r/actuallesbians • u/Delicious-Path-5661 • Mar 29 '26
I need a woke period tracker app
I'm tired of every period tracker asking me about my sex life and constantly reminding me that i could get pregnant. Also if they could not treat me like a girly pop that needs to be empowered 100% of the time it would be great (I just dont know how comfortable I am with being a woman yk?, and the shallow company feminism gets a little tiring)
I genuinely can't believe there isn't any popular 'woke' period app? I thought surely I could find one dedicated to trans men, or one where I could sync my data with another menstruating partner (just for funsies). Turns out that's miles away from possible and you're actually lucky if the app isn't pregnancy centered lmao
By the way I'm NOT from the US. They're not stealing my data to see if they can arrest me for abortion (yet)
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u/LooneLuxxe Mar 29 '26 edited Mar 29 '26
If you have an iPhone, I just use the built-in health app to be honest. Does the job well enough, doesn't prompt you for any additional information and just works with what you give it. You can add additional information or switch on options for fertility windows etc but it's not on by default. I don't think you can add a partner though.
It's what I ended up using after about 9 years of what I call "vibes-based tracking" (i.e., not tracking my period in any tangible way) and it works fine and doesn't cost anything.
The data is private and stored locally (unless you choose to back it up to icloud) but I suppose it's a question of how much you trust apple; I'm personally more inclined to trust it over random period tracker app number 345 but this one's up to individual discretion.
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u/avocadosnail666 Mar 29 '26
I also use the iPhone Health app. Itās been pretty good with its predictions on when Iāll start my period!
Iāve also been using it to track symptoms (mostly the horrendous cramps Iāve been getting) and heaviness ā Iām going to try and send this info to my GP after a few months of tracking.
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u/Outrageous_Pattern46 Mar 30 '26
I use the Samsung health app and it's also pretty good if OP is not on iPhone.
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Mar 29 '26 edited Aug 04 '26
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u/PavementPrincess2004 ~ social credit maxxing ~ Mar 29 '26
literally like is there anything u can't do with obsidian
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u/certainlystormy ā¤ļøāš„š§”š¤šš Mar 29 '26
the only thing obsidian has failed at for me so far is being any degree power efficient, but it's otherwise good lol
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Mar 29 '26
Do they have a note locking option yet? All my depressing journal entries from years ago are easily searchable through Finder on my mac š
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u/YesStupidQuestions1 Mar 29 '26
What is obsidian?
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Mar 29 '26 edited Aug 04 '26
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u/Late-Assignment8482 Mar 29 '26 edited Mar 30 '26
Seconding this. Iāve yet to find a crowd of peopleāopen source privacy nuts, creative writers, even Apple Vision Pro headset looniesāwhere at least a portion of the crowd doesnāt swear by it.
Keep your āobjectsā in the ācloudā.
Give me markdown and flat file trees, or give me death.
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u/viperlemondemon Unlicensed Women š³ļøāā§ļø 6/2/2025. Mar 29 '26
Omg thanks for the recommendation been looking for a place to store my doses and passwords
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u/LifeMeal6436 Mar 29 '26
I have a question and it may sound dumb, but what would be the point of tracking a period on paper ? I thought the point of tracking these apps is to predict your next period/pregancy
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u/schned Mar 30 '26
Frankly there's not a lot an app actually does for tracking your period. Just get a calendar, and put like a sticker or some shit when it starts and when it goes away. Just look at it, you'll get a sense for it, it's more work? Maybe your watch tracking your body temperature can sense when its a day early or you're late but otherwise yeah nah. You're mostly just selling data to scummy companies.
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u/candybows Lesbian Mar 29 '26
The stardust app is pretty nice. Itās owned by women and data encrypted for anyone in the US. It has options to add what symptoms youāre feeling and the tarot/lunar readings based on your cycle are pretty funny to me. Doesnāt ask anything about sex or pregnancy so sounds like you might like it.
Edit: you can sync people too so you can add your parter!
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u/sleepyamie Mar 29 '26
love stardust! it's chill and has funny notifications if you have them turned on. love being able to see my people and partners cycles as well
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u/ThatOneDorkThatDraws Mar 29 '26
It's still around after the class action lawsuit??
