PottyPro: Potty Training

Potty training is short, messy and stressful, and most apps make it louder than it needs to be. PottyPro is built to be the opposite: a quiet timer, an honest log, and advice that follows the guidance health visitors actually give.

ON YOUR WRIST, AND YOUR HOME SCREEN The Apple Watch app logs a wee, a poo or an accident in a tap, without finding your phone — which, with a toddler halfway to the bathroom, is the difference between logging it and not. The countdown sits on your watch face, and it works over iCloud on its own when your phone is in another room. On iPhone, a Home Screen widget shows the next prompt for every child, and a Live Activity puts the countdown on the Lock Screen.

A GENTLE TIMER, NOT A NAGGING ONE Set the gap between prompts and PottyPro counts down to the next one. It keeps running when you switch tabs or close the app. Quiet hours mean it never goes off overnight — if a prompt falls due while everyone's asleep, it waits until morning rather than waking the house. Taking them off-schedule doesn't restart the clock, so the gap never quietly gets longer than the one you chose. And if they sat with nothing to show for it, one tap tries again in fifteen minutes.

LOGGING THAT MATCHES REALITY Wee and poo, on the potty, on the toilet, or an accident. Holding on and straining. Dry checks. Dry and wet nights kept separate from daytime figures, because a wet night isn't an accident. Made a mistake? Tap any entry to change it, or swipe to delete.

DRINKS, BECAUSE THEY MATTER MORE THAN PEOPLE THINK ERIC recommends six to eight drinks a day, and NICE warns against cutting fluids back to stop bedwetting. PottyPro tracks the day's drinks against a target you set — and it's drinking enough, not a dry night, that gets the celebration, because that's what your child can control.

PATTERNS, SHOWN HONESTLY Once there's a week of entries, PottyPro suggests a gap that fits when your child actually goes, and shows the numbers behind it. If accidents pick up after a settled stretch, it offers things worth checking before you assume you're back to square one. Nothing is presented as a prediction.

NIGHTS, TREATED AS DEVELOPMENT Answer a morning dry check straight from the Lock Screen. Dry nights are noted, never rewarded — staying dry overnight isn't something a child can be taught, and over 20% of five-year-olds still wet the bed. If wetting returns after months of dry nights, PottyPro says so and suggests a conversation with your GP or health visitor.

EVERYONE ON THE SAME PAGE Invite a co-parent and they get the live log on their own phone. Send nursery or a childminder a plain text summary of the day plus your handover note — they need nothing installed. Away-from-home mode marks entries made on an outing so a pull-up on a long journey doesn't read as a backwards step.

BUILT FOR MORE THAN ONE CHILD Each child has their own timer, settings and history.

YOUR DATA IS YOURS Everything stays on your device and in your own private iCloud. No accounts, no advertising, no analytics, nothing sold to anyone. Only people you invite can see your child's log.

PottyPro offers general prompts based on public NHS, NICE, ERIC and AAP guidance. It can't diagnose anything, and it will always point you to a GP, health visitor or paediatrician where that's the right thing to do.

SUBSCRIPTION PottyPro is free for three days with everything unlocked and no payment details required. After that, a subscription is needed to keep using it — monthly, or annually for a good deal less. Both unlock everything; there's no premium tier. Prices are shown in the app in your own currency before you buy. Payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation. It renews automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the period ends, and you can cancel any time in your Apple Account settings.

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