Our story
Built by two parents, for one newborn.
Beckaby began as a private tool on two phones. It has a name now. The reasons for it have not changed.
Why it exists
To remember what happened, and see the shape of the days.
We wanted a record that reported what happened without grading anyone, that both of us could see at the same moment, and that stayed ours. So we built one. It ran on our own two phones long before it had a name.
At odd hours
Logging with one hand in a dark room, half awake. A tap and a number is all there is time for.
Handing over
To each other in the morning, and to the people who help in the afternoon, without repeating the whole day out loud.
At the appointment
Arriving with a clear picture of the week instead of a guess, in a report that says exactly what it is.
What we decided not to do
The app knows what was recorded. It does not know what happened.
- No verdicts.No green badge, no score, no reassurance. A number is shown with its unit and the time it was entered.
- No predictions.It never says when the next feed is due or whether a baby is behind. It shows the gaps that have already happened.
- No clinical interpretation.It does not say what is normal. It is not a medical device, and every report says so.
- No engagement tricks.No streaks, no badges, no notifications designed to bring you back. Tired people are reading.
- No advertising, no data brokering.The record belongs to the family. How that is enforced.
The name and the mark
One continuous line.
The mark is a single stroke that loops back on itself: little moments joined into one line that carries on to tomorrow. Warm white and charcoal by day, deep burgundy and soft light at night. The type is Jost, set plainly. The wordmark never needs to shout.
Today
Still used every day by the family that built it.
Beckaby runs as a private family app, built to the standard of something much larger. This site is the first step toward opening it up. Until then, the pricing page shows placeholder numbers and says so plainly.