The first ten years
Ten years is 3,653 days. Most of them are ordinary.
That’s the point. FirstTen counts them with you, from the day they’re born to their tenth birthday, so an ordinary Tuesday gets a walk, a question or a photo.
Worked out on this page. Nothing is sent or saved.
For example, a three-year-old
Day 1,213
of 3,653
3 years old · week 174 of 522 · 2,440 days to go
Every day
One thing to do together, picked for today.
A single activity chosen for your child’s age, the season and the day of the week. Fifteen minutes or an afternoon. If the weather or the mood says otherwise, swap it, or log what you did instead.
- Over 150 ideas, from tummy time to a micro-adventure at nine
- Outdoors first, with things you already have
- No streaks to break. Just days together
Outside
Hours outside, counted honestly.
Set a daily goal and tap Start when you head out. If you set a home location, FirstTen notices when you leave and asks whether to start the clock. It never starts on its own, so a drive to the shops doesn’t count.
- Your week, and your pace towards 1,000 hours a year
- The leaving-home check happens on your phone
- Or track by hand, with no location permission at all
Memories
A memory book of 522 weeks.
One dot for every week of the first ten years. Fill this week’s with a photo, a sentence or a milestone. One photo or one line is enough, and next year On this day will be waiting.
- Milestones, moods and On this day
- Photos stay on your phone
- Export the whole book whenever you like
The baby days
Easier baby days, especially at 3am.
While your child is small, Today keeps a baby log close: feeds with a breast timer that remembers the side, bottles, solids, nappies, sleep, tummy time, pumping, growth, medicine and temperature. Leaps explains the ten stretches of big brain growth in the first twenty months.
A notebook and a guide, not medical advice. If you’re worried, your health visitor, midwife or GP is the person to ask.
Family sharing
Two of you, one log.
Invite your partner, a grandparent or a carer. You all see and log the same children, and every log says who added it. Everything is locked on your phone before it leaves, so only your family’s phones can read it. We can’t.
- No account and no email address
- Invites work once and expire after three days
- Your home location never leaves your phone
Near you
Worth leaving the house for.
Places, classes, events and days out near you, chosen by a local parent who knows the area. Partner listings are always labelled, and they’re what keep FirstTen free.
Know your town?
Local curators are parents who keep their area’s listings fresh and share in what they earn.
Your week, every Sunday
Hours outside, days together, what you did and what you kept.
Dusk at sunset
The app turns dark when the sun goes down, so a night feed isn’t lit like midday.
Add to calendar
Events go into your phone’s own calendar. FirstTen never reads it.
Yours to keep
Export everything as a file, or delete it all, whenever you like.
Private by design
What you record stays on your phone.
There’s no account and no cloud copy. Here is exactly what leaves your phone, and why.
Stays on your phone
- Names, dates of birth and photos
- Every memory, note and milestone
- Feeds, nappies, sleep and every other log
- Outdoor sessions and your home location
What leaves, and why
- With partner picks on: a location rounded to about a kilometre and your children’s ages in months, to sort listings near you.
- Views and taps on listings, counted against an anonymous id, so partners are paid fairly.
- With family sharing on: locked copies that only your family’s phones can open.
Free, and always will be
Nothing is ever locked.
No paywalls, no trials and no ads in the feed. Labelled partner listings pay for FirstTen.
If you love it, you can support it from the app with a one-off thank-you or a yearly Supporter subscription. Supporters get a badge and our thanks. Everyone gets the same app.
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Go outside today.
Free, with no account. Setting up takes a minute: a name, a birthday, and you’re on day one.