What Are the Best Apps to Use During Pregnancy?

Written By zach vancamp

Spoiler:  It Might Not Be an App at All

If you’re newly pregnant, chances are one of the first things you did—right after peeing on a stick and blinking in disbelief—was download a pregnancy app (or three). Whether it was to find out what fruit your baby is this week, track your symptoms, or get a jump on your to-do list, it feels like there’s an app for everything.

And honestly? Some of them are great.

But if you ask me what the best thing I used during pregnancy was, I’d say this: It wasn’t an app. It was The Pregnancy Calendar—a week-by-week guide, memory book, and keepsake all in one.

 

The Problem with Apps: They’re Helpful, but... Forgettable

Let’s be real: apps are incredibly convenient. And I used them to:

  • See what size fruit the baby was (yes, I did like that. Don’t @ me, okay)

  • Read about fetal development (and make my partner listen to all the crazy s*** going on inside my body)

  • Compare weird symptoms with other pregnant women on forums

  • Set reminders for vitamins and check-ups

But after a while, it all blended together. The notifications, the daily facts, the anonymous forum threads—it became noise. I was consuming tons of information but creating zero memories. When I looked back a year later, I couldn’t remember which app I used or what I even learned from it.

The experience was helpful in the moment, but totally forgettable in the long run.

 

What I Really Needed Was Something to Remember It All

Enter: The Pregnancy Calendar. This was something my mom and her best friend actually created back in the ’80s, and it’s since getting lovingly updated for modern parents (ahem, by me). At first, I used it alongside my apps. But slowly, I realized it was giving me something the apps never could: a way to connect with my pregnancy, in my own words and in real time.

 

Why The Pregnancy Calendar Was Better Than Any App

1. It’s a Weekly Guide—Without the Overwhelm

Just like the apps, The Pregnancy Calendar walks you through what’s happening with your baby and body each week, but it does it in a simple, grounded way. No endless scroll. No push notifications. Just real, practical guidance you can flip to when you need it.

2. It Captures What Apps Can’t: Your Experience

There’s space (and stickers! Who doesn’t love stickers??) to jot down how you're feeling, what you're craving, what surprised you that week—little things that might seem small in the moment but mean everything later. Apps don’t save that stuff. This does.

3. It Becomes a Keepsake

You can’t print out an app. But you can hold The Pregnancy Calendar in your hands years from now and remember what that pregnancy felt like… which could come in handy years later, when your weird, sleep deprived, hormone whacked brain says you want another baby even though when you were last pregnant you vowed to NEVER get pregnant again… It’s part guidebook, part journal, part time capsule—and it’s yours forever.

4. It Helps You Slow Down

Pregnancy goes fast. Sometimes it feels like it’s all happening to you, instead of with you. Sitting down with the calendar each week gave me a reason to slow down, reflect, and stay present—even just for a few minutes.

 

So... Should You Use Pregnancy Apps? Sure. But Don’t Stop There.

Apps are great for quick info. But if you want something deeper—something that’s about you, not just your baby’s fruit size even though that's kinda fun—The Pregnancy Calendar is where it’s at. 

It’s practical, yes. But it’s also personal. And in a time when everything feels like it’s flying by, that’s something worth holding onto.

 

Want the best of both worlds?

Get The Pregnancy Calendar—your week-by-week guide, memory book, and keepsake all in one.

zach vancamp