Pola · iOS and Android
Everything you can do in Pola
Feeding, sleep, diapers, health, medicine, growth and solids. See how Pola keeps your baby’s day together and what Pola Plus adds.
Plus adds caregivers, more children and PDF reports.
Feeding
A baby feeding app: breast milk and formula in ml and a countdown to the next feed.
- Record breast milk and formula in ml and see the total. Name your formula and select it again next time.
- Set the interval between feeds and check the next-feed countdown. Skip a feed when your plans change; a notification reminds you as the next one approaches.
- Set a daily goal yourself or use an estimate based on weight. You can adjust it; it is not medical advice.
Pola organizes the information you record. It does not diagnose or replace medical advice.
↑ Back to contentsMeals and starting solids
New foods, how much your baby ate and how they reacted.
- Log a food or meal and how much your baby ate: a taste, a little, half or all of it.
- Mark the reaction: none, liked it, refused it, rash, stomach ache or other — and add a note. Food names appear as suggestions next time.
- The “Milk and meals” card on the home screen shows both kinds of feeding together.
Sleep
A baby sleep tracker: use a nap timer or enter times yourself.
- Start the timer with one tap, even if your baby fell asleep a few minutes ago. Correct the start time while it runs, or cancel it.
- Ongoing sleep shows in a bar on the home screen, in a Live Activity on iOS and in a notification on Android.
- Add sleep manually with a start and end time. See it in the history, the daily summary and the seven-day trend.
Diapers
Diapers (nappies): wet, dirty or both in one entry.
- Record what was in the diaper. Choose the wet amount and the dirty amount separately, each on three levels.
- For a dirty diaper you can note the consistency. Add the time and a note — the entry appears in the history and daily summary.
Health and illness history
Temperature, symptoms and the course of an illness in one place.
- Record temperature, symptoms and notes about how your baby feels. Select several symptoms in one entry.
- Illness history groups health and medicine entries from an episode. Add a start date, notes and an end; deleting an episode keeps the original entries.
- The health card holds birth details, Apgar score, blood group, allergies, regular medicines, the pediatrician’s contact and extra phone numbers. It works offline according to caregiver permissions.
Pola organizes the information you record. It does not diagnose or replace medical advice.
↑ Back to contentsMedication
The name, dose and time of every medicine given.
- Record the medicine name, dose, time and a note. Medicine names appear as suggestions next time.
- Before you log another dose, Pola shows that it was already given, when and by whom.
- One switch sets a reminder for the next dose in the number of hours you choose.
- Pola does not suggest medicines or doses — it records what you enter.
Pola organizes the information you record. It does not diagnose or replace medical advice.
↑ Back to contentsWeight and height
A weight and height tracker for your baby: dated measurements with history and charts.
- Add, edit and delete weight and height measurements. Birth measurements can be saved in the profile.
- Check the latest measurement, the change since the last one and the chart over time. The growth card shows them on the home screen; choose metric or imperial units in settings.
Reminders and notifications
Feeds, medicines and everyday tasks at the right time.
- Create a reminder from scratch or from presets: clean the nose, vitamin D, nose drops, nap time, a walk, trimming nails.
- Set one-off, daily, selected-day, weekday or weekend reminders. Pick a fixed time or intervals of 2, 3, 4 or 6 hours within a time window.
- A feeding notification arrives as the next feed approaches; for a medicine you can set a reminder for the next dose.
- The notification inbox separates received messages from schedules. Complete a task or snooze it for 15 minutes. Manage active, paused and finished reminders.
Calendar, visits and vaccinations
Checkups, vaccinations and your baby’s other appointments.
- Add a visit as a checkup, vaccination or other event, with a place and note. Copy it to your device calendar.
- Choose an appointment reminder: at the time, 30 minutes, one or two hours, one or two days before.
- The calendar shows a week or month with upcoming and past events. Vaccinations are also listed in the baby’s profile, and the next appointment on the home screen.
Notes
To-dos and messages for caregivers.
- Write a note, add a reminder at a chosen time, mark it done and archive it.
- Address a note to one caregiver or to everyone. A shared journal with other caregivers requires Plus.
