I’d like to introduce my app which I have been working on for about half a year, it’s called Baby Journal and it’s an end-to-end encrypted app for tracking your baby activities, like feeding, diaper changes and so on.
On iOS you can install it to your homescreen as a webapp, on Android you can either install it as a webapp or directly from Google Play. On both you can just run it from your browser. Neither has any advantage over the other, the content will be the same.
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Now onto the app itself!
The biggest feature is that it’s entirely end to end encrypted and I as the server operator have no access to your unencrypted data. I’m of the opinion that the privacy of your kids should not be compromised for some company to make a quick buck.
What activities can the app track?
And some cool features!
Currently the data can only be tracked in metric units, but imperial support is coming.
Note that the encrypted nature has one downside - if you don’t export your account code and lose access to the app (for example your device breaks), there’s no way to recover your account. I advise you to securely store your account code as soon as possible.
For advanced users there’s also a self-hosting option! You can run your own backend and app. Or you can just run your own backend and point the official app to it. Currently there’s not much documentation on how to do that, but if you need that, I can write something up.
Do let me know if you have any questions!
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Thank you for building this! My partner is due in next two weeks, so this is perfect timing for us. I’ve been using the Android version and the interface feels very straightforward and easy to use. I’ve only run into two issues so far:
There currently isn’t the option to change the name, I’ll take a look at the family name change.