Comparison

Hello Cycle vs Cycle & Period Tracker

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

Head to head
About

Hello Cycle

Track your menstrual cycle and symptoms with this private diary. It uses your health data to provide cycle patterns and predictions, with an Apple Watch companion for quick logging and complications. Enjoy privacy controls and a one-time purchase for full features.

Highlights
  • Record periods and daily symptoms
  • Estimate cycle patterns and predictions
  • Integrate with Apple Health data
  • Apple Watch companion for quick logging
  • Privacy-focused data handling
  • Export data and set reminders
Features
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Understand your cycle with iPhone and Apple Watch. Hello Cycle helps you record periods and daily symptoms, follow your own patterns and prepare for your next period. • Estimates informed by your body: optionally connect Apple Health to use sleeping wrist temperature, resting heart rate, HRV and sleep summaries alongside cycle history. Calculations run on your iPhone. A compatible device, health permissions and enough data are required; timing and accuracy vary. • Simple records: start or end a period, correct past dates, and log flow, pain, mood, custom states and notes. See recorded periods, predicted periods and estimated ovulation in the calendar, and explore trends in Insights. • Apple Watch companion: record quickly, view cycle information in watch-face complications, and sync with your iPhone when the devices reconnect. • Privacy and control: Sign in with Apple before getting started. Privacy-filtered records sync automatically to your account; raw and daily health measurements are not uploaded. Export a PDF, set reminders, or delete your account in the app. Start with a free trial confirmed through Apple's purchase screen. After the trial, continued recording, predictions and insights require a one-time Lifetime VIP purchase. Existing records remain available to view, export and delete. Additional illustration series require Lifetime VIP. No subscription or automatic renewal. See the in-app Apple purchase screen for trial terms and local prices. For personal records and wellness reference only. Predictions are estimates, not guarantees. The app does not provide medical diagnoses, confirm ovulation, or support contraception or fertility decisions. Consult a qualified healthcare professional with health concerns.

About

Cycle & Period Tracker

Features
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Rivula is a private period tracker and ovulation calendar that learns your cycle. No account, no cloud, no ads: everything you log stays on your iPhone. HONEST PREDICTIONS • Your next period with an honest range ("likely Oct 3–5") that narrows as you log • Estimated fertile window and ovulation, personalized from your own cycles • Positive LH tests and a basal temperature shift update the estimate • Apple Watch temperature: nightly wrist temperature from Apple Health helps confirm ovulation (Apple Watch Series 8 or later or Ultra, with Health sync on) • A clear heads-up when your period is late, and when a cycle is worth discussing with a doctor LOG IN ONE TAP • Flow and spotting, 20+ symptoms, moods, discharge, sex drive, LH and pregnancy tests, temperature, weight, pills, your own tags and notes • "Period started" fills in your usual length; edit any day in the calendar • Siri and Shortcuts: "My period started in Rivula", "When is my next period in Rivula" UNDERSTAND YOUR CYCLE • Cycle history and a typical-or-atypical check against medical reference ranges (FIGO) • Pro: your patterns, such as which symptoms and moods come when (bloating two days before your period, for example) • Pro: Coming up — the symptoms your own patterns expect in the next few days, with an optional heads-up the evening before • Pro: temperature and LH charts that show when ovulation likely happened • Pro: a clean PDF report to bring to your doctor FOR EVERY STAGE • Track your cycle, try to conceive, follow a pregnancy week by week, or navigate perimenopause • On a hormonal method? Rivula hides fertile-day estimates while you use it • Reminders for your period, fertile window, daily log, morning temperature and your pill • Pill packs: 21+7, 24+4 or 28 days; reminders skip break days, and you can mark "Taken" right from the notification PRIVATE BY DESIGN • No account, no cloud, no ads, no trackers. App Privacy: Data Not Collected • Face ID lock, plus discreet notifications and widgets • Optional Apple Health sync and import; export your own backup file any time • Password-protected backups: an encrypted file that only you keep • Share dates, not data: send your partner a message or a calendar file with your predicted periods • Ask about your cycle: a private assistant that runs on your iPhone (needs Apple Intelligence and iOS 26 or later; 3 questions included, unlimited with Pro) WIDGETS • Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets with your countdown, cycle day and fertile window • A "Period started" button on the Home Screen widget when your period is due ONDA PRO Pro adds patterns and symptom forecasts, temperature and LH charts, the doctor report and unlimited assistant questions. Logging, predictions, the calendar, every mode, reminders, widgets, Apple Health and backups stay free. Pro is available as a yearly subscription with a free trial, a monthly subscription, or a one-time lifetime purchase. Payment is charged to your Apple Account. Subscriptions renew automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period; manage or cancel them in your Apple Account settings. Rivula is not a medical device and not a method of contraception. Predictions are estimates, not medical advice. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Hello Cycle4 screens
Cycle & Period Tracker4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Hello Cycle at every 2 days against Cycle & Period Tracker's fortnightly. On price, ads, in-app purchases 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. Hello Cycle sells 3 one-off in-app purchases and Cycle & Period Tracker sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $5.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Hello Cycle ships an update every 2 days, Cycle & Period Tracker fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on November 8, 2026 and November 6, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference Ā· 7 level
Hello Cycle versus Cycle & Period Tracker: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHello CycleCycle & Period Tracker
PriceFreeFree
Positive reviews66.7% of reviews—
Update frequencyEvery 2 days — betterFortnightly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, Apple Watch — betteriPhone
Requires iOS17.017.0
Further details — not scored
Size102 MB9 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperQUN LINGlory Mae Dagapioso

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Hello Cycle

One-time3
  • Try free for 30 daysFree
  • Lifetime VIP$6.99
  • Lifetime VIP$9.99
3 purchases

Cycle & Period Tracker

Subscriptions2
  • Rivula Pro Monthly$5.991 Month
  • Rivula Pro Yearly7 Days trial$29.991 Year
One-time1
  • Rivula Pro Lifetime$59.99

Questions

Is Hello Cycle free?
Hello Cycle is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Cycle & Period Tracker free?
Cycle & Period Tracker is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Hello Cycle or Cycle & Period Tracker have ads?
Neither Hello Cycle nor Cycle & Period Tracker shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Hello Cycle or Cycle & Period Tracker?
Hello Cycle ships an update every 2 days, and Cycle & Period Tracker fortnightly. Most recently, Hello Cycle was updated on November 8, 2026 and Cycle & Period Tracker on November 6, 2026.

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