A free baby monitor app?
Partly free. With Moonside the Baby phone, the phone in the nursery, is always free, and so is the Parent phone for the first 3 days after pairing. To keep listening after that, you pay for the Parent phone once, €5.99, $5.99 or £4.99: no subscription, no ads, and nothing that renews.
What you get for free
- The Baby phone, forever. On iPhone, iPad and Android. An old phone that is not signed in to anyone's store account works fine.
- The Parent phone, for 3 days. The clock starts when the two phones first pair, not at install, so you can try a real night.
- Every feature, also during the trial. The connection-loss alarm, the low-battery warning, the loud-sound alert, talk back and the soothing sounds.
- No account, no payment details up front. Install, pair, listen.
What to look for in a free baby monitor app
An app that is completely free has to live on something: advertising, data, or a subscription that comes later. So check whether the store says "In-App Purchases", read what happens after the trial, and see whether the app asks for an account. For how other apps do it: Dormi gives 4 free hours a month on Android, Annie gives 3 days of Premium on trial and then works with a subscription, and Baby Monitor 3G and Cloud Baby Monitor are paid apps (checked on 23 October 2026). The apps side by side
What Moonside costs after the trial
One purchase on the Parent phone: €5.99 in euro countries, $5.99 in the United States, £4.99 in the United Kingdom. Not per child and not per platform: an Android phone in the nursery with an iPhone as the Parent phone is one purchase. Why without a subscription
Questions
Is there a free baby monitor app?
Partly. With Moonside the Baby phone, the phone in the nursery, is always free, and so is the Parent phone for the first 3 days after pairing. After that the Parent phone is one payment of €5.99, $5.99 or £4.99, without a subscription. Other apps give a trial or a number of free hours a month and then ask for a purchase or a subscription.
How long is Moonside free?
The Baby phone is always free. The Parent phone is free until 3 days after the two phones are first paired; the clock starts at pairing, not at install. The Parent phone shows when the trial ends, and listening is never cut off in the middle of a night.
Do I have to enter payment details to try it?
No. There is no account and no sign-up. You install Moonside on both phones, pair them and listen; only if you want to keep listening after the trial do you buy the Parent phone through the App Store or Google Play.
Why is Moonside not completely free?
Because Moonside shows no ads and sells no data. A free app has to live on something; for Moonside that is one payment for the Parent phone, instead of advertising, tracking or a subscription.
Try it free for 3 days
The Baby phone stays free after that.
