Log: Baby Solid Food & Allergy vs Solid Starts
Solid Starts Alternative for Food Allergy Tracking
Food database and introduction guides for baby-led weaning
Looking for a Solid Starts alternative?
Log: Baby Solid Food & Allergy is a Solid Starts alternative built around allergy tracking rather than a food library. Its core food diary and reaction log, with 3 severity levels and 10 symptom types, are free, and there is no account to create. Premium (an optional monthly or yearly subscription) adds a 14-allergen introduction schedule and paediatrician, DO NOT EAT and approved foods PDF reports. If you mainly want serving guides and preparation videos, Solid Starts' 400+ food database remains the stronger resource.
The short answer
Log: Baby Solid Food & Allergy is the better choice for parents tracking food reactions because its core food diary and reaction log, with severity scoring and symptom types, are completely free — Solid Starts does have a basic food and reaction tracker, but it's a content-library add-on, not a structured system built around severity, timing, and allergen status. For parents who also want a 14-allergen introduction schedule, three types of PDF reports (paediatrician, DO NOT EAT alert sheet, and approved foods sheet), and optional encrypted caregiver sync via your own Google Drive, Premium is an optional monthly or yearly subscription.
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Log: Baby Solid Food & Allergy
- ✓ Complete food diary with enjoyment ratings, photos, and notes
- ✓ Reaction logging with 3 severity levels and 10 symptom types
- ✓ Food Status Board — Avoid, Watch, In progress, Logged OK at a glance
- ✓ 14-allergen introduction schedule with custom allergens (Premium)
- ✓ Three PDF export types: paediatrician report, caregiver alert sheet (DO NOT EAT), caregiver approved foods (Premium)
- ✓ Optional encrypted caregiver sync via your own Google Drive (Premium)
- ✓ Free taster PDFs — unlimited watermarked previews
- ✓ Multiple children support (Premium)
- ✓ Dual-region allergen lists: US (9) and EU (14)
- ✓ Works fully offline — no internet needed
- ✓ 12-language app with separate PDF report language
- ✓ No account required — data stays on your device
Solid Starts
- — Comprehensive food database with 400+ foods
- — Detailed food preparation guides by age
- — Instructional videos for safe food serving
- — Baby-led weaning courses and education
- — Built-in food and reaction tracker, bundled with the content library
Direct Feature Comparison
| Feature | Log: Baby Solid Food & Allergy | Solid Starts |
|---|---|---|
| Primary Focus | Food Allergies, Reaction Logging & Variety | Food database and introduction guides for baby-led weaning |
| Pricing & Free Tier | Generous free core (unlimited diary, symptoms) / Premium US$2.99 / month or US$24.99 / year | Subscription required for full app features |
| Data Privacy & Storage | 100% On-device, Apple Privacy Label: Purchases Only, Zero Trackers, End-to-End Encrypted Sync | × Account & Cloud Servers Required |
| Reaction Severity Logging | ✓ 10 symptom types, 3 severity levels | × Notes only / No severity grading |
| First 100 Foods Variety Tracker | ✓ Categorized food variety tracker + milestone cards | × No variety tracker |
| Allergen Introduction Schedule | ✓ 14-day tracking window + reminders (US 9 / EU 14 / AU 10) | × General advice only |
| Clinical PDF Exports | ✓ 3 clinical report types (Pediatrician, Caregiver DO NOT EAT, Approved Foods) | × Raw data export / none |
Allergy and reaction tracking
Solid Starts is primarily a food database and educational resource, and it does include a Food Tracker that lets you log foods tried and note reactions or sensitivities. What it doesn't have is a structured system around that log: no severity scoring, no symptom-type picker, and no way to see which foods correlate with reactions across days and weeks. Log: Baby Solid Food & Allergy was built specifically for that: log symptoms (hives, rash, vomiting, diarrhoea, swelling, wheezing, and more), assign severity scores (Mild, Moderate, Severe), record timing, and see the pattern, not just a list of entries.
Food Status Board
Log: Baby Solid Food & Allergy automatically organizes all foods into four clear status categories derived from your logged data: Avoid (severe reactions), Watch (mild or moderate reactions), In progress (allergens in their 14-day introduction window), and Logged OK (foods with no reactions). Solid Starts' tracker logs entries but doesn't derive a safety status from your baby's actual history the way this does.
Allergen introduction schedule
Log: Baby Solid Food & Allergy provides a structured allergen introduction schedule tracking all major allergens (US list of 9 or EU list of 14, plus custom allergens you can add), showing exactly which have been introduced and when. Each allergen gets a 14-day introduction window with notification reminders on days 1, 3, 7, and 14. Solid Starts has a step-by-step guide to introducing common allergens, which is genuinely useful content, but it's a guide to follow, not a schedule that tracks your baby's actual status against it.
PDF reports for doctors, daycare, and caregivers
Log: Baby Solid Food & Allergy Premium generates three types of appointment-ready PDFs: a full paediatrician report (food timeline, reaction details, allergen progress), a caregiver alert sheet (DO NOT EAT list with red-highlighted allergens and foods), and a caregiver approved foods sheet (cleared allergens and tolerated foods). Free users can generate unlimited watermarked taster PDFs. Solid Starts does not produce appointment-ready reports from your data.
Privacy and offline use
Log: Baby Solid Food & Allergy stores all data on your device. No account, no sign-up, no cloud servers. Works in airplane mode, in the waiting room, anywhere. Optional caregiver sync uses encrypted storage in your own Google Drive — nobody else can see your data. Solid Starts requires an internet connection for its food database and video content.
Choose Log: Baby Solid Food & Allergy if
Parents introducing solids who need to log every meal, track reactions with severity and timing, monitor allergen introduction progress, and produce reports for doctors, daycare, and caregivers. Try it free — the core food diary and reaction log cost nothing, and there is no account to create.
Choose Solid Starts if
Parents who want a comprehensive food database with serving guides and instructional videos on how to prepare foods safely for different ages.
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