Comparison

Ferne vs Menopause by Fieldnote

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

Head to head
About

Ferne

Features
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Ferne is the menopause tracking app built around your body - not a generic wellness checklist. Log what matters in under 60 seconds: hot flashes, daily mood, sleep quality, energy, stress, symptoms, period, and triggers. Over time, Ferne surfaces the patterns that help you and your doctor understand what's actually happening. WHAT YOU CAN TRACK - Hot Flash Tracker: log intensity (1-5), duration, and trigger (stress, caffeine, heat, and more) - Daily Check-In: rate sleep quality, mood, energy, stress, and overall day with simple sliders - Symptoms: log what you're feeling from a full symptom library - Period: track your cycle during perimenopause - Triggers: food, stress, environment, and lifestyle factors SEE YOUR PATTERNS Your Insights screen shows 7, 30, and 90-day views of your hot flash frequency, average intensity, top triggers, and mood and energy trends. The longer you log, the clearer your picture becomes. AI HEALTH INSIGHTS (Premium) Ferne Premium unlocks AI-powered pattern analysis - personalized observations drawn from your actual logged data. Understand how sleep affects your mood, which triggers are driving your hot flashes, and what your body is telling you across weeks of data. PREMIUM FEATURES - AI-powered pattern insights - Unlimited doctor PDF reports - Extended symptom history (90+ days) - Treat

About

Menopause by Fieldnote

This app helps you track perimenopause and menopause symptoms like hot flashes, sleep disturbances, and mood changes. It allows for quick logging and provides a printable report for doctor's appointments. Integrates with Apple Health and prioritizes user privacy with no account or cloud storage.

Highlights
  • Log symptoms like hot flashes and mood
  • Track cycle and spotting
  • Daily two-minute check-ins
  • View symptom patterns with cycle
  • Printable reports for clinicians
  • Apple Watch symptom logging
  • Apple Health integration
Features
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Menopause by Fieldnote helps you notice the patterns in perimenopause and menopause — and walk into your next appointment prepared. Hot flashes, sleep, mood, brain fog, cycle changes — it's a lot to hold in your head. Menopause by Fieldnote lets you capture each one the moment it happens, in a couple of taps, and quietly builds the picture over time. WHAT YOU CAN DO • Log symptoms — hot flashes, night sweats, mood, sleep, and more — as they happen • Close each day with a two-minute check-in • Track your cycle and spotting alongside everything else • See how your symptoms line up with your cycle (like hot flashes in the days before your period) • Bring a clear, printable report — with questions for your clinician — to your next visit ON YOUR WRIST With the Apple Watch app, log a hot flash or symptom the instant it hits — no need to reach for your phone. Today's entries are always a glance away. WORKS WITH APPLE HEALTH Connect Apple Health to bring your period and cycle data into the picture, and keep your logs in sync. You decide what's shared. PRIVATE BY DESIGN • No account. No sign-up. No cloud. • Everything you log stays on your iPhone. • Nothing is sold, shared, or sent to a server. • Export your data any time. Free to download. A calm, private place to track what you're going through — and make sense of it. Fieldnote makes calm, private health tools for iPhone. Menopause by Fieldnote is not a medical device and does not provide medical advice. Always consult a qualified clinician about your symptoms and care.

Screenshots

Ferne4 screens
Menopause by Fieldnote4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Ferne at none against Menopause by Fieldnote's 1. Ferne also leads on iOS requirement (14.0.0 vs 17.0). On price, update cadence, ads 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. Menopause by Fieldnote sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Ferne asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Ferne ships an update weekly, Menopause by Fieldnote fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 8, 2026 and October 17, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 7 level
Ferne versus Menopause by Fieldnote: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFerneMenopause by Fieldnote
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Number of ratings—2 — better
Update frequencyWeekly — betterFortnightly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
Monetization—Free
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, Apple Watch
Requires iOS14.0.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size32 MB4 MB
Age rating12+17+
DeveloperNithin YarlagaddaPETER JOOST VAN ALLER

In-app purchases

None

Ferne

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Menopause by Fieldnote

One-time1
  • Unlock Insights & Export$4.99

Questions

Is Ferne free?
Ferne is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Menopause by Fieldnote free?
Menopause by Fieldnote is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Ferne or Menopause by Fieldnote have ads?
Neither Ferne nor Menopause by Fieldnote shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Ferne or Menopause by Fieldnote?
Ferne ships an update weekly, and Menopause by Fieldnote fortnightly. Most recently, Ferne was updated on October 8, 2026 and Menopause by Fieldnote on October 17, 2026.

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