How to Use Outgrow

What is Outgrow?

Outgrow keeps track of your children's clothes. Photograph an item's tag and Outgrow reads the brand and size, works out how much longer the item should fit from your child's measurements and that brand's size chart, and tells you before it is outgrown.

It has size charts for 70+ brands and works from newborn sizes up to older kids' sizes. If you are expecting, it also helps you plan the first year's wardrobe.

Why it helps: You always know what you own, what fits now and what to buy next.

How is Outgrow different from a size calculator, a spreadsheet or a notes app?

A size calculator tells you the size for one item today. A spreadsheet or notes app only holds what you type and look up yourself. Outgrow keeps your whole wardrobe in one place, uses each brand's size chart and your child's measurements to estimate how long every item will fit, and warns you before it is outgrown.

What does Outgrow not do?

• It does not sell clothes or connect to your store accounts or orders.
• It does not give medical or growth advice.
• Its estimates are guides, not guarantees, because every child grows differently.

Is Outgrow free?

• Free for life for the first 1,000 families

Pricing for later users and the ways to earn a free year are explained in the FAQ.

How do I get started?

1. Create an account with your email. Android also offers Google sign-in, and iPhone offers Apple sign-in.
2. Add your child: name, birth month and year, height, and which size chart to use (girl's or boy's sizes). You are asked to confirm that you are the child's parent or guardian.
3. Tap Quick Add, choose a category, and photograph the tag and then the item.
4. Check the brand, size and type on the Confirm Details screen, correct anything that is wrong, and save.
5. Open Wardrobe. Each item has a coloured dot that shows how it is doing. See what the dots mean.

How do I add an item with a tag?

Tap Quick Add and choose a category: Full Body, Tops, Bottoms, Shoes, Accessories or Other Items. Then photograph the tag, and then the item.

Outgrow suggests the brand, size and type. Check them on the Confirm Details screen before you save.

Why it helps: Scanning is faster than typing, and photos make your wardrobe easier to browse.

What if my brand isn't recognised or isn't listed?

If no brand is found, the Confirm Details screen asks you to pick one from the list. Every supported brand is in that list, and you can search it by name.

If your brand is not in the list:

1. Choose + Other brand (not listed) at the bottom of the list.
2. Type the brand name. You can ask us to add it from this screen, and the request reaches us automatically.
3. Give your own estimate of how long the item will fit.

You can also send a brand request from Settings, in the Feedback section.

How do I add an item without a tag?

Open Wardrobe and tap + Manual, then fill in the details yourself.

How do I add handmade items?

Tick Handmade before you choose a brand. Outgrow then asks for your own estimate of how long the item will fit, because there is no brand size chart to use.

Can I add hats, mittens, muslins and other items?

Yes. Choose Accessories or Other Items in Quick Add. These items can have a quantity, for example three muslins.

Do I have to take photos?

No. Photos are optional in every category. Items with photos are easier to recognise in your wardrobe.

What do the coloured dots mean?

Each item in Wardrobe has a coloured dot that shows how it is doing right now:

• Green: fits well
• Orange: running out of time
• Blue: not fitting yet
• Red: probably outgrown
• Black: definitely outgrown

Why it helps: You see at a glance which items need attention.

How do I filter my wardrobe?

In Wardrobe, tap the filter icon next to the category tabs. You can filter by category, subcategory, brand, size, fit state and tags, and combine them. Then tap Apply filters.

Your active filters appear as chips above the items, together with the number of matches. Tap Clear all to start again.

For example, combine a winter tag with an orange dot to see winter clothes that are running out of time.

Why it helps: You find the right items quickly, even in a large wardrobe.

What is Wardrobe Health?

Wardrobe Health is a card on Home. It shows, month by month, how many items in each group should still fit. A dash means that nothing in that group fits that month.

The colours show above goal, at goal, getting low and critical. Tap a block for details. A line under the grid names the first group that will run thin, and the button below it takes you on to your wardrobe or to adding items. A green +N means that many replacements on your shopping list cover that month.

Why it helps: You see gaps months before you need to shop.

How do I choose what Wardrobe Health shows?

Tap the gear icon on the Wardrobe Health card. You can choose up to 12 rows, mixing categories, subcategories and tags.

• Each row has a goal: the number of items you want to have that month. Set the goal to 0 to hide the row.
• Drag the handle to reorder rows.
• Look ahead sets how many months the grid shows, from 4 to 12.
• Reset to defaults restores the standard rows.

How do I track what my children's clothes cost?

Add a cost when you add an item, or later in Edit Item. It is optional.

Turn on Smart buying insights in Settings, under Smart reminders, and Wardrobe Health shows the total cost of the items you have priced, for example “€30 tracked (2 of 21 items priced)”. Only priced items are counted, so the total grows more complete as you add costs.

Why it helps: You see what you have spent on your children's clothes.

How do I tell Outgrow how an item fits?

Open the item in Wardrobe to reach Edit Item. Under “How does it fit right now?” tap one of four options:

• Still fits adds wear time.
• Getting snug takes some wear time off.
• Too small moves the item to outgrown.
• Too big for now marks the item as not yet fitting.

If outgrown alerts are turned on in Settings, Home also shows cards for items that are about to be outgrown. Each card offers Still fits, Mark as outgrown or ask me later.

Why it helps: You are warned before a size is outgrown, so you can buy the next one in time.

What does “Not yet fitting” mean?

The item is too big for your child right now, and it shows a blue dot. If it already fits, tap the blue ring with a check mark on the item in Wardrobe to set it as fitting.

Why am I asked for new measurements?

With Auto-update measurements on in Edit Child, Outgrow grows your child's last measurement forward along typical growth for their age, so estimates stay current without any work from you.

