--- title: "Best Breast Milk Stash Tracker Apps (Prices Checked 2026) | Dalo Baby" description: "Eight breast milk stash tracker apps compared on storage locations, expiry alerts, days-of-cover and platform, with App Store prices checked on 4 September 2026." canonical: https://dalofamilyapps.com/learn/breastmilk/best-breast-milk-stash-tracker-apps --- [Home](/)/[Knowledge Hub](/learn)/[Breastmilk](/learn/breastmilk) # Best breast milk stash tracker apps [Dalo Baby Editorial](/learn/editorial-policy)Published September 4, 2026Last reviewed September 4, 20268 min read We make Dalo Milk Stash. Here is how we compared. Prices and features checked on September 4, 2026 The best breast milk stash tracker answers four questions: what you have, how old each bag is, what to use next, and how many days it covers. Dalo Milk Stash covers all four across 100+ storage locations; DairyBar is the simplest with no subscription; Pump Log is strong but iOS only, which rules it out for Android households. ![Best breast milk stash tracker apps](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcdn.sanity.io%2Fimages%2F87uht7oc%2Fproduction%2F28a44dafdeec5dd627a09b3a1d7e6239f44e4546-1376x768.jpg%3Frect%3D176%2C0%2C1024%2C768%26w%3D800%26h%3D600%26fit%3Dcrop%26auto%3Dformat&w=3840&q=75) ## Key takeaways - A stash tracker has to answer four questions: what you have, how old each bag is, what to use next, and how many days it covers. - Platform decides more than features do: Pump Log is iOS only, so an Android partner or nanny is locked out entirely. - Dalo Milk Stash tracks 100+ storage locations against DairyBar's ten and Pump Log's single stash figure, and is the only one with dedicated pitcher-method support. - One-time pricing is not automatically cheaper: Pump Log's $19.99 once and our $19.99 a year are identical in year one. - Expiry alerts are only as good as the storage windows behind them — CDC says four days in the fridge, the NHS says up to eight. In this article 1. [The four questions a stash tracker has to answer](#the-four-questions-a-stash-tracker-has-to-answer) 2. [The shortlist](#the-shortlist) 3. [What we would pick, and when](#what-we-would-pick-and-when) 4. [The most complete inventory: Dalo Milk Stash](#the-most-complete-inventory-dalo-milk-stash) 5. [The simplest, if inventory is all you need: DairyBar](#the-simplest-if-inventory-is-all-you-need-dairybar) 6. [If you are iPhone-only and mostly want the pumping side: Pump Log](#if-you-are-iphone-only-and-mostly-want-the-pumping-side-pump) 7. [If you want one app for the whole baby: ParentLove](#if-you-want-one-app-for-the-whole-baby-parentlove) 8. [If you already use a general tracker: probably nothing new](#if-you-already-use-a-general-tracker-probably-nothing-new) 9. [What "no subscription" is actually worth](#what-no-subscription-is-actually-worth) 10. [Why some well-reviewed apps are not ranked](#why-some-well-reviewed-apps-are-not-ranked) 11. [How to choose in one minute](#how-to-choose-in-one-minute) A stash tracker has one job, and it is not logging pumps. It has to answer the question you actually ask standing in front of an open freezer at 6am: **what is in there, how old is it, and how many days will it cover?** Almost every baby app will record that you pumped 140 ml. Very few can tell you that you are eleven days from empty. ## The four questions a stash tracker has to answer This is the whole test, and it is worth applying before you look at a single screenshot. An app that cannot answer all four is a pump log with a running total, which is a different and perfectly good product — it just is not this one. - **What do I have?** A total, broken down by where it is — deep freezer, kitchen freezer, fridge, the chest freezer at your mother's house. - **How old is each bag?** Dated at the level of the individual bag or batch, not a single number that goes up and down. - **What should I use next?** The oldest bag that is still in its window, surfaced without you having to sort anything. - **How long will it last?** Days of cover at your baby's actual intake — the number that tells you whether you can stop pumping. The fourth is the one that separates the field, because days-of-cover requires the app to know both your stash and your baby's daily intake and to keep the two in the same place. The fifth question is not about features at all: **does the person who feeds your baby when you are out have the app on their phone?