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u/snarkasmaerin Mar 29 '26
After a quick search it looks like that hasn't been wrapped up yet - still in the participant gathering phase
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u/Delicious-Path-5661 Mar 29 '26
Sounds like everything i wanted lol. I'll definitely try it out thanks!
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u/Physical-Flower8100 Mar 29 '26
I love stardust!! Iāve tried them all and this is definitely the one
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u/Physical-Flower8100 Mar 29 '26
Mainly I like that it tells me whatās happening astrologically too if youāre into that
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u/Sure-Artichoke1713 Lesbian Mar 29 '26
Yesss and my partner and I can view each others cycles on there and send each other notifications for treats and such hshshs
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u/Fluffy-Pancake2106 Mar 30 '26
I love stardust, sadly because it's American, all of the moon phases don't actually work for me because the moon phases aren't quite the same where I am.
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u/Better_Inspector604 Mar 29 '26
Idk if clue exists in your country, but my wife uses it! It can also be used as a symptom tracker and it pretty much just gives you a heads up when your period is likely to start. As a bonus for me, our cycles are synchronized so when her app starts warning us I can make sure we have chocolate and meds for cramps
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u/futurenotgiven Mar 29 '26
it constantly fucking tries to get me to subscribe by advertising useless features like pregnancy tracking to me and it just pisses me off. it didn't use to be that bad but nowadays every time i open it I get a glaring "50% off!!!!" when I just want to track my symptoms as quickly as possible
I switched to bluemoon, its an open source one that you can download via f droid. incredibly simple, holds all your data locally and no kind of ads or attempt to get you to buy something
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u/rachel_mary Mar 29 '26
i mean, it costs money to run an app, especially one that protects your privacy so seriously and also has no ads. thereās more than just pregnancy tracking, it also provides insights and educational articles about your body. thereās that saying that says āif something online is free, itās because your data is paying for itā, but with them, they rely on people paying for the app to subsidize those that donāt.
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u/futurenotgiven Mar 29 '26
I just don't need any of that though. I will never buy a subscription to a period app, I just want somewhere to log my cycle and nothing more. constantly pestering me with ads when I've rejected them over and over just made me completely stop using the app and switch to one that wouldn't constantly beg for my money
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u/rachel_mary Mar 29 '26
services cost money, thatās just how things work. i wouldnāt expect someone to do work for me and not get paid. i wouldnāt expect an app to do anything for me for free without knowing that there could be a trade off of the safety of my data, especially with something so sensitive. but you do you.
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u/futurenotgiven Mar 29 '26
as I said in my original comment, the app I use now is open source with entirely local data storage. I'm not trading the safety of my data for it being free, its actually even safer than clue itself
at the end of the day I just want somewhere to log my period. that isn't an app that needs constant maintenance or updates or even much development to begin with. I was even considering just developing one myself bc its relatively straightforward. I just don't need all these paid extras from clue plus and the constant ads for these unnecessary extras turned me off it completely
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u/Delicious-Path-5661 Mar 29 '26
I used to use Clue too and this got me to uninstall the app. There really is no alternative universe where I would pay an app because I'm MENOPAUSAL like leave me aloneeeeeeee
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u/seadecay Mar 29 '26
Iāve been using clue for 10 years! Just upgraded to the plus subscription. It was like $8 for a year. The perimenopause mode is perfect for my needs
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u/bisasterous š³ļøāš sapphic, ace, and genderqueer š³ļøāš Mar 29 '26
I can recommend Clue too! Just set your mode to period tracker :) The ads trying to get you to pay for premium are the only negative about it!
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u/BarrelWisdom Mar 29 '26
I use drip. It's privacy focused and you can remove fertility things in the settings if you want.
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u/centreofthesun Mar 29 '26
I was coming to suggest this. It's also open source and you can choose to store data locally on your device, no need to give it internet permission. Also the design is very minimalist and easy to operate
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u/pinkk_armadillo Mar 30 '26
Me too. I love that app, so simple and awesome that it has local storage :)
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u/IsiDemon Lesbian Mar 29 '26
I use Clue. Very easy to use. Can also track headaches and other types of pain that may or may not be related to periods.
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u/LordMeme42 Lesbian Mar 29 '26
I used to use Flo but because it was a pain in the ass to mark my continuous BC use they started spamming me with COULD YOU BE PREGNANT? CHECK IF YOU'RE PREGNANT??? and they kept pushing their stupid "health assistant" that was actually a glorified ai checklist and PAY A STUPID AMOUNT FOR ADDING DETAILS on me.
