Period Tracker vs Solstice
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Period Tracker
This app helps you track your menstrual cycle, ovulation, and fertility. It offers personalized insights for managing conditions like PCOS and endometriosis, and supports those trying to conceive. Your data is kept private with password protection and no account is required.
- Menstrual cycle and flow tracking
- Ovulation and fertile window prediction
- Symptom and mood logging
- Pill and birth control reminders
- Personalized cycle predictions
- Conception support tools
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Whether you're tracking your period, trying to conceive (TTC), managing PCOS or endometriosis, or simply wanting to understand your body better — this app gives you the tools to take charge of your cycle, privately and securely. ⌘ PRIVATE BY DESIGN Your health data is deeply personal. Period Tracker includes a password-locked calendar so your cycle history, symptoms, and logs stay completely private. No account required. No data sold to advertisers. ⌘ WHAT YOU CAN TRACK Menstrual flow and cycle length Ovulation day and fertile window Cervical mucus and basal body temperature (BBT) Mood, energy, PMS symptoms Weight, BMI, and sexual activity Birth control and pill reminders ⌘ BUILT FOR REAL CYCLES Irregular cycles? No problem. Whether you have PCOS, endometriosis, or simply unpredictable periods, Period Tracker adapts its predictions to your unique cycle history — not a textbook average. ⌘ TRYING TO CONCEIVE? Pinpoint your fertile days, track your luteal phase and follicular phase, and get daily pregnancy chance insights. Designed for women on a TTC journey who want data, not guesswork. ⌘ SMART REMINDERS Set personalized reminders for your next period, PMS, ovulation, and birth control. Get alerts when your cycle changes unexpectedly.
Solstice
Track your intermittent fasting with biological precision and a clean, clutter-free design. Monitor metabolic stages and build consistent habits without subscriptions or paywalls. Offers elegant timers, visual progress tracking, and privacy-focused, on-device data storage.
- Elegant circular timer with tactile adjustments
- 5 metabolic fasting stages tracking
- Flexible and customizable fasting protocols
- Visual calendar heatmap for consistency
- Solar and dark mode themes
- 100% private and on-device data
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Track your fasts with elegance, biological precision, and zero clutter. Solstice is an intermittent fasting tracker built with a clean, battery-efficient design. Track your circadian rhythms, monitor real-time metabolic stages (fat burning, autophagy, deep ketosis), and build consistent fasting habits without subscriptions or paywalls. KEY FEATURES: • Elegant Circular Timer: Real-time progress with tactile dial adjustments. • 5 Metabolic Fasting Stages: Understand when your body enters Blood Sugar Reset, Glycogen Depletion, Fat Burning, Autophagy, and Deep Ketosis. • Flexible Fasting Protocols: Choose 16:8, 18:6, 20:4 (Warrior), 14:10, 23:1 (OMAD), or customize your own. • Visual Calendar Heatmap: Glanceable monthly consistency view with active streak counters. • Solar & Dark Mode Themes: Deep midnight OLED dark mode and radiant solar accents. • 100% Private & On-Device: No account required, no ads, no trackers. Your health data stays on your device. DISCLAIMER: Solstice provides general wellness tracking and is not a substitute for professional medical advice. Always consult a healthcare provider before beginning any fasting routine.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Solstice at none against Period Tracker's 3. Solstice also leads on ads (none vs shown). Period Tracker's advantage is ratings volume (5 vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.6 vs 18.2). On price, rating, update cadence and device support 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. Period Tracker sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Solstice asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Period Tracker against 5.0 for Solstice. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Period Tracker has 5 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on October 3, 2026 and October 1, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Period Tracker | Solstice |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (5 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 5 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 9 days | Every 9 days |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, Apple Watch |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 — better | 18.2 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 198 MB | 5 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Hafiz Muhammad Talha | James Grusy |
Customer experience
Period Tracker
Solstice
In-app purchases
Period Tracker
- Monthly$4.991 Month
- 6 Months$23.956 Months
- Yearly$35.901 Year
Solstice
No in-app purchases









