Hello Belly: Pregnancy Tracker Hack 2.1.15 + Redeem Codes

Submitted an issue this weekend with not being able to adjust my due date after initial sign up on December. Their month/date “click roll” input for due date kept defaulting to Sept vs. Aug 2019. Took a few days to hear back - response was friendly. I was told you (and they?) cannot update this again until after 30 days. :(

I then asked why my due date was showing/defaulting to 13 weeks vs. 12 weeks, 0 days. The app shows both the due date (incorrect) and also shows the (correct) weeks and days under settings - it’s off and *incorrect* by a week, causing everyone to default to the wrong week when you open the app. This is confusing, and frustrating- not a good user experience when all other apps + OB/GYNs confirm weeks/days based on the start date of your last period. I sent a screen shot and have not yet heard back.

Lastly, there’s an AR update but with no explanation other than asking to access your camera. More explanation needed with demo, please.

Tried this app since it was recommended in the app store and pregnancy websites. Unfortunately, many aspects of the app include high movement visuals which move automatically, such as the fast spinning baby on the landing page. The high movement visuals have been making me feel dizzy and disoriented. When I am trying to read something, these visuals pull my eyes and the jerky motion makes me feel dizzy. Sometimes the visuals pop out from the bottom of the screen and can catch me unprepared. Since I was tired of holding my hand over half my screen to cover the visuals and read something, I contacted support, who could not provide a solution beyond trying to skip among the pages to avoid the movements. Moving quickly among the pages to avoid these visuals does not seem to address my issue with high movement visuals, but rather potentially stimulate it with quick movements. I wouldn't be able to read if I can trying to quickly jump among the pages. The app does not have a way to reduce motion. Sure - this dizziness might be a symptom of pregnancy from seeing these fast moving visuals, but this is an app FOR pregnancy. Given this, I expected that the app might be better tailored to the variety of experiences during pregnancy. I'm already pass the first trimester. The app seemed to have a lot of potential, but I don't want to feel dizzy from an app.

The layout is easy to navigate and not overwhelming. Lots of information on a variety of things. Also includes meditations and yoga moves.
What I don’t like is it asks you to allow notifications every time you open the dang thing. But more importantly a lot of the blurbs come across as judgmental and shame-y which seems to be a thing in pregnancy world. A lot about what you need to be doing and what you should not be doing and not a lot validating that sometimes just getting through your work day and managing to eat anything is a miracle enough.
A classic example “eat it without a twinge of consciousness but don’t forget it will not bring much benefit to you and the baby” …ok so that sound like a guilt trip to me.
Just doesn’t make me feel good at a time when I already never feel good.

I’m 12 weeks this week. If I put my due date in, the app tells me I’m 13. If I put in the date of my last period. The app tells me my due date the day before it is, and if I put in the weeks, the app tells me I’m due 11 days after I actually am. There’s not a whole lot of information on the app like there is on some other apps. There’s only a couple articles that are a paragraph or 2 long and not super informative about anything.

Verdict? Skip it.

Edit- I received a response from the developer- i May have missed articles that I didn’t go searching for, but my dashboard didn’t show me many articles, so I wasn’t going to scour the app looking for them. As far as the weeks thing though, maybe that’s something that should be changed- that’s not the way any other app, or the doctor reads it. I’ve never heard on anyone considering you being on your “13th week” until you are 13 weeks. And that’s still doesn’t solve the problem for the due date issue. If that was the case, my due date should be a week off when I put in how many weeks I am, not almost 2 weeks off.

This app gives little mini articles throughout each week, but it’s a little confusing because some of them are addressed to a significant other and some are not. This didn’t make sense to me because why would a guy add an app called hello belly with a little pregnant lady on it? It just seems like it’s clearly for the person who is pregnant, so the articles should be consistent with that.
Secondly, the language in the articles is confusing, almost like it’s been translated or written by someone who doesn’t speak common English. Also, one of them says not to get upset if your body rejects a pregnancy at week 7 because it’s a good thing. Really? This is so insensitive and all around strange to say. Why would a pregnant woman want to read that?
Lastly, the image of the baby is not at all scientifically accurate. When matched with countless other images on apps and websites, the baby shown on this app is several weeks ahead of where it should be.
Overall this app is confusing and awkward. I will not be using for the remainder of my pregnancy and wish I hadn’t spent the money.

