Ovia Pregnancy & Baby Tracker Reviews

by Elleb42

It was definitely my favorite go to app for the majority of my pregnancy so far!
HOWEVER, out of nowhere, it stopped opening and freezes on the loading screen I’ve done everything from restarting my phone to trying to uninstall OviaPregnancyBabyTracker and re-download it and it continues to have this issue. It’s really disappointing and frustrating considering I prefer this one over all the other apps and now them more than 2/3 to my pregnancy I was kind of feeling attached to it even. So at this point I’m unbelievably frustrated and annoyed that I can’t even use it anymore and there’s no answers on their website no way to get in touch with anyone or ask a question. My last attempt to delete it from my screen unfortunately lead to it just being hidden and I don’t even know how to put it back on my screen to try and uninstall it again so I feel like I have no way of getting OviaPregnancyBabyTracker back.
If it didn’t have the issue I would be thrilled about it and give it five stars but now I can’t use it with no explanation and no help.
They are playing other apps that are easy to troubleshoot and have resources if you need help doing it this one does not.

by Vonwestercool

Way way waaaaay too many ads in general but especially so for the same, narrow topics like cord blood banking. It’s something many parents don’t and won’t do, and the proliferation of ads for it just makes me want to do it even less. It smacks of cheesy marketing scam. The information really dumbs down things and makes me feel like I’m in the wrong, non-scientific app geared to airheads. I don’t know many women I consider airheads, so I really don’t know who this is for. Also topics like “are sit-ups safe?” are sorely misinformed. Sure, yes of course they’re safe for the baby up to a point at which sure there’s a minor risk of reducing blood flow while on one’s back. But they’re extraordinarily damaging for the pelvic floor and directly cause diastasis recti in many women and people in general. And then of course there are absolutely random posts like “what is bipolar disorder?” — not a topic that is very relevant for most first trimester women. Like why are we even talking about it? That’s said, interface is cute enough and modern enough. I like the “my baby is this size” comparisons by week, and OviaPregnancyBabyTracker is generally inclusive of various types of relationships, genders etc.

by SJO14

OviaPregnancyBabyTracker definitely has a ton of useful features and is great for tracking a LOT of things. However, I really wish it would let you put in your own medications to track and also not just suggest 3 medications you regularly input. For instance, I take probiotics daily and there isn’t even an option for that (which is a common supplement), plus I take other supplements not listed. Let me input my own to record please. I also take more than 3 things every day but it only shows me 3 options and then I have to manually search for everything else every single day. Meanwhile it suggests like 6 of the top medicines people take all the time, but I don’t take any of those so they just take up space where I would rather see MY top 6.

I also wish I could add multiple meds or symptoms without being spit back out to the data page after every single one. Let me select everything and then hit done so I don’t have to keep coming back into the symptom or med tracker and hitting search over and over.

There are other minor annoyances with the UI too, one being that it often glitches and shows me the data tab at the bottom of the calendar screen even though I selected the notes tab. And when you try to view the trends graphs, you can’t zoom out to view the whole graph; you can only see like 2 dots on it at a time. Just feels like OviaPregnancyBabyTracker could use an upgrade and a slight UI makeover.

by MumuErin

I’ve used multiple pregnancy apps for tracking my pregnancy and Ovia is my favorite! It’s the only one I use now. The information and tools it provides for you is so helpful, and I like the option it gives you to pick a theme for your baby’s size comparison (I chose animals, and my baby is a platypus this week - so cute!). The community of mothers on here also seems to be a bit kinder than what I’ve witnessed on other apps, more willing to be helpful and supportive and keep judgements to themselves. Even if someone expresses a difference of opinion from the current thread, they’re just nicer about it than other message boards I’ve seen. My ONLY issue with OviaPregnancyBabyTracker is that it’s difficult to actually get into. Each time I open it the loading screen is up for 30 seconds to 1 minute. Sometimes it’ll close me out of OviaPregnancyBabyTracker before loading. Sometimes it’ll load my dashboard or the message board but it’ll be frozen so I can’t actually click on or scroll through anything. It’s a great informational tool, but it can be kinda buggy.

