NormalChild turns your child's weight, height, and head circumference into WHO and CDC percentile charts — a clean growth tracker on your iPhone. Family Stork puts growth alongside everything else: vaccines, checkups, allergies, milestones, and specialist visits on one lifelong timeline. One charts the curve. The other keeps the whole record.
NormalChild is a pediatric growth logger. You enter weight, height, and head circumference measurements and the app plots them against WHO and CDC population percentiles. It also logs vaccines, diseases, allergies, and milestones. Add as many children as you want (ages 0–19), compare their curves side by side, and export the data as PDF or Dropbox backup.
Family Stork is a lifelong health timeline. Growth data is one piece of a record that also holds checkup summaries, immunization records, allergy histories, specialist notes, and the emergency card you pull up at urgent care. Records flow in from clinics via a dedicated email inbox, from paper via photo scanning, and from manual entries. The timeline is searchable — ask it a question and get an answer from your child's full history.
| Feature | NormalChild | Family Stork |
|---|---|---|
| Growth charting | ✓ WHO + CDC percentiles, sibling comparison | ✓ Growth tracked on the timeline alongside other records |
| Vaccine tracking | ✓ Manual logging, customizable calendar | ✓ Part of the full health timeline |
| Checkup records | ✗ Not supported | ✓ Visit summaries from any clinic |
| Allergy records | ✓ Basic allergy logging | ✓ Test results, reaction histories, action plans |
| Milestones | ✓ Developmental milestone logging | ✓ Milestones on the health timeline |
| Records inbox (email) | ✗ Manual entry only | ✓ Clinics email summaries, they file themselves |
| Paper scanning | ✗ Photos for measurements only | ✓ Snap a photo, AI extracts the data |
| Searchable records | ✗ Browse/scroll | ✓ Ask the timeline questions |
| Age range | 0–19 years | Birth through adulthood |
| Multiple children | ✓ Unlimited | ✓ Whole family on one account |
| Platform | iOS only (iPhone/iPad) | Web + mobile |
| Data export | PDF, Dropbox backup | Your records, always accessible |
NormalChild's growth charting is the best single feature in any app on this list. The WHO and CDC percentile overlays are clean, accurate, and easy to read. Adding a measurement takes seconds. And comparing siblings on the same chart gives parents context that most apps don't offer — your second child's curve against your first's, framed by population norms.
The vaccine calendar is customizable by region, which matters for families living outside the U.S. or following adjusted schedules. And the slideshow feature — photos taken at each measurement — is a genuinely lovely touch that turns data entry into a timeline of its own.
If you want a focused growth-tracking tool with strong percentile charting, NormalChild delivers exactly that.
NormalChild logs what you type in. Family Stork accepts records from everywhere — clinics, paper, portals, and manual entry — and organizes them into a searchable timeline. The gap isn't quality; it's scope.
You enter the measurements. You browse the charts. The data lives on your iPhone. Export is PDF or Dropbox. It's a logging tool — and a good one.
Records flow in from multiple sources. Growth is part of a timeline that also holds checkups, vaccines, allergies, and specialist notes. You ask questions; it answers from the whole history.
Your primary goal is tracking growth percentiles with clean WHO/CDC charts. You're on iOS. You want a focused tool for one job — charting the curve — and you'll handle everything else separately.
You want one place for everything: growth, vaccines, checkups, allergies, milestones, and specialist visits. You want records to flow in from clinics and paper scans — not just manual entry. And you want a record that lasts from birth through the hand-off at adulthood.
Checkups, vaccines, allergies, milestones — one timeline from the first heartbeat and beyond.
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