Freya • Surge Timer

Freya • Surge Timer

The Positive Birth Company Ltd. · 4.9 ★ · £4.99

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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 Jul 2025

Bug fixes and improvements

Ratings & Reviews

App Store

4.9

1,201 ratings

N/A downloads

Google Play

4.6

484 ratings

50,000+ downloads

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Recent Reviews

missnunn21

App Store

Amazing App! Highly Recommend!

This app is so incredible! It times your surges and then tells you when you’re on established labour so you know when to go to hospital or contact the midwife. It also counts for you to breathe with the surges which really helps focus your mind. It send positive affirmations via notifications which helped me keep my mindset. I had a home birth and found this app so supportive.

21 Mar 2026

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

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

nov221b

App Store

A must-have

I used the guided breathing tool to practice in the weeks leading up to giving birth. This turned out to be one of the best things I did to prepare for birth, as I used gas and air for pain relief, and was able to regulate my breathing throughout - even when things started getting a little chaotic! The meditations were really helpful for managing anxiety in the weeks before giving birth too.

25 Jan 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

GC8832

App Store

Didn’t work properly

Didn’t capture properly half the time so couldn’t track gaps. Also told me to go to hospital several times whilst still clearly in latent stage as contractions were not reliably 3 mins apart. Used the contraction timer on my TENS machine instead!

16 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

NicamyH

App Store

This app was my everything

Wow. Where to start. This app honest was just what I needed. No real pain relief just a both comb the app and a dream 😂 tracked surges with the button and used the breathing counts to support me. I wasn’t calm but this app helped me to focus. Amazing 10/10 get it honestly it’s so very worth it.

3 Nov 2025

MollyMoo18

App Store

So helpful!

I purchased the app a few weeks prior to birth and loved the guided meditations in the lead up to birth to help me relax. I ended up being induced and this app genuinely got me through the whole process, I listened to the guided breathing through an AirPod and it was still playing when my baby boy arrived 15 hours later. Will be recommending to everyone!

29 Sept 2025

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