8 Best Period Tracking Apps To Always Be Prepared For That Time Of The Month

Flo is one of the most popular applications touted as the app that leaves no curiosities unanswered. It provides nuanced information about your reproductive health with a simple and user-friendly interface. The app offers an excellent overview of your period cycle, almost in a slideshow format of 'what's normal discharge', 'mood changes', and 'chance of pregnancy'; if their prediction falls through by one or two days, then you have to update the information again about your cycle. It seamlessly blends with other apps, like Fitbit or Google Fit, plus you can ask questions anonymously with their private chat interface. The app is free to use and comes with a premium option.

Available On: Android and IOS

Rated among the top period tracking apps in 2021, Glow is super useful for someone who wants to know the 'why' of everything your body goes through during menstruation. You can pause the app in case of pregnancies, and it provides a whole bunch of options like 'Cycle, 'Calender', 'Tracker', and 'Analysis', making your cycle super easy to comprehend. It represents your cycle in a wheel format, showing the period window, the next period cycle prediction, and potential fertile days. We love that it has fewer pop-ups and ads, making it simpler and more straightforward to use the app. The only drawback we feel is that it does not sync as well with other apps.

Available On: Android and IOS

Clue is a great app that provides easy, simple-to-understand data that helps you get insightful patterns into your menstrual cycle and body. If you are suffering from PCOS or are on birth control, then this one would probably prove beneficial as it not only tracks PMS, ovulation, and periods but also provides benefits, tips, and articles by medical experts and scientific references along with reminders. You can keep track of your feelings, moods, cramps, energy, and discharge to be more prepared for your next cycle.

Available On: Android and IOS

With a very subtle blue flower logo and a customisable interface, Kindara is best for someone who has been struggling with fertility. It shows the complete trajectory of your cycle in a graph format, with a very thorough focus on your ovulation cycle. The app tracks your mood, stress, symptoms, physical activities, bedtimes, and food to automatically align all these factors with your period cycle. It also tracks the cervical mucus and provides some nuanced insights, helping you understand more about body systems and functioning. 

Available On: Android and IOS

Ovia is a one-stop solution that tracks your menstrual cycle, fertility, and even menopause symptoms. With a vast amount of features to choose from, like adding symptoms, your daily activities, moods, general feelings, body temperature, cervical fluid, and medications, it delivers very easy-to-understand menstrual data, feedback, and real-time health alerts. It gives an overall picture of your health and well-being, and we really cannot recommend this one enough.

Available On: Android and IOS

If you like fun graphics yet a simple interface, then we suggest downloading Period Tracker. It's a fairly easy-to-navigate app divided into three use cases: period and cycle calendar, ovulation and fertility calendar, and pregnancy mode with subsections like pill reminders and birth control planners.

Available On: Android and IOS

iPhone users have a pre-downloaded health app called Health, a great app to keep track of your overall health and everyday movements. It's filled with a myriad of options, where you can put body measurements, activity, heart health, medications, and mental well-being, along with a dedicated section on cycle tracking. You can easily sync this app with your other Apple devices and even with your family to keep an overall check. The insights of this app are great, and it also sends out regular reminders as well.

Available On: iOS

Are period tracking apps 100% right?

Even with all the data management, these apps are not 100% accurate all the time, and should only be used to make light decisions.

Should you rely on these period tracking apps to prevent pregnancy?

No, the ovulation period varies with your monthly cycle, and you should not rely solely on the app to prevent pregnancies.

Is the data you share about your body protected by these apps?

Make sure you check all of the policies and do a little research, as your data is most likely to be subjected to share.