** That one quietly eliminates more options than any of the others. ## The shortlist Eight apps that either manage a freezer inventory or are commonly recommended as though they do. Prices are from each app's US App Store listing on 4 September 2026 and are linked at the foot of this page; platform availability was checked separately on Google Play, because no App Store listing tells you what the other half of your household can install. App Storage locations Platforms Price Dalo Milk Stash 100+, with the Digital Pitcher and FIFO expiry alerts iOS + Android Free tier; $19.99/year DairyBar Up to 10, plus freeze-dried and twins iOS + Android Free; $1.99/mo or $17.99/year Pump Log One stash figure, monitored alongside the pump log iOS only Free; $19.99 once ParentLove Milk Bank inventory with expiry alerts, sold as an add-on iOS + Android Free with ads; Milk Bank $11.99 MilkBar Fridge, freezer and deep freeze, in a much newer app iOS Free; $19.99/year Lacti Fridge, freezer, deep freezer, stored on-device with no account iOS Free; no purchases listed Medela Family A virtual milk store inside a full pregnancy and baby tracker iOS + Android Free; no purchases listed Nara Baby None. Logs pumped volumes, does not manage a freezer iOS + Android Free; no purchases listed Breast milk stash tracking, checked 4 September 2026 ## What we would pick, and when ### The most complete inventory: Dalo Milk Stash This is our app, and we are ranking it first, so here is the basis. On the four questions above it is the only one that answers all four at depth: **over 100 storage locations** against DairyBar's stated limit of ten and Pump Log's single stash figure; bags dated individually with FIFO expiry alerts; a dedicated Digital Pitcher for [pooled 24-hour batches](/learn/breastmilk/pitcher-method), which no other app on this list offers; and the Freedom Number, which reads your stash against your baby's real intake and returns the date you can stop pumping. Full guest access means the person doing the 4pm bottle can see the stash. It runs on both platforms. What it is not is established — 42 ratings against Pump Log's 5,804 — and it is the only pick here that is a subscription. ### The simplest, if inventory is all you need: DairyBar If you want a freezer inventory and nothing else, DairyBar is the cleanest expression of that idea and it has years of goodwill behind it. Ten storage locations, freeze-dried milk as a storage type, multiple children including twins, grouping into freezer bricks, unlimited caregivers with view or edit rights, and expiry notifications. It is on both platforms. Note that it is now subscription-only at $1.99 a month or $17.99 a year — the one-time lifetime purchase it was known for has been withdrawn, though the tier still shows on its App Store page. The limit is scope: by its own description it is an inventory app, so there is no session logging, no output trends and no pitcher support, and users report the graphs do not give usable numbers. If you already have a pump log you are happy with, that limit costs you nothing. ### If you are iPhone-only and mostly want the pumping side: Pump Log Pump Log is the most established app in this space by an order of magnitude, and its stash monitoring will tell you what you have banked and roughly how long it lasts. It is a genuinely excellent pump log with a decade of refinement behind it. Two things decide it, though, and both are hard facts rather than opinions: it is **iOS only**, so an Android partner or a nanny with a Pixel is locked out entirely, and there is no caregiver access even on iOS. Its stash is one figure rather than an inventory — no per-location breakdown, no pitcher, no FIFO rotation. For a solo iPhone household that pumps and wants one payment, it is still an easy recommendation. ### If you want one app for the whole baby: ParentLove ParentLove is an all-in-one tracker designed with an IBCLC, with WHO growth charts, PDF and CSV export for the paediatrician, and real-time sharing with partners and grandparents. Its Milk Bank gives you inventory with expiry alerts. Two caveats. The stash side is basic — no FIFO rotation and no pitcher tracking — and the Milk Bank is **a separate $11.99 purchase**, so buying it alongside stats and ad-free costs more than the $24.99 Pro tier. It was also last updated in March 2025, which is a long time in this category. Look it up as \*Breastfeeding + Baby Tracker\*. ### If you already use a general tracker: probably nothing new Nara Baby and Medela Family are free with no in-app purchases listed, and both are good at what they do — Nara for