Little Footsteps
The first years are full of little premieres. Little Footsteps helps you capture them along the way – without your baby book turning into homework.
Capture
No forms. One tap is enough.
The app suggests an idea that fits your child’s age, such as “First eye contact”. Already happened? Tap “Capture” – done. Add a photo, the date and a few sentences whenever you have time.
164 ideas from birth to school. No pressure, no comparing.
AI imageBaby words
“Ballala”
meaning: ball
You forget those first words faster than you think. Little Footsteps saves them exactly the way your child says them – nothing gets corrected. Next to it: what they meant.
AI imageTell instead of type
Even with a baby in your arms.
Just say what happened. Speech recognition runs right on your iPhone – the recording is never stored or sent.
Journal & Album
A whole year at a glance.
The journal sorts everything by month, with your child’s age. In the album, the Look Back gathers every first – plus cards to share with grandma, grandpa and everyone who couldn’t be there.
AI imageA look inside the app
This is what it looks like
Swipe or drag to browse.
Promised
Your memories belong to you.
- No accountNo sign-up, no email address.
- Everything stays on your iPhonePhotos in original quality, no cloud of ours.
- No ads, no trackingAnonymous statistics only if you allow them.
- Backup as a fileWhenever you like – to restore on a new iPhone.
At a glance
Little Footsteps in brief
- What
- Baby journal and memory book for the first years: milestones, first words, moments with photos
- For
- iPhone with iOS 17 or later
- Languages
- English and German
- Price
- Free for one child; Plus €34.99 a year or €4.99 a month, 14-day free trial (prices in your App Store currency may differ)
- Account
- Not needed – no sign-up
- Data
- Stays on the iPhone; backup as a file whenever you like
- Milestones
- 164 ideas in 11 areas, from birth to school
- AI
- Only Apple’s on-device speech recognition for dictation
Pricing
Start for free.
Free
forever
- One child
- All milestone ideas and baby words
- Journal and dictation
- 50 photos, 3 photo cards
Plus
€34.99 a year or €4.99 a month · 14-day free trial
- Several children
- Unlimited photos and cards
- All layouts, color themes and frames
- The complete Look Back
If the subscription ends, all memories stay. Cancel anytime in your iPhone settings. Prices shown in euros; the App Store shows the price in your currency.
Help
Good to know
In the app, go to Settings → Backup and create a backup, for example in iCloud Drive. On the new iPhone, install Little Footsteps, choose “I already have a backup” and select the folder. Everything is back, photos included.
Not yet in version 1.0 – everything stays on one iPhone. Capturing together as a family is planned for the next major version.
No. The milestones are ideas, not a checklist. The app never compares your child with others.
iPhone Settings → your name → Subscriptions → Little Footsteps Plus. Your memories stay.
iPhone with iOS 17 or later, in English and German.
Only on your iPhone. Little Footsteps needs no account and has no cloud of its own. You create backups yourself as a file, for example in iCloud Drive.
The app is free for one child, with all milestone ideas, baby words, the journal and dictation. Little Footsteps Plus costs €34.99 a year or €4.99 a month and comes with a 14-day free trial.
Only for dictation: Apple’s speech recognition turns your speech into text right on your iPhone, and you check it before saving. There is no chatbot, no AI assessment of your child and no automated decisions. The sample photos on this page were created with AI. More under AI transparency.
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