Comparison

CycleSync vs Mela

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

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About

CycleSync

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Умный календарь менструаций с точными прогнозами. Алгоритм анализирует историю ваших циклов для предсказания даты следующих месячных с высокой точностью. Отмечайте начало и конец цикла, интенсивность выделений и любые отклонения от нормы. Калькулятор овуляции и фертильности. Отслеживайте наиболее благоприятные дни для зачатия с помощью точного расчёта окна фертильности. Визуальные индикаторы помогут легко ориентироваться в календаре. Подробная статистика и аналитика. Просматривайте историю циклов, анализируйте регулярность и отслеживайте средние показатели. Приложение покажет среднюю длину цикла и продолжительность менструации. Отслеживание симптомов и самочувствия. Четыре уровня интенсивности выделений, множество симптомов для отслеживания, базальная температура для точного определения овуляции и личные заметки для каждого дня. Режим беременности. Подсчёт недель беременности, расчёт предварительной даты родов, визуальные индикаторы по триместрам. Уведомления о цикле отключаются автоматически при начале отслеживания беременности. Умные уведомления и напоминания. Напоминание о менструации за один до пяти дней до начала. Напоминание об овуляции за один до трёх дней до овуляции. Ежедневное напоминание отметить день в выбранное время. Напоминание о приёме таблеток в установленное время.

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Mela

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Mela is the period tracker that keeps everything on your phone. - See your whole cycle: calendar with fertile window, ovulation and next-period predictions - Log your whole day on one sheet: symptoms, pain, tests, pills, sex, weight and a note - Pill reminders for oral contraceptives and other pills - A one-tap PDF report you can take to your doctor (Pro) - Private by design: no account, no cloud, no ads, and your data never leaves your iPhone WHAT YOU CAN TRACK - Period start, end, and flow - Pain in three levels - Symptoms with search, in groups: mood, pain, digestion, body, sleep, skin, discharge and more - Tests with their result - Pills, each with its own reminders - Sex, protection, and orgasms - Weight and notes In Settings > What you log, choose which blocks your day shows and in what order. WHAT MELA GIVES BACK - A calendar with small marks, a dashed outline for a predicted period, and a key to every mark - Predictions for your next period - Reminders before your period, ovulation, and regular check-ins - Home: your cycle day, phase and next period on one sheet, a Log button, and cards for today, your last cycle and articles - A day and week journal, opened from the Today card - Eight short articles on the cycle, with sources - Insights: symptoms by group, what tends to come in each phase, cycle length and predictability - Your weight on a chart, one tap from your day - Home screen widgets for your next period and phase; a tap opens the day, the calendar or today's log - An inbox for reminders you have already received, so a missed notification is not a lost one - Breathing: a guided box-breathing exercise for cramps, PMS days, and winding down - Light, dark, or system appearance YEAR IN REVIEW (PRO) Your year as full-screen pages you tap through, like stories: your rhythm cycle by cycle, what you noticed most, your moods and intimacy. It ends with a year card you can share. SWITCHING APPS Moving from another app? Import a full backup, or start fresh. If you are switching from another cycle app, you can bring your history into Mela in one step, so years of logs come with you with no re-entry. You can also bring your history back from a Mela doctor report PDF: the file you saved carries it inside, so a report doubles as a backup. Everything stays on this device unless you choose to import it. PRO FEATURES Mela Pro is a subscription: yearly with a 14-day free trial, or monthly with no trial. Pro unlocks: - Year in Review from your own data - Advanced statistics for cycle, sex, orgasms, and weight, including cycles side by side - A one-tap PDF report for your doctor: calendar, cycle lengths, intimacy, ovulation, and weight, print-ready - Alerts when your period is late or your cycle shifts - The history of every cycle - Full articles on PMS, the fertile window and movement - Share your year card or your report PDF with the people you choose - Apple Health, read-only: temperature, cycle, resting heart rate, breathing, and sleep refine your ovulation estimate. Mela writes nothing back. No ads. Subscriptions renew automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the period ends. Manage or cancel anytime in your App Store account settings. PRIVACY BY ARCHITECTURE Many cycle apps keep your data on their servers, behind a policy promise. Mela is built differently: no server, no analytics SDK, no advertising network. Your data is stored only on your iPhone, with iOS file protection, so even other apps cannot read it. Mela cannot leak what it does not collect, because the data never leaves your iPhone. LANGUAGES English and Russian. REQUIREMENTS iPhone, iOS 17 or later. TERMS OF USE https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ PRIVACY POLICY https://nlarionov.github.io/mela-privacy/ Mela is not a medical device and is not contraception. Predictions are estimates from your own data, not medical advice. For medical decisions, talk to a clinician.

Screenshots

CycleSync4 screens
Mela4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: CycleSync at none against Mela's 3. CycleSync also leads on update cadence (every 2 days vs every 9 days). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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. Mela sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. CycleSync asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

CycleSync ships an update every 2 days, Mela every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on September 26, 2026 and September 30, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 4 level
CycleSync versus Mela: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCycleSyncMela
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 2 days — betterEvery 9 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS17.617.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size2 MB27 MB
Age rating17+12+
DeveloperSergei AntropovNikita Larionov

In-app purchases

None

CycleSync

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

Mela

Subscriptions2
  • Mela Pro Monthly$4.991 Month
  • Mela Pro Yearly7 Days trial$24.991 Year
One-time1
  • Mela Pro Lifetime$49.99

Questions

Is CycleSync free?
CycleSync is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Mela free?
Mela is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do CycleSync or Mela have ads?
Neither CycleSync nor Mela shows ads.
Which is updated more often, CycleSync or Mela?
CycleSync ships an update every 2 days, and Mela every 9 days. Most recently, CycleSync was updated on September 26, 2026 and Mela on September 30, 2026.

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