Count the Kicks

Healthy Birth Day, Inc.

About this app

The hallmark tool of the Count the Kicks public health campaign empowers expectant parents to track their babies’ movements daily in the third trimester of pregnancy. Research shows a change in fetal movement can be the earliest and sometimes only indication that a baby is in distress in utero and should be checked by a provider. Kick counting is also a great way to bond with your baby!

Count the Kicks app features include:
• The ability to download and send kick counting data directly from the app
• Available in 12 languages: Amharic, Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Haitian-Creole, Hindi, Marshallese, Russian, Spanish, Swahili, and Vietnamese
• Users can track movements for single babies or twins
• Easy-to-read graphs that show your baby’s normal movement history
• Login via social media or accounts such as Google or Microsoft
• Daily interactive and educational messages that appear after a kick session has been saved
• Notifications to remind users to count kicks
• An optional survey for users to inform us of their experience using the app and the outcome of their pregnancy
• "Baby save" stories within the app and the ability for users to submit a baby save story directly from the app

Ratings and reviews

Very simple app, and easy to use. My only complaint is that I've had trouble setting up reminders. I turned them on for every night at the same time and I've had it for almost a week and haven't gotten any notifications. I made sure notifications are enabled for the app in my settings too but still nothing. Not a huge deal as I can set a calendar reminder, it would just be nice if that worked for me.

App is a cool idea but really clunky. Doesn't work properly offline (why on earth can't I count kicks on a plane?), disables some of your keyboard functions (swipe-typing and dictation), and abruptly stopped working this morning, telling me I needed to update when no update was available. Wish it worked the way it could, cause it's a handy and simple kick counter.

The app keeps resetting after use. It doesn't add the kick counts to my profile after the session, even though I follow all of the steps to properly complete it. It's made me remake my pregnancy profile several times after saying I don't have one, just for them all to magically show back up the next time I open the app (without any sessions). I wanted to use this for my rainbow baby, but I'm better off using a regular stopwatch and timing it myself.

What's new

My Zone: All your information, preferences, and settings are now conveniently located in the new My Zone area for a seamless experience.

Introducing Ana: Our AI Assistant is here to help! Have questions about baby movements or how to use the app? Simply ask Ana, and get the support you need.