by Breez5015679832

I love OviaPregnancyBabyTracker, it’s great I can see what’s going on in my body, if my symptoms are normal, babies development and it keeps my super informed. I do have 1 problem with OviaPregnancyBabyTracker, the community where we can ask questions. Your inbox fills you up with a bunch of questions to answer from other moms and sometimes OviaPregnancyBabyTracker . The problem is there’s no organization. As a first time mom whose due in December I see questions from moms later in their pregnancy and I’m wanting to view their answers to questions so I know what to expect but I can’t view the questions answers unless I answer her question, how is that helping moms? I’m having to answer a question that I don’t know anything about. It should be like a mini social media platform. Where there’s a feed and I can make it to where I can see question from people the same weeks as me, or their be different categories not random question popping up. The inbox should be used for notifications when somebody replies to your comment or somebody else replies on the post. Also the questions from OviaPregnancyBabyTracker should be in its own section of OviaPregnancyBabyTracker where we can click on it and answer it and it only questions that are relevant to how many weeks we are. Right now it’s asking me questions that aren’t even relevant.

by Tommikats

I’m leaving this review in the hopes that the developers will take this as feedback and consider making OviaPregnancyBabyTracker more friendly for people who have experienced pregnancy loss. I’ve used OviaPregnancyBabyTracker to keep track of my two pregnancies that both ended with miscarriages. I was devastated the first time and honestly OviaPregnancyBabyTracker made me feel worse. The design flow off OviaPregnancyBabyTracker needs to better consider users who are going through this and maybe give them the option to delete their data or archive it so they can refer back to it but not have their lost pregnancy in their face after reporting the loss. Also the language in OviaPregnancyBabyTracker telling women how big their baby should be and milestones are worded as if it’s 100% true. Instead of saying “your baby is the size of x” I think it should be worded like “your baby might be…” “is possibly” because there is variation in development and it set me up to be disappointed when I went for my ultrasound and OviaPregnancyBabyTracker was so wrong. Using OviaPregnancyBabyTracker after a loss made me annoyed at the certainty of the language and I take it all with a grain of salt. Maybe apps like this aren’t for me. Just please interview people like me and try to make it a better experience for us. Thanks

by Upmove

This is one of my favorite pregnancy apps for tracking the baby’s progress. I like how you can also put in doctors appointments, track weight, BP, etc. The daily reminders for prenatal vitamins helps if you’re the sort of person who might forget.

However there are rarely any articles to read other than the weekly updates. I go to Bump or even What to Expect (which I typically don’t like) apps to read through when I’m bored but want to do baby stuff— since they tend to have way more articles. I wish Ovia did too.

My biggest complaint is how much OviaPregnancyBabyTracker emphasizes post partum depression. Don’t get me wrong— it’s a serious issue and it’s good that OviaPregnancyBabyTracker educates you about it. But honestly, more than half the updates towards the end of the pregnancy are about depression, or baby blues, or mental health issues... I’ve read all of the articles and tip prompts several times by this point, and I’m just sick of it. OviaPregnancyBabyTracker is honestly making me feel like I’m guaranteed to have PPD no matter what, so I should be stressed about it every time I open OviaPregnancyBabyTracker for the last two months. I really wish they toned it down a bit, gave you the option to turn it off, or at least had some other sorts of articles to read (but they don’t ☹️).

by RhiKonshuk

I have really enjoyed OviaPregnancyBabyTracker a lot! I love seeing different things that my baby is the size of each week. The last 2-3 months though have been very frustrating!! Every single time I first try to open OviaPregnancyBabyTracker , the loading page appears for a good 30-40 seconds and then OviaPregnancyBabyTracker just closes itself. Usually trying a second time works just fine, but now there have been a couple days over the past week where OviaPregnancyBabyTracker will just keep closing itself no matter how many times i try! First of all the loading page lasts way too long... second of all why should i have OviaPregnancyBabyTracker taking up space on my phone if it is just going to choose not to work whenever it feels like it! One of the couple days i had just mentioned, i was at the store and wanted to use the food safety lookup...in Heinz sight i should have just used safari because i knew even if it was working like usual (second try access success) that would still be a full minute or more of waiting for it to just load!!! Safari takes less than a quarter of that time! Please fix this problem as i still love everything else about OviaPregnancyBabyTracker!

by Honest Reviews R Us

Don’t get me wrong, this is one of my favorite pregnancy apps out there! I use it a lot to keep track of my baby’s growth, my upcoming doctor appointments, and so much more!!
That being said, let me explain why I gave OviaPregnancyBabyTracker 3/5 stars ... THE COMMUNITY CAN BE TOTALLY TOXIC!! Being a new mommy-to-be, I do admit, I can ask a lot of questions about simple things that every already mommy will know. But not me! I barely know all the right things and the wrong things to do! And having almost every comment on my questions being another soon-to-be mother/already a mother belittle me?? It’s not okay!!
I really wish there was a way to block someone or multiple people from commenting on my questions. It really tears me down to hear by multiple other people how stupid you are when all you’re trying to do is ask a simple question??? I don’t understand. Please do something about this developers.
Other than that, OviaPregnancyBabyTracker is great. And don’t get me wrong, there really can be some great, polite and helpful people on OviaPregnancyBabyTracker!! Just a few rotten apples... thank you!!

