Comparison

Period Tracker vs Expecting

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

Head to head
About

Period Tracker

This app offers a private and secure way to track your menstrual cycle, ovulation, and symptoms. It features a chronological timeline for easy pattern identification and a minimalist design. Premium features include advanced charts and HealthKit integration.

Highlights
  • Privacy-first local data storage
  • Chronological symptom timeline
  • Native minimalist design
  • Cycle history charts
  • HealthKit integration
  • Medical PDF exports
Features
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Aura is the premium, privacy-first period and cycle tracking app designed exclusively for iOS. We believe your health data is yours alone. That is why Aura operates entirely on your device with zero third-party servers, zero data selling, and zero ads. 100% Private & Secure Your cycle history, symptoms, and health notes are stored in a local, encrypted database directly on your iPhone. Aura seamlessly and securely syncs across your devices using your private Apple iCloud. We cannot see, access, or share your data. Chronological Symptom Timeline Read your day as a timeline. Aura features a strictly chronological sort for your daily logs, moving sequentially from morning to evening. This makes it effortless to visually identify personal symptom patterns and daily fluctuations over your cycle. Native & Minimalist Design Built to feel like a native Apple application, Aura utilizes a minimalist, high-contrast geometric design that is calm, clinical, and free from cluttered stereotypes. Navigating your calendar provides satisfying, high-quality tactile haptics. Premium Features (Aura Premium) While core logging and predictions are forever free, Aura Premium unlocks advanced, deterministic insights: Native Charts: Visualize your 12-month cycle history and Basal Body Temperature (BBT) curve with blazing-fast, beautiful graphs. Deep HealthKit Integration: Automatically sync nighttime wrist temperature data from your Apple Watch and push your logged periods directly to Apple Health. Medical Exports: Generate high-quality, formatted PDF reports of your 6-month cycle history to share directly with your healthcare provider. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Expecting

This app confirms ovulation and pinpoints your fertile window using your body's data, not just predictions. It integrates with Apple Health and Apple Watch for temperature tracking and provides insights and reports for your doctor. Your data is stored securely on your device.

Highlights
  • Confirms ovulation with temperature shifts
  • Pinpoints fertile window
  • Integrates with Apple Health and Watch
  • Logs temperature, LH tests, and more
  • Provides cycle insights and doctor reports
  • Quiet, relevant notifications
Features
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From trying to Expecting. Expecting tells you the two things that matter when you are trying to conceive: exactly when your fertile window is, and whether you actually ovulated. No more guessing from calendar averages. Your body confirms it. MOST APPS PREDICT. EXPECTING CONFIRMS. Calendar apps assume every cycle looks the same. Expecting reads your overnight temperature and your LH tests to confirm ovulation from your own body's data, and it gets more precise with every cycle you track. HOW IT WORKS • Answer a short set of questions and get a dated estimate of your next fertile window • Log a 30-second daily check-in: waking temperature, LH test result, cervical mucus, intimacy, period flow • Expecting detects your post-ovulation temperature shift and confirms your ovulation day with a confidence score • The Today view shows your cycle day, phase, fertile window dates, and what to do next WORKS WITH APPLE WATCH AND APPLE HEALTH Expecting integrates with Apple Health. It can read your overnight wrist temperature from Apple Watch, use basal temperatures other devices write to Apple Health, or take manual readings from a basal thermometer. Manual readings you log can be saved back to Apple Health. BUILT FOR TRYING TO CONCEIVE • Fertile window and peak days, dated for your cycle • Ovulation confirmed from your temperature shift • LH strip logging: negative, high, and peak • Cycle Insights: your cycle chart, phase by phase • Trends: cycle length, ovulation day, luteal phase • Doctor report: cycle lengths, ovulation days, and luteal phases, ready to share at your appointment • Quiet notifications: a morning check-in reminder, an alert when your window opens, your first peak day, and when it is time to test. Nothing in between. • Learn: short, plainly written guides to temperature, LH strips, and cervical mucus YOUR DATA STAYS YOURS Your cycle and health data are stored on your device. They are never sold, never shared, and never used for advertising. EXPECTING PRO SUBSCRIPTION Expecting requires an Expecting Pro auto-renewable subscription. Choose one of the following plans: • Expecting Pro Yearly: $49.99 per year, with a 7-day free trial • Expecting Pro Monthly: $12.99 per month Payment will be charged to your Apple Account at confirmation of purchase, or at the end of the free trial if one is offered. The subscription renews automatically unless it is canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Your account will be charged for renewal within 24 hours before the end of the current period. You can manage or cancel your subscription in your App Store account settings at any time. Any unused portion of a free trial is forfeited when you purchase a subscription. Expecting provides cycle estimates and educational content, not medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. It is not a medical device and must not be used to prevent pregnancy. Always talk to your doctor about questions concerning your fertility. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://n.rocapine.com/Privacy-9966e57032da4ff7afccf7166c4288f1

Screenshots

Period Tracker4 screens
Expecting4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Period Tracker at none against Expecting's shown. Period Tracker also leads on iOS requirement (18 vs 26.0). On price, rating, ratings volume 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. Period Tracker sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month and Expecting sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $12.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Period Tracker against 5.0 for Expecting. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 1 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 7 level
Period Tracker versus Expecting: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPeriod TrackerExpecting
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings)
Number of ratings11
Update frequencyEvery 2 months—
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemiumFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS18 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size5 MB27 MB
Age rating12+17+
DeveloperParag BafnaJason Mayo

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Period Tracker

Subscriptions2
  • Aura Premium (Monthly)$2.991 Month
  • Aura Premium (Yearly)$19.991 Year
One-time1
  • Aura Premium (Lifetime)$49.99
2 purchases

Expecting

Subscriptions2
  • Expecting (Monthly)$12.991 Month
  • Expecting (Yearly)7 Days trial$49.991 Year

Questions

Is Period Tracker free?
Period Tracker is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Expecting free?
Expecting is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Period Tracker or Expecting?
Period Tracker and Expecting are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 1 and 1 ratings respectively.
Do Period Tracker or Expecting have ads?
Expecting shows ads; Period Tracker does not.

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