caregiver sharing across a household, Medela for a manufacturer-backed tracker with a virtual milk store attached. Neither manages a freezer the way the first four do. If your stash is small and turning over weekly, that is fine and you should not buy anything. Add a dedicated app when you cannot answer the days-of-cover question off the top of your head. Check which country's storage windows the app uses This is the failure nobody mentions in reviews. Expiry alerts are only as good as the storage windows hard-coded behind them, and the major health services do not agree on those windows. An app built on US figures will tell a UK parent to throw away milk their own health service considers fine, and an app built on UK figures is more permissive than the CDC. Neither is wrong. But you should know which one is running your alerts before you throw anything away. The gap is largest in the fridge. The CDC gives four days for freshly expressed milk at 4°C.[\[1\]](#ref-bm1) The NHS accepts up to eight days at the same temperature.[\[2\]](#ref-bm2) Both are reading the same evidence with different margins, and both are stated as guidance for a healthy full-term baby at home. If you want one number to work from, use the shorter one — and if your app disagrees with your own health service, trust your health service. 4 vs 8 days the fridge window for freshly expressed milk at 4°C, according to the CDC and the NHS respectively[\[2\]](#ref-bm2) ## What "no subscription" is actually worth It is the strongest argument the one-time apps have, and it is worth doing the arithmetic rather than accepting the vibe. Pump Log's upgrade is $19.99 once. Our premium tier is $19.99 a year. **In year one they cost exactly the same.** Pump Log is cheaper from month thirteen, and cheaper again for a second baby; DairyBar used to be the third answer here with a $24.99 lifetime tier, and it has withdrawn it — so Pump Log is now the only genuine pay-once option on this page. The honest framing is that a one-time price wins on a long pumping run and a subscription wins on the first year — and that most exclusive pumping runs do not reach a second year. Anyone telling you the subscription is obviously worse has not run the numbers, and neither had we in the first version of this page. ## Why some well-reviewed apps are not ranked Three of the apps we looked at manage a stash competently and still could not be recommended yet, because they have almost no users. MilkBar had no ratings at all on its US listing, Lacti had one, and Pumping Schedule: Milk Log had three. A five-star average across three ratings is not a signal. We have listed the first two above because their feature sets are genuinely relevant, with the rating counts attached so you can weigh them yourself. One naming trap worth knowing about: the app that calls itself **Piaora** in all of its own copy is listed on the App Store as \*Breast Milk – Pumping Tracker+\*. Searching the name it uses will not find it. It is a pump-interval tracker rather than an inventory app, so it belongs in the [exclusive pumping tracker comparison](/learn/breastmilk/best-feeding-tracker-exclusive-pumpers) rather than here. ## How to choose in one minute 1. If anyone who feeds your baby uses **Android**, that rules out Pump Log before you compare anything else. 2. If you want the deepest inventory, the pitcher method and days-of-cover in one place: **Dalo Milk Stash**. 3. If you want a freezer inventory and nothing else, at the lowest monthly price: **DairyBar**. 4. If you are iPhone-only, pump a lot and already have your stash under control: **Pump Log**. 5. If a free general tracker already answers your days-of-cover question: **stay where you are**. ![](/_next/image?url=%2Fimages%2Fmilk-stash-icon.webp&w=256&q=75&dpl=dpl_HDQuuA58EiAncPne4fumhEvNhdFC) Dalo Milk Stash See your freezer as a number, not a pile of bags Dalo Milk Stash tracks every bag by date, volume and location across 100+ storage places, warns you before milk reaches the end of its window, and turns the whole stash into days of cover at your baby's real intake. Free to start, on iOS and Android. [Dalo Milk Stash](/apps/dalo-milk-stash) Whichever you pick, the app is the easy half. A stash that never gets rotated expires whatever software is watching it — [first in, first out](/learn/breastmilk/first-in-first-out-freezer-stash) covers the physical system, and [building a stash without causing oversupply](/learn/breastmilk/freezer-stash-without-oversupply) covers how much you actually need in there. Most people need far less than they think.