NIH Baby Toolbox arrives in spring 2025
NIH Baby Toolbox Cognition, Motor, and Social-Emotional tests will be
available in the NIH Baby Toolbox iPad App in both English and Spanish.
Get ready for the release
Browse the NIH Baby Toolbox tests or read more about the capabilities of the NIH Baby Toolbox in clinical practice, education, research, and clinical trials.
To get ready to use the app, check out out our hardware requirements and compatibility and continue reading about licensing options below.
Pricing
Apple’s App Store
While you can download the app and view tests and reporting features in the NIH Baby Toolbox app, you’ll need a subscription in order to use the scoring and reporting features in the NIH Baby Toolbox app. Subscriptions are available as an in-app purchase.
NIH Baby Toolbox Subscription:
- 1-2 Devices: $599.99
- 3-6 Devices: $1,499.99
- 7-10 Devices: $2,499.99
Subscription includes:
- Available as an in-app purchase in the NIH Baby Toolbox app
- Provides access to scoring and reporting for all tests
- Scoring done automatically on the app (no data leaves the app unless you want it too)
- Includes scoring and reporting for Level B tests if you have received approval to use those tests
Apple’s Business/School Manager Store
We offer a customized app which is compatible with large scale deployment via a Mobile Device Manager. In this customized app, no in-app purchase is necessary. You will need to have an account in Apple’s Business or School Manager Store.*
Please consider how many apps you will need and contact us for a quote. Pricing for this deployment is separate and the Apple App Store pricing does not apply.
* This option will be available in the future. Please reach out to [email protected] for more information.
Organizations with managed devices
If your organization uses devices where app installation is managed by an IT administrator, and/or you need to purchase a subscription for a large number of devices, please contact us for a quote.*
Purchasing NIH Baby Toolbox for large organizations or installing managed devices.
* This option will be available in the future. Please reach out to [email protected] for more information.
How to Administer NIH Baby Toolbox Tests
The NIH Baby Toolbox enables examiners to conduct tests with children ages 1–42 months in just a few minutes, with a minimum of equipment.
Approval for Accessing NIH Baby Toolbox tests
The NIH Baby Toolbox was developed and is made available in accordance with the Standards for Educational and Psychological Testing developed jointly by the American Psychological Association, American Educational Research Association, and the National Council on Measurement in Education (2014).
Consistent with these standards, test users must have the appropriate knowledge, skills, training, and experience to responsibly use our measures. “Test users” are those persons responsible for the selection, administration, scoring and interpretation of tests and the communication of results.
For more information or to request access tap Apply for Access below
Our Solutions
Learn more about how scientists, researchers, clinicians and healthcare practitioners use the NIH Baby Toolbox in their work.