10 Best Pregnancy Apps UK 2024 | What to Expect, Ovia and More

From helping you to choose names to fully customisable tracking features, no matter what you want to track this app is capable of doing it. There's even a really useful resource that lets you check if certain foods, vitamins, and medications are safe during pregnancy.

It will send you baby progress updates every morning and at the start of each week, as well as allowing you to track exercise and sync with Apple Health or other fitness trackers. This app really gives you peace of mind and support during your pregnancy!

Pregnancy+ allows you to see beautiful interactive pictures for every week of your pregnancy and shows you objects such as fruits/vegetables to help you imagine the size of your growing baby. It also helps you log all of your experiences and vital stats. 

It's free, with no constant pop-up ads and it contains information that's really easy to digest. It also has new articles to read every day and offers reassurance when something unexpected happens. There's also a Baby+ app for when your new baby arrives. Although the app does have a tendency to be 'Americanised' it won't be an issue for most people.

This is a really user-friendly app with fun and interactive features. Sprout Pregnancy is the ONLY app that features a "Next Generation 3D Interaction", whereby you can experience your baby's world in much greater detail with interactive movements, kicking and heartbeat. 

It also features a pregnancy journal that you can download or print for your healthcare provider, making it a handy app if you're tracking any health conditions. Although it does have a tendency to be 'Americanised' it won't be an issue for most people. 

Titled the same as the well-known pregnancy book this app is chock-full of information from reliable sources. It has useful week-by-week updates on your baby's development, plenty of informative videos, as well as curated product recommendations. 

There are some minor criticisms of this app. Navigating articles can be tricky as you cannot go back to the previous page and instead have to go from the homepage. There could also be subtitling on the videos for those who are hearing impaired. 

This app from Glow allows you to download your data as a PDF to give to your healthcare provider. This could be especially useful if you're tracking symptoms of a particular issue as it allows you to track and monitor easily and accurately, even when you're out and about. 

It also integrates with MyFitnessPal and Apple's Health app. However, this app offers a subscription service and free users may find it frustrating, as accessible content is restricted, and adverts to upgrade may be annoying for some. 

Baby Bump provides you with helpful advice and information, from feeling the first kick to finding out the baby's gender. You'll learn more about what to expect during every week of your pregnancy, plus it features a useful contraction timer to help you know when to head to the hospital. 

This simple tracker app is quite popular as a basic option, however, it would be good to see more customisation included-  especially because once you have added your details, it won't let you edit them.  

Emma’s Diary's mission is to support mums-to-be and new parents, and all of the medical content is approved by their healthcare team made up of GPs and midwives. The app will help you track key information and milestones, all the way through until your child is 2 years old. 

This app also connects you with giveaways and vouchers from well-known retailers, helping you save money. Unfortunately, the free goodie bags that they offer are difficult to obtain, due to low-stock issues.

This app offers weekly bite-sized information and advice for each specific stage of your pregnancy. This app includes numerous features which makes it useful for partners as well as mums-to-be, everything from; recipes to help alleviate morning sickness, to product recommendations, to the chance to connect with other parents - all location  based. 

You can also access birthing classes online through the app, and connect with healthcare professionals and other parents. In some cases, the app doesn't sync with the correct stage and there have also been problems with the video playback. 

This app is a treasure trove of information for women who suffer from gestational diabetes. There's a whole host of features to help you learn more about how to take better control of your situation, and can provide additional insights into your personal condition for your healthcare provider. 

This is one of the few pregnancy apps supported by the NHS and allows for your encrypted data to be transferred securely to your NHS trust. Sadly, the app is unresponsive on occasion and the data scanning feature has a tendency to freeze. 

Feeling your baby move is a sign they are well, but if anything changes, it could be a sign that something needs looking into. Therefore, this app is great at tracking your baby's movements and is also recommended by the NHS. 

Unfortunately, times and dates aren't logged when your baby has been kicking, so you can't look back over the past few days/weeks to see if a pattern emerges. This would help expectant parents get to know their baby's usual habits.