by Fwegan

I’m nearly 18 weeks pregnant and have been using Ovia every day for months. When I first found out I was pregnant I installed five different pregnancy apps. Ovia quickly became my favorite because the health tracking is so flexible and intuitive. I’ve been tracking my sleep, weight, and symptoms, and ignore the parts I’m not interested in tracking (e.g. mood, nutrition, exercise). I also like that there’s a nice-length article each week and some daily content that isn’t too overwhelming.

On the cons, sometimes OviaPregnancyBabyTracker takes a while to load, or to load the health tracking page. The daily questions of if I’m taking my prenatal vitamin got REALLY annoying really quickly, so now I just click “yes” on whatever question pops up when I first open OviaPregnancyBabyTracker to get past it quickly in the morning before I’ve forgotten my sleep hours. I think this has given OviaPregnancyBabyTracker some false data.

My biggest qualm though is that I can’t seem to export my tracking data. I can’t believe this isn’t an option! OviaPregnancyBabyTracker only lets you graph a few variables over time (weight, sleep—though not your total sleep if you log multiple stints of sleep a night—activity, steps, blood pressure, and nutrition) and I am just itching to make my own graphs of some of my symptoms over time. The fact that it looks like I’m going to have to pull the data out manually is a HUGE bummer. I’m hoping this becomes part of OviaPregnancyBabyTracker in the near future.

by StarryViolet

When I found out I was pregnant, I downloaded several pregnancy apps to see which one I liked best, and Ovia won out easily. I like the interface and the customization. I love the daily and weekly updates and little blurbs about what to expect from my body and what was happening with Baby and it’s development. The ability to track food, weight, symptoms, doctor’s appointments, just about everything is great! The way that articles and videos are broken down makes them easy to search and find what I want to read. And the medication and food safety look up has been amazing and saved me a lot of unnecessary phone calls to my midwife. This only reason this rating lost a star is because I felt like the high level of daily interaction became all but non-existent once I went over my due date. I’d get one targeted advertisement and maybe one blurb about “is the nursery ready?” or “only a few days left”. I missed the timely articles, and wish that instead of recycled blurbs there had been articles about induction or how common it is to go overdue. I know those sorts of things exist because I could look them up in OviaPregnancyBabyTracker , but I wish they had been automatically showing up on my feed as a means of reassurance. Overall a great app, but updating it a bit would be even better.

by F&L Mom

I found OviaPregnancyBabyTracker during my second pregnancy and think it’s the best general pregnancy app out there. The reason for the four stars is that the pregnancy loss section needs a lot of work. As a loss mom who lost my first baby at 36 weeks I was encouraged to see a loss section but really disappointed by how all the loss articles were generalized around early miscarriage. Unfortunately, the reality of life is that not all pregnancies end with a healthy baby and I think as an app that reaches a lot of women, you have a responsibility to help educate first time moms on the realities of pregnancy loss. As a first time mom going through a healthy pregnancy, I didn’t know that losing a baby after 20 weeks was something that could happen and made it all the more painful when it did. 1 in 4 pregnancies end in miscarriage and 1 in 160 pregnancies end in stillbirth in the US. These are devastating outcomes and there are many moms using your app who will find themselves facing grief instead of joy at the end of their pregnancy. As a society we need to do a better job of supporting all women going through pregnancy, not only the ones that have a happy ending and I think improving your loss section could be a good first step.

by Mung Bean's Mommy

I downloaded another popular app when I became pregnant and quickly got burned out on it - it was all advertisements and fashion advice. I downloaded Ovia and WOW am I glad I was still in the 1st trimester when I found it. The interface is user friendly, the content is truly about my health and the health of my baby, not about what other people think or what I should be wearing. I love being encouraged to log my food and vitamins, and have truly been eating more intentional foods since starting it. It’s encouraging, informative, and my husband even got to subscribe to the daily emails! It helps him feel involved and he has been following the recommendations for nutrition by going to the grocery store for me without me even having to ask- OviaPregnancyBabyTracker is telling him what we need! Love OviaPregnancyBabyTracker! The only function I wish it had was an option for a more detailed food log, and the ability to list more specific high-risk categories that aren’t preloaded. I’m high risk with a connective tissue and joint hyper mobility disorder but there’s currently no option to record it as it’s uncommon.

