Contraction Monitor Reviews

I was absolutely infuriated to find that in the middle of very active labor, you can only track 20 contractions with the free version of ContractionMonitor. I refused to upgrade out of pure morals that someone would sell a product this way. My husband, however, didn't feel like dealing with learning a new app and things were moving so fast we needed to continue to track how close the contractions were. If sold in a legit way, I would have probably spent more than $1.00 in the first place... But seriously. Buy another app just out of principle... Do not buy ContractionMonitor.

As some reviewers had mentioned, only 20 contractions are allowed in this free version and that was not mentioned at all in ContractionMonitor description! 99 cents is a reasonable price for ContractionMonitor but it is plain wrong to trick people into downloading and only to find out during your painful labor that you cannot track any more contractions!

After a few minutes of struggle I decided to look for another app instead even it's troublesome. It is just plain wrong to do business this way and I refused to be tricked!

Nothing more annoying than having full blown contractions and instructed by dr to walk the halls whiling timing them, to find out in order to continue to time your contractions you have to pay for an upgrade.. The last thing I have time for or mental ability to do while in the worst pain of my life.

Thanks for the heads up, thought I was prepared before going into labor by having an app.. wasn't expecting that!

Great app concept. It really is. HOWEVER, in this free option the company does not tell you that you are limited to 20 contractions. I should have read reviews before downloading, but they should also put that in the description. This is a great app with a horrid, sneaky marketing strategy. Contractions and labor are not the time to try and trick someone into purchasing an app after 20 contractions. I will not purchase the non-trial version of ContractionMonitor on principal. Even though it is the one I like the most and have found easiest to use. Tell people this is a trial!!! Really cruel way to reel users in. And looking at other comments/reviews, I am not alone. Way to ruin a solid service with horrible marketing strategies.

App only stores 20 contractions, then makes you upgrade to keep records of more. Problem is, this really only happens mid labor (when you don't need surprises) and it doesn't transfer the data to the paid version.... Which means all you data is disconnected and might as well be deleted anyway. But, in the throws of labor, you don't know this, so you just pay to upgrade and then you realize your data starts over. I'm sure they list it somewhere, but seemed like a bait and switch to me.

If the data transferred with the upgrade and they made it more clear that you have to upgrade to go passed 20, it would have had 5 stars, in my opinion.

Please know that ContractionMonitor only records data for 20 contractions, which is of no use for any normal birthing process. After 20 contractions, it tells you it's maxed out and asks if you wish to upgrade to the pay version. ContractionMonitor itself is okay, but I don't appreciate such poor business practices and would have liked a little more disclosure about this massive shortcoming related to the free version. It also should be noted that once / if you upgrade to the pay version, NONE of the previously recorded data transfers over from the free version . . . at potentially one of the most critical times of your life. I wish I had known that.

So it doesn't tell you when you download it, but you can only record 20 contractions and when you go to record the 21st, it tells you you are SOL unless you pay. Really?? You are going to do that to a woman trying to figure out if it is hospital time, in pain, freaking out (first time moms like me.) I get that it's free, but warn me beforehand, not on the 21st contraction!

ContractionMonitor is a vicious con. My wife was in labor and as soon as it got really stressful and I was talking to the doctor, ContractionMonitor hit the limit on number of contractions and required a purchase to continue.

This is a common app swindle, but this one puts the mother and the baby at risk. The data you've logged is lost when you download the full version. Avoid this company that uses absolutely heartless and sociopathic marketing.

Please do not support this company. Notice that the positive reviews are all very similar. Likely, they are fakes. This is not a useful app, it is worse than useless as it could be dangerous.

Much like the hardware store that jacks up the price of snow shovels in the middle of a blizzard, so too will ContractionMonitor screw you over at the wrong time. It provides for entry of 20 contractions for free. That lasted about 1.5 hours, and just as my wife started a really painful contraction, ContractionMonitor told me that I had to upgrade, which of course I did. "What's going on, this really hurts," she says. "Hold on honey, just need to enter the credit card info, you doing okay?"

Of course, when you update, your prior information does not port over to ContractionMonitor you just paid for, meaning as your wife is in labor and screaming at the top of her lungs, "What the hell is my frequency?," you can't tell her all that effectively.

Bottom line, do not get the free version of ContractionMonitor. Either pay the $0.99 well in advance (the program was working fine while we used it) or avoid it altogether. A little more disclosure by the designer would have been appreciated. My wife thanks you.

Very hard to get accurate data, since it averages your frequency. It makes inconsistent BH contractions seem like real ones. Information is not set up in a helpful or easy to read way. The charts are very hard to read and relevant info is hard to get ahold of.

I wish ContractionMonitor had stated it's differences between lite and full. I was frustrated that I wasn't in a position to download the full app when I reach the 20 contraction max. I had to delete some contractions and lost data. I like ContractionMonitor and glad when I did choose to upgrade.

ContractionMonitor works very well and we used it in preparation of both our children. But I will say one thing: the placement of occasional video ads is INFURIATING. I understand banner ads and small things to pay for a free-ish version, but if you are timing contractions in active labor, you DON'T want to watch a video before proceeding to the next screen.

Designers: Good job on the product and interface. But get a better ad model. Seriously. That's a major UX failure.

Very useful, but you don't find out until you get there that it will only record 20 contractions. Not even after you've recorded the 20th, but as you try to record the 21st. Definitely not a nice surprise for a woman in labor. The limit is fair enough, but wish it was stated somewhere up front. I might have bought the full version if I had known in advance, but not while I was in labor! Aside from that, I thought it was a nice app. Not planning on another baby, but if we were I'd probably use ContractionMonitor again.

I downloaded this when my wife woke me up with contractions before the birth of our first child. ContractionMonitor worked great and was just what I needed. It informed me that her contractions were getting closer and closer (4mins when I started 3 when we left for the hospital). The only negative and the reason it wasn't five stars was that after 20 contractions it told me I had to buy it ContractionMonitor for 0.99$ if I wanted to continue (this is an obnoxious time to force me into an app purchase). I did not need to buy ContractionMonitor because it was pretty obvious that labor had started. When we arrived at the hospital, my wife was 5 centimeters and our daughter arrived 4 hours later.

Surfed and downloaded several applications for timing my contraction when they start and then I came across this one and deleted the others! Love the graph charts and the option for the strength of each one!!! It's free !!! Easy to use and even easier to navigate to analysis ur progress with contraction!!! Love ContractionMonitor!!!!!!

A good app to time my contractions, as a first time mom, ContractionMonitor was very helpful and it keeps my contractions info, I can email my doctor about my contractions when I am at home, I don't have to lead to the hospital to meet my doctor to check contractions. Like it.

Who cares that you only get 20 contractions for free. Who needs to know about contractions that far back anyways? I tried many different apps and this was by far the best free one I found!

ContractionMonitor helped me accurately count my contractions. Although you just get 20 counts for the free version, you can always erase and start over again. I did not need to record past contraction pattern as what counts are the current frequency and strength to determine if I need to go to the hospital. There is a snap shot function to take an image copy of the 20 contractions in graphical format for those who want to keep track. Overall, I think the free version is more than enough for me, however, I am sure the paid version is as good, if not more so.

This free app is super easy to use and helpful for timing contractions. It doesn't just average the time in between contractions, but keeps the real data so you can see your progression.

ContractionMonitor compared to other free contraction counters is great! I love that it actually holds the information. I'm considering downloading the full version when I get a little closer to my due date.