A small app for a large year.
Cradle is made in the Netherlands by one parent who wanted one thing during his own first year: a baby app that is quiet at night and honest about the Dutch system. It's built in the evening hours under Windstil Tech (KvK 92793371) and shaped by feedback from other parents.
Who it's for
- Expecting parents in the Netherlands — from the first verloskundige appointment through the 20-week scan, kraamzorg and the birth.
- Households, not users — partners, grandparents and the kraamverzorgende each get their own account and see the same baby.
- Every family in the Netherlands — in Nederlands or English, your choice, built on the same sources your consultatiebureau uses (RIVM, NCJ, thuisarts, KNOV). The Dutch terms stay, so what the app says matches what the balie says.
What we believe
Calm is a feature
No streaks to protect, no badges, no "you're behind". The app should lower the heart rate, not raise it.
Honest about evidence
Development is windows, never dates. If your baby doesn't match, your baby is right.
Data belongs to the family
No ads, no analytics, EU servers, one-tap export, one-tap erasure.
Free, and a share given away
Cradle is free. When it does earn anything — like the optional printed book — 20% of it goes to charities for mothers in need, and you choose which.
How it's built
Deliberately simple: a small server, a single database, a web app that installs to your home screen. No app-store cut, no third-party SDKs, no data leaving the EU. Everything the app knows about the Dutch schedule is written down in plain text you can read, sourced to RIVM, JGZ, thuisarts.nl, the KNOV and Voedingscentrum, and dated.
Company
- Name
- Cradle
- KvK
- 92793371
- Based in
- The Netherlands
- Contact
- help@babyincradle.com
Questions, a bug, a term we translated badly, a feature you're missing at 3 a.m. — write to us. A human reads every message.