Comparison

Ovuly vs Iris

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

Head to head
About

Ovuly

This app uses biometric data from Apple Health to provide accurate cycle predictions. It helps you understand how your cycle impacts mood, energy, and symptoms, offering insights and planning tools without compromising your privacy.

Highlights
  • Biometric-powered cycle predictions
  • Wrist temperature and HRV analysis
  • Privacy-focused iCloud data storage
  • Clean and focused user interface
  • Period, fertile window, and ovulation tracking
  • Yearly cycle prediction view
Features
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Make sense of your cycle. Your body does not run on a calendar average. Ovuly combines your cycle history with health data from Apple Watch to help forecast your period, fertile window, and ovulation. As you track more cycles, Ovuly learns more about your patterns. SEE WHAT IS HAPPENING Check your cycle day and phase at a glance. Log flow, spotting, symptoms, mood, and notes without digging through endless menus. A color-coded calendar shows what is coming, while trends help connect changes in energy, mood, and symptoms to each phase of your cycle. USE THE DATA YOU ALREADY HAVE If you choose to connect Apple Health, Ovuly can use wrist temperature, heart rate variability, resting heart rate, and sleep data recorded by Apple Watch. These signals add context to your cycle history and improve Ovuly's forecasts. You can also export menstruation and spotting data back to Apple Health. PARTNER MODE Your partner can follow your cycle and keep up with where you are. OVULY PLUS Ovuly Plus unlocks period, fertile window, and ovulation forecasts, personalized insights, full symptom logging, and advanced calendar features. Look up to 12 months ahead, compare cycle lengths over time, and spot patterns in how you feel. The basic cycle view, phase summaries, quick logging, and phase guide remain free. PRIVATE BY DESIGN You do not need an account or email address. Ovuly has no server that stores your cycle history. Your data stays in your own iCloud account and syncs across your devices with end-to-end encryption. Apple Health and iCloud sync are optional, and Ovuly never sells your data. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://ovuly.app/privacy

About

Iris

This app offers comprehensive period and cycle tracking with advanced features like irregular cycle detection and personal insight generation. It prioritizes user privacy by keeping all data on the device, avoiding data sharing with advertisers. It also syncs with Apple Health and includes educational content on hormones.

Highlights
  • Period and cycle prediction
  • Irregular cycle tracking
  • Personalized insights and pattern detection
  • LH strip and BBT logging
  • Apple Health synchronization
  • Contraceptive and postpartum modes
  • Symptom and mood tracking
Features
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Every feature free. No subscription. No data sharing. Ever. Many period apps charge $10 to $15 a month, and some have been caught sharing reproductive health data with advertisers. Iris keeps your cycle data on your iPhone: no Iris servers, no account, no analytics. Your health data is never shared or sold. PERIOD & CYCLE TRACKING Log your period and Iris predicts your next one, your fertile window, ovulation day and PMS phase, mapped out weeks in advance. Color-coded calendar, day log and smart reminders included. HOME & LOCK SCREEN WIDGETS See your cycle day, phase and days until your next period at a glance, right on your Home Screen or Lock Screen. IRREGULAR CYCLE TRACKING Iris detects cycle variability from your data and switches to honest prediction ranges instead of single dates. No fertile window guessing for irregular cycles. Built for PCOS, perimenopause and anyone whose body doesn't fit the textbook. PERSONAL INSIGHTS & PATTERN DETECTION Iris turns your daily logs into useful patterns. See which symptoms, moods, discharge types, activity and vitals appear most often in each cycle phase, then tap into any pattern for phase distribution, cycle-day timing, recent history and prediction notes. After enough history, Iris can help you spot recurring signals like fatigue, cramps, mood shifts or discharge changes before they appear, with insights calculated privately on your device. LH STRIP LOGGING Log your daily ovulation test result: Negative, Positive or Peak. Iris immediately shifts your ovulation estimate to reflect your actual LH surge. Over time, Iris learns your personal luteal phase length and uses it to sharpen every future prediction, replacing the generic 14-day default with your actual biology. BBT TRACKING Log your basal body temperature each morning and Iris calculates your personal coverline. When three consecutive readings rise above it, Iris marks a confirmed thermal shift: retrospective confirmation that ovulation occurred. Pair BBT with LH strips for the symptothermal method, completely free. APPLE HEALTH SYNC Two-way sync with Apple Health. Iris reads your period history, BBT from connected thermometers, sleep and weight. Period days, BBT, LH results and cervical mucus are written back to your Health dashboard. What you log in Iris always wins; Apple Health only fills days you haven't logged. CONTRACEPTIVE & POSTPARTUM MODE On the pill, a hormonal IUD or a copper IUD? Contraceptive Mode pauses ovulation predictions, labels bleeds as withdrawal bleeds and adds a daily pill reminder. Just had a baby? Postpartum Mode pauses predictions while you recover, then resumes when you're ready. SYMPTOM & MOOD TRACKING Log mood, 14 symptoms (cramps, bloating, fatigue, acne, brain fog, hair shedding and more), discharge type with fertility context, sleep, weight and notes for any day. HORMONE EDUCATION Visualize estrogen, progesterone, FSH and LH across your full cycle, mapped to your own cycle length so the chart reflects your actual rhythm. PARTNER SHARING Invite a partner to follow your cycle: view-only, end-to-end encrypted and completely free. PRIVATE BY DESIGN Your data stays on your iPhone. No Iris servers. Optional iCloud backup goes to your own iCloud account, and we never see it. No analytics or tracking SDKs. The free version shows ads, which never receive your health data; a one-time purchase removes them. 100% FREE, NO EXCEPTIONS No premium tier. No subscriptions. No paywalls. Every single feature, from LH logging and BBT charting to irregular cycle detection, Apple Health sync, widgets, contraceptive mode and postpartum mode, is free for everyone, forever. Download Iris. Your cycle is yours.

Screenshots

Ovuly4 screens
Iris4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Ovuly at 5.0 against Iris's 4.5. Ovuly also leads on ads (none vs shown). Iris's advantage is iOS requirement (17.0 vs 26.0). On price, ratings volume, update cadence 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. Ovuly sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month and Iris sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Ovuly holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 2 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Ovuly ships an update fortnightly, Iris every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on October 31, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 6 level
Ovuly versus Iris: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterOvulyIris
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better4.5 (2 ratings)
Number of ratings12 — better
Update frequencyFortnightlyEvery 9 days — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemiumFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad — better
Requires iOS26.017.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size14 MB10 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperTrue Tuesday FZE LLCArbaz Siddiqui

Customer experience

Ovuly

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

Iris

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Ovuly

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly3 Days trial$4.991 Month
  • Yearly$29.991 Year
One-time1
  • Lifetime$29.99
1 purchases

Iris

One-time1
  • Support Iris (No Ads)$2.99

Questions

Is Ovuly free?
Ovuly is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Iris free?
Iris is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Ovuly or Iris?
Ovuly is rated higher. Ovuly averages 5.0 out of 5 from 1 ratings, while Iris averages 4.5 from 2 ratings.
Do Ovuly or Iris have ads?
Iris shows ads; Ovuly does not.
Which is updated more often, Ovuly or Iris?
Ovuly ships an update fortnightly, and Iris every 9 days. Most recently, Ovuly was updated on October 31, 2026 and Iris on November 5, 2026.

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