Little Steps Africa

Everything your village needs in one app

From daily feeds and sleep to vaccines, growth charts, and clinic-ready exports — Little Steps Africa is the digital Road to Health built for African parents and caregivers.

Log a feeding with method, side, and volume
Feeding
Start or log a sleep session
Sleep
Diaper change log
Diapers
Play time activity log
Play
Log a bath activity
Bath
Log solid foods
Solids

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Daily care logging

Log in seconds from the thumb zone — built for busy, one-handed parenting.

Feeding tracker

Record breast, formula, and expressed milk with duration, side, and volume details.

Sleep monitoring

Track naps and night sleep to spot patterns and share timing with your village.

Diaper changes

Log wet, dirty, or mixed changes to monitor hydration and digestion.

Voice notes

Dictate observations hands-free; the app structures them into usable health records.

Quick log FAB

One tap from the dashboard to add any activity without digging through menus.

WHO growth charts
Growth charts
Add weight, length, and head circumference
Add measurements
Milestones list with photos and notes
Milestones
Add a developmental milestone with photo
Add milestone
Vaccination schedule timeline
Vaccine schedule
Mark vaccination complete
Mark vaccines done

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Growth, vaccines & milestones

Stay ahead of immunisation schedules and celebrate every little win.

WHO growth charts

Visualise weight, length, and head circumference against standard percentile curves.

Vaccination schedule

Country-aware immunisation timelines with clear due, upcoming, and completed status.

Clinic reminders

Push notifications before vaccine dates so nothing slips through the cracks.

Milestones & challenges

Capture developmental firsts and gentle streaks that keep the whole family engaged.

Health metrics

Log temperature, symptoms, and medications alongside daily care activities.

Invite caregivers with a share code
Invite caregivers
Generate and copy a caregiver share code
Share code
Join a baby profile with a share code
Join with code
Shared activity history timeline
Activity history
Edit infant profile details
Baby profile
Village Tracker home dashboard
Daily dashboard

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Your village, connected

Parenting is communal — your app should be too.

Caregiver sharing

Invite partners, grandparents, and nannies with controlled access to your baby's log.

Share codes

Join an existing baby profile securely without sharing passwords.

Shared activity history

Everyone sees the same timeline — no more WhatsApp threads and lost notes.

Manage access

Review linked caregivers and revoke access instantly from Settings.

Feeding and sleep insights charts
Insights
Village Tracker home dashboard
Daily dashboard
Symptom logging timeline
Symptoms
Medications list and dosage schedule
Medications
Log a temperature reading
Temperature
Add a medication and dosage
Add medication

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Insights & guidance

Turn raw logs into patterns you can act on.

Daily dashboard

At-a-glance summary of today's feeds, sleep, diapers, and health events.

Trend insights

Spot feeding frequency, sleep windows, and growth trends over 7 or 30 days.

Symptom timeline

Correlate symptoms, medications, and temperature readings on one timeline.

Health guidance

Contextual, culturally aware tips — educational only, never a substitute for your clinic.

More menu with health, insights, and settings shortcuts
More menu
Configure care and vaccine notification preferences
Notifications
Edit infant profile details
Baby profile
Record a voice note for caregivers
Voice notes
Log expressed milk
Expressing
Log a temperature reading
Temperature

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Built for African families

Designed for real connectivity, devices, and healthcare systems on the continent.

Offline-first

Log locally on SQLite; sync automatically when WiFi or mobile data returns.

Smart sync

Optional WiFi-only sync to protect mobile data bundles.

Multi-language

Interface support for African languages with more being added over time.

POPIA-ready privacy

Explicit health-data consent, export, and account deletion with a 30-day grace period.

CSV export

Download your data anytime for personal records or clinic visits.

Baby Digital Passport screen in Little Steps Africa
Baby Passport
Vaccination schedule timeline
Vaccine schedule
Health profile with allergies, medications, and emergency contacts
Health profile
Clinic-ready PDF summary
Clinic summary
Mark vaccination complete
Mark vaccines done
Add weight, length, and head circumference
Add measurements

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Digital health records

Replace the paper Road to Health card with a secure, always-available record.

Baby Passport & QR code

Show a scannable health summary at clinic visits — even when mobile data is spotty.

Road to Health tracker

Digitise your child's clinic booklet with growth, vaccines, and visit history in one place.

Clinic summary PDF

Generate a professional report to share with paediatricians, nurses, or emergency care.

Scan clinic cards

Capture existing paper records with your camera to bootstrap your digital profile quickly.

Ready to start tracking?

Download Little Steps Africa — essential tracking stays free. Try Little Steps+ for 14 days, then unlock once from R99.99 in the app.

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