little better in control. Two issues/suggestions... sometimes OviaParentingBabyTracker gets confused when your baby wakes up at say 11:55 PM but you don’t record the info until 12:00+ AM ... just a few minutes later, but OviaParentingBabyTracker gets totally confused. The other suggestion is that there be some trending analytics you could see for the various things you are tracking. For example, average number of wet diapers, or average length of feeds, or anticipated nap windows. I just feel like there is all this data but no easy way to compare day to day and see if baby is having an off day or if baby is dropping feedings.

by Leatherlace90

Let me start by saying I’ve used all 3 of the Ovia apps. I started with the Ovia tracker for my menstrual cycles, then the Ovia Pregnancy app, now this one. I love that they are all integrated and available for use. I think they are pretty easy to use overall but what REALLY irks me about OviaParentingBabyTracker is the lag. It takes forever, even if I close all other apps, for OviaParentingBabyTracker to load anything. I have to click the breastfeeding timer 4-5 times before it registers I’ve touched it and then it has to load. When I’m done and I’ve saved my feeding session, again it lags to update the timing on the main screen. The same is for the diaper changes. For an app that isn’t that complex I don’t understand why there’s is such a heavy lag.

by Keatonwren

I’ve been using the Ovia apps for over a year now (Fertility while TTC, Pregnancy, and now Parenting) and have loved them. I do think the Parenting app is not as good as the Fertility or Pregnancy apps. Maybe the Parenting app was an afterthought or something, but it just seems like it is missing some features that would be helpful.

First, I wish there was a timer feature for sleep like there is for breastfeeding. I don’t always remember what time my LO fell asleep, but if I could start and stop a timer it would make tracking sleep so much easier. Especially when my son is a bad sleeper so we track his sleep religiously to make sure he is getting enough.

Second, ability to add doctors appointments to the calendar along with questions to ask the doctor, immunizations, what was done at the appointment etc.

Third, more articles for LGBT families. There were quite a few LGBT articles in the pregnancy app, but I haven’t seen one in the Parenting app. It would be nice to see some information that is specific to my community/family dynamic.

by MollySDVM

I use OviaParentingBabyTracker for tracking breastfeeding and find it very useful. I like that you can either use a timer or log manually, as I use both depending on whether my phone is within reach when I’m nursing. I can never remember which side was nursed last and it can be hard to tell with engorgement or when I’m delirious in the middle of the night, and OviaParentingBabyTracker clearly shows which side was used last. I also like tracking the number of wet diapers as it’s easy to lose count. The little daily health and development facts are neat, and the articles are all relevant and cite their references. Wish there was a little more for the postpartum mom (weight logging and tracking water intake, nutrition, and exercise, especially steps or time walking). Overall great app especially for the price of ZERO, thank you Ovia!

by Botchie.bea

I used Ovia Pregnancy & was very happy. With both Ovia apps I’ve received quick responses from their help/customer support to navigate OviaParentingBabyTracker . I can’t compare to other apps, but I find all of the articles helpful & the daily log easy to use. I’d recommend using Ovia Parenting to others. I use the baby sleep tracker to track my own sleep (since that’s not really happening) but I think you can add other people/babies if you had multiples & you can share the data with others. I send my husband articles all the time. Thank you, Ovia, for making life with a newborn a little easier.

by Rara Rodgers

My baby is now 11 weeks old and I have used OviaParentingBabyTracker from day one. Until yesterday, i would have been giving 5 stars. OviaParentingBabyTracker is great and very easy to use. But as of yesterday, when I put my feedings in, I get a negative time that counts down and of course it doesn’t reflect the true time in between feedings now. I have tried closing OviaParentingBabyTracker doesn’t fix. I powered my phone completely off didn’t work. I checked to see if there was an update, app or phone, everything up to date. It’s very weird. Once that is fixed, I will go back to 5 stars.

by MommaWolfe11321

OviaParentingBabyTracker is easy to use and transition to especially if you used the Ovia pregnancy tracker, OviaParentingBabyTracker works very similar with the same home dashboard but since you are constantly tracking feeding sessions either bottle or breast and dirty diapers all that is a click away! Plus a timer for each breast to get you through that rough and tough engorged phase! I would def recommend OviaParentingBabyTracker to new moms and partners to help read along to acknowledge that YOU ARE NOT ALONE on this journey!-and the articles provided go into great detail week by week to help support you! DOWNLOAD IT NOW!

by V18!

I gain knowledge of OviaParentingBabyTracker through the Ovia Pregnancy app, and I think its amazing to not be left alone after giving birth and the pregnancy app its not longer needed. It felt good to have some sort of go to with OviaParentingBabyTracker. They can make some more improvements to make it even better, like a more detailed or personalized week by week like there is in the pregnancy app, but every baby is different and there are many factors that make their development less predictable, I get that. I guess being a first time mom and using the pregnancy app gave that kind of expectation. Anyway, thanks Ovia family!

by Carlinda Rose

I began using this Ovia fertility app then moved on to the pregnancy app. I loved both so much I am now using the parenting app as well!!! They are so helpful and easy to read/use!! It’s great when I only have a few minutes because the articles are extremely helpful and informative. I also love the milestones checklist and the age-based articles section. They have been very helpful in getting ideas for things to do with my little man that are actually beneficial to his development! I would recommend these apps to everyone, including Dads and close family members!!! Thank you OVIA for making my mama journey MUCH easier!!

by Mrs. Be YOU Ti Full

OviaParentingBabyTracker is great it’s filled with great articles and tips that especially help with a first time moms. It also has a milestones list so you know what to look for and when your child should start performing certain motor, thinking and learning, and communication skills. It also makes it to where I can track how long I breastfed for, which side I used last, and how long ago my baby ate. I’m giving 4 stars because I wish they would make it to where you can add wellness check ups on the calendar and also log my child’s growth curve and keep up with his weight, length, and head circumference. On the ovia pregnancy app I was able to track my weight gain during pregnancy and kept up with all my doctors appointments on the calendar. I would love it if they would add these features to the ovia pregnancy app as well.

by Snowyhoey

I found Ovia Pregnancy during my pregnancy and became addicted immediately. My hubby and I always looked forward to the weekly handprint and the object of the week in comparison to baby’s size. It made understanding pregnancy for a first time mom, like myself, so much more enjoyable let alone informative. My baby is now 8 months old and I currently use the Ovia Parenting app which also exceeds my expectations! It’s so fun to read the articles and see where my baby is at in terms of progress compared to other babies her age. The Ovia Chat is FANTASTIC ON BOTH APPS! It is great to have support and advice from other moms going through the same thing that I am. I also just downloaded the Ovia Fertility App a couple weeks ago as we are going to start TTC our second bundle of joy 😍😊 I would give all 3 of these apps a 6/5 ⭐️ ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Yes..6!! Thank you 🙏🏻 to the developers of Ovia, you guys get it!