Pregnancy & Baby App: The Bump Ratings and Reviews

So my wife and I have been using this app to track the baby’s growth, learn about our pregnancy, and try to be the best first timers we can be. However, these baby size comparisons are absolute bonkers. From endive to kiwi, cabbage to lettuce? A ball fruit to a long fruit? Week over week these size comparisons are wild and so out of left field. Like I get that they are “standard/average” but like we all know there’s like 3 to 4 popular heads of lettuce? Romain is different than green leaf which is different than iceberg. All of them differing in both shape, size, and weight. In the first trimester, the baby gets compare to endive. Have you seen endive? It can get huge. Also, endive can be either endive or radicchio and those are two vastly different plants. And like like orange to squash to grapefruit or something like that. I also believe there was a comparison jump from a round citrus or melon to a long vegetable. Week 18- artichoke to mango to banana to endive to coconut to grapefruit to cauliflower to kale and now lettuce. So are we comparing length or weight? And later on it’s compared to asparagus??? At 16.2 inches long? I’ve seen asparagus that long- BUT I’ve been a professional chef. Asparagus in a store that large is RARE. but again, length or weight??

The app has been very informative for a lot of things, but the size comparison is UNHINGED. Very entertaining, and not consistent or regulated at all.

It’s so approachable, comprehensive and educational. I feel so informed with everything that is happening along the way. A lot of times, a new symptom will develop and I’ll open the bump app and it just happens to be what one of the daily articles is about! Everything is so on point and relevant. You get the cute “fruit” size updates, week by week informational updates on what to expect, daily articles, appointment calendar, weekly checklists on things that will probably be coming up soon or things to get done, 3D views on what baby looks like and what’s developing that week, plus 3D view of what is happening inside your own body as well! There’s forums, and the new update that immediately says how far along you are and how many weeks to go is great! I truly love this app for pregnancy and feel very lucky to have found it. I don’t feel “lost” or filled with unending questions, instead— I feel as in control as possible during pregnancy! Highly recommend.

I really love this app. Now, do I love it because it continuously reminds me that I’m going to become a grandmother or because it’s a solid place for information and resources? Lemme say, it’s BOTH!! I will say I also have another app download that I had to pay a tiny fee for. But what I wish this app had (that the other does) is a place to upload my pics of my daughter’s growing belly. And whatever other pictures I decide I want to keep on the app. This app does allow you to make changes to I absolutely appreciate The Bump’s consistent flow of both daily changes and weekly changes as they’re are a lot of fun. My daughter, my mother (who will become a great grandmother), and myself almost have a daily race to see who gets to the app first upon awakening, so that we can be the first one of the day to send a .gif to our group message about which item the baby is to be compared. Like today my daughter is 16 weeks along and this week’s comparison of the Bebe is the size of an avocado. The daily fact today is that Bebe is the size of a chipmunk (minus their tail)! Always so cute. So now I’m ~24 weeks away from becoming a grandmother to a Capricorn Bebe. 🥰

Number one, the “daily fact” is a comparison of the size of baby to an object. These have become a comedy topic for friends and family as the daily size of my baby went from a lime to a Swedish fish, to a plum, to being able to “fit on a sugar packet.” I send the daily “fact” and we laugh about how the baby may have significantly shrunk for the day. All fun and games. My other issue with the app, however is much more serious…

In an article about when you can determine the sex/gender of your baby, the article gives a long paragraph defining gender as something that the baby will be able to determine as he or she grows… this is a NEW THEORY that has only come about in recent pop culture and is being presented as FACT in this article. This THEORY is very controversial and is NOT accepted by the majority of scientists and physicians, or the general population, but rather an agenda being pushed by a relatively small group people. The idea of gender fluidity being pushed in an article and being presented as fact is disgusting.
The “daily fact” was funny, but with this disturbing article I will not be deleting the app immediately and I encourage other free-thinking individuals who do not just jump on the band wagon of every “popular” hot topic that contradicts thousands of years of social norms to do the same.

