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***Note: this review is sponsored by Bimlin LLC, the owner of BabyDailyLog.com and Baby Michael iPhone app, so it has natural strong preference to its own product - Baby Michael.

Please download the full report here (PDF format).

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This is the first of several parts report that will compare many of the baby care and milestone applications available for use with the iPhone and iPod Touch. In this section, baby care applications will be discussed and compared based on just what aspects of baby care and development they track, how they achieve this, and how the apps then display and allow a user to share the information you’ve taken the time to record.

As a father of a 9-months old boy, I must say the ability to track aspects of your baby’s development and daily care on a device such as the iPhone, is a wonderful concept. I remember with my son, meticulously recording feeding times, diaper changes, and his sleep schedule especially for the first two months after we came home from the hospital. It’s one of the best ways to know your baby is growing and healthy. I kept those papers as a souvenir, and perhaps one day I’ll show my sons how crazy it really was those first few weeks home. How much simpler my life would have been if I owned an iPhone or iPod touch back then! Trying to remember how long you’ve been breastfeeding, or the last time their diapers were changed is next to impossible when your eyes are too tired to see the clock in the first place.

These apps all serve a variety of purposes and so a direct comparison between them is nearly impossible. Instead, the overall grades I’ve given for each app are based on how each application performs for what it claims to track. Price point, interface usability, and intuitiveness of use are all factors in determining a final score for each application, as is anything obviously missing that should be present for a baby care tracking log.

Table 1. Key feature comparison of six of the available baby care applications. For more detailed information, please visit Apple’s iPod store.

Tags: baby, baby care, baby daily log, baby log, baby michael, iphone, iPhone app

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