by Elvenarcher

This is a great pregnancy app to use and track things along your long 9 months. It has great features and is very easy and intuitive to use. I enjoy most of the articles that come across the feed. My favorite feature is tracking the baby’s size and growth, especially with the fun size comparisons.
However, there are a few downsides. Despite having entered my special conditions in that page, OviaPregnancyBabyTracker always asks me if I’ve reported said condition to my doctor when I track it. On multiple occasions this has happened.
Second, after February, OviaPregnancyBabyTracker stopped showing the icons in the calendar for the days I logged data. The bars for each day and plus sign for doctors appointments don’t show up anymore, even after numerous updates. It’s a little frustrating because I cannot see what days I tracked already or what days my appointments are. Other than those issues, I’m enjoying OviaPregnancyBabyTracker . I cannot find another way to report the issues I’ve been having to Ovia, so hopefully seeing this review will suffice.

by KleinemBudget

I’d been using the Ovia app for my period for years, so when I got pregnant I switched to the pregnancy app. It was so simple to use, and I loved the familiarity of OviaPregnancyBabyTracker having come from using their fertility app. The simplicity I think is what I really liked, simple but certainly enough! I loved the little images to show how big baby is compared to your hand or a seed per say. The little feet, it was a nice touch. I didn’t use the kick counter tbh because once I could feel my daughter kick, she basically never stopped moving. She was kicking so much it just didn’t make sense to try and record it all 😅. But anyways if you need the kick counter it works super great, and there’s all sorts of supportive and informational articles through OviaPregnancyBabyTracker that I appreciated. It helped me get my breast pump as well which was fantastic. Highly recommend!

by Malintazo

This is THE best pregnancy app! I think I have downloaded just about all of them, and this I’ve outshines them all. On the calendar view page you can track pregnancy symptoms, moods, activities, record milestones, add doctor’s appointments + reminders, and create notes. There is charting functionality that pulls from the data entered on the calendar for weight gain/blood pressure/sleep/activity and more. There is also a wealth of articles and resources. The data you enter on the calendar creates a personalized feed on the homepage, which also includes baby’s daily development information. If you love data and tracking your pregnancy in a simple and extremely user-friendly app, but also want a wide variety of functions, this is the right one! Especially given that it is free! Compared to so many apps, the free functionality is completely awesome. Five stars!!

by RaidonsProudMama

From the moment I found out I was pregnant up until this very moment with my son curled on my chest, I have found myself oh-so many times reading the updated and offered articles. The information readily available is pretty accurate down to the examples given and solution offerings. It was nice to see week by week what to expect and how to handle and now as he grows there’s new facts provided that reassure a new mom he’s on track (actually ahead of) but to know there’s others experiencing the same if not similar and learning and growing with their child as well. Without either of my parents to confide in, I depended on OviaPregnancyBabyTracker with any question or possible concern throughout my now; 10 month journey. Thank you kindly for this wondrous resource. Pray others find it and are able to enjoy as much!!! Definitely a 5 star and highly recommended app. (Which I have referred every expecting parent in my life)

by FrozenYogurtGirl

Currently 13w pregnant, and let me tell you, this is the best app I’ve tried. Other apps have some cool features, but OviaPregnancy is all around great. Cool trackers, different themes, and good advice. There’s even a medicine and food safety lookup. And for day’s I forget to take my prenatal, Ovia reminds me in OviaPregnancyBabyTracker ! Also, Ovia’s week by week sizing seems the most accurate to what a doctor might tell you. Other apps I’ve used are all over the place with their sizes. Sometimes a week ahead or behind common size comparisons. I can’t believe OviaPregnancyBabyTracker is free. AMAZING. Used the regular Ovia app before getting pregnant, and I’ll be using the Ovia Parenthood app for when baby is here. Not sure if that’s that exact name, but I’m sure it’s an amazing app too!

10/10 would recommend this Ovia!

Note: The one bug I ran into (milestone pictures not saving) was fixed right away. Not sure others had the same problem, but I thought it was worth a mention.

by Alymae88

OviaPregnancyBabyTracker is amazing. I downloaded all of the free apps I could find involving pregnancy because I’m going to be a first time mom. Ovia does an amazing job of taking a little of every type of app (informational, social, health, etc.) and making it extremely easy to use.
I also love that when posting in the community, everyone is anonymous. I think it makes asking for help and being honest about what you’re going through, so much easier. I also underestimated how much asking questions would help. It’s great that, as an inexperienced woman that doesn’t know what to expect in a pregnancy, I can ask other people if what I am experiencing is normal.
You can also change the background to fit a theme, you can change what they compare the baby’s size to, and all sorts of customizations.
Not only does OviaPregnancyBabyTracker track how I’m feeling, tell me more about my pregnancy and it’s symptoms, and help me connect with others, but it also takes a load of stress off of me. It’s a life saver.

by GBunny06

I love the Ovia apps; I started off with Ovia fertility, and, well, a month later I was pregnant! So I switched to Ovia pregnancy and love this one as well!