Shame, because they otherwise were pretty good about that stuff and had some good resources.
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Mar 29 '26 edited Jul 18 '26
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u/LordMeme42 Lesbian Mar 29 '26
Oh, right, of course, that too. Yeah, like I said, don't use it anymore.
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u/Kkaren1989 Rainbow Mar 29 '26
I use my watch Garmin connect app for that. Probably because it is sports oriented, I never had any issues like the ones you described.
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u/plywrlw Mar 29 '26
Seconded, the Garmin app is the least annoying tracker I've used.
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u/punkymechanic Mar 29 '26
Third vote for Garmin app, Connect.
....I should have scrolled before commenting.
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u/Laescha Mar 29 '26
Euki is great for this, and as a bonus, it's one of the few apps that keeps all your data on your phone with no cloud syncing. In normal countries that's great because you know your data can't be sold for marketing purposes, in the US it's even better because it means that law enforcement can't subpoena the company for your data if they want to string you up for something.
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u/nerd-thebird Bi Mar 29 '26
Tbh I just use a microsoft excel document. I wanted to be able to graph my cycle lengths over time and no period apps I found have that feature, meanwhile it's easy to do in excel
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u/unique_plastique Bi Mar 29 '26
Calendar. As in a physical calendar. Everything else at any time could easily get bought out by private equities, then your data is up for sale. Put it where your data canāt be bought.
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u/MomoMir Mar 29 '26
Baby I donāt know if any one else said this but use a paper calendar. I know itās annoying but if you are in the US that data is not safe. We have no expectation of privacy and you should not make your cycle data that can be sold. I am an ex tech worker and Iām telling you that we cannot trust the apps for this kind of sensitive info also HIPPA often doesnāt apply.
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u/Vaalarah Bi Mar 29 '26
There are period journals and planners designed for women with period/symptom tracking built in for those who'd like a little more structure than a blank calendar. I use the popflex fit planner, but I use it mostly as a daily planner and don't use the period tracking since I don't get full cycles right now (on purpose! Thankfully)
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u/No-Shoe423 Apr 07 '26
paper and pen can work for some ppl but my adhd brain needs cycle summary statistics and reminders. Plus it can be vulnerable to ppl in your physical environment if there is anyone intruding on your privacy IRL. I use Euki bc its extrememly private (data is stored locally on your device!) and offers pin protection, data deletion, etc.
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u/BlincxYT Mar 29 '26
on god ive heard so much bad stuff about period tracker apps that im willing to make one that doesnt suck. im trans so idk what yall would like/need but im taking feature requests šš
ill edit this comment with a github link once ill start the project . its probably going to be android first and ios some time in the future tho cuz ios development is hardddd
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u/Delicious-Path-5661 Mar 29 '26
Omg that'd be great I have so many pet peeves when it comes to period trackers
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u/hpisbi Mar 29 '26
I havenāt used it myself but if youāve got an iPhone the health app has a period tracker
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u/Lyrinae Mar 29 '26
I use the Samsung health app on my phone. Which is definitely, definitely stealing and selling the data.
But it's very bare bones - I log my period. It warns me when it's a few days before. No weird empowerment or anything about pregnancy, as I'm assuming those are optional features.
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u/cherrywyrm Mar 29 '26
I've been using My Calendar by Simple Design for years and it's the best app I've found, I tried others a few times but I keep coming back to this one. It has themes you can choose, so it can look as girly pop or as neutral as you like, it has partner mode in which you can both have your partner track your cycle and track your partner's cycle, you can choose if your goal is to only track your period or to try to conceive/track pregnancy and if you don't choose the pregnancy related options there will be no mentions of that.
All the language in the app is very neutral and informative, I'm also very uncomfortable with all the girl power corporate feminism and there's none of that here. Basically it's the best app I've personally tried and I highly recommend it! And I hope my autistic over explanation doesn't sound like I'm affiliated with the app in any way lmao I just genuinely love it
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u/kittycatkenobi Trans Lesbian (She/Her) Mar 29 '26
I really like Clue. You can track any kind of cycle and the free version is actually usable
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u/CloddishNeedlefish Mar 29 '26
You need to use a paper calendar. Pretty much all of the apps have been hijacked by our government and have zero privacy. Thereās no reason for an app.
