Babblebook - First Words

Babblebook is an iOS app that lets you record, listen back, and track your child’s language development. Never forget the sound of their voice.

Babblebook lets you collect and organise the words and phrases that your child says. Never forget what they sounded like or the silly little words they used. Over time their words and phrases will cluster on a circular tree, placed by their age at the time they said them. Follow their growth and development, and go back through the years and listen to how their words changed.

Tap an empty key and the mic's listening. Tap again, you're done.

No account. No analytics. No servers we run. Sync rides on your iCloud, never our infrastructure.

What's included, free: • Tap to record, tap to stop. Live waveform. • Lock Screen control and Home Screen widget — open the app straight into recording. • Family sharing. Invite others to listen to your collections. • Each child gets their own collections, photos, and word tree. • Word tree by age; listen back to "ata" become "wata" become "water". • Import an existing recording from Files or Voice Memos onto any key. • Make notes about where they said each word, or what it means. • Add cover photos.

Babblebook Pro — one-time $3.99: • Unlimited collections per child. • AirDrop a single collection. • Zip the whole library. • Restorable on every device tied to your Apple ID.

Made by a dad.