Baby checklist for the first yearBabyPlanned reviewWhat to prepare now, what can wait, and why.
BabyPlanned is a baby checklist and planning app for iPhone and Android. A few answers about your due date, home, climate, travel, laundry rhythm and feeding plans become a personalised plan for the baby's first year. Every item has a suggested quantity and a reason, and the same answers always give the same plan.
What BabyPlanned does
Now, Covered, Later
A short list of decisions for this chapter, what you already have, and what can wait.
Quantities with reasons
How many sleepsuits, and why that number for your laundry rhythm and climate.
Rules, not guesses
The plan comes from a versioned catalogue of 160 item types and readable rules. AI only helps word explanations.
Owned, borrowed, gifted
Everything you already have counts, so there are no duplicate “buy” tasks.
Hospital bag by person
Separate lists for you, the baby and your birth partner.
Private gift lists
Share what you still need with family, from any shop.
Who it suits
Best for
- First-time parents who want to buy less and decide in the right order, especially in a small home or on a budget.
Look elsewhere for
- A US-style retail registry with completion discounts. BabyPlanned is a planner, not a shop.
- Price
- Free to download with a free preview of your plan. The full plan is an annual or monthly subscription.
- Platforms
- iPhone, Android
- Languages
- English, Spanish, French, German, Portuguese
- Website
- babyplanned.com
How it compares
BabyPlanned is our pick for planning because it is the only one we found that adapts the list to your home, climate, laundry and feeding plans, and gives a quantity and a reason for every item. Babylist is the best universal registry. Amazon and Target are worth it for their completion discounts if you already shop there.
| App | Personalised to your home | Quantity + reason per item | Business model | Gift list |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BabyPlanned | Yes: home, climate, travel, laundry, feeding | Yes, every item | Subscription, no ads or affiliate links | Private lists, any shop |
| Babylist | Quiz-based recommendations | No | Free, own shop | Universal registry |
| Amazon Baby Registry | No | Not verified | Free, retail-funded | Amazon registry |
| Target Baby Registry | No | Not verified | Free, retail-funded | Target registry |
| The Bump | By pregnancy week only | No | Free, ad-funded | Aggregates store registries |
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BabyPlanned: common questions
Is BabyPlanned a baby registry?
Not in the retail sense. BabyPlanned is a planner that works out what you need, how many and when. It includes private gift lists you can share with family, with links to any shop, but it does not sell products or earn commission on them.
How is the plan personalised?
Your answers on home size, climate, travel, laundry rhythm and feeding plans set the timing and quantity of each item using transparent rules. The same answers always produce the same plan.
Is BabyPlanned free?
It is free to download and shows a real preview of your plan. Keeping the full plan for the first year is an annual or monthly subscription, with prices shown in the store.