Avo Pregnancy vs Pregnancy+: 3D Baby Development or 'Can I Eat This?'

Pregnancy+ is the app with the 3D baby. Open it on a Tuesday in week 22 and you can turn your baby around on the screen, read the day's article and tick off the hospital bag. Avo Pregnancy is the app we make, and it answers the question Pregnancy+ leaves to its guides: is this particular food safe to eat? If you are choosing between them, the short answer is that Pregnancy+ is a week-by-week companion with good tools attached, and Avo is a food checker with a week-by-week attached.

This comparison was written by the Avo Parenting team, so read it knowing who wrote it. Everything about Pregnancy+ comes from its own App Store listing, read on 3 November 2026, and we have put our own app's weaknesses in the same rows as theirs. Our roundup of pregnancy food apps compares the other food scanners if a checker is what you are after.

What each app does and what it costs, from their own App Store listings on 3 November 2026.

How we compared the two apps

We compared the apps on the jobs a pregnant person gives them: following the baby's development week by week, checking whether a food is safe, counting the nutrients that matter, logging kicks, weight and symptoms, planning the birth and the hospital bag, and choosing a name. We looked at what is free and what is paid, and at who stands behind the content. We did not score design, notifications or download counts.

Avo Pregnancy vs Pregnancy+ at a glance

Pregnancy+ has, by its own count, more than 80 million downloads behind it. Avo launched this year; its two ratings say only that.

Where Pregnancy+ is stronger

The 3D baby. Interactive models you can turn and zoom, week by week, are Pregnancy+'s signature feature, and nothing in Avo competes with them. Avo's week-by-week is a size comparison, the development highlights and the symptoms to expect, in text and illustration.

A new article every day. Pregnancy+ publishes a daily article alongside the week, which keeps people opening the app. Avo's week-by-week updates once a week.

Birth planning. Both apps have a birth plan and a hospital bag list, but Pregnancy+'s birth plan exports, and its hospital bag is split for mother, birth partner and baby. It is the more complete planning kit.

Translated listing. Pregnancy+ is available in 14 languages, with its store listing localised. Avo runs in 19 languages, but its store page shows English, which is a fair thing to hold against us.

Where Avo Pregnancy is stronger

It answers "can I eat this?" about the actual food. Pregnancy+ covers food in its guides, which means reading. Avo rates 365 foods Safe, Caution or Avoid with the reason, publishes the same list free in our pregnancy food library, and reads a plate or a product photo to rate what is on it.

It reads the menu. Scan Menu sorts a restaurant's dishes into "Best Picks for You" and "Better to Skip" before you order. Our eating out while pregnant guide explains the rules the scan applies.

It counts the nutrients. Iron, folate, calcium, DHA, protein and water fill rings against your trimester's targets from what you log or scan. Pregnancy+ logs weight; it does not describe nutrient tracking.

It shows where the countries differ. The FDA, the NHS and the European agencies do not agree on soft cheese, runny eggs or sushi. Avo's verdicts link to the guidance behind them, and our foods to avoid during pregnancy guide sets the US, UK and EU positions side by side.

Recipes built for the trimester. 500 pregnancy-safe recipes filtered by trimester and dietary need, each ingredient rated. Pregnancy+ does not describe recipes.

Price. Avo's premium is $29.99 a year to Pregnancy+'s $34.99. Not a large gap, but Avo is the cheaper full app.

Which app should you choose?

Choose Pregnancy+ if:

• You want interactive 3D models of your baby each week.
• You want a new article every day.
• You want an exportable birth plan and a three-way hospital bag list.
• You want a localised app in one of 14 languages.

Choose Avo Pregnancy if:

• Your most frequent pregnancy question is "can I eat this?".
• You eat out and want the menu checked before you order.
• You want iron, folate, calcium, DHA and protein counted against your trimester.
• You want the rule behind each verdict and to know where the US, UK and EU differ.
• You want pregnancy recipes with every ingredient rated.

Can you use both?

Yes, though these two overlap more than most pairs. Both count kicks, time contractions, log weight, hold a birth plan and a hospital bag list. Pick one app for those and ignore the other's copy. What is left is clean: Pregnancy+ for the 3D baby and the articles; Avo for the shop, the restaurant, the nutrient rings and the recipes. Running both at full price is $64.98 a year.

The bottom line

Pregnancy+ is the better week-by-week companion and Avo is the better food checker. If you want to see your baby in 3D and read something good every day, Pregnancy+ earns its $34.99. If the question you ask most is whether you can eat something, Avo answers it about the specific food, which a guide never will. We would keep Pregnancy+ for the week and open Avo at the table.

Our cheese in pregnancy and listeria in pregnancy guides cover the two food rules that matter most, and we have compared Avo with What to Expect, Flo, The Bump and BabyCenter the same way.

Prices, features and ratings are from the US App Store on 3 November 2026 and will change. Avo Pregnancy is made by Avo Parenting, the publisher of this site. Pregnancy+ is a trademark of its respective owner, who are not affiliated with Avo Parenting and have not reviewed or endorsed this comparison.