Freya • Surge Timer

Freya • Surge Timer

The Positive Birth Company Ltd. · 4.8 ★ · A$8.99

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Meet Freya, the world’s first hypnobirthing-friendly birth timer, brought to you by The Positive Birth Company. This award-winning birth timer supports you through labour, coaching you through every single surge (or contraction) with a simple breathing technique and guided relaxations.

Put hypnobirthing techniques into practice during pregnancy, labour and childbirth
Relax between surges with a mix of guided relaxations, positive affirmations, gentle music and calming visualisations
Birth timer that keeps track of surges, logging each surge or contraction so you can see how frequently they are coming and how long they are lasting
Receive a notification from Freya when your labour is established and it might be a good time to call your midwife
Use Freya during pregnancy to practice breathing techniques and relaxation
Available in French, German, Portuguese, Spanish and Italian

Never birth alone with Freya by your side.

TRACK YOUR SURGES
In hypnobirthing we refer to contractions as surges, because a ‘surge’ more accurately describes the sensation you’ll experience when in labour. Freya is the ONLY hypnobirthing-friendly contraction timer on the app store, designed specifically with hypnobirthing mums in mind, using appropriate terminology, but can be used by anyone. If you would like to know more about Hypnobirthing, follow The Positive Birth Company on Instagram or Tik Tok where we share loads of free resources to make your birth better.

PREPARE FOR BIRTH
You can use this birth timer in pregnancy to help you relax and prepare for childbirth. In fact the more you practice your breathing and listen to the guided relaxations and positive affirmations, the more familiar they will become and the more effective they will be at helping you relax when it comes to birth. Positive affirmations have been proven to change the way your mind works and listening regularly will help you feel less anxious and more confident in the lead up to birth. You can practice daily and then reset the surge history whenever you like.

THE SCIENCE
We know the more relaxed you are during birth, the more oxytocin you will produce. Oxytocin helps your uterus to work efficiently, making labour faster and more comfortable.

LIFESKILLS
Freya can be used for pregnancy and post-birth relaxation, any time you feel you could benefit from taking some deep breaths or need some help finding your zen. Everything you learn - mindfulness exercises and breathing techniques - are skills for life.

If you have any questions or spot any pesky bugs lurking about the place please do let us know at hello@thepositivebirthcompany.com

WHAT YOU’LL GET:
- iPhone and Apple Watch app
- Timer to record your surges (also known as a contraction timer) and let you know when you’re in established labour
- Coaching audio to keep your mind focused on breathing through each surge and the ability to switch between 4 and 8 breath counts or 3 and 6, or turn the counting off altogether.
- 4 different birth coach voices
- Guided relaxations, positive affirmations and soothing visuals to help keep you relaxed between surges
- A gentle expanding visualisation that you can use to sync your breathing
- Option to record your own music, visualisations or relaxation tracks
- You can listen to your own playlist on a third party app (such as Spotify) whilst still using the Freya app to keep track of your surges and coach you through each one.
- A detailed log of your surges over time, so you can track your progress through labour, reset this after you practice breathwork at any time
- Ability to easily share the log with your birth partner, midwife or doula
- Coaching created by renowned hypnobirthing expert Siobhan Miller, founder of The Positive Birth Company

Download the ONLY hypnobirthing-friendly birth timer on the App Store and prepare to meet your baby in the best possible way, feeling calm and confident, relaxed and happy!

Developer

What's New

Version 7.2 · 18 July 2025

Bug fixes and improvements

Ratings & Reviews

App Store

4.8

78 ratings

N/A downloads

Google Play

4.6

485 ratings

50,000+ downloads

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79%
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11%
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Recent Reviews

Iwona Kurkowska

Google Play

measuring contractions was helpful, although at some point I was tired of pressing the button when in pain. I didn't like the breath counting, and wish I could keep listening to affirmations continuously, but it automatically switched to counting. I had my own counting pattern, which worked better for me. I only used it at home when I could still manage contractions (for 2.5 days), when i went to the hospital, it was not effective for me anymore. also I wish there was more affirmations.

13 Mar 2026

angie.au

App Store

The best tool

My hypnobirthing trainer suggested Freya to me… and I’m so grateful she did 😍 I highly recommend this app to every woman preparing to give birth, and also to partners and anyone who will be there during labour and truly wants to help. It makes you feel supported, calm and confident when you need it most.

22 Feb 2026

Suzannah Piper

Google Play

havent used during labour yet but really helping me prepare for it already. love it. using everything except timing surges at the moment but after testing that it looks so easy and helpful.

5 Feb 2026

Melanie Lacey

Google Play

i used the freya app during my spontameous labour at home, my labour was impowering, with the only guidance from the app and the help of my birthing comb

21 Jan 2026

Erin C

Google Play

amazing helped so much in my labour to keep calm, the hypnobirthing book is also amazing I couldn't have done it without this

29 Dec 2025

Jenna S

Google Play

I used it for a false start and then the few hours of the real deal and it was so perfect for getting me through. The ability to time contractions in a really user friendly and read friendly way, and the calming guided meditations were so useful.

12 Nov 2025

Mivv666

App Store

Second birth using this app and love it

Helped me sooo much to get through labour!!

20 Nov 2024

thedreamingsentinel

App Store

Removed guided meditations

I paid $2 or such for this app during my last pregnancy, it’s updated in the meantime and now it seems they’ve removed the feature to use guided meditations? Looks like it only counts surges now, where the meditations used to be us just a link to some “pregnancy package” on their website. Disappointed.

5 Oct 2024

FirstTimeMum2023

App Store

FirstTimeMum23

This app was nothing short of incredible - my husband was useless at the early hours after midnight - when I decided to download and pay for this app to help manage my contractions. It helped me get into the zone with its relaxing breathing and coaching during contractions and affirmations and helped me labour comfortably at home - well maybe a bit too well as by the time I reached the hospital I was fully dilated!

17 Aug 2024

JacintaLe

App Store

Amazing app, great interface

Loved loved loved using this app during my birth. I tracked each surge easily in early labour and my husband took over when I was more established. Great reminders for breathing cues and positive affirmations. Loved the daily affirmations in the lead up too! The interface is super intuitive and easy to use too.

20 Mar 2024

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