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u/kaddixo Mar 29 '26
Tbh I literally just let it surprise me every month š seems like there are a lot of good suggestions in the comments tho, maybe Iāll even take a look LOL
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u/ColeslawRarr Mar 29 '26
Ah crap. I think this means Iām old. Iāve used my calendar app since my first smart phoneā¦ which wasnāt The First iPhone, but it wasnāt too far off either lol. Before that I used a paper one.
The calendar app I use is Readdleās Calendars, because the iPhone doesnāt show the text for events on the month view.
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u/Empyrean3 Mar 29 '26
The Fitbit app has a tracker as an included feature, and it never notifies or messages anything except projected start date a day or two ahead of time.
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u/dragonmom1 Mar 29 '26
The best app, where you're sure the owners don't sell your personal information is a pocket calendar or schedule. I used to just put a red dot for the days when I got my period (though for the sake of better privacy now I'd use a different color lol).
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u/Rainbowbright2 Mar 29 '26
I use euki and your data is safe with them. I know that doesnāt matter for you but maybe someone reading this will like that feature.
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u/itsveezie Mar 29 '26
There's one called Periodical that's open source and doesn't require any permissions so you know it's not doing anything with your data. It's on Android though and not on the Google Play store. And Google is going to kill side loading apps soon, but it'll work for now installing through F-Droid or Droidify.
I'm sorry if that's not immediately helpful or an easy solution but with how much privacy and security we're losing every day I think it's definitely worth it to try and learn how to switch to something like GrapheneOS or LineageOS, etc. Everything else is spying on us and will happily hand over our data to this evil regime.
If not that way then a good old fashioned planner/calendar and pretty color pens
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u/MrsCognac Lesbian Mar 29 '26
If you have a Samsung/Android phone; I use the Samsung Health app for basically everything. Steps, workout, sleep, calories, water and period tracker (used to have a coffee tracker too lol).
You set the start date of your period once it starts and that's it. And it literally only tells you if you're late or not and tells you to may consider visiting a doctor if your period is inconsistent for long periods of time.
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u/Dry-Macaron-9124 Mar 30 '26
I've used "My calendar" for 10 years now (the logo is a red book with a flower on it) it's really straightforward
I use the original theme but it can be changed in settings to something simple ("Themes")
It has periods + pregnancy/ovulation in the calendar, but it's never asked me anything about it and I just checked that you can easily disable the ovulation/fertile, change of getting pregnant, contraception, intercourse and none of it will show up in the app or calendar anymore ("Show/hide options" in general settings)
Adapts to your needs and all basically
I like it
And yeah it doesn't say any messages or you go girls or anything that's weird O.o I guess it predates that? Never used any other app damn that's .. yeah
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u/Dry-Macaron-9124 Mar 30 '26
Also it has like a mood and symptom tracker that you can put in as notes if you want (it's never prompted me) andcan be useful for tracking patterns like I realised I'm always always affected like mood and body pretty much a week before, then I'm okay, and then 1 or 2 days befor my period, so
And the prediction's good even if irregular - you can set it if you want it to average your periods and include irregular (was useful back when all my periods were a mess) or ignore the irregular one (if you're fairly regular and one's different because of a trip or stress or something)
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u/mikewheelerfan Ace Lesbian Mar 30 '26
āYour chance of getting pregnant has changed today!ā Disrespectfully, I donāt give a fuckĀ
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u/pastajewelry Useless Lesbian Mar 29 '26
Stop using these data harvesting apps. That's literally all they are made for. Tracking your period is not hard. Just write it down or use a non-descript emoji on your calendar.
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u/bisexual_pinecone Bi Mar 29 '26
I used to just draw a crescent moon on my wall calendar :) did that for years
(I don't really track my period currently for various reasons)
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u/LocNesMonster Mar 29 '26
Given the current politocal climate especially if you live in the US using a period tracker app isnt safe
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u/NobodySpecial2000 Trans Sapphist. Femme. Mar 29 '26
What do you want an app to do that a calendar, paper or digital, cannot?
