HEIA is now even more helpful. We’ve significantly expanded the Companion with more relevant guidance for your baby’s development and everyday routines. We’ve also improved shared caregiving, added more languages, and refined sleep tracking, usability, and reliability. This update also includes many smaller improvements and fixes for a smoother, more dependable HEIA experience.

Meet the Companion. Knowledge and ideas that fit your baby's age – from the first weeks to the first birthday. 295 sourced articles, including 37 recipes for starting solids. • Phase timeline: see where you are and what comes next. • Image sequences: many articles show a situation in several pictures – swipe through, no guessing. • Recipes with a calm check: before a recipe becomes a recommendation, Heia asks once about readiness signs. You decide, not the app. • Sources & background: every sourced article shows where the information comes from. • Save for later: keep articles and read them when there's time. The Companion is currently in German. In other app languages you can open it in German on purpose – and undo that any time. Also: improved Turkish, Russian, Ukrainian and Arabic texts, plus bug fixes.

This update mostly fixes things you can't see. Four of them you will notice. CHECKUP REMINDERS NOW ACTUALLY ARRIVE Reminders for well-child visits used to follow your baby's time of birth. For a baby born at half past ten in the evening, they landed in the middle of the night — and were never delivered at all, because Heia stays quiet at night. They now come in the morning. When you can actually call the practice. ADS STAY OUT OF THE WAY No more banner behind an open entry form. No ad right under the finger that just let go of "Save". No full-screen ad at all in the first days after installing. And ads no longer push anything down once they load — the space is reserved beforehand. LESS WORK IN THE BACKGROUND Heia was doing considerably more background work than it needed to. That's fixed: same app, less battery. RETENTION PERIODS THAT ACTUALLY RUN What the privacy policy says now happens on its own: deleted entries are removed for good after 30 days, anonymous usage statistics after 14 months. We didn't change anything about logging itself. That stays as it was.

The sleep compass arrives sooner After your very first sleep entry, Heia shows you roughly when the next sleep window is coming. The more you log, the better it adapts to your own rhythm. Checkups you won't forget Heia quietly reminds you about upcoming checkups and can prepare everything you need for the appointment. Faster logging Vaccinations and appointments now save without having to type anything first. Small improvements Steadier reminders, plus a few things behind the scenes you won't see but will notice.

Heia gets sounds and pictures: • Sound cradle: 13 quiet sleep sounds wait in the sleep timer – music box, humming, rain, fireplace, womb, gentle noise and more. With a timer that fades out softly – and they never start on their own. • Development journey: every phase of your baby now has its own loving illustration that gently breathes along. • Make a wish: tell us right in the app what would make Heia better for you – no forms, no tickets. • Polished throughout: a calmer home screen, softer transitions, more warmth in every detail. As always: quiet at night, undisturbed while logging, and your data belongs to you.

Heia gets more personal – our biggest update yet: • Your Week: every Sunday, a warm weekly recap – shareable as a picture with grandma & co. • Personal weekly report: if you like, Heia writes a short, warm text about your week – from your numbers; name, notes and photos never leave your phone. • Month birthdays: Heia celebrates with you – a little cake, a kind morning greeting and a shareable look back at your month. • Little memory moments: "One month ago …" – the beautiful moments resurface. • Night story: each morning, your night summed up in one kind sentence – never with pressure. • More warmth everywhere: a breathing teddy on the sleep timer, a home sky that follows the time of day, tiny celebrations when you save. • A calmer home screen: exactly one gentle card instead of many. As always: logging stays undisturbed, Heia stays quiet at night – and your data is yours.

Your companion is here Daily check: Heia calmly makes sense of yesterday – sleep, feedings, diapers. Green means everything is within the typical, wide normal range. And if something stands out, you'll see what you can do about it. Coming soon for your child: a developmental phase preview (4-month sleep regression, first teeth, rolling over …) – the companion grows with you every month. Morning note: if you like, ONE gentle reminder in the morning (8, 9 or 10 a.m.). Never at night, promise. Saving notes is now faster, and running nursing timers can be ended with a single tap on "Save & close". Many small improvements and bug fixes. Heia only helps you make sense of things and does not provide diagnoses – if you have questions, please consult your pediatrician or midwife.

Small under-the-hood improvements so Heia runs even smoother and more reliably. Thank you for being here!