Comparison

Mama Bloom vs Hot Flash Tracker

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

Head to head
About

Mama Bloom

This private cycle journal helps you track your period, symptoms, and overall well-being. It offers honest forecasts with a range, not a precise date, and provides insights and educational content. Privacy is a core feature, with data protected locally on your device.

Highlights
  • Private cycle journaling
  • Honest period forecasts (range-based)
  • Log flow, pain, sleep, mood, energy, symptoms
  • Cycle insights and evidence
  • Learn library with sources
  • Privacy-focused architecture
  • Optional Face ID lock and iCloud backup
Features
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Mama Bloom is a private cycle journal. It keeps your record on your iPhone — there is no account, no server, no ads and no tracking — and it tells you the truth about forecasts: a period is predicted as an honest range, never a fake-precise date. Log flow, pain, sleep, mood, energy and symptoms in seconds. The living record organizes every cycle you keep; Insights show the evidence behind every statement, so you can check the app's work; the Learn library explains cycles calmly, with visible sources and clear boundaries. Privacy, by architecture: the record is protected by iOS Data Protection, the optional widgets are discreet by default, the app can lock behind Face ID, exports leave out intimate categories unless you choose otherwise, and an optional sealed backup lives in your own iCloud, encrypted on your device with a key Mama Bloom never has. One action deletes everything, including the backup. The optional Private Edition subscription adds cycle-to-cycle comparison, forecast memory and guided visual editions. Payment is handled by the App Store; prices are shown before you confirm. Mama Bloom is a wellness journal: a record for reflection, not a medical decision and not contraception. It shows no fertile-window or ovulation estimates, and forecasts can be wrong — when a health decision matters, talk to a professional. Privacy Policy: https://mamabloom.app/mamabloomcycle/privacy/ Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Hot Flash Tracker

Easily track hot flashes, mood, sleep, and hormone therapy. Visualize patterns over time and generate reports for your doctor. Your data stays private on your device.

Highlights
  • Log hot flashes quickly
  • Track sleep, mood, and brain fog
  • Monitor hormone therapy doses and changes
  • Visualize trends over weeks and months
  • Generate PDF reports for doctor appointments
  • Optional Apple Health integration
  • Private, on-device data storage
Features
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Hot flashes rarely pick a good moment: the middle of a meeting, the checkout line, three in the morning. Logging one should take a second, not a form. Tap the big warm circle and it's saved. Add how strong it was or what was happening just before, only if you feel like it. HOT FLASHES, DAY AND NIGHT • Day and night are counted separately, because the ones that wake you deserve their own line • Your week at a glance • Log from the app, from Control Center, or just ask Siri HOW YOU FEEL • A quick daily check-in for sleep, mood, brain fog and joint pain, kept right beside your flashes YOUR HORMONE THERAPY • Add what you use: patch, gel, pills or spray, with estrogen, progesterone or testosterone • Mark when you started or changed a dose, and it appears on the same chart as your flashes • On patches? Set your change days once, and a gentle reminder arrives on your lock screen. Mark it done right there • A calendar of the last four weeks of doses and patch changes YOUR PATTERN OVER TIME • A clear chart of your hot flashes across weeks and months, so you don't have to rely on memory READY FOR YOUR APPOINTMENT • A one-page PDF with daily counts, night episodes, severity, symptoms and your treatment timeline • The first question is usually "how often?" Now you can answer from your own record YOURS ALONE • Everything stays on your iPhone. No account, no cloud, no tracking • If you'd like, your hot flashes can also be saved to Apple Health Hot Flash Log is a journal, not medical advice. It doesn't tell you what to take or when. Treatment decisions belong with you and your clinician. MENO PLUS Optional subscription, monthly or yearly with a 7-day free trial, for longer trends, patterns, the doctor's report and trend widgets. Payment is charged to your Apple Account. It renews automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel it in Settings > Apple Account > Subscriptions. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://experts-draw-9pm.craft.me/F0cQcmFqdELflk

Screenshots

Mama Bloom4 screens
Hot Flash Tracker4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Hot Flash Tracker at none against Mama Bloom's 2. On price, rating, ratings volume and update cadence 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Mama Bloom sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Hot Flash Tracker asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Mama Bloom against 5.0 for Hot Flash Tracker. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 1 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 2, 2026 and October 14, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Mama Bloom versus Hot Flash Tracker: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMama BloomHot Flash Tracker
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings11
Update frequencyEvery 5 daysEvery 5 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFreemiumFreemium
DevicesiPhone, Apple Watch — betteriPhone
Requires iOS17.017.0
Further details — not scored
Size76 MB20 MB
Age rating12+17+
DeveloperMama Bloom UGUladzsislau Luchkouski

Customer experience

Mama Bloom

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Hot Flash Tracker

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Mama Bloom

Subscriptions2
  • Private Edition Monthly$4.991 Month
  • Private Edition Yearly14 Days trial$39.991 Year
None

Hot Flash Tracker

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Mama Bloom free?
Mama Bloom is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Hot Flash Tracker free?
Hot Flash Tracker is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Mama Bloom or Hot Flash Tracker?
Mama Bloom and Hot Flash Tracker are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 1 and 1 ratings respectively.
Do Mama Bloom or Hot Flash Tracker have ads?
Neither Mama Bloom nor Hot Flash Tracker shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Mama Bloom or Hot Flash Tracker?
Mama Bloom ships an update every 5 days, and Hot Flash Tracker every 5 days. Most recently, Mama Bloom was updated on October 2, 2026