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.
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?
feeding tracking - nursing (left and right breast separately), bottle, solid foods
diaper changes - wet, poopy or both, you can also select the color and amount
breast pumping - left and right breast separately
sleeping
temperature taking
weight
length
milestones - with cute descriptions!
with ability to add custom milestones
And some cool features!
tracker - just hit start on your activity and let the app count how long it takes
multiple babies - if you have more than one bundle of joy, you can switch between them easily
sharing with multiple other accounts - you can easily share your data with as many people as you want without compromising privacy
shared tracking - if you use the app with multiple people, you can enable shared tracking - start tracking on one device, finish tracking on another
data at a quick glance - on the main screen you can see when was your baby fed for the last time, when they had a diaper changed and so on
various fine-tune settings - do you want to calculate the time since last feeding since the beginning of the feeding or since the end? Do you want to ignore small gaps between multiple feedings (for example 10 minutes while you switch from nursing to bottle) as one feeding session? Does water count as feeding? All configurable!
daily summary - you can get a nice summary where you can see all the important data in a concise format
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.
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 doesn’t seem to be an option for updating a child’s name
Attempting to update the Family Name results in an endless loading spinner, with no changes being saved.
I work as a nanny and am forever being asked by parents to recommend a baby logging app they can use with the other caregivers for their children. Data security has always been paramount so my previous top choice didn’t offer sync or sharing in order to keep the data safe.
The biggest feature is that it’s entirely end to end encrypted
I think your app has now become my new top recommendation because this is the one thing I’ve been waiting for in other baby logging apps! Thank you for the work you’ve done!
Note that there’s one thing that might be worth mentioning: There’s no setting of user rights, everyone has the exact same rights, including the ability to remove access from others or removing the account altogether.
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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.
I work as a nanny and am forever being asked by parents to recommend a baby logging app they can use with the other caregivers for their children. Data security has always been paramount so my previous top choice didn’t offer sync or sharing in order to keep the data safe.
I think your app has now become my new top recommendation because this is the one thing I’ve been waiting for in other baby logging apps! Thank you for the work you’ve done!
Wow, thanks for that!
Note that there’s one thing that might be worth mentioning: There’s no setting of user rights, everyone has the exact same rights, including the ability to remove access from others or removing the account altogether.
I did notice that when signing up for an account, I got stuck in the wheel of death. Photos @ https://we.tl/t-ltrqpoTrpI
I could only access settings, no other options.
Which fields did you fill and which did you not?