[\[3\]](#ref-bm4) In this article 1. [The four questions a stash tracker has to answer](#the-four-questions-a-stash-tracker-has-to-answer) 2. [The shortlist](#the-shortlist) 3. [What we would pick, and when](#what-we-would-pick-and-when) 4. [The most complete inventory: Dalo Milk Stash](#the-most-complete-inventory-dalo-milk-stash) 5. [The simplest, if inventory is all you need: DairyBar](#the-simplest-if-inventory-is-all-you-need-dairybar) 6. [If you are iPhone-only and mostly want the pumping side: Pump Log](#if-you-are-iphone-only-and-mostly-want-the-pumping-side-pump) 7. [If you want one app for the whole baby: ParentLove](#if-you-want-one-app-for-the-whole-baby-parentlove) 8. [If you already use a general tracker: probably nothing new](#if-you-already-use-a-general-tracker-probably-nothing-new) 9. [What "no subscription" is actually worth](#what-no-subscription-is-actually-worth) 10. [Why some well-reviewed apps are not ranked](#why-some-well-reviewed-apps-are-not-ranked) 11. [How to choose in one minute](#how-to-choose-in-one-minute) ## What we checked, and where Every price on this page was read from the App Store listing linked below on the date shown, in the US store. Prices vary by country and change without notice — open the listing before you buy. - [Dalo Milk Stash](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/dalo-milk-stash-pumping-log/id6747626203)[price checked here](https://dalofamilyapps.com/apps/dalo-milk-stash) Free tier. Premium $1.99/month or $19.99/year; Dalo Family Bundle (all three apps) $49.99/year. iOS and Android. 4.8 stars from 42 ratings. - [DairyBar](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/dairybar/id1439107604) Free to download. Membership $1.99/month, $9.99 for six months or $17.99 for twelve. The one-time lifetime tier is no longer offered. iOS and Android. 4.8 stars from 465 ratings on iOS. - [Pump Log](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/pump-log-track-breast-milk/id814112299) Free to download. One-time Unlimited Records upgrade $19.99, listed against an original price of $29.99. No subscription. iOS only — no Android version from its developer. 4.9 stars from 5,804 ratings. - [ParentLove (listed as Breastfeeding + Baby Tracker)](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/breastfeeding-baby-tracker/id1038554631) Free with ads. Pro $24.99 one-time, Pro Family $39.99; or buy modules separately — Milk Bank $11.99, Health $11.99, All Stats & Trends $9.99, Baby Care $9.99, Ad Free $9.99, Export $9.99. iOS and Android. 4.9 stars from 956 ratings; last updated March 2025. - [MilkBar: Breast Milk Tracker](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/milkbar-breast-milk-tracker/id6773417562) Free to download. Premium $1.99/month or $19.99/year. No ratings on the US listing yet. - [Breast Milk Tracker – Lacti](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/breast-milk-tracker-lacti/id6786708025) Free to download, with no in-app purchases listed on the date checked. One rating on the US listing. - [Medela Family](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/medela-family-breast-feeding/id909275386) Free to download, with no in-app purchases listed on the date checked. 4.3 stars from 4,857 ratings; last updated October 2025. - [Nara Baby](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/nara-baby-pregnancy-tracker/id1444639029) Free to download, with no in-app purchases listed on the date checked. 4.9 stars from 23,368 ratings. We do not take affiliate commission from any app on this page. Spotted a price that has moved? Tell us and we will correct it. ## References & disclaimer We link every source we used. Where guidance differs by country, we cite the authority that applies where you are. 1. 1. [Breast Milk Storage and Preparation](https://www.cdc.gov/breastfeeding/breast-milk-preparation-and-storage/handling-breastmilk.html) CDC · Guideline 2. 2. [Expressing and storing breast milk](https://www.nhs.uk/baby/breastfeeding-and-bottle-feeding/breastfeeding/expressing-breast-milk/) NHS · Guideline 3. 