Comparison

Flowna vs Rhythm

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

Head to head
About

Flowna

This app helps you understand your menstrual cycle with intuitive tracking and personalized insights. It prioritizes your privacy by storing all data locally on your device, offering a secure and ad-free experience.

Highlights
  • Intuitive cycle dashboard
  • Period and fertile window predictions
  • Log flow, symptoms, mood, and medications
  • Calendar heatmap and phase duration breakdowns
  • Local data storage with no account needed
  • Apple Health and Apple Watch integration
  • Smart, customizable notifications
Features
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Flowna is a beautifully designed period and cycle tracking app that puts your privacy first. All your data stays on your device — no accounts, no cloud uploads, no ads. Ever. KNOW YOUR CYCLE • See exactly where you are in your cycle with a clear, intuitive dashboard • Get predictions for your next period and fertile window • Track cycle day, phase, and days until your next period at a glance TRACK WHAT MATTERS • Log flow intensity, symptoms, mood, energy, and medications • Add notes with quick tags for doctor visits, milestones, and patterns • Record activities and track how they relate to your cycle • Optional time-of-day tracking for more detailed patterns INSIGHTS & HISTORY • View your full cycle history with visual comparisons • See phase duration breakdowns and symptom trends • Calendar heatmap shows your logging patterns over time • Export a doctor's report with your complete cycle data BEAUTIFUL & PERSONAL • Multiple color themes to match your style • Light and dark mode support • Animated, calming interface designed with care YOUR DATA, YOUR CONTROL • All data stored locally on your device — never uploaded • No account required — start tracking immediately • Export your data anytime as JSON or CSV • Import from other apps (JSON, CSV, Apple Health) • Optional Apple Health integration for cross-app sync • Biometric app lock (Face ID / Touch ID) for extra privacy APPLE WATCH COMPANION • See your current cycle phase and predictions on your wrist • Log flow and symptoms directly from Apple Watch • Automatic sync between iPhone and Watch SMART NOTIFICATIONS • Get reminders before your period is predicted to start • Fertile window alerts when relevant • Customizable daily log reminders • All notifications processed locally — no server push for health data IMPORTANT DISCLAIMER Flowna is not a medical device and is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease or condition. Predictions and insights are estimates based on calendar methods and should not be used as a contraceptive method or for medical decision-making. Always consult a qualified healthcare provider for medical advice.

About

Rhythm

This app maps your emotional life across nine micro-phases of your cycle, using your daily notes to generate personalized insights. It offers tailored suggestions for nourishment, movement, and self-care, with an optional feature to share updates with a partner.

Highlights
  • Nine micro-phase cycle tracking
  • AI-generated personalized daily insights
  • Tailored wellness suggestions (food, movement, journaling)
  • Optional partner sharing feature
  • Encrypted journaling and AI conversations
  • Two modes: Cycle Tracking and Wellness Journal
Features
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Rhythm maps your emotional life across nine micro-phases of your cycle — and uses what you write each day to make every insight uniquely yours. Most cycle apps track four phases. Rhythm tracks nine. Each one has its own emotional texture, its own energy, its own needs — and Rhythm's AI reads both your current micro-phase and your daily notes to reflect something back to you that no other app can: the pattern of you, across your whole cycle. FOR YOU Log a note about how you're feeling — it takes 30 seconds. Rhythm's AI weaves it into a personalized daily insight grounded in where you are in your cycle and what you've written before. Over time, you start to see yourself more clearly: what you personally need in your different phases, and how to take amazing care of yourself through it all. FOR YOUR PARTNER Rhythm can share a thoughtful, AI-crafted daily update with your partner — translated from your experience into something they can act on. They don't need to ask how you're doing. They just know. It's not about oversharing. It's about being understood without having to explain everything. EVERY CARD, WRITTEN FOR YOU TODAY Rhythm's ten daily cards aren't generic wellness content. Each one is generated from your current micro-phase and what you wrote today — so what you see is never what someone else sees. • Nourish — foods and herbs chosen for your body right now • Move — movement that matches your energy, not fights it • Journal — a reflection prompt written for this phase and what's on your mind • Boundaries & Agency — how to hold your needs with clarity today • Relationships — how you're showing up for the people around you • Ritual — small, meaningful practices for this moment in your cycle • Meditate — guided stillness tuned to where you are • Hormones — what's happening in your body and why it matters today • Affirmations — words that meet you exactly where you are • Astrology — the cosmic weather, woven into your cycle's rhythm THREE MODES Cycle Tracking — full menstrual cycle tracking with nine micro-phase predictions, daily AI insights, and optional partner sharing. Wellness Journal — daily journaling and AI insights without cycle data, for anyone who wants emotional pattern awareness without period tracking. Partner — for the person supporting someone else. See their shared rhythm and a daily note on how to show up well, without tracking a cycle of your own. PRIVATE BY DESIGN Your notes and AI conversations are encrypted. Your emotional life stays yours. Free to use — start today.

Screenshots

Flowna4 screens
Rhythm3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Rhythm at every 5 days against Flowna's every 3 months. Rhythm also leads on ratings volume (6 vs 1) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.1). On price, rating, ads 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Flowna against 5.0 for Rhythm. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Rhythm has 6 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Flowna ships an update every 3 months, Rhythm every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 19, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Flowna versus Rhythm: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFlownaRhythm
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings)5.0 (6 ratings)
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings16 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsEvery 5 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPod, Apple WatchiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.113.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size50 MB46 MB
Age rating12+12+
DeveloperWafa AkbarJASMINE SUZANNE GRANAS

Customer experience

Flowna

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Rhythm

All ratings6 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Flowna

No in-app purchases

None

Rhythm

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Flowna free?
Flowna is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Rhythm free?
Rhythm is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Flowna or Rhythm?
Flowna and Rhythm are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 1 and 6 ratings respectively.
Do Flowna or Rhythm have ads?
Neither Flowna nor Rhythm shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Flowna or Rhythm?
Flowna ships an update every 3 months, and Rhythm every 5 days. Most recently, Flowna was updated on October 19, 2026 and Rhythm on October 25, 2026.

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