Best Dad
Year one, one week at a time.
A first-time father's co-pilot through the first year. Week-by-week guidance drawn from paediatric bodies, a plan that adapts to your baby, and an SOS section for the nights when something is wrong and you need an answer in ten seconds.
- Platform
- iOS
- Requires
- iOS 26
- Devices
- iPhone
- Pricing
- Completely free. No subscription, paywall or in-app purchase.
Available on the App Store. Version 1.0 is completely free. View on the App Store →
What it does
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This week, specifically
Not a generic month-by-month chart. Eight questions at the start, then a focus and a plan for the week your baby is actually in.
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Do and know
Each stage splits into a checklist of things to actually do and the knowledge behind it — including the red flags that mean stop reading and call someone.
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SOS
Crying, fever, choking, feeding. Reachable in one tap, written for someone holding a baby in one arm at four in the morning.
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A coach that stays in the room
Ask a question in your own words and get an answer from Apple's on-device model. Photograph a formula tin or a medicine label and the text is read on your phone. Nothing is uploaded.
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On the home screen
A widget with the day's one thing, plus optional morning updates and stage reminders. Small enough to read between other obligations.
Privacy, in full
Your baby's details and everything you ask stay on your phone. A small, allowlisted set of product analytics is described below.
Everything that leaves your device
| What | Who receives it | Where | Why | Trigger |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Allowlisted product interactions and feature-performance timings, with an Amplitude-generated pseudonymous device identifier — never names, dates, photos, SOS use, Coach text or other free text | Amplitude | United States | Understanding which features are useful and improving reliability | Always |
- Information about your baby's feeding, sleep and development is health information. It is never included in analytics or otherwise transmitted to Leap Studio.
- Best Dad does not request App Tracking Transparency permission, access IDFA, use cross-app tracking or embed Meta, TikTok or Google advertising SDKs. Apple's aggregate attribution may report campaign performance without exposing private app content.
- When you choose an image, Apple's PhotosPicker provides only that image. Apple Vision extracts text on the device; neither the image nor extracted text is uploaded.
- The AI coach runs on Apple's on-device model. On devices that cannot run it, the app falls back to the written guidance rather than sending anything away.
- Notifications are scheduled locally by the app. There is no push server.
- Best Dad is guidance, not medical advice. It does not diagnose, and every serious section points you to a clinician.
Where your content lives
Baby and family details, exact dates, progress, settings, Coach questions and answers, notification content, selected photos, extracted text and widget data are stored on your device. There is no account, cloud sync or server-side copy of that content.
Analytics
Amplitude product analytics begin by default after you tap Get started. Events are limited to allowlisted app actions and performance timings. The SDK is configured not to collect IDFV, IP address, location, carrier, language, region, device model or manufacturer. Autocapture, session replay, remote configuration and diagnostics are disabled.
Permissions it asks for
- Notifications
- Optional morning updates, stage reminders and safety reminders. They are scheduled locally and can be turned off.
AI disclosure
The coach generates text with a language model. It can be wrong. It is not a doctor, a midwife or a nurse, and it is not a substitute for one. Nothing you type is used to train any model.
Models
- Apple Foundation Models (on-device)
Licensing
Apple's on-device model is provided by the operating system and governed by Apple's terms.