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Baby Allergy Tracker vs Solid Starts
Food database and introduction guides for baby-led weaning
The short answer
Baby Allergy Tracker is the better choice for parents tracking food reactions because its core food diary and reaction log are completely free — unlike Solid Starts, which is a food introduction guide with no allergy tracking at all. 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 just $2.99/month or $24.99/year.
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Baby Allergy Tracker
- ✓ 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
Allergy and reaction tracking
Solid Starts is primarily a food database and educational resource. It tells you how to serve foods safely but does not provide tools to log meals, track reactions over time, or monitor symptom severity. Baby Allergy Tracker was built specifically for reaction tracking: log symptoms (hives, rash, vomiting, diarrhoea, swelling, wheezing, and more), assign severity scores (Mild, Moderate, Severe), record timing, and see which foods correlate with reactions across days and weeks.
Food Status Board
Baby Allergy Tracker 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 has no safety dashboard that derives status from your baby's actual history.
Allergen introduction schedule
Baby Allergy Tracker 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 offers general guidance on introducing allergens but no structured schedule with status tracking.
PDF reports for doctors, daycare, and caregivers
Baby Allergy Tracker 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
Baby Allergy Tracker 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 Baby Allergy Tracker 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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