Moonwave vs DotDiary

Moonwave is a private period tracker and menstrual cycle journal that turns your daily logs into a visual moon mandala. PERIOD AND CYCLE TRACKING • Track period start dates, cycle length, and menstrual flow • Log moods, pain, symptoms • Create custom emotions and symptoms • Review your period and cycle history • See estimated upcoming cycle days and period timing • Set daily check-in and period reminders MOON MANDALA • View your period and daily logs in a moon mandala • See moods, symptoms, flow, and moon phases together • Browse past and upcoming mandalas • Find recurring patterns across your cycle history • Customize themes, colors, symbols, and tracked signals • Share mandala images or export PDF reports PRIVATE BY DESIGN • No Moonwave account required • Journal data is stored on your device • Private iCloud sync when available • No Moonwave-operated database for your journal • Optional analytics do not include journal contents • No subscription or automatic renewal Your first mandala is free. Unlock Moonwave Pro once with a lifetime purchase for complete history, pattern views and additional themes. Moonwave is intended for personal wellness reflection only. It does not provide medical advice, diagnosis, treatment, contraception or fertility guidance, pregnancy confirmation, or emergency care.

DotDiary is a private period and cycle tracker that keeps your data where it belongs — in Apple Health on your iPhone. No account. No ads. No tracking. No subscription. Most trackers send your most personal data to their servers. DotDiary doesn't. Everything you log — periods, symptoms, fertility signs — is saved straight into Apple Health. DotDiary keeps no copy, has no login, and makes no network calls. Delete the app and your data stays safe in Health. WHY DOTDIARY • Private by design — your cycle never leaves your phone • No account, and no ads, ever • A one-time purchase for Pro — never a subscription • Calm, clean, and discreet TRACK WHAT MATTERS • Log your period with a single tap • Predictions with an honest confidence range — never falsely precise • Symptoms, moods, and fertility signs • A private journal note for any day • A calendar and trends view of your whole history CHANGING CYCLES — A PERIMENOPAUSE MODE (FREE) When your cycles start changing, most trackers break — predictions turn into noise. Switch DotDiary to Changing Cycles (you choose; the app never decides for you) and it describes instead of predicts: days and months since your last period, your recent cycle range, and a plain-language guide to the transition. Pro adds a month-by-month chart of hot flashes, night sweats, sleep and mood — and a doctor-ready PDF report that turns your next appointment from guesswork into a conversation. SWITCHING FROM FLO OR CLUE? Bring your history with you. DotDiary imports a Flo or Clue CSV export — free — and writes it into Apple Health, so you start with your real cycle instead of a blank slate. DOTDIARY PRO — one-time purchase • Month-by-month symptom chart for changing cycles • Your own custom symptom tags • Symptom patterns by cycle phase • A doctor-ready PDF report • Partner summary sharing • iCloud backup of your private notes Buy once and it's yours forever — and future Pro features arrive free. DISCRETION Pick a neutral app icon and turn on Face ID / passcode lock. iOS can also require Face ID to open — or completely hide — any app. UNDERSTAND YOUR CYCLE A built-in guide explains the four cycle phases, the difference between the follicular and luteal halves, and the hormones behind them — all in plain language. Available in English and French. DotDiary is not a medical device. Cycle predictions are estimates only and must not be used for contraception or conception planning. Fertility signs are logged to Apple Health; DotDiary does not predict fertile days.