Pregnancy & Baby App: The Bump Negative Reviews

Pregnancy & Baby App: The Bump App Complaints & User Negative Comments 2024

Pregnancy & Baby App: The Bump app received 17 complaints, negative comments and reviews by users. Have you ever had a bad experience using Pregnancy & Baby App: The Bump? Can you share your negative thoughts about pregnancy & baby app: the bump?

Pregnancy & Baby App: The Bump for Negative User Reviews

✓ Good- not great.Tried to submit feedback in the app- but it wouldn’t work. I feel like something is missing. I like that I can read my weekly update at the top of the app, but the other two cards (when you swipe) seem pointless and it seems like there could be more useful pertinent information there in prime app real estate. It would be great to see statistics about pregnancy at each week, other fun facts, or size comparisons (aside from food). Generally I like the app but there’s definitely room for improvement! When you are excited about being pregnant- it’s like you come to this app every week for an update but really the update/info given seems pretty minimal - I wish there was just more information about the baby, a woman’s body, statistics, fun facts, things to look forward to, things to expect each week, user stories even.. just more for pregnant women to look forward to and read each week..Rebma123456Version: 5.25.0

✓ Stick to ScienceFor an app that is rooted in, and designed to explain, a natural biological process, I am not happy to see sections of my articles that ignores facts of biology. Please keep political agendas out of my daily articles and stick to science and facts. Also if you’re going to have an article that insinuates “gender” is a separate entity than sex and that someone may “identify” with a gender different than their chromosomes, please be consistent. It makes you look uneducated to then also share articles about how to plan a gender reveal party. If you’re going to tell me only sex can be determined by chromosomes, then a “gender reveal party” is inaccurately named and boarders on hypocrisy. Everyone is more than entitled to take the stance they like and it’s not my place to make others believe what I do. But please, at the very least, stay consistent in your communications and to the purpose on which the app was created. Thank you..BmcbratneymkVersion: 6.9.1

✓ Loved lots of things, some not so muchI love the week-by-week tracker and learning how baby is developing. The articles are often useful and entertaining. The nutrition advice, though, is often confusing or conflicting from article to article. I would like to see more consistent, evidence-based nutrition articles—if what we eat is what our babies are made out of (literally) then it’s perhaps one of the most important topics. For example, today I encountered an article suggesting to reduce red meat consumption and get iron instead from seeds and nuts. While seeds and nuts have wonderful benefits and should definitely be included in a healthy diet, they are not at all equivalent in terms of iron. I recently read another article that said breakfast cereal is a sufficient source of vitamin D. 😬 If you want to eat cereal, no problems there, but don’t assume additional supplementation won’t be necessary. Whatever a mother decides to eat, she should be given full and accurate information so she can confidently make her own decisions. For moms using this app, I’d highly recommend also picking up a good evidence-based book like Real Food for Pregnancy..SanicamechanicaVersion: 5.62.0

✓ Beware - they post ur DUE DATE onlineIf you create a new profile (basically adding a pregnancy) your new due date shows up online through a google search even in the first trimester. Yikes!! They linked my new pregnancy due date to a previous registry, which explains why family members were asking me if I’m pregnant again. So when someone goes back in to look at your registry boom a new due date appears at the top which basically means your pregnant again. I emailed them and said each profile should be considered separate and not linked to different registries. Each profile should have its own registry. Awful experience and I’m deleting my account after this review. Now I’m left w trying to figure out what to tell my family bc it’s so early we weren’t ready to make an announcement. Oh and once you delete a profile you can’t track your pregnancy anymore so the app is pointless. Unless you don’t care that the world can see your due date right away through a google search..Sms98Version: 5.23.0

✓ Eating and Weight shaming in most of the articlesI am a registered dietitian who works exclusively with eating disorders. I downloaded this app for information on both my body and my baby’s growth during this process, and while the models are interesting, the articles are non stop shaming of women related to weight and eating. Most of the articles pushed calorie counting, very specific calorie limits, and shaming for “unhealthy“ foods. I was appalled to see phrases such as “this is not an excuse to pig out” and “may seem like a free-for-all to eat your heart out,” which paints women to have zero self control, especially around food. As a first time mom who had a very hard time eating because of morning sickness, the last thing I needed was an app shaming me for my food choices when I was simply trying to survive. Pregnant women have enough to worry about during this process and do not deserve to be shamed for their food and lifestyle choices, as they are likely doing the absolute best they can..ED Registered DietitianVersion: 7.6.0

