PeriWise vs Meridian
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
PeriWise
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PeriWise is a private companion for perimenopause and menopause. Track how you actually feel — hot flushes, sleep, mood, brain fog, joint pain and more — and watch the patterns emerge over weeks and months. When you next see your doctor, bring a clear PDF summary instead of trying to remember. EVERYTHING STAYS ON YOUR IPHONE No account. No sign-up. No server. No tracking. No ads. Your entries live in an encrypted database on your device, and PeriWise has no way to read them. WHAT YOU CAN DO • Log symptoms in seconds, with the six that matter most to you on the home screen • Track your cycle — period days on the calendar, and an estimate of when the next may start • Record medication and supplements, with reminders scheduled on device • Note measurements including weight, blood pressure and blood sugar • Connect your Oura Ring or Apple Watch — nightly temperature, sleep, heart rate and stress land on the same charts as your symptoms • See trends and connections across symptoms, sleep and mood • Read plain-language guidance on what is happening and why • Create a doctor-ready PDF report — always free • Log from your Apple Watch when your iPhone is not to hand • Lock the app with Face ID • Export and import your data if you change device ABOUT THE CYCLE ESTIMATE Perimenopausal cycles are irregular by nature. The estimate is for orientation only. It is not a contraceptive method and must not be used to prevent or plan a pregnancy. SUBSCRIPTION PeriWise is free to download — and logging is free forever: symptoms, cycle, medications, measurements, Apple Health and Oura sync, and the doctor-ready PDF report. PeriWise Premium, €1.49 per month or the equivalent in your local currency, unlocks personal insights and the 30- and 90-day trend views. Payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation of purchase and renews automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the period ends. Manage or cancel in your Apple Account settings. Privacy Policy: https://www.peri-wise.app/data-security Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ PeriWise is not a medical device and does not provide medical advice, diagnosis or treatment. Always consult a qualified healthcare professional.
Meridian
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Sixty-five days since your last bleeding. Not day 14 of anything. Meridian is a log for the years when your cycle stops agreeing with the calendar. It counts days, not cycles. Its only reference is your own median, never a textbook range. WHAT IT DOES 1. The day is the unit. Every screen answers one question: how many days since your last bleeding, and how that sits against your own months. Nothing is numbered against a textbook cycle, nothing counts down, and no date is ever promised. 2. A report you can hand to your doctor. A PDF measured in months instead of cycles, with your bleeding, your symptoms and your medication in one place, and with the symptoms that have nothing to do with a cycle drawn inside the same chart. It works with no connection, and if your plan ever ends your records still leave with you as CSV and as a plain PDF. 3. Not bleeding is a first-class entry. "I have not bled this month" is a button on the home screen. It stays where you put it, with no countdown and no question about pregnancy. 4. No caps and no labels. A bleeding of 22 days is stored and drawn. A gap of 400 days is stored and drawn. Nothing here is ever labeled abnormal, no warning triangle appears over your own body, and no screen carries a verdict about it. 5. Your sleep and your heart rate variability, read from Apple Health, turned into one number for today with the reason written next to it. No watch needed to use the rest of the app. 6. Hormone therapy as a state, not a footnote. Your months before and after, side by side, described and never judged. 7. It says "We do not know yet" when it does not know. When your recent intervals disagree with each other, Meridian shows you the spread they make and refuses to draw a date on top of it. A window arrives the month your own months hold together, and not before. WHY MERIDIAN The meridian of life is the middle of it, understood as the highest point of the arc rather than the beginning of the end. A meridian line is also a real instrument: a strip set into a cathedral floor with a hole of light above it. Florence built one in 1475 and Bologna a much bigger one two centuries later, both for the same reason, because the calendar had drifted away from the sky and somebody had to measure what was actually happening instead of trusting the chart. That is the whole app. NO ACCOUNT AND NO SERVER There is no sign-up, no email and no password. Your records live on this iPhone. Nothing is uploaded to us because there is nowhere to upload it to. No chatbot: your symptoms never enter a language model. Your data can be exported to CSV and PDF at any time, including after you cancel. WHAT IT COSTS 89.99 USD per year, or 13.99 USD per week. Both renew automatically until you cancel, and you cancel in your Apple settings because we never see your card. There is no free trial, which means there is no surprise charge on day eight either. Before the price ever appears you have already seen your own 24 months drawn on screen, and the app has told you plainly whether it is a fit for your situation. If it is not for you, ask for a refund within 30 days. The app has a screen that explains exactly how, and Apple is the one who handles it. WHAT MERIDIAN IS NOT It is not birth control and it is not a fertility app. It does not diagnose anything, it does not tell you what your body should be doing, and it is not a medical device. It is a general wellness app that records what happened and shows it back to you. Terms of Use: https://digitalnafta.com/meridian/terms.html Privacy Policy: https://digitalnafta.com/meridian/privacy.html
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Verdict
The clearest difference is iOS requirement: PeriWise at 17.0 against Meridian's 26.0. On price, ads, in-app purchases 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
Both are free to download. PeriWise sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $0.99 per month and Meridian sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $13.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
| Parameter | PeriWise | Meridian |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Devices | iPhone, Apple Watch — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 34 MB | 26 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 12+ |
| Developer | IP Strategy UG (Haftungsbeschrankt) | Jan Daniel Naftanaila |
In-app purchases
PeriWise
- PeriWise Premium$0.991 Month
Meridian
- Weekly$13.997 Days
- Annual$89.991 Year








