Comparison

Menopause by Fieldnote vs FlashCount

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

Head to head
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.

About

FlashCount

Features
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FlashCount answers a different question than most menopause apps: not "fill out today's check-in" but "log this hot flash and get back to your day." One tap starts a record — no multi-step form, no required fields, nothing to type unless you want to. WHAT IT DOES • One-tap logging: tap once and a hot flash is logged instantly, with the time recorded automatically. Add a severity level or tag a trigger afterward if you want to — nothing is required up front. • Patterns, at a glance: a 14-day chart, a time-of-day breakdown, a night-versus-day count, and a severity and trigger summary, all on one screen — no scrolling through a diary to see what's changed. • Six triggers: coffee, alcohol, spicy food, stress, exercise and heat. Tag any of them on a flash in a couple of taps. • Doctor report: a clean 4-week or 12-week summary — total count, daily average, night flashes, severity split, top triggers and a weekly trend — built to screenshot and bring to an appointment. • 44 achievements: streaks and consistency badges for keeping the habit going, not for how many hot flashes you have. NO ACCOUNT, NO SERVER FlashCount has no sign-up and no account. Every flash you log, every trigger you tag and every setting stays on your device — there is no server to lose it to, and nothing is uploaded anywhere. FLASHCOUNT PREMIUM FlashCount is a premium app: logging, patterns and the report are part of FlashCount Premium. • Weekly, monthly or yearly auto-renewing subscription — new subscribers get a discounted first week on the weekly plan • Or a one-time lifetime purchase — pay once, keep it Subscriptions renew automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the period ends. Manage or cancel any time in your Apple Account settings. FlashCount is a personal log for tracking and sharing what you notice. It does not diagnose, treat or monitor any medical condition — always talk to a doctor about menopause symptoms and treatment. Terms of Use: https://doesonejob.com/flashcount/terms/ Privacy Policy: https://doesonejob.com/flashcount/privacy/ Questions or ideas: flashcount@doesonejob.com

Screenshots

Menopause by Fieldnote4 screens
FlashCount4 screens

Verdict

The call

Menopause by Fieldnote and FlashCount are too close to call on the numbers: across 6 compared parameters — price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

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 and FlashCount sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Menopause by Fieldnote ships an update fortnightly, FlashCount every 11 days. The most recent releases landed on October 1, 2026 and September 28, 2026 respectively.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
Menopause by Fieldnote versus FlashCount: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMenopause by FieldnoteFlashCount
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings2 — better—
Update frequencyFortnightlyEvery 11 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, Apple WatchiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.017.0
Further details — not scored
Size4 MB10 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperPETER JOOST VAN ALLERYUSUF OCAL

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Menopause by Fieldnote

One-time1
  • Unlock Insights & Export$4.99
3 purchases

FlashCount

Subscriptions2
  • FlashCount Pro Weekly7 Days trial$4.997 Days
  • FlashCount Pro Yearly7 Days trial$14.991 Year
One-time1
  • FlashCount Pro Lifetime$19.99

Questions

Is Menopause by Fieldnote free?
Menopause by Fieldnote is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is FlashCount free?
FlashCount is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Menopause by Fieldnote or FlashCount have ads?
Neither Menopause by Fieldnote nor FlashCount shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Menopause by Fieldnote or FlashCount?
Menopause by Fieldnote ships an update fortnightly, and FlashCount every 11 days. Most recently, Menopause by Fieldnote was updated on October 1, 2026 and FlashCount on September 28, 2026.

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