Comparison

Forecast vs StrongHER Years

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

Head to head
About

Forecast

Features
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Someone glances at your phone and sees a storm front rolling in. To them it's the weather. To you it's the week before your period. Forecast is a period and cycle tracker built inside a real weather app. The sky shows where you are in your cycle. Rain is your period. Clearing skies are the follicular days. A bright sky is ovulation. It clouds over through the luteal phase, and a storm builds in the days before your period. There's a seven-day outlook and a month calendar underneath, like any weather app. Tap once and the real dates are there. Most apps name a single exact day your period will arrive. Then it doesn't come, and you lose three days sure that something is wrong. Forecast anchors ovulation to about 13 days before your next period, then hands you a window and marks it "estimated" until your own logs tighten it. It learns from your last three cycles, and the more you log, the smaller the window gets. When a forecast lands inside its window, the app tells you, so you watch it get things right before you trust it. Log your morning temperature and Forecast confirms ovulation from the rise in your readings, after it happens, the way the symptothermal method works. Your data never leaves your phone. No account, no sign-in, no cloud, no trackers. Because it looks like weather, you can open it on the train or hand it to a friend and nothing shows. The sky is drawn live. Clouds drift, the light moves across the day, rain falls, stars come out. Forecast is not a contraceptive or a medical device.

About

StrongHER Years

This app helps users understand and track midlife health changes by building a personal health story over time. It offers daily check-ins, clinician-ready summaries, and evidence-based educational content. Your data is private and never sold or shared.

Highlights
  • Daily health check-ins
  • Builds personal health story
  • Clinician-ready summaries
  • Log GLP-1 medication details
  • Evidence-based educational content
  • Private data handling
Features
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Midlife changes rarely arrive one at a time. Sleep shifts, focus blurs, moods move, and symptoms come and go—making it difficult to see what’s changing and what may be worth bringing up in care. StrongHER Years helps you make sense of it. Instead of another symptom journal, it builds your health story over time: what you’ve noticed, how often it appeared, what was happening alongside it, and what could make the picture clearer. START WITH A STORY Begin with six short stories about this time of life—not a long symptom checklist. If a story sounds familiar, it can help you decide what you may want to track. You review your choices and agree before anything joins your health story. YOUR STORY, NOT A SCORE Use quick daily check-ins written in plain language. There’s no guilt when life gets busy and no penalty for missing a day. Pattern views show how much information they’re based on and never stretch beyond what you recorded. Building pictures, not conclusions. WALK INTO APPOINTMENTS PREPARED Turn weeks of real life into a clear, clinician-ready summary: what you noticed, when you began tracking it, what you’re taking or trying, and the questions you chose to ask. ON A GLP-1 IN MIDLIFE? Record injections and dose changes alongside the symptoms you experience. Each injection remains distinct, helping you see your entries together without implying that one caused the other. TRACK HRT AND OTHER CHANGES Record HRT applications and changes, medications, supplements, and things you’re trying. See these dated events alongside your check-ins to create a more complete history. EVIDENCE YOU CAN CHECK Explore clinically reviewed, evidence-informed articles connected to what you track. Sources include peer-reviewed research and recognized medical authorities such as The Menopause Society, NICE, and ACOG. PRIVATE BY DESIGN Your data is never sold, shared for advertising, or used to track you across apps. Delete individual entries or request deletion of your account and associated data directly in the app, subject to applicable legal retention requirements. Free to use. No subscriptions, advertisements, or payment collection. StrongHER Years is a wellness and educational tool. It does not provide medical advice, diagnosis, treatment, prevention, or medical monitoring, and it is not a substitute for care from a qualified clinician.

Screenshots

Forecast4 screens
StrongHER Years4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: StrongHER Years at every 4 days against Forecast's every 2 weeks. StrongHER Years also leads on iOS requirement (15.1 vs 17.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Forecast ships an update every 2 weeks, StrongHER Years every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 14, 2026 and October 15, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Forecast versus StrongHER Years: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterForecastStrongHER Years
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (4 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—4 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeksEvery 4 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
Monetization—Free
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPod — better
Requires iOS17.015.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size6 MB38 MB
Age rating12+12+
DeveloperMARION MORANETZStrongher Years Wellness LLC

In-app purchases

None

Forecast

No in-app purchases

None

StrongHER Years

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Forecast free?
Forecast is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is StrongHER Years free?
StrongHER Years is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Forecast or StrongHER Years have ads?
Neither Forecast nor StrongHER Years shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Forecast or StrongHER Years?
Forecast ships an update every 2 weeks, and StrongHER Years every 4 days. Most recently, Forecast was updated on October 14, 2026 and StrongHER Years on October 15, 2026.

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