Little Hours
Say what just happened and Little Hours writes it down. Made for 3am, with a baby on one arm and no hand free for a keyboard.
Works on one phone on its own. Share it with the other parent, and the grandparents, when you are ready.
Tap the mic and say it
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Say what happened
The microphone sits on every screen. Tap it and talk the way you would to your partner:
"Fed on the left for 12 minutes and a wet nappy."
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Check, and it is done
Little Hours shows what it heard as separate cards: a 12 minute feed on the left, a wet nappy. Tap one to fix it. If you leave it alone it saves itself a few seconds after you stop talking (unless you're editing).
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Ask it things
Ask "when did she last feed?" and the answer appears on a card, with the side to start on next. Nothing is read aloud, because someone is probably asleep.
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Take it back
Said the wrong thing? Say "undo that" or "delete the last nappy".
Everything the midwife asks about, and the things you would forget
Feeds, nappies, sleep, medicine, temperatures, growth, milestones and teeth, for as many children as you have, up to the first day of school. Before the birth it keeps the checklists you both tick off (car seat, nursery, hospital bag), the midwife appointments and, in the last three weeks, a contraction timer.
One timeline for the family
Whoever is up logs it, and the other parent sees it on their phone within seconds. Grandparents or the nanny join with a helper code: they see the children and the handover notes, not mum's own records.
When they are unwell
Sick mode keeps temperatures, symptoms and doses together, and works out when the next dose of paracetamol or ibuprofen can be given. It lists the signs that mean get help now, with 000 and a nurse line one tap away.
It records and summarises. It does not diagnose.
Vaccinations
The National Immunisation Program schedule, worked out from your child's birthday. Say "she had her 2 month shots" to tick them off, or ask when the next ones are due. Add extra doses, like meningococcal B, by voice.
Looking after mum
For twelve weeks after the birth there is a short daily check-in that changes with the weeks: bleeding, water, toilet, mood and recovery. If an answer is worrying, it says plainly who to call and offers to add it to your questions for the next appointment.
First foods and first words
Log new foods with the common allergens, so you know which ones she has tried. Keep the first words as they arrive.
Appointments and questions
Keep the questions for the midwife, GP or child health nurse in one list, so they are still there when the 3am worry has faded. Appointments, reminders ("remind me to give Leela vitamin D every morning at 8") and the family's contacts sit beside them.
Dim enough for the 3am feed
From 8pm to 6am Little Hours turns itself down: warm, low colours and no bright white, so checking the last feed does not wake you up any more than the baby already has.
Answers come on a card instead of out loud, and reminders arrive without a sound.
Your family's records, not ours
- Everything you record lives on your phone first. If you never turn on family sharing, it never leaves.
- Speech is turned into text on your phone where it can be. When a phone can't, and your family shares, the recording goes to the family server, is transcribed and thrown away. Recordings are never kept.
- Family sharing syncs through our server in Amazon Web Services' Sydney region.
- No ads, no tracking, no third-party analytics. We don't sell or rent your data.
- Download your data in the app, or ask us for a copy any time at [email protected]. Delete your account in the app and the family's data goes with it.
The privacy policy is short and in plain English. It says what is stored, where, and for how long, including the backups.
Free while in beta
Little Hours is free while in beta; we'll tell you before that changes.
Get Little Hours
Little Hours is in beta and is not in the app stores yet. Both versions do the same things and share the same family timeline.
Android
Android asks a couple of questions the first time, because the app comes from our website rather than Google Play:
- Open the link on your phone and tap the file when it has downloaded.
- If Android says your browser is not allowed to install apps, tap Settings, turn on "Allow from this source" and go back.
- If Play Protect says it does not recognise the app, tap More details, then Install anyway.
iPhone
The iPhone version is a TestFlight beta, Apple's way of sharing an app before it is in the App Store.
- Email us from the address you use for your Apple ID, and we will send a TestFlight invite.
- Install Apple's TestFlight app, open the invite on your iPhone and tap Accept, then Install.