How Goosery works

Goosery is an iPhone app for expecting and new parents, and it’s free to start. You photograph each room, and Goosery gives you a list of hazards for that room, with the fix for each one.

Goosery orders the list by when your baby rolls, crawls, pulls up and walks. Every item on it comes from a written standard.

What’s inside a standard.

A standard is the rule Goosery writes for one hazard. Everything your plan tells you about that hazard comes from it.

In your plan

Living room

Tall bookcase against the wall

The standard behind it

The hazard: This says what the hazard is, in the same words your plan uses.
Why it matters: It explains in plain words what can happen.
The fix: It tells you what to do about the hazard.
When it starts to matter: Each hazard has a stage when it starts to matter, such as rolling, crawling, pulling up or walking. Some hazards matter before your baby comes home.
How it's checked: This says whether a photo can check the hazard, or whether it goes on the list you check by hand.

The standards fall into twelve categories.

Each standard sits in one category. Goosery has standards for every room you photograph, from the nursery to the garage.

Furniture tip-over
Electrical
Choking
Falls
Burns and scalds
Water
Poisoning
Entrapment
Sleep setup
Sharp edges
Cords and strangulation
Everything else

Goosery writes the standards from published guidance.

The guidance comes from the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) and ASTM International.

The standards are Goosery’s own rules. None of them is a government regulation or an ASTM standard.

What the review covers.

Every standard behind the plan is reviewed and signed by a practicing pediatrician.

The review covers every part of each standard, from the hazard itself to whether a photo can check it. It doesn’t cover anything outside the standards.

In the review

The hazard
Why it matters
The fix
When it starts to matter
How it's checked

Outside the review

How the camera checks are tested
The rest of the app
Recall alerts
The products Goosery matches to your home

How you check items off.

You check off one item at a time, and a checked item goes gray.

The plan gives no score, grade or percentage.

It never tells you a room is done, because a photo can’t show everything and your baby reaches new things at each stage.

Living room

Checked: Tall bookcase against the wall
Cord hanging from the side table

What a photo can’t show.

Each standard says whether a photo can check it. A photo shows a bookcase standing against a wall. It can’t show what’s behind the bookcase, or what’s inside a closed drawer.

Anything a photo can’t settle goes on a separate list for you to check by hand.

What's free, and what the full plan adds.

Free

Your crib gets a complete check.
You can scan every room once and see how many hazards it has in each category.
Each room comes with a list of what to check by hand.
Goosery sends recall alerts for anything you register in the app. (Arrives in an update after Goosery opens.)
You can browse the full product catalog, and every link works without an upgrade.

Full plan

A one-time fee

Every hazard is spelled out, with its fix and the order to do it in.
You see the full list for each room, item by item, instead of only the count.
When you forward a receipt, Goosery checks every item on it against recalls. (Arrives in an update after Goosery opens.)
Goosery matches the exact product to your home, such as a gate of the right width or the right anchor kit.
You get a month-by-month plan tied to your baby's stage, with reminders to scan again as things change.
You can send a second, simplified scan to grandparents or any caregiver, for their own home. (Arrives in an update after Goosery opens.)
Car seat and high chair checks cover recall status, expiration tracking, and a step-by-step self-check against reference photos. (Arrives in an update after Goosery opens.)
Two parents can share one plan, and either one can assign items, check them off and add photos. (Arrives in an update after Goosery opens.)
You can save a PDF report or hand it to someone else. (Arrives in an update after Goosery opens.)

Arrives in an update after Goosery opens.