✓ Abortion article in an app that’s focused on celebrating pregnancy?!Why on earth are their articles about abortion on an app that tracks your pregnancy? The “doctors” wanted to abort my firstborn because of a major heart defect. I was 23 weeks pregnant when I received the devastating news. After the “doctors” told me their recommendation was to abort, I immediately changed clinics. My beautiful son is 14 months now and was discharged from his heart clinic because his heart completely healed on its own. An absolute miracle from the Lord. Now I am 8 weeks pregnant with my second child using this app and an abortion article randomly shows up in my newsfeed 🤯 My first run with abortion was traumatizing. Seeing an article like that randomly appear in an app that’s suppose to celebrate pregnancy is beyond disturbing. Push your abortions on a different platform. Not a platform that’s focused on celebrating the miracle of life. Not every mother wants to rip her child out of her womb. Most of us don’t. And women who do aren’t downloading your app to track their unwanted pregnancies. Remove your abortion articles from this platform..Brittany7792Version: 5.76.2

✓ Helpful for FTMs; not the most body-positiveI found this app to very very helpful and informative during my first pregnancy. There are a lot of great articles about nutrition, baby and momma’s development, comparisons of different baby products, etc. There are great “3D” models of what baby’s and momma’s transformation looks like as well as the various changes that are taking place for each. Once the baby was born, however, the articles seemed to repeat themselves quite a lot and became much less helpful, at which point I stopped using it. Additionally, I did find the open forum community to be somewhat glitchy for mobile devices. It was also sometimes difficult to find specific topics. Finally, there seemed to be a LOT of emphasis on weight gain, weight loss, and “embarrassing” changes that take place in a woman’s body - their words, not mine. This is not the most body-positive pregnancy app out there. Let’s face it - pregnancy changes a woman’s body. But our bodies do amazing things and literally can grow human beings! I think that’s something to be celebrated, not be embarrassed of. Even the women who are lucky enough to lose ALL the pregnancy weight and remain rail-thin after several kids will find that their bodies are different in one way or another. For my second pregnancy, I switched over to the Ovia Pregnancy app at the recommendation of another reviewer of The Bump and have found it to be much more helpful and positive..*NFH*Version: 5.29.0

✓ Best of mostly bad optionsI thought pregnancy and baby apps would be great companions to learn about pregnancy in bite sized increments. Wow was I wrong. These apps are fine, the information is often vague and highly repetitive. I found much better information in actual books, especially if there is anything remotely challenging about pregnancy for you. These things are like cartoon versions of pregnancy, the real thing requires human connection- don’t use the app to substitute. And definitely talk to your doctor, and not the chat groups- I found the community sections to be avoided at all costs. I finally deleted this app when I read a 4 month old baby milestone summary that in a highly patronizing tone recommended starting to exercise with your baby- as a way to get back to the gym. Thanks for that. Women really deserve better, kinder, more thoughtful content… not whatever this is..MmvmmvmmvmmvmmvVersion: 5.55.1

✓ Used to love the appI have been enjoying the app, but I’m disappointed to see that the community asked question section has been taken off. That was my favourite part of the app..CourtveeVersion: 5.26.0

✓ Mostly helpful; sexist content needs an overhaulI relied on this app for pregnancy updates while I was expecting and had lots of fun talking about the fruit sizes with my husband. However, as my due date got closer, and came and went, I’ve found more and more of the articles to have sexist undertones that perpetuate stereotypes and keep moms as “default parent.” One patronizing piece about how to include male partners in the registry process (“ladies, let them add stuff guys like!”)… several about what to pack for him in his hospital bag (excuse me??), and a recent one about what guys like to put in diaper bags that includes the line “if I don’t have enough diapers I’ll just ask a mom if I can borrow one.” Kindly, no. There are others, too, that were really harmful for me in my early days postpartum, particularly one that basically said “13 things your childless friends don’t want to hear about now that you’ve had a baby.” What happened to the village, folks? If this is supposed to be an app supporting the perinatal process, it’s doing a terrible job. Some of this content is downright harmful for the new mom experience. Thanks for the fruit sizes, but I’ll pass on this app..GonnaGitYaVersion: 6.5.0

✓ Major issuesNumber one, the “daily fact” is a comparison of the size of baby to an object. These have become a comedy topic for friends and family as the daily size of my baby went from a lime to a Swedish fish, to a plum, to being able to “fit on a sugar packet.” I send the daily “fact” and we laugh about how the baby may have significantly shrunk for the day. All fun and games. My other issue with the app, however is much more serious… In an article about when you can determine the sex/gender of your baby, the article gives a long paragraph defining gender as something that the baby will be able to determine as he or she grows… this is a NEW THEORY that has only come about in recent pop culture and is being presented as FACT in this article. This THEORY is very controversial and is NOT accepted by the majority of scientists and physicians, or the general population, but rather an agenda being pushed by a relatively small group people. The idea of gender fluidity being pushed in an article and being presented as fact is disgusting. The “daily fact” was funny, but with this disturbing article I will not be deleting the app immediately and I encourage other free-thinking individuals who do not just jump on the band wagon of every “popular” hot topic that contradicts thousands of years of social norms to do the same..2021jen888Version: 5.68.0