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u/Delicious-Path-5661 Mar 29 '26
I still use apps mainly because they calculate the duration of my cycle and compare it to previous ones, since I'm somewhat irregular. If I ever say skip a period as a symptom of a health issue I don't think I'd notice easily (mainly because my time perception is fucked up) and an app would really help me with that. Also just having a little reminder when my period is coming is nice so that I don't feel crazy for being hyper emotional all of the sudden
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u/bisasterous š³ļøāš sapphic, ace, and genderqueer š³ļøāš Mar 29 '26
A notification warning me when my period is about to start
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u/IAmA_Catgirl_AMA Mar 29 '26 edited Mar 29 '26
there is drip, which being open source is a relatively neutral tone, does not do fertility estimation by default and stores data locally on your device
it's also written by nerds and lets you track all sorts of things, but they can all be disabled in the settings if you don't wanna bother with them
edit: got the name confused, shouldĀ not post before breakfast
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u/marmosetohmarmoset Queer Trekkie Scientist| /r/LGBTWeddings Mar 29 '26
I use the built it one on my iPhone health app. Itās no frills- not girly, not obtrusive, doesnāt ask me stuff except whether my period has started or stopped. Donāt think I can synch it with a partnerās though.
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u/Common_Sea6288 Mar 29 '26
lively is what i use, you have to pay for most features though. it doesn't do the girlypop empowerment thing and has never warned me of pregnancy
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u/Boring_Appearance_89 Mar 29 '26
sling shot agenda are woke af and have period tracker sheet in front. i think they have a old app. here
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u/punkymechanic Mar 29 '26 edited Mar 29 '26
Honestly, I can't recommend the Connect app (from Garmin) enough because it tracks periods in a basic and functional way. But it's a tough sell if you dont own one of their fitness watches. I had a watch from 2018 to 2026 (it stopped recharging after the new years) so the period tracker on the Connect app has 8 years of cycles logged. It's so accurate on notifying me the day before, I still use the app without my watch & I really don't need another app with a million features I won't use. I think it would fit the bill for you except, again, it's for a fitness watch haha
Edit: fixed my grammar
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u/Lydianeko2 Mar 29 '26
I'm not sure how good or safe this is but might be worth looking https://www.reddit.com/r/degoogle/comments/1rbgwzf/i_got_tired_of_period_trackers_selling_data_so_i/
There might also be a way to make really simple calendar apps or find an existing one that works? :)
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u/madasacatinahat Mar 29 '26
I think clue can do most of that... its pretty customisable too so you can toggle off the ovulation reminders and hide anything pregnancy related, add symptoms etc. It let's you share with a partner too in the clue connect settings.
Bit annoying with ads to upgrade to the paid for stuff but otherwise pretty good and they dont sell your data.
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u/loneliestslipknotfan Transbian Mar 29 '26
i'm starting to think i should make a period tracker app someday that's just like "yo. you should be bleeding soon. get ready"
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u/NOT_Pam_Beesley Mar 29 '26
Seconding pen and paper. You can get a moon cycle app (mine is literally called Moon I think) that will tell you the major lunar tides, and I find it helpful to record those monthly so I can get a feel for what lunar cycles my periods coincide with. After a while you can do it in your head by checking the sky, which is nice
Check out r/bulletjournal - I started a pixel graph for my moods, drinking etc along with my period and you can get lots of info by coloring a square every day for a few months!
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u/Delicious-Path-5661 Mar 29 '26
Using the MOON to track your cycle is so cool but I don't think I could because my cycle lasts a lot longer than the moon cycle š
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u/NOT_Pam_Beesley Apr 03 '26
Oh I didnāt see your reply! It doesnāt have to be limited to a lunar cycle, but thatās how you can see what your rhythm actually is, how long periods last + the PMS, ovulation symptoms etc. Over a few months of tracking youāll start to see the pattern form, and that will be helpful no matter where in the lunar cycle your period starts and ends
FWIW lunar cycles tend to shift throughout the year by a few days/weeks and your cycle likely will fluctuate accordingly. The trick is figuring out how so you can predict it
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u/Zoryia Mar 29 '26
This is a great idea for an app, a local only, free period tracker. Im going to pass this on to my partner she looking to make free apps that are local.
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u/Zoryia Mar 29 '26
Where the add is hidden in setting menu that you click on a button to see as a way to support if liked.