3. [Tips for Freezing & Refrigerating Breast Milk](https://www.healthychildren.org/English/ages-stages/baby/breastfeeding/Pages/Storing-and-Preparing-Expressed-Breast-Milk.aspx) American Academy of Pediatrics · Organisation * * * Before you act on this This guide is general information about healthy, full-term babies. It does not replace advice from your paediatrician, health visitor, midwife or dietitian, who know your baby. If you are worried about your baby's feeding, growth, breathing or sleep, contact a health professional. ## Questions, answered What is the best app for tracking a breast milk stash? On the four questions this page tests, Dalo Milk Stash — which we make — answers all four at the most depth: 100+ storage locations, per-bag dating with FIFO alerts, dedicated pitcher-method support and days of cover at your baby's real intake. DairyBar is the better choice if you want inventory only and no subscription, and Pump Log if you are iPhone-only and mostly want the pumping side. Does Pump Log work on Android? No. Pump Log is iOS only — its developer publishes no Android version, and the Android apps with similar names belong to unrelated developers. If your partner, a grandparent or a nanny handles feeds on an Android phone, that rules it out before any feature comparison. DairyBar, ParentLove, Nara Baby and Dalo Milk Stash all ship on both platforms. Is a one-time purchase cheaper than a subscription? Only past a certain point. Pump Log costs $19.99 once and our premium tier costs $19.99 a year, so year one is a tie and Pump Log wins from month thirteen. DairyBar has withdrawn its lifetime tier and is now subscription-only, so Pump Log is the only true pay-once option left here. Since most exclusive pumping runs are under a year, the one-time price is usually a smaller advantage than it looks. Why do apps disagree about how long milk keeps? Because the health authorities they copy do not agree either. The CDC gives four days in the fridge, the NHS up to eight at the same temperature, and national bodies publish their own figures again. An app is not wrong for following one of them, but it should tell you which — and where the two differ, the shorter window is the safer default. ![Dalo Milk Stash](/_next/image?url=%2Fimages%2Fmilk-stash-icon.webp&w=128&q=75&dpl=dpl_HDQuuA58EiAncPne4fumhEvNhdFC) Get it on your phone Dalo Milk Stash [Dalo Milk Stash](/apps/dalo-milk-stash) Part of [Pumping, supply and milk storage: the complete guide](/learn/breastmilk/pumping-supply-and-storage) ## Keep reading [ ![](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcdn.sanity.io%2Fimages%2F87uht7oc%2Fproduction%2F1c3020d582b71522b34aeaf430606518e727b517-1376x768.jpg%3Frect%3D7%2C0%2C1363%2C768%26w%3D440%26h%3D248%26fit%3Dcrop%26auto%3Dformat&w=3840&q=75) ### First in, first out: rotating a freezer stash without waste A freezer hands back the newest bag first, which is how stashes expire untouched. The storage windows that actually apply, and a five-minute system that makes rotation automatic. ](/learn/breastmilk/first-in-first-out-freezer-stash)[ ![](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcdn.sanity.io%2Fimages%2F87uht7oc%2Fproduction%2F7f1e8e4adb68099425be9523c4300be0f7515023-1376x768.jpg%3Frect%3D7%2C0%2C1363%2C768%26w%3D440%26h%3D248%26fit%3Dcrop%26auto%3Dformat&w=3840&q=75) ### How to build a freezer stash without causing oversupply "Pump after every feed" is how people end up with oversupply, blocked ducts and a freezer they never use. How much you actually need, and how to build it from a small deliberate surplus. ](/learn/breastmilk/freezer-stash-without-oversupply)[ ![](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcdn.sanity.io%2Fimages%2F87uht7oc%2Fproduction%2Fd14c2494c3cdc156d213cdf9c325a4d9d13b54ca-1376x768.jpg%3Frect%3D7%2C0%2C1363%2C768%26w%3D440%26h%3D248%26fit%3Dcrop%26auto%3Dformat&w=3840&q=75) ### The pitcher method: how to pool 24 hours of milk safely Pooling a day's milk into one pitcher makes bottles easier — and the storage maths easier to get wrong. The one rule that governs it, and how long expressed milk actually keeps. ](/learn/breastmilk/pitcher-method)[ ![](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcdn.sanity.io%2Fimages%2F87uht7oc%2Fproduction%2Fede4d7aa03c940345f29ad630f84ce31e17ecb16-1376x768.jpg%3Frect%3D7%2C0%2C1363%2C768%26w%3D440%26h%3D248%26fit%3Dcrop%26auto%3Dformat&w=3840&q=75) ### A pumping schedule for exclusive pumpers, including working parents Build the schedule from removals per 24 hours, not clock times: how many at each stage, where the night pump fits, how to work around a job, and how to drop sessions safely. ](/learn/breastmilk/exclusive-pumping-schedule) ## Try the free tools - [Baby Milk & Formula Calculator](/tools/milk-volume-calculator) [← All breastmilk guides](/learn/breastmilk) [Read as Markdown](/api/markdown?path=%2Flearn%2Fbreastmilk%2Fbest-breast-milk-stash-tracker-apps)