When dealing with a busy day, the last thing on your mind should be worrying about getting your period unexpectedly. There’s nothing worse than being caught by your monthly cycle when you’re unprepared and far from feminine hygiene products.
Luckily, there are many great options available on the App Store to help you plan and prepare for your next menstrual cycle. Using any of these awesome iPhone period tracking apps is a great way to skip out on the stress, learn more about your body, and better manage your entire ovulation cycle.
1. Cycles
Cycles focuses on learning the patterns displayed in your monthly gift. The app uses pastels colors to effectively communicate your monthly cycle and create a beautiful display. This app also offers great privacy options and even includes a password or Face ID verification.
Cycles works great if you’re single but it also features interesting partner settings. With the partner options, you can share your cycle directly with your significant other. This is a fantastic option if you’re trying to conceive or if your partner wants to plan a specific event or holiday around your needs.
Download: Cycles (Free, subscription available)
2. Apple Health
If you don’t want to use iPhone storage downloading another calendar app, Apple Health has some fantastic basic options for monitoring your monthly cycle. Select Cycle Tracking beneath the app’s list of Health Categories to get started.
Apple Health will ask you some preliminary start questions regarding your typical cycle and integrate itself into your Apple Health Calendar. Here you can monitor your cycle and view additional menstruation information and resources. The app is very customizable considering it features mostly basic fertility and menstruation monitoring capabilities.
Download: Apple Health (Free)
3. Life
In addition to its stunning layout and easy-to-navigate menu, Life boasts some fantastic features. The app is incredibly personal and customizable as the developers have taken into consideration that everyone with a period experiences symptoms differently. For instance, the cycle length can be altered to fit with your personal cycle, which is incredibly useful and destigmatizing.
Other great features include fantastic premium options such as the Fertility & Temperature Tracker, Pregnancy Tracker, birth control reminders, and late-period reminders.
Download: Life (Free, subscription available)
4. Menstrual Period Tracker
In addition to working as an effective period tracking app for the iPhone, Menstrual Period Tracker provides you with the ability to monitor your bleed across all of your Apple devices. Not only does Menstrual Period Tracker have an Apple Watch application, but it also can be used with your Apple TV.
The app design is very clean and without clutter. It is easy to differentiate between tabs inside the app. It also features a fantastic Home screen widget that fully displays your monthly cycle for easy viewing without opening the app.
Download: Menstrual Period Tracker (Free, subscription available)
5. Period Plus & Period Tracker
To set themselves apart from other cycle calendars, the developers of Period Plus & Period Tracker have not only developed a fully encompassing menstrual calendar but alongside it, a fun game! The game involves a small bunny at the bottom of the screen who catches assorted period products falling from the sky, such as tampons.
If you’re looking for classic menstrual calendar settings, this app also features tracking options such as OB-GYN appointment reminders, cramp intensity, and alcohol consumption. Learning to understand your period can be a fun process with Period Plus & Period Tracker!
Download: Period Plus & Period Tracker (Free, premium version available)
6. Period Tracker
Period Tracker focuses on removing the stress from your next period. It features an easy-to-read calendar that helps to summarize your entire cycle in seconds.
The app also features mindfulness meditation music to help you stay calm and relaxed no matter how stressed all the additional estrogen is making you feel. It even allows you to set daily reminders to help you to remember things like changing your tampon before disaster strikes.
One of the best aspects of the app is the Health Report. Every month, you get a monthly Health Report to better understand your body and your cycle. This is incredibly beneficial for personal use and also to potentially share with your OB-GYN.
Download: Period Tracker Ovulation App (Free trial, subscription required)
7. Paloma
Paloma works as your own personal period diary. Every day you can log any changes in symptoms and use it to monitor your fertility schedule. The stunning color-coded fertility calendar is beautiful against the soothing purple Paloma background.
Not only does Paloma focus on increasing your knowledge about your own period, but it also offers continually updated articles and discussions about women’s health. These articles focus on topics including everything from first periods to menopause, proving the diversity of the app.
Download: Paloma (Free, subscription available)
8. Cube Period Tracker
For anyone looking to use a fun and alternative menstruation calendar, look no further than Cube Period Tracker. Cube provides you with the necessary features of other period tracking apps while removing the flowers and excess pink.
Cube cuts out the additional fluff and works as a simple period countdown app. The app focuses on logging only the start and end dates of your period and displaying them in a yearly calendar. Although this is a very basic menstrual calendar, it features some fun and adorable Cube character options and still manages to get the job done.
Download: Cube Period Tracker (Free, in-app purchases)
Siri’s Health and Safety
Using your iPhone as a period tracking calendar is one of the best ways you can stay aware of your body’s inner changes. Having a plan for your period can remove a lot of the stress that often comes with it. P
The iPhone has become an all-knowing machine that has the capabilities of protecting our physical and mental well-being. Siri adds even more functionality to your iPhone as well. So check out some of the best Siri shortcuts to help improve your health and well-being.