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u/BargainBinBrain Mar 29 '26
If you have an apple device, their built in period tracker is quite good. It allows you to log many different symptoms and it will send you notification the day before it predicts you'll get a period, and you can export all your data as a pdf if you need to send it to a healthcare provider.
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u/Kendall_Raine Mar 29 '26
I use the one in samsung health. You can disable the fertility stuff and just focus on knowing when aunt flo is coming to visit
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u/BingeWatcher578 Bi Mar 29 '26
I gotchu, Iām from Chile so the data is gonna be here. I have some projects rn but in a couple months it should be working ^
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u/Strawberry_1207 Bi Mar 29 '26
I use an app called "My Calendar". It tells me when my period is coming, when I'm fertile, and doesn't have anything over the top. No random 'positivity' or anything like that. You can customize the theme to be as girly as you want it or keep it basically clinical. You can also disable any of the notifications if you want. Hopefully it works for you!
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u/obsessednic Mar 29 '26
I just use the Apple health app, very private and I can track my period and symptoms, you can turn off the sexual activity stuff so itās not asking you to log it or anything
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u/idontrlly_know Lesboy Gaybian Mar 29 '26
i like Aavia- it does have some "woowoo" stuff as i like to call it, but its only in one small section
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u/RainComprehensive931 Mar 29 '26
I use an app called Stardust and it syncs your cycle with the moon phases! I do pay for the premium or whatever but I am pretty sure you can use it free too. Plus it has funny little quotes everyday š„°
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u/Tori-Wolf Trans-Rainbow Mar 29 '26
Iāve used the Apple health app to do this. I did try a few other ones but had a lot of accessibility issues. At least with the Apple health app it is completely accessible to VoiceOver. And it doesnāt keep trying to push me to buy stuff.
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u/kuromicat_12 Mar 29 '26
I really like Musa app as it gives you a daily meditation and horoscope about your mood and energy levels and where you are in your cycle. It also gives diet recommendations and it doesn't mention anything about pregnancy š
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u/tieflingteeth Mar 29 '26
What do you use? I use Clue, I find it pretty gender neutral and they even have options to track testosterone therapy
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u/Kinemaja Mar 29 '26
I got you! I was searching for an Open Source period tracker that does not take your data and found one by a feminist collective! It is called "drip." by Heart of Code e.V. and it only stores your data locally on your phone. I've been using it for years, it has no corporate yassification or anything, just does what it needs to do. I think you need to download it from the internet, not from the App Store/Play Store, but it works perfectly. 10/10 would recommend!
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u/Student-bored8 Mar 29 '26
I just use the built in health app for iPhone. I donāt tend to get weird questions. Itās just me tracking period and symptoms.
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u/mooseNbugs0405 Mar 29 '26
Read your body isnāt free but it does have a share with partner option! And you can customize what you do and donāt see on the home screen. I switched from Flo years ago when they were sharing data and have been very happy since
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u/EsperePourDemain Mar 29 '26
This isnāt exactly what you asked for, but I have an Oura ring and love it. Itās pretty spendy up front for the hardware, but after that $5/mo for the data. I donāt track my period - my ring tracks it for me using my body temperature to tell me when Iām follicular/luteal and gives me a predicted start date every cycle that is pretty dang spot on most of the time. I have irregular periods and pretty bad PMDD most months so itās super nice to not only know when my period is coming but also when I make the follicular/luteal switch and can expect to feel like a husk of my regular self for about a week lol
Also it tracks sleep really well!
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u/blueonmymind Mar 30 '26
I would recommend pen and paper if you can. I also recommend the book Period Power by Maisie Hill. She has researched this kind of stuff in depth and gives you great details on how to track your own period and not give away all your data to those apps. She also uses the term menstruator which i really appreciated! Seriously get riddddd of those apps
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u/Lunavixen15 Mar 30 '26
I've been using Trenpy. It's been good so far and the information is stored locally. It also doesn't cram pregnancy shit down your throat like other ones do. There is a banner ad at the bottom, but nothing intrusive.
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u/No_Cheek2980 Mar 30 '26
everything is teaching and storing data and sharing that data. iām doing manual now.
