Comparison

Simple Cycle vs PrivateCycle

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

Head to head
About

Simple Cycle

This private period tracker keeps all your sensitive health data securely on your device. Log your cycle, track symptoms, and receive accurate predictions without any cloud syncing or account creation. Enjoy a simple, secure, and private experience for managing your menstrual health.

Highlights
  • Local-only data storage
  • Cycle calendar with fertile window indicator
  • Smart predictions based on logs
  • Quick logging for flow, cramps, mood
  • Face ID/Touch ID app lock
  • CSV data export
  • One-time purchase
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Your cycle. Your business. Simple Cycle is a private period tracker for keeping useful records without accounts, ads, tracking, or subscriptions. Period dates, symptoms, and notes are stored locally on your iPhone. We don't collect your cycle or symptom data. There is no cloud sync, Apple Health connection, or automatic sharing. Export a copy only when you choose. START WITH WHAT YOU KNOW Add a period with start and end dates, record an ongoing period, or come back to earlier dates. Edit a whole period without losing its symptoms or notes. Setup is optional: you don't need to rebuild years of history to begin. LOG YOUR WAY Record flow, cramps, mood, and notes on any day. Add custom symptoms, put favorites first, and leave anything blank. An unanswered field stays unanswered. SEE YOUR HISTORY CLEARLY Compare completed cycle lengths and period lengths, with the number of records behind each summary. Browse a dated timeline of symptoms and notes, filter entries, and return to a day to make a correction. YOUR RECORDS. YOUR CALL. Create a readable PDF report or CSV file right on your iPhone. Choose the dates, symptoms, and notes to include, preview the result, then decide whether to share. Export and deletion remain available after your trial ends. Add an optional app lock using Face ID, Touch ID, or your iPhone passcode. ESTIMATES ARE OPTIONAL Show or hide period estimates and choose whether to receive a period reminder. An estimated fertile window is available only if you turn it on. It does not confirm ovulation. Estimated fertile window based on cycle averages. Not a contraceptive. Not for family planning. ONE PURCHASE. NO SUBSCRIPTION. Try everything free for seven days, then keep tracking with one lifetime purchase. No recurring payments. No ads. No tracking. Ever. Built by Under5.

About

PrivateCycle

Features
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PrivateCycle is a privacy-first period, cycle, and ovulation tracker that keeps 100% of your health data on your device. No account. No sign-up. No ads. No telemetry. No third-party data sharing — ever. Your body is your business. Log your period, symptoms, mood, and fertility signals in seconds, and get clear, honest predictions for your next period, fertile window, and ovulation — all computed locally on your iPhone. WHY PRIVATECYCLE • Local-first: core tracking, predictions, and insights work with no internet and no account. • Your entries are stored in an encrypted database on your device (AES-256). • No ads. No data sale. No hidden trackers or third-party SDKs. • Transparent predictions that are honest about uncertainty instead of faking precision. • Core tracking is free, forever. TRACK WHAT MATTERS • Period flow — light, medium, heavy, clots — with start and end logging. • Symptoms: cramps, headache, tender breasts, bloating, fatigue, acne, backache, nausea, hot flashes and more. • Mood and feelings, energy, sleep, cravings, digestion. • Discharge, sexual activity and drive. • Measurements: basal body temperature, weight, water, sleep hours, LH and pregnancy tests. HONEST PREDICTIONS • Next period date with a prediction window, not a false exact day. • Fertile window and estimated ovulation day. • Current cycle phase and a plain-language confidence level. • Irregular cycles and late periods are explained, never silently guessed away. SEE YOUR PATTERNS • A full cycle calendar with an at-a-glance legend. • Cycle history and averages. • Insights into how your symptoms move with your cycle. MODES FOR EVERY LIFE STAGE • Cycle tracking. • Trying to conceive. • Pregnancy — gestational age, due-date countdown, weekly summary. • Perimenopause — symptom logging and an irregularity view. PRIVACY BUILT IN, NOT BOLTED ON • Your data never leaves your device by default. • App Lock with Face ID or Touch ID keeps your entries yours. • Full data ownership: export to JSON, CSV or plain text, passphrase-protected local backup and restore, and one-tap delete-everything. • Reminders are scheduled locally on your device. PLUS — ONE-TIME UNLOCK, NO SUBSCRIPTION Upgrade once inside the app to unlock: • An on-device AI health assistant — private answers, with nothing leaving your phone. • Advanced insights: your body's patterns, symptom forecasting, and lifestyle-to-symptom correlations. • A clinician report — a formatted, date-range summary to bring to your doctor. • The full pregnancy experience: week-by-week development, body changes, daily tips, kick counter, contraction timer, appointments and checklist. • Full perimenopause: symptom-burden view, timeline and milestones. • Advanced reminders. No ads, no subscription, and the same privacy guarantees. Buy once, keep it. PrivateCycle provides general educational information about menstrual and reproductive health. It is not a medical device and does not provide medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. It is not a contraceptive and should not be relied on to prevent pregnancy. Always consult a qualified clinician about your health. Download PrivateCycle and take control of your cycle, privately.

Screenshots

Simple Cycle4 screens
PrivateCycle4 screens

Verdict

The call

Simple Cycle and PrivateCycle are too close to call on the numbers: across 5 compared parameters — price, ads, in-app purchases and device support among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

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. Simple Cycle sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and PrivateCycle sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
Simple Cycle versus PrivateCycle: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSimple CyclePrivateCycle
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings2 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 months—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationPaid—
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS15.0 — better15.1
Further details — not scored
Size4 MB47 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperCoreLift LLCDragos-Beniamin Pantiru

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Simple Cycle

One-time1
  • Own it Forever!$1.99
1 purchases

PrivateCycle

One-time1
  • PrivateCycle Plus$19.99

Questions

Is Simple Cycle free?
Simple Cycle is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is PrivateCycle free?
PrivateCycle is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Simple Cycle or PrivateCycle have ads?
Neither Simple Cycle nor PrivateCycle shows ads.

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