This app is great for answering the big and small questions that come along with pregnancy and becoming a new parent. I’m on my third child and in my 30s, so I would like to see more diverse articles for moms as well as Dads and families with older kids.
I love how there’s 3 to 5 new articles per day, and getting notifications about how far along I am. It’s a fun little reminder. It feels a little bit like someone is right there excited about your pregnancy alongside you.
I like the 3-D example each week of what my baby looks like, as well as the little tidbits of information that are specific to help my babies growth. I also love how every week right when I open the app there’s a comparison to a familiar fruit, so it’s easy for me to visualize how big my baby is. I can also easily share information about our new family member with my older kids, their ages six and eight. They like the pictures and easy-to-understand information about babies progress.
I have no big complaints about this app, just improving the demographic it’s geared towards and broadening the article information would be a positive improvement.

I used this app while pregnant with my first born. He was born this March. I had very little knowledge on pregnancy and found lots of information that was useful. My son had a few problems on the womb and I stressed over it bc I do not do well when o don’t understand an issue and I want all the details. The bump calmed me down having unbiased straight facts and I was able to talk to moms with similar issues with this app. There are so many articles to read and it is so easy to search for a specific topic and ask questions if needed. My son is over 4 months and the app still gives me information that I need and has great suggestion articles. My all time favorite feature with The Bump App or website is the weekly information and 3D visual of the baby and his progress with them and the mother’s body as well. I would recommend this app to any expecting mother or even fathers to learn how to help their wives and themselves through the 40 week process and also to anyone with a newborn!

I love the week-by-week tracker and learning how baby is developing. The articles are often useful and entertaining. The nutrition advice, though, is often confusing or conflicting from article to article. I would like to see more consistent, evidence-based nutrition articles—if what we eat is what our babies are made out of (literally) then it’s perhaps one of the most important topics. For example, today I encountered an article suggesting to reduce red meat consumption and get iron instead from seeds and nuts. While seeds and nuts have wonderful benefits and should definitely be included in a healthy diet, they are not at all equivalent in terms of iron. I recently read another article that said breakfast cereal is a sufficient source of vitamin D. 😬 If you want to eat cereal, no problems there, but don’t assume additional supplementation won’t be necessary. Whatever a mother decides to eat, she should be given full and accurate information so she can confidently make her own decisions. For moms using this app, I’d highly recommend also picking up a good evidence-based book like Real Food for Pregnancy.

I would say that MOST of the information week by week was extremely helpful. There were just a few details that I would have liked to see improved. First, the 3D models always had smaller bellies, more like what a first time mom would have. 2nd, there was nothing on prodromal labor that came up, so I both had that and had to research it myself, because it’s not Braxton Hicks and it’s not progressing, active labor, but something in between that women can get before they are full or early term. Also, I always feel like I’m being “sold” to when the healthcare industry pushes vaccines for all moms and babies, where they simply are not right for everyone and affect everyone differently, sometimes adversely. Third, there is NOTHING about birth center or homebirth, which is way more common today than it used to be. It is a myth that giving birth in a hospital is safest, and in reality, less intervention and less technological interference in normal deliveries leads to better outcomes and happier memories (read Gentle Birth Choices). That is evidence based.

I love this app! I’ve been using it since I found out I was pregnant around 6 or 7 weeks pregnant and it’s been amazing so far. I’m 18 weeks now and each week my homepage updates with new information about my little one. The info is always accurate (I read a lot as this is my first pregnancy and I’m naturally curious) and even throughout each week it tells me how big baby is. The app also updates articles and has forums where you can chat with other parents and parents to be. I love it so much I recommended it to my mom who lives in a different state but wanted to keep up with my pregnancy as well. She loves that there’s an “someone you love is expecting” option where all you need is their due date. The interface is also adorable with a nice color scheme and cute little pictures of fruit. I also love the 3D baby and body view so I can keep up with my baby’s progress visually too. Anyway overall it’s an easy to use, adorable and accurate app!

Okay so, I love the bump because it gives me weekly updates and notifies me with how many weeks I have left, it allows me to see a 3D version of a baby to show what’s going on with my baby for the week, it also shows what I can expect from my body in the coming week. Those are my FAVORITE features. Thanks to the articles you can find on The Bump, I also already knew all about the NT scam and many other things the doctor has takes about and he was very impressed, he still explained but the fact that I had done research made me more comfortable and I better understood what he was telling me. I love the fun facts of “on this day the baby is” those are totally awesome! I wish the bump had a cool editing feature for your pictures and you could save them all to the app! I use the BabyBoo app but I type little facts from the bump onto my pictures so they’re more unique. That’s literally the only way The Bump could get better...... bumpdate photo editing!