✓ Cute, Simple, but Not AlwaysI prefer simplicity and straightforward answers to questions. This app seemed to do a pretty good job of that at the beginning of my pregnancy. I’ve read some articles for information that is applicable to me, but there are articles that seem to repeat themselves. I loved seeing the sizes and pictures of fruit/vegetables that’d tell me how big my baby is, but some are not accurate... and what bothers me the most are the tiny facts that change every day saying how big the baby is. That seems to be all over the place compared to the fruit/vegetable that tells you inches and ounces. I’ve been looking up measurements to the items or animals they compare certain things to and it is not accurately compared. The app is more just something to look at for how far along I am at this point. I have several other apps that share different info. There’s not a perfect app, but it’d be nice if they could get their comparisons even somewhat correct..EliseMB2018Version: 5.16.0

✓ Typos in site content lessen credibilityI like the apps daily articles. What I’m not so fond of are the amount of typos I see daily. (In the recent “Is Back Pain a Sign of Labor?” the question beneath reads “hurting to much to walk.” It should be “too much.”) There are many other instances of this happening, but this is the only one I have on hand. You should probably have someone spellcheck/edit content before posting. Another thing that lessens credibility is the number of articles touting what I can only describe as lazy pseudoscience. Often articles will also contradict one another. One wrote to be wary when receiving a mani/pedi because certain massage points “could trigger preterm labor.” (Spoiler: they can’t.) Another daily article given later said massages couldn’t trigger labor even if you wanted them to. Other than that, app is all right and doesn’t have too many bugs. Forums take a little while to load..DerpyliciousVersion: 5.3.0

✓ Useful, then notThe Bump was invaluable when I was pregnant with my first child and looking for information about baby's development. Once he was born, the app has become fairly useless. Suggested articles don't match the pace of my baby's development, or it's information that's a waste of the precious little time I'm trying to prioritize. (Example: "Forget Mama and Dada, This Baby's First Word is Google") Because all babies develop at different rates, I can understand how it would be difficult to tailor articles to everyone. However, there are certain milestones to look out for. If the app algorithm can be set to get me those specific articles when I was pregnant, then the same should be done after my baby is born. I don't need stories about raising a baby; I need the strategies to deal with the challenge he's currently having or the milestone that's coming up next, and for that, you'll have better luck looking elsewhere..Madman1311Version: 5.15.0

✓ Starting to show it’s age...I love a lot about this app. I love the weekly growth updates that compare baby to the size of a fruit or vegetable and the 3D representations of baby and my changing body. There’s a fun rotation of “daily reads” (though admittedly some seem ill-timed and not coordinated with the pregnancy progress). However, over the last 20ish weeks of using this app, it’s become clear that some of the articles are years old. They link to websites that are defunct (RIP Babies R Us 😭) or make seemingly weird references about babies’ ages—e.g. “big sister is 3 and Baby X was born October 2014.” It makes me wonder how much of the rest of the app is out of date. Another feature I would get rid of entirely: the top of the app has a little window that you can swipe across to display different information: how many weeks and the comparable fruit or veggie, upcoming appointments and “to do list of the week,” and a screen that has a cute little illustration of how many weeks/days you are along which rotates with how many weeks/days till “baby is coming.” Just get rid of “baby is coming in...” Baby might be early or late—a due date is basically just an educated guess. So far, it’s still my favorite pregnancy-tracking app. I completely deleted What to Expect to go exclusively with this app. But there are little things about it that annoy me. Great start, but time for updates/improvement!.RocketGal87Version: 5.4.0

✓ GlitchyIt was great at first, but then participating in my birth month group has become a hassle. It says I must enable Java to ‘love it’ on someone’s post. I replied 2 times to thenin-app question of how they’re doing and let them know this. It says ‘we’ll be in contact.’ They were never in contact. I don’t like leaving negative reviews but it’s really annoying not to be able to show people support especially when in some threads like birth stories, people just want to keep it to the story and likes. I also can’t upload photos most of the time when it comes to hump day bump day or nursery pics, etc. The glitches ultimately lead to a Facebook group migration in every birth month group leaving some who detest Facebook behind and bitter and creating a divide for anyone who wants to check in on both apps. This app could be amazing if they updated it. I don’t want it to go away like the baby bump app did (which I never had any problems in. I’d rather pay a one time fee for the app though than let it continue on this glitchy. I only still have it at this point to track my weekly and daily pregnancy progress..WhitmeisterVersion: 5.18.0

✓ ErrorTerrible- downloaded/ created account/ saw my password. Went to sign in and said error or incorrect email or password. I did this multiple times to be sure it wasn’t a user error or typo and still the error came up..Kayla123001Version: 7.7.0

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