As soon as I opened the free app I somehow purchased the $50 yearly subscription. The words and price did not pop up until after I used the finger print select option to move to the next screen. At that point it was too late. I decided to give the app a try and have found it not useful. My weeks/days are off once I managed to select the correct due date - which I could only select by choosing a different due date since they seem to be off a few days. For example when I chose Dec 26 it would pop up as the 24th or 25th. Then say the incorrect number of weeks and days into my pregnancy. The yoga feature is terrible. There are videos but the directions for each pose need to be read on screen and it doesn’t automatically move to the next pose. Also the timer is off. For poses that say a duration of 3 minutes, the timer only goes for 1 minute and poses that say 1 or 2 minutes for duration only have a 30 sec timer. I tried to request a refund via report a problem but it was denied instantly.

I paid full price for this app sight unseen and I think that was a mistake. The illustrations are really cute and I really like how they included prospective fathers, and that it didn't require a login.

However, the information is patronizing, uncited, and sometimes inaccurate. For example, it said that the Chinese moon method of predicting gender was 90% accurate, when it is only 50% accurate. It keeps telling me not to eat too much, but weight gain is actually not one of my worries. It gives lists of chemicals to avoid but not lists of common pregnancy symptoms. Then it asked me to review the app before I've read most of the cards (not taking me to the app store when I put in the stars!). I'm not sure if I can trust any of the information in the app now, even though I was hoping that a paid app would have good research.

Such a waste of money. It doesn’t even give you the right “week” when you put in your due date or last period date. It’s always a week ahead.
The yoga videos are one min each, even once you purchase the app. You have to constantly close and click the next video to continue, which defeats the purpose of relaxing yoga.
The videos of the baby in the womb don’t start until week 13 and it’s not even super informational. Plus it’s less of a video and more of a photo you can rotate.
Now, I’m 10 weeks pregnant (of course the app incorrectly says I’m 11) and it says there isn’t information available for my week yet and to “stay tuned.”
I paid $20 for a year of the app and it was a huge mistake. I emailed them with my concerns and they said the app is still a work in progress.
I got a different app for FREE and wish I just did that in the first place. DO NOT GET IT unless you love wasting your money.

Edit to say: Even your response is unprofessional. I have the email I got originally that I will forward to you where I WAS told that the reason certain things weren’t working properly was because you were still “perfecting the app” which is the same thing. I also tried to get a refund through the App Store and they denied me because they said it isn’t their fault that the app doesn’t work as advertised. And if you “don’t need the money” from customers that don’t like your app, please feel free to send my $20 back. Thanks.

I like this app but, I automatically got charged when I opened it for the first time. I didn’t choose an option or hold my finger down for authorization. I’m so confused what to do because I’ve tried sending my “report a problem” through Apple Support but, I have gotten no where because all it says is “We could not process your request at this time.” I’m a mother of two and we have a vacation coming up this next week and I just had $26 dollars ripped from my account without me authorizing it. I don’t know what happened but, I’m trying my hardest to get it resolved. That $26 would be a meal for me and my husband. I hope I hear from someone soon about this issue! Thank you.

Savanna

First, this due date calculator is insanely frustrating. It goes completely against what your doctor (and what any other app) will calculate if you put in the correct start of your LMP, plus the weeks are off. I understand they have their own “philosophy” of what week you’re in but it’s not helpful to have everything else in your life agree on a number for the week with the exception of this one app.

I thought maybe I could get something out of it by ignoring that and using the tools like meditations. The meditation was not high quality or well written. It was frustrating that they harped on one pronoun which was not configurable and was incorrect for me. I get that some people are having a different gender baby, but if you’re gonna make it just one pronoun, maybe don’t use it 50 times in 2 minutes? Completely takes away from the experience.

So glad I didn’t pay for this. Will be deleting.