A contraction timer and labour log that works when the signal doesn't
Time contractions against the 5-1-1 rule, log medication, waters and examinations as they happen, and hand your midwife a clear written summary. Free, no account, and every entry stays on your own phone.
Works on iPhone and Android · Add it to your Home Screen · No sign-up
One button, mid-contraction
A target you can hit without looking, a live timer, and an intensity tap afterwards you are free to skip. The screen stays awake while it runs.
Answers the questions you'll be asked
How far apart, how long, how strong, when did the waters go, what has she taken and when. All on one screen when the midwife asks.
Written for the birth partner
The person holding the phone usually isn't the one in labour. Everything is one tap, big, and readable in a dim room at 3am.
Everything in one place
Ten tools, all optional. Switch off anything you don't want and the app gets simpler.
Contraction timer
One-tap timing with duration, spacing and an automatic “time to call” check.
Event timeline
Quick-log waters breaking, examinations, arrival at hospital, pain relief and free-text notes.
Medication log
What was taken and when, with a countdown to the next safe dose.
Eat & drink reminders
Nudges at a chosen interval, plus a running total of fluids and snacks.
Breathing pacer
A visual guide to breathe along with through a contraction.
Kick counter
Count movements before labour starts and see how long ten took.
Handover card
Allergies, blood group, hospital number and birth preferences on one screen.
Checklists
Hospital bag and leaving-the-house lists you can edit.
After the birth
Feeds and nappies for the first few days.
Midwife summary
A clean, readable write-up of everything logged, ready to show, share or save.
Private by construction, not by promise
No account
Nothing to sign up for, so there is nothing to leak. Open the page and start.
No server
Your labour record is written to your browser's storage. It is never uploaded, because there is nowhere to upload it to.
No trackers
No analytics, no advertising, no third-party scripts of any kind.
Common questions
- What is the 5-1-1 rule?
- It is the pattern many maternity units ask you to watch for: contractions coming five minutes apart, each lasting about one minute, keeping that up for a full hour. Birth Companion checks all three parts continuously and shows how close you are to each. Some units prefer 4-1-1 or 3-1-1, so you can switch the threshold in Settings.
- Does it work without signal?
- Yes. Once the page has loaded on your phone it is cached, so it opens and keeps working with no connection at all — which matters in hospital lifts, basements and side rooms. Everything you log is written straight to the phone's own storage.
- Where is my data stored?
- In your browser's local storage on that one device. There is no account, no server database and no analytics. Nobody else can see it, including us. The trade-off is that clearing your browser data, or losing the phone, loses the log — so there is a one-tap backup file in Settings.
- How do I add it to my iPhone home screen?
- Open the site in Safari, tap the Share button, then choose Add to Home Screen. It then opens full screen with its own icon, without the browser bars, and behaves like any other app. A prompt in the app walks you through it.
- Is it a medical device?
- No. It is a notebook that happens to keep good time. It gives no medical advice and makes no diagnosis. If anything worries you — reduced movements, bleeding, waters that are not clear, pain between contractions — ring your maternity unit straight away, whatever the app shows.
- Does it cost anything?
- No. There is no subscription, no premium tier and no ads. The features other apps charge for — pattern analysis, medication tracking, exportable summaries, checklists — are all here.
Set it up before you need it
Fill in the handover card, pack the checklist and add it to your Home Screen now — so that when it starts, the only thing to do is press one button.
Open the app