Tinybeans vs Qeepsake
Same owner since November 2025, very different apps. Tinybeans is a shared photo journal for the family. Qeepsake is a private written journal that texts you questions.
Choose Tinybeans if
- You mainly want to share photos with family
- You want relatives to comment
- You want photo books
Choose Qeepsake if
- You want to write things down and need a nudge
- The journal is mostly for you and your child
- You want journal-style printed books
Side by side
Tinybeans Group, listed on the ASX and based in New York. It also bought Qeepsake in November 2025. Source
Tinybeans Group, which bought Qeepsake's assets in November 2025. Source
iPhone, iPad, Android and the web. Source
iPhone, Android and text messages. The website handles settings and export. Source
Tinybeans+ is $7.99 a month or $74.99 a year. Source
Essential is $4.99 a month or $47.88 a year. Premium is $9.99 a month or $95.88 a year. Source
Yes: 20 photos and videos a month and 5GB of storage, with ads. Source
Not for new sign-ups. If you cancel, you drop to Lite: one question a week and 5 photos a month. Source
The free plan shows ads to you and your followers. Tinybeans+ removes them, though Tinybeans' own articles stay in the feed. Source
We found no statement either way.
Free: 20 a month, 5GB. Tinybeans+: unlimited uploads, 200GB. Source
Essential: 50 photos a month. Premium: 100 photos a month. Source
Up to 5 minutes on Tinybeans+. Source
Premium only, one minute or less, and only from the app. Source
Invite-only. Followers can use the app, the website, or just the email updates, so no smartphone is needed. Source
Journals are private. Relatives you add can get a weekly email with the 10 most recent entries. Source
Only if you allow it. You can let a follower add moments, or make them a co-owner with full access. Source
Family contributors are a Premium feature. They get their own questions and text answers into the same journal. Source
Height and weight charts, plus milestones you type in or pick from suggestions. Source
No developmental checklist. Age-based questions, plus themed question sets for pregnancy, NICU, adoption and more. Source
Comments and reactions in the app or by replying to the email. You can turn comments off for everyone, but not for one person. Source
None documented. Relatives read along through the weekly email.
Yes. All children share one journal. Source
Essential allows 2 journals, Premium unlimited. Source
Full export needs Tinybeans+. You get one emailed download link per month of content, and the links expire after 5 days. Source
From Account Settings on the website. Qeepsake doesn't say what format you get. Source
Photo books from $19.99 on the website, with free US shipping for subscribers. Source
Journal books and chapter books (a 30-page softcover chapter book is $20). Annual plans include book credit. Source
Its privacy policy says it "sells" or "shares" some personal information with advertising partners, in the legal sense California uses, and may use machine learning to analyze what you upload. Source
Its privacy policy says it may use your information for personalized advertising, but does not sell or share it for cross-context behavioral advertising. Source
We make Aanvi, so weigh that when you read this. Everything about the other apps comes from their own websites, help centers, privacy policies and app store listings, checked on November 1, 2026, with US prices. Each fact links to its source. If something has changed, email support@aanvi.app and we'll correct it.
If neither fits
A private baby book app built around milestones: photos, videos and the things your child says, each stamped with their exact age and shared only with family you invite. No ads and no data selling, but there's no free plan: $6.99 a month or $49.99 a year after a 14-day trial.