Comparison

Ruby | Track Your Cycle vs PeriCal

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

Head to head
About

Ruby | Track Your Cycle

Features
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Ruby: Your empowering cycle companion. Track periods, symptoms, and energy with personalized insights tailored to every phase. Understand your body better, spot patterns, and feel more in control—every cycle. • Smart cycle tracking — Estimate upcoming periods, ovulation windows, and cycle phases based on your unique history. Log flow, energy, mood, cramps, bloating, and dozens of symptoms to refine your forecasts over time. • Cycle-sync wellness — Get tailored nutrition and movement guidance for your current phase. Rise with follicular energy, ease luteal discomfort, and live more in sync with your hormones. • Discover your patterns — See trends across cycles: symptom correlations, energy shifts, and mood insights. Uncover what works for your unique body. • Optional AI assistant — Ask Ruby questions about your cycle, nutrition, and wellness. Fully opt-in, with a clear daily limit and a privacy-first design. • Privacy you can trust — Your cycle data stays on your device. We don't sell it, share it with advertisers, or send it to analytics. Sign in with Apple, use email, or skip the account entirely with Guest Mode. • Beautiful and inclusive — Quick daily check-ins, calming design, support for regular and irregular cycles, perimenopause, and beyond. Whether you're managing PMS, optimizing wellness, or just curious about your cycle, Ruby helps you listen to your body and thrive. IMPORTANT Ruby is a wellness and educational app, not a medical device. It does not provide medical diagnosis, contraception advice, or treatment recommendations. All cycle and ovulation information shown in the app is an estimate based on the data you provide. Always consult a qualified healthcare professional for personal health concerns or before making decisions related to fertility, contraception, or pregnancy. Download Ruby and get started in under a minute—no account required.

About

PeriCal

Features
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PeriCal is a very simple period calendar which allows you to estimate your next period for the next months and plan accordingly.

Screenshots

Ruby | Track Your Cycle4 screens
PeriCal3 screens

Verdict

The call

Ruby | Track Your Cycle and PeriCal 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
Ruby | Track Your Cycle versus PeriCal: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRuby | Track Your CyclePeriCal
PriceFreeFree
Update frequency—Every 3 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS15.115.1
Further details — not scored
Size41 MB28 MB
Age rating12+9+
DeveloperRuby AI LLCMichelle Le Grand

In-app purchases

None

Ruby | Track Your Cycle

No in-app purchases

None

PeriCal

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Ruby | Track Your Cycle free?
Ruby | Track Your Cycle is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is PeriCal free?
PeriCal is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Ruby | Track Your Cycle or PeriCal have ads?
Neither Ruby | Track Your Cycle nor PeriCal shows ads.

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