Comparison

Meridian vs DearMama

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

Head to head
About

Meridian

Features
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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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DearMama

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Made exclusively for Indian women. DearMama is the cycle, fertility, pregnancy and menopause companion built for the way Indian women actually live — in your own language, with Indian foods, and gentle, honest guidance instead of a generic calendar. WHATEVER STAGE YOU ARE IN • Tracking your cycle — period, fertile days and ovulation, explained simply. • Trying to conceive — your best days to try, predicted from YOUR own cycles. • Pregnant — week-by-week guidance, trimester-wise food and safe movement. • Menopause — a kind companion for perimenopause, menopause and the years after. IN YOUR LANGUAGE English, ą¤¹ą¤æą¤Øą„ą¤¦ą„€, తెలుగు, ą®¤ą®®ą®æą®“ąÆ, ą²•ą²Øą³ą²Øą²” and ą“®ą“²ą“Æą“¾ą“³ą“‚ — the whole app, your daily note and the food and exercise ideas. PREDICTIONS THAT LEARN YOU Log your periods and DearMama learns your real rhythm. You see your next period and ovulation dates with an honest "most likely" window, and how close the predictions have been. Forgot to log? Tap any past day in the calendar. HEADS-UP REMINDERS Get a reminder 2 days before your predicted ovulation and your next period. FOOD AND EXERCISE, WITH PICTURES Daily ideas for what to eat and how to move, matched to your cycle phase, trimester or menopause stage — with Indian foods, step-by-step exercises, photos, and the evidence behind each idea. FOR WOMEN IN MENOPAUSE Hot flashes, poor sleep, low mood, worry — you do not have to carry them alone. A private daily check-in, kind words for hard days, calming tools for the mind, nourishing foods, gentle strength and balance exercises, and clear signs of when to see a doctor. A KIND COMMUNITY Ask questions and share with other women in topics for pregnancy, trying to conceive, postpartum, parenting, perimenopause and menopause. YOUR PRIVACY Your health information is yours. Menopause check-ins stay on your phone. AI-MADE NOTES: your daily note is created with AI from what you tell us. Translations can occasionally contain mistakes — tap "Report a problem" and we will fix it. DearMama offers general wellbeing guidance, not medical advice. Always talk to your doctor about symptoms that worry you. From Pregnaix — pregnaix.com

Screenshots

Meridian4 screens
DearMama4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: DearMama at none against Meridian's 2. DearMama also leads on update cadence (every 4 days vs every 2 months) and iOS requirement (16.4 vs 18.0). On price, ads and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price Ā· Rating Ā· Positive reviews Ā· Number of ratings Ā· Update frequency Ā· Ads Ā· In-app purchases Ā· Monetization Ā· Best chart rank Ā· Devices Ā· Requires iOS

CostPrice Ā· In-app purchases Ā· Ads Ā· Monetization

Both are free to download. Meridian sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $13.99 per 7 days. DearMama asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Meridian ships an update every 2 months, DearMama every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences Ā· 3 level
Meridian versus DearMama: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMeridianDearMama
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 4 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad — better
Requires iOS18.016.4 — better
Further details — not scored
Size26 MB35 MB
Age rating12+17+
DeveloperJan Daniel NaftanailaPregnaix Systems Private Limited

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Meridian

Subscriptions2
  • Weekly$13.997 Days
  • Annual$89.991 Year
None

DearMama

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Meridian free?
Meridian is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is DearMama free?
DearMama is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Meridian or DearMama have ads?
Neither Meridian nor DearMama shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Meridian or DearMama?
Meridian ships an update every 2 months, and DearMama every 4 days. Most recently, Meridian was updated on November 6, 2026 and DearMama on November 3, 2026.

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