- Filter notes by all, to do and archive. The notes card can sit on your home screen.
History, charts and summaries
Read a day’s entries and changes over time.
- Choose a date and filter feeds, meals, diapers, sleep, health, medicine and other entries. History groups entries by night, morning, afternoon and evening.
- Check totals for milk, feeds, diapers and sleep. The seven-day trend shows milk or sleep.
- Add notes and earlier times, edit or delete an entry, or repeat it now. Entry details show the author and when it was added.
- Free has no limit on days of history. Each caregiver’s access depends on their permissions.
Your home screen
Choose the cards you use.
- Show, hide and reorder cards: next milk, today, feeding goal, milk and meals, growth, 7-day trend, sleep, reminders, temperature, next appointment and notes.
- Choose a default, newborn, tablet or minimal layout. Phone and tablet save separate layouts locally; you can restore the default.
- Choose which entries the “+” menu offers (health, medication, meals) and three bottom navigation items. Pick the summary figures and the trend metric.
- Reuse, rename or remove saved formula, medicine and food names from suggestions without changing past entries.
Children and shared care
One profile in Free; more children and caregivers in Plus.
- Profiles hold a name, birth date, sex, birth measurements and avatar: a preset picture or a photo from your device, which you can crop.
- Switch between your own and shared journals. Plus lets you keep more than one active journal.
- Invite a caregiver with a single-use code, QR code or link; you can revoke a link you sent. They can accept or decline the invitation.
- Choose full access, daily care, view-only or custom permissions for history, health card, reports and editing. Enable notifications for other caregivers’ entries.
- Remove access, leave a journal or transfer ownership when deleting your account. Deleting a child’s profile removes that journal for all its caregivers.
Widgets and Live Activity
See the next feed and daily overview outside the journal.
- On iOS, next-feed widgets work on the home and lock screens; the overview widget works on the home screen. Live Activity shows feeding and ongoing sleep on the lock screen and supported Dynamic Island.
- Android widgets show the next feed and daily overview. An ongoing notification shows current sleep or the next feed.
- The “+ Add” button on a widget opens the entry form in the app.
- Pola supports iPhone, iPad, Android phones and tablets. Widgets and live status are in Free; availability also depends on the device and system settings.
Offline entries and sync
Save without a connection and send changes when it returns.
- Previously loaded history, measurements and pending entries remain available after an offline restart. The health card also works offline.
- A status banner shows connection loss, pending changes or syncing. Retry failed entries or discard them.
- Offline data is encrypted locally. Other devices need a connection to receive updates; without one, they show the last received state.
- Purchased Plus access lasts up to seven days offline without contacting the server. A trial still ends on its scheduled date.
Account and settings
Your data, appearance and sign-in methods.
- Sign in with Apple, Google or email and password. Verify your email and reset your password if needed; link several sign-in methods to one account.
- Export account data or delete your account in settings. Choose to delete journals you own or transfer them to another caregiver.
- Choose Polish, English (US or UK), German, Spanish or Ukrainian. Set metric or imperial units yourself, or let them follow the language.
- Choose light or dark appearance, age format and haptics. On iOS, text follows system size settings.
- Settings include notification channels, a sound test, a feedback form for ideas and bugs and an anonymous usage-data switch. Your child’s photo stays on the device.
PDF reports and Pola Plus
Additional caregivers, more children and a report for your doctor.
- Select today, the last 7, 14 or 30 days, a single day or a custom date range. Advanced options let you pick the report’s sections and its language.
- The A4 PDF brings together feeding, sleep, diapers, meals, health and medicines, illness history, visits and vaccinations, measurements, the health card and questions for the doctor. It organizes your records without interpreting results.
- The report’s weight and height charts can show grey WHO reference bands — reference data, not an assessment.
- Plus is available yearly or as a one-time Lifetime purchase. One purchase covers a journal’s caregivers. Manage payments through the relevant store.
- Start the 14-day trial yourself, without a card or automatic payment. A caregiver joining does not extend the journal’s trial.
- Free keeps working after Plus expires. Choose one journal to continue updating; additional journals keep their history available to read.
Pola organizes the information you record. It does not diagnose or replace medical advice.
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