Comparison

Rhythm vs The Hormone Method

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

Head to head
About

Rhythm

This app tracks nine micro-phases of your cycle, offering personalized daily insights based on your journal entries and AI analysis. It also provides optional partner sharing and tailored wellness content for each phase.

Highlights
  • Nine micro-phase cycle tracking
  • AI-driven personalized insights
  • Daily journaling with mood analysis
  • Optional partner sharing
  • Tailored wellness content cards
  • Three distinct usage modes
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.

About

The Hormone Method

Personalized hormonal wellness support for women at various life stages, including cycles, perimenopause, and menopause. Offers daily check-ins, AI coaching, and a comprehensive library of resources.

Highlights
  • Personalized hormonal wellness
  • Daily symptom check-ins
  • AI coach
  • Resource library (nutrition, movement, breathwork)
  • Partner support section
  • Data privacy
Features
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The Hormone Method is personalized hormonal wellness for women navigating cycles, perimenopause, hysterectomy, or menopause. It's built around your actual stage, not a one-size-fits-all program. The Hormone Method offers a 7-day free trial, then continues as an auto-renewing monthly subscription ($9.99/month). Your subscription unlocks daily check-ins for symptoms, energy, mood, sleep, and anxiety, plus guidance that shifts with where you really are — whether that's a cycle phase, surgical recovery, or life after menopause. You'll also get a personal AI coach available anytime, a full library covering nutrition, movement, breathwork, and mindfulness, and a history and patterns view that turns your daily logs into something useful for you and your next doctor's visit. There's also a section written specifically for your partner, so they understand what you're going through instead of guessing. Your data is never sold. That's structural, not just a policy. The Hormone Method is for educational purposes only and is not a substitute for professional medical advice. Always consult your healthcare provider before making health changes. Terms of Use: https://lorrean.github.io/the-hormone-method/terms.html

Screenshots

Rhythm3 screens
The Hormone Method4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Rhythm at none against The Hormone Method's 3. Rhythm also leads on ratings volume (8 vs 2) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.0). On price, rating, review sentiment and ads 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. The Hormone Method sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month. Rhythm asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Rhythm against 5.0 for The Hormone Method. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 8 and 2 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Rhythm versus The Hormone Method: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRhythmThe Hormone Method
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (8 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings8 — better2
Update frequencyEvery 6 days—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS13.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size46 MB9 MB
Age rating12+17+
DeveloperJASMINE SUZANNE GRANASLorrean Whited

Customer experience

Rhythm

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

The Hormone Method

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Rhythm

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

The Hormone Method

Subscriptions3
  • Premium7 Days trial$9.991 Month
  • 6-Month Premium7 Days trial$49.996 Months
  • Annual Premium7 Days trial$79.991 Year

Questions

Is Rhythm free?
Rhythm is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is The Hormone Method free?
The Hormone Method is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Rhythm or The Hormone Method?
Rhythm and The Hormone Method are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 8 and 2 ratings respectively.
Do Rhythm or The Hormone Method have ads?
Neither Rhythm nor The Hormone Method shows ads.

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