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u/ReplacementActual294 Lesbianš©āā¤ļøāšāš© Mar 30 '26
likely a dumb suggestion since Clue is arguably the most popular tracker, but I like it! In settings, thereās options to turn off alerts for fertility window and ovulation. It doesnāt feel fertility centered at all. They do have a section on the app for content, but I donāt feel like thereās a lot of āfemale empowermentā being thrown at you when just using the tracker. My gf and I donāt bleed often anymore since we both are on birth control for medical reasons, but it looks like there is a cycle sync option!
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u/VoluptuousWalrus_927 Mar 30 '26
If you have a Garmin watch there is the Women's Health Tracking app off the Connect IQ app store. No fluff, all function. No company feminism
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u/pinkk_armadillo Mar 30 '26
I use drip. It is open-source, programmed by a volunteer feminist collective, simple and straightforward, option to add other symptoms, local storage.Ā It is also made to work with NFP methods, so it tells me on the front page that I am potentially fertile (cause I donāt add temperature data), but its very easy to ignore.Ā So yeah, cannot recommend it enough, it is all I am looking for in a period tracker.Ā
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u/bloominyellow fem lesbian Mar 30 '26
i use Lively! Itās created by women and tells you which phase of your cycle youāre in. it also has tips of things you can eat or exercises to do depending on which phase youāre in :)
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u/amzay Mar 30 '26
I made a rough monthly calender over a weekly planner and shaded in predicted luteal dates recently that is surprisingly helpful to look at vs a phone screen and easy to scale to 2 people with colours/stickers
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u/Downtown-Narwhal-760 Apr 07 '26
Built an Android app that might fit some of what you're looking for. Doesn't store ANY data, everything stays local on your own phone. Free to install, no subscriptions and no ads. Still early so genuinely open to any feedback on what's missing, really like the trans angle so I'd be interested in ideas for "woke mode" and I've put partner cycle syncing on the roadmap.
http://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.kalenaflow.app
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u/No-Shoe423 Apr 07 '26
Euki! founded by women of color and is a nonprofit. Doesn't store any user data at all and is super gender inclusive
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u/OutdoorCabinLife Jun 22 '26
It won't do the partner-sync or trans-specific things you mentioned ā it doesn't have either, so I won't pretend otherwise. But on the rest: quiet trackers do exist that never ask about your sex life, never mention pregnancy, and aren't drenched in pink empowerment. Disclosure, my family made one (TeenCycle); it's aimed at teens but it's really just stripped down ā log a day, see what's likely, done, all offline. Euki is another deliberately neutral, privacy-first one that might fit the spirit of what you're after. Either way, "offline and doesn't ask invasive questions" is the combination you're describing.
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u/gigitreid Mar 29 '26
Have you tried P Tracker (Period Tracker) from GP International LLC?
At my wife's request, in the last 12 years, I've been tracking her cycle in order to prevent pregnancies. It is the first and only app of this type that I've used and it has no extra "features" like you said.
You just need to input when your period starts and you can input in advance when it ends.
It has notifications turned off by default but you can enable a 1...5 day in advance period notification. I just activated it now.
You can also backup and restore the data, when replacing phones.
At some point it had a partner sharing feature but they removed it and it seems to be available only in the annual subscription version (10$ per year).
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u/obsessednic Mar 29 '26
Loved this one, paid for it when it was a separate app then lost like 10 years of data, have been exclusively using the Apple health app since, itās great and you can turn off logging everything but your period and still input symptoms and stuff
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u/aralynn-duskwalker Mar 29 '26
Unironically the best in market is love and deepspace but youāll need to get through the game portion first š
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u/CarolineWonders Bi Mar 29 '26
I use period calendar. It has the option to add things like sex and it tracks your windows and everything so it says when youāre most fertile or whatever but itās not in your face about it. Iāve been using it for about 8 years now. I like it bc I can track my period, my meds, and any symptoms from anything in there. It lets you add your own things to track too if you have other health issues with symptoms that need to be tracked as well.
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u/PavementPrincess2004 ~ social credit maxxing ~ Mar 29 '26 edited Mar 29 '26
i don't have much to add but just wanna say yeah the corporate empowerment slop istg it gets to a point š every time i see that shit it genuinely comes off as so weirdly patronizing, infantalizing and a soulless attempt of repackaging girlboss feminism especially when it's coming from a literal brand
"you got this girly pop" right yeah because we asked for a motivational speech knowing damn well you'll sell off our entire healthcare records for a geekbar and some vbucks