Babbly: First Words Tracker

Babbly keeps your child's first words the way they really said them. Every word goes on a colourful word wall with how it sounded — "ba" for ball, "tah-tah" for thank you — and a short voice clip if you like. Save how a word sounds again later and watch "ba" become "baw" become "ball".

From those spellings Babbly grows a Sound Garden: each speech sound your child uses, in the order it first appeared, plus the playful swaps they make along the way ("tat" for cat). It's a keepsake, not a test.

THE WORD WALL
• Write a new word in seconds: the grown-up word on top, how it sounded underneath
• Record a voice clip of how they say it (up to 12 seconds, stays on your device)
• Every word as a crayon tile, grouped by month with your child's age
• Search by the word or by how it sounds
• Said or signed — baby sign counts too
• Bilingual and multilingual families: tag each word's home language
• About 120 common early words to tick off, and ideas for words to listen for

WORD STORIES
• Each word keeps a timeline of how it has sounded, with a clip for each step
• "Save how it sounds now" whenever a word changes
• A Sunday sound check reminder, if you want one

THE SOUND GARDEN
• 22 speech sounds, from m, b and d to s, r and th, sprout as your child uses them
• When each sound first appeared, and in which words
• Sound swaps, such as "t for k" or leaving off the first sound, with your child's own examples
• Age bands from a 2020 review of how English-speaking children learn consonants

THE STORY
• Chapters: first word, first signed word, first word in each home language, first phrase, the first word that started sounding different, and 10, 25, 50, 100+ words
• CDC communication milestones for your child's age
• Short, sourced Learn articles: how speech sounds grow, what counts as a word, raising a multilingual talker, and when to talk to a professional

WHAT'S FREE / WHAT'S PRO
Free:
• The word wall, voice clips, word stories and the Sound Garden for one child
• The checklist, chapters, milestones, reminders and every Learn article
• Supported by banner ads

Babbly Pro (one-time purchase, Family Sharing supported):
• The printable First Words book (PDF): chapters, every word by month with how it sounded then and now, and the Sound Garden
• Vocabulary growth chart, kinds of words and home-language insights
• A word wall for each sibling
• CSV export of every word and pronunciation
• No ads
• No subscription, ever

PRIVATE BY DESIGN
Words, pronunciations and voice clips stay on your device. No account, no analytics. The microphone is used only while you record a clip, and clips are never uploaded. The free version shows banner ads from Google AdMob, personalised only if you allow tracking; Babbly Pro removes them. Delete a word, a child or all data at any time.

IMPORTANT
Babbly is a keepsake and tracking tool, not a medical device. It does not screen for, diagnose or treat any speech, language or developmental condition, and the Sound Garden is not a speech assessment. Every child learns to talk at their own pace. If you're ever unsure, talk to your child's doctor, health visitor or a speech-language professional — you don't need to wait.

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