Children speed up and slow down, so every few months Outgrow asks you to measure. Tap Update now to open Edit Child. If you enter a new height, estimates restart from it. If you do not, Outgrow keeps using its projection. A fresh measurement is more precise, especially after a growth spurt.

What does switching off Auto-update measurements do?

Outgrow stops growing the measurements forward. Estimates only change when you update the measurements yourself. Choose this if you prefer to measure regularly and keep full control.

What is the growth chart?

On the Children screen, tap the chart icon on a child's card. It plots the heights you have entered against reference growth curves, for comparison only. It is not medical advice.

How do I use tags?

In Edit Item, tap a tag to add it to the item. Tap + New tag to create your own, or Manage to rename and delete tags. You can filter your wardrobe by tag.

How do I make an outfit?

In Wardrobe, open Outfits under Explore the wardrobe and tap + to pick items. The outfit lists each piece's brand and size.

How do I change the currency or units?

Currency follows your phone and can be changed in Settings. Height units (cm or inches) are set for each child.

What does Size Finder do?

Size Finder is a tab for children who are already born. It shows which sizes fit your child, across several brands.

Choose the date the item needs to fit, so you can buy ahead, for example a winter coat in September for use in January. Sizes for a later date rely on typical growth for your child's age. Children grow in spurts, so measure again and check closer to the date.

To replace an item, choose it in Size Finder. Outgrow sets the date to when that item is expected to be outgrown. Add a result to your shopping list, or add it straight to your wardrobe if you have already bought it.

Why it helps: You buy the right size at the right time, not one that is already too small when it arrives.

How does the shopping list work?

The Shopping tab is your list of things to buy. Add your own notes and items, or add them from Size Finder.

To find replacements for many items at once, use the auto-generate option. Choose a child, choose all their clothes or only some categories, and choose the brands to use. Outgrow builds a list of replacements from those brands, the same way Size Finder's replace option works for a single item.

You can share the shopping list with someone else. See what you can share.

Why it helps: You see what is coming up in one place and can plan purchases in one go.

How do I plan for a baby who isn't born yet?

Add a child with a due date. While that child is selected, the tabs are Plan, Shopping, Quick Add and Wardrobe.

1. Open the Plan tab. It compares what you have with what you will need for each size range.
2. Choose a lean, regular or generous plan.
3. Tap generate for a size range to get a shopping list of what is missing. The first time, you choose which brands to take sizes from.
4. Each shopping card shows how many you still need, for example ×7, with sizes from your chosen brands. Tap Buy 1 or add a matching item to count one off.

Why it helps: You know what is missing before you buy duplicates.

My baby has arrived. What now?

Open the hamburger menu on the main page and tap My baby arrived!, then follow the steps to add your baby's details and measurements. Your planned items are checked against real measurements, so some may show “Not yet fitting”. The child then gets the same tabs as any other child.

How do I switch between children or add another child?

Tap the child's name at the top of the screen, or Change wardrobe, to pick another child. The list also has + Add child.

What can I share, and what can the other person do?

There are three kinds of share:

• Wardrobe, from Wardrobe: the other person can view the wardrobe only.
• Shopping list, from Shopping: they can view or edit the shopping list only.
• A child, from Family: they can edit the child's details and use the wardrobe and shopping list freely.

A child with a due date has no Family option, but the wardrobe and shopping list can still be shared.

Why it helps: Everyone knows what is already there, and gifts come in the right size.

How do I accept a share code?

Enter the code in any place where you can create one, because every share button accepts every type of code. New users can choose I have a share code when they sign up.

How do I stop sharing?

Open Family, or the same place where you created the code, and stop sharing from there.

What is the Outgrown Pile?

The Outgrown Pile holds the items your child has outgrown. Open Wardrobe, then Outgrown Pile under Explore the wardrobe.

For each item, choose Give away, Sold, Recycle or Hand down. Hand down moves the item to another child's wardrobe.

Why it helps: Outgrown clothes stay organised, and hand-me-downs go straight to the next child.

What is the difference between Archive and Delete?

In Edit Item, Archive item takes the item out of your wardrobe but keeps its record. Archived items cannot be viewed in the app yet. Permanently delete this item removes it immediately and cannot be undone.

Where are my settings?

Open the hamburger menu on the main page, then tap Settings. Settings has your privacy rights, a Feedback section, and Smart reminders such as outgrown alerts and buying insights.

How do I download or delete my data?

Open Settings, then Your privacy rights.

• Download My Data gives you a JSON export of all your data.
• Delete My Account starts a 30-day deletion process with a recovery option.
• Contact Privacy Support reaches us at privacy@tryoutgrow.com.

Read more in our privacy policy.

What makes a good password?

Use at least 8 characters. Outgrow checks new passwords automatically and does not accept one that is easy to guess, that appears in known data leaks or that contains your email address. Three random words work well.

Which sign-in options are there?

Email and password work on every device. Android also has Google sign-in, and iPhone has Apple sign-in.

My tag isn't recognised. What can I do?

Choose the brand and size yourself on the Confirm Details screen. Reading tags is not always perfect, and the brand can still be supported even when the scan could not read it.

The item type is wrong. Can I change it?

Yes. Open the item to reach Edit Item and choose another type under Subcategory. Type suggestions from the photo are not perfect yet.

I can't see Google sign-in on my iPhone. What should I do?

Google sign-in is available on Android. On iPhone, use Apple sign-in, or email and password.

An item shows “Not yet fitting”, but it fits. What should I do?

Tap the blue ring with a check mark on the item in Wardrobe to set it as fitting. See what Not yet fitting means.

How do I send feedback or ask for a brand to be added?

Open Settings and use the Feedback section to share your thoughts or ask us to add a brand you use. You can also email support@tryoutgrow.com.