Cycle vs Period Tracker
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Cycle
This app helps you track your menstrual cycle and pregnancy journey with a calm, weather-inspired interface. It offers predictions for periods and ovulation, symptom logging, and pregnancy milestones. Plan your life around your body's rhythms with helpful insights and reminders.
- Period and ovulation tracking
- Pregnancy journey companion
- Symptom and mood logging
- Customizable reminders
- Cloud sync across devices
- Data export
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See where you are in your cycle or pregnancy at a glance. Cycle brings period tracking, estimated ovulation and fertility windows, symptoms, reminders, pregnancy milestones, and postpartum tracking into one calm, weather-inspired view. Log periods, flow, symptoms, moods, intimacy, and pregnancy updates in one place. Look back through your calendar to understand patterns over time, with an experience that stays clear and low-pressure. FOLLOW YOUR CYCLE · See your cycle through a calm, weather-inspired view · Log periods, flow, symptoms, and moods · View estimated period, ovulation, and fertility windows · Set reminders for periods, ovulation, and self-care · Review your cycle history from the calendar PREGNANCY AND POSTPARTUM · Follow your due date and pregnancy timeline · See weekly progress and pregnancy milestones · Keep track of pregnancy symptoms and updates · Move into postpartum mode after birth EVERYDAY EXTRAS · Cloud sync across devices · Keep using supported features if your connection drops briefly; changes sync when you're back online · Clean, distraction-free design · Light and dark modes · Data export PREMIUM Premium adds daily cycle notes and tags with search and multi-select filters, detailed historical insights and charts, additional colour themes, and a home screen widget for your current cycle or pregnancy overview. LANGUAGE SUPPORT Cycle is available in 31 localizations. HEALTH NOTE Cycle is not a medical device and does not diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any medical condition. Cycle and fertility estimates are for information only and should not be used as contraception or medical advice. Cycle is part of Lightli, a family of minimal yet playful apps. By using this app, you agree to Lightli's Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. Terms: https://lightli.uk/terms/ Privacy: https://lightli.uk/privacy-policy/
Period Tracker
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Relya helps you record your periods, follow your cycle, and view cycle estimates based on the information you enter. Features: • Record and review your periods. • View your period history and average cycle length. • See an estimated date for your next period. • View estimated fertile days and ovulation window. • Explore general wellness and self-care tips. Period, fertile-day, and ovulation dates are estimates based on your recorded cycle information. Individual cycles can vary, and estimates may change as you add new periods. Fertile-day and ovulation estimates should not be used as contraception or treated as guaranteed safe days. Relya is not a medical device and does not diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any medical condition. For medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment, consult a qualified healthcare professional. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Cycle at none against Period Tracker's shown. On price, in-app purchases, device support and iOS requirement 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
Both are free to download. Cycle sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month and Period Tracker sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
| Parameter | Cycle | Period Tracker |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | — |
| Number of ratings | 1 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly | — |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Freemium | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 58 MB | 10 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Lightli LTD | Namik Ersun |
In-app purchases
Cycle
- Premium · Monthly$1.991 Month
- Premium · Yearly7 Days trial$14.991 Year
Period Tracker
- Monthly3 Days trial$3.991 Month
- Yearly3 Days trial$39.991 Year









