Avo Pregnancy vs The Bump: Registry and Weekly Guide or Food Scanner?

The Bump is the app for the practical side of pregnancy: the registry, the names, the countdown, the week's fruit. Avo Pregnancy is the app we make, and it handles the question The Bump's listing does not mention: is this food safe to eat? If you are choosing between them, the short answer is that The Bump plans the baby's arrival and Avo checks the meals until it happens.

This comparison was written by the Avo Parenting team, so read it knowing who wrote it. Everything about The Bump 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 need.

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 week by week, checking whether a food is safe, counting the nutrients that matter, logging kicks, weight and contractions, building the registry 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, awards or the size of each company's audience.

Avo Pregnancy vs The Bump at a glance

The Bump is made by The Knot Inc. and has years of head start. Avo launched this year; its two ratings say only that.

Where The Bump is stronger

It is free. No in-app purchases are listed. The 3D view, the registry, the names and every tool come at no cost. Avo's full feature set is $29.99 a year.

The registry. The Bump gathers the top registry products from Amazon, Target and Walmart into one list and tracks registries across stores. It is a feature many second-trimester parents will use, and Avo does not have it.

Names. Curated lists by length, style, origin and meaning. Avo has no name tool.

The 3D weekly view. The Bump's interactive visualisation of the baby's growth is the kind of thing you show your partner. Avo's week-by-week is a size comparison, the development highlights and the symptoms to expect, in text and illustration.

It carries on after the birth. The Bump is a baby app as well as a pregnancy app. Avo Pregnancy stops at the birth; our baby-feeding app, Avo Starting Solids, picks up at six months.

Where Avo Pregnancy is stronger

It answers "can I eat this?" about the actual food. The Bump's listing does not mention food safety. 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, not just the weight. Iron, folate, calcium, DHA, protein and water fill rings against your trimester's targets from what you log or scan. The Bump tracks weight gain; it does not describe nutrient tracking.

It shows where the countries differ. The FDA, the NHS and the European agencies disagree about soft cheese, runny eggs and 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. The Bump does not describe recipes.

Languages. The app runs in 19 languages and the food library and guides on this site are published in 19. The Bump's listing shows English only.

Which app should you choose?

Choose The Bump if:

• You want a free app with no purchases at all.
• You want a registry that pulls from Amazon, Target and Walmart.
• You want baby name lists by style, origin and meaning.
• You want a 3D view of the baby's weekly growth.
• You want one app that continues into the baby months.

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 use the app in a language other than English.

Can you use both?

Yes, and it is the pairing we would suggest. The Bump is free, so adding it costs nothing, and it does the registry and the names that Avo does not. Avo does the food that The Bump does not. The small overlap is the kick counter, the weight log and the contraction timer: pick one app's and ignore the other's. The cost of both is Avo's $29.99 a year, if you want unlimited scans and the full recipe library.

The bottom line

The Bump is the better planning app and Avo is the better food checker. If you want the registry, the names and a free 3D view of the week, The Bump is the obvious download. If the question you ask most is whether you can eat something, Avo answers it about the specific food, which a planning app is not built for. We would keep The Bump for the arrival 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, Pregnancy+ 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. The Bump is a trademark of its respective owner, who are not affiliated with Avo Parenting and have not reviewed or endorsed this comparison.