Comparison

Period Tracker vs Lua

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Period Tracker

This app helps you track your menstrual cycle, predict ovulation, and log symptoms. It offers personalized insights and gentle reminders to help you understand your body better. Designed for simplicity and privacy, it's a comprehensive tool for managing your reproductive health.

Highlights
  • Menstrual cycle tracking
  • Ovulation prediction
  • Period and flow logging
  • Symptom and emotion tracking
  • Personalized insights
  • Gentle reminders
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Meet Ruby – your simple, smart, and free period tracker. Whether you want to track your menstrual cycle, get accurate ovulation predictions, or simply have a clue about your period, Ruby makes it easy to understand your body. Think of it as having Aunt Flo, Aunt Ruby, and your own personal cycle tracker all in one app. With Ruby, you can: - Log your period, flow, and symptoms with just a tap - Use our ovulation tracker to know your most fertile days - Predict cycles with a free period tracker that adapts to you - Track emotions, energy, stress, and notes in one place - Get gentle reminders for upcoming periods, ovulation, and fertile windows Why choose Ruby? - Simple & private – Easy to use, built with privacy in mind. - Your cycle, your way – From teens starting their first period, to women tracking fertility, pregnancy, or perimenopause. - More than a calendar – Ruby helps you spot patterns, manage PMS, and make your cycle feel less of a mystery. How Ruby Stands Out - Have a lively cycle every month with personalized insights. - Finally, an app that helps you truly have a clue about your period. - Forget “my cycle” being hard to remember—Ruby keeps it all logged for you. It's just a clean free period app experience. Privacy policy: https://bit.ly/rafiki-privacy-policy Terms of use: https://bit.ly/rafiki-terms-of-service

About

Lua

Track your menstrual cycle, predict your period, and manage birth control with private, on-device reminders. Offers insights into your cycle phases, fertile windows, and pregnancy tracking. Integrates with Apple Health for seamless data sharing.

Highlights
  • Period and fertile window estimates
  • Birth control pill and method reminders
  • Symptom and flow logging
  • Pregnancy tracking
  • On-device data storage
  • Apple Health integration
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Lua is a private period tracker with reminders for the birth control method you use. It's built on a simple idea: your cycle data belongs to you, and only you. YOUR CYCLE, CLEARLY Log your period in seconds and Lua answers the questions that matter, in plain words. What phase am I in? When is my next period likely to start? When is my fertile window? The answers come first, and the charts are there when you want them. - Period estimates based on your own cycle history - Estimated fertile window and ovulation - Cycle phase, always visible at a glance - Symptom and flow logging PILL TRACKER AND DAILY REMINDER Tap to log your pill and get a daily reminder at the time you choose, set to your pack. Every pill you log is saved in your history. Using another method? Lua has reminders for it too: - Ring: insertion and removal reminders - Patch: weekly change reminders - Shot: appointment reminders - IUD and implant: replacement date tracking Reminders are quiet notifications at a time you choose. Lua reminds you. It doesn't prevent pregnancy. TRYING TO CONCEIVE Lua estimates a fertile window from the periods you log. It's a span of days, not an exact date. Logging signs like cervical mucus, basal body temperature or ovulation tests helps Lua show how confident that estimate is. If you're already pregnant, the same app can follow your pregnancy week by week. INSIGHTS THAT MAKE SENSE Lua turns your logs into short, readable insights about your cycle, worked out on your device and written in plain words. WORKS WITH APPLE HEALTH Lua can read your cycle history from Apple Health so estimates are useful from day one, and write what you log back. You choose exactly what to share, permission by permission. PRIVATE BY DESIGN What you log in Lua stays on your phone. - Everything you log is stored on your device - No account, no sign-up, no email - No ads and no data selling, ever Your cycle is nobody's business but yours. Terms of Use: https://meetlua.com/tos/ Privacy Policy: https://meetlua.com/privacy/ Lua provides estimates and reminders for information only. It is not a medical device, does not give medical advice or diagnosis, and must not be used as a contraceptive method. Always talk to a healthcare professional about medical decisions.

Screenshots

Period Tracker4 screens
Lua4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Lua at none against Period Tracker's shown. Lua also leads on update cadence (every 3 days vs every 2 weeks). Period Tracker's advantage is monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases) and ratings volume (4 vs 1). On price, rating, review sentiment and in-app purchases there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Period Tracker sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $29.99 per year and Lua sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $6.49 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Period Tracker against 5.0 for Lua. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 1 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Period Tracker ships an update every 2 weeks, Lua every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Period Tracker versus Lua: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPeriod TrackerLua
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (4 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings4 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeksEvery 3 days — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.016.4 — better
Further details — not scored
Size47 MB85 MB
Age rating12+17+
DeveloperRafiki AppsNuno Coelho

Customer experience

Period Tracker

All ratings4 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Lua

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Period Tracker

Subscriptions1
  • Ruby Premium7 Days trial$29.991 Year
4 purchases

Lua

Subscriptions4
  • Monthly$6.491 Month
  • Lua for Contraception1 Month trial$19.991 Year
  • Yearly1 Month trial$39.991 Year
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  • Yearly$39.991 Year

Questions

Is Period Tracker free?
Period Tracker is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Lua free?
Lua is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Period Tracker or Lua?
Period Tracker and Lua are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 4 and 1 ratings respectively.
Do Period Tracker or Lua have ads?
Period Tracker shows ads; Lua does not.
Which is updated more often, Period Tracker or Lua?
Period Tracker ships an update every 2 weeks, and Lua every 3 days. Most recently, Period Tracker was updated on October 30, 2026 and Lua on October 31, 2026.

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