I'm giving it 4 stars though, just because I think there's room for improvement in the community aspect. For asking questions, I understand the anonymity aspect, but moms-to-be also like to connect with others, so being able to create a public profile/username and having a community where you could connect would be a great addition. As it is, some users try to connect via the questions, but that doesn't really work... Plus honestly, not everyone knows how to ask a question. That seems silly to say I'm sure, but all my thesis classes from college are coming back to me, so when they don't give the appropriate options for answers (like forgetting a "doesn't apply" when asking a yes/no question, for example) I'm like ugh!

But anyways, apart from that aspect it's great; I look forward to checking the daily update each day and I love the different themes for size comparisons - Parisian bakery for me! (Because our honeymoon was in Paris and I'm a definite Francophile.) Besides, not everyone wants to compare their baby to fruits and veggies. =)

At the start of a new week in my pregnancy my husband and I look together to see the new comparison, how much her hand grew, and read the updates! It added to the anticipation of her arrival.

The only pregnancy app I use.

by JanPonce

Found OviaPregnancyBabyTracker via my employer. Really great app. It tracks food, weight, symptoms and many other things. App has many articles that are informative and educational. I love how I can track the babies weekly and gives you information about the baby on a day to day basis. Overall a great app. I would highly recommend.

I gave it three stars because even though my settings were set for multiples OviaPregnancyBabyTracker followed a single birth pregnancy. It really doesn’t cater to twins. It would of been cool if my home page was automatically set with multiples pictures with two sets of hands and feet. I would of enjoyed opening OviaPregnancyBabyTracker and seeing two babies next to each other with an idea of how big they are at the current week. Adding my babies names to OviaPregnancyBabyTracker was VERY disappointing because it only allowed me to put it one name. It also doesn’t list all of the complications in pregnancy nor can you add it. It is a bit annoying. Same goes for medications. Other than that app is great. I would highly recommend.

by S_Schultz

I have really enjoyed using OviaPregnancyBabyTracker for my first pregnancy! I like the week by week articles, the fun themes, and the tools like the symptom checker and food/medication safety. However, there are a couple things I would improve. Since the last app update, it's harder to look up and find medications to record. In the previous version, it would keep your recently used meds (like prenatal vitamins) up at the top so you could easily find them. Now I have to search prenatal vitamins every time which is frustrating. Also, the kick counter was moved off the front data screen and moved into the more tab, which doesn't seem to fit for me. That is something I use everyday and data that I would like to be able to chart out (it's a higher priority for me than the activity tracker). Overall, OviaPregnancyBabyTracker is great and I do recommend it to my friends. Just a couple things that I would change to improve ease of use.

by ADC022192

Since I have been pregnant with my little one OviaPregnancyBabyTracker has helped me out a lot. It is so informative that I feel like with each week as my baby grows I learn something each and everyday about my little one and it’s development. As a new mom to be I feel like OviaPregnancyBabyTracker gives me a piece of mind about everything as far as development of baby, the symptoms that I might experience that I might experience throughout each stage, sending me reminders for my doctor’s appointments. The articles they have for diet, exercise, recipes, and other useful things on OviaPregnancyBabyTracker . This is the only pregnancy app I’ve ever had and I must say I’m glad that I did it right the first time, OviaPregnancyBabyTracker is amazing. I recommend OviaPregnancyBabyTracker to everyone that’s pregnant, you will not be disappointed and you will be well educated just like I am now!!! OviaPregnancyBabyTracker definitely has me looking forward to meeting my little one.

by Notatrumplover

This is my first baby so I figured an app would help keep me sane. I went through 3 or 4 before I stumbled upon Ovia, and I didn’t have a single second thought when I started using OviaPregnancyBabyTracker. It’s easy, it’s sensible, you can control notifications, and you can put whatever information you have and you don’t have to worry if you don’t have the information it asks for because you can always skip it.

This has helped me keep track of my baby’s growth and development much better than other apps. I tried a couple of the themes and finally settled on fruits and vegetables, but the other themes were just as cute. And I particularly love the mom/parent chat available. It’s very helpful for first time moms that have worries but don’t want to go to the doctor right away.

It’s a wonderful app. I hope everyone else using or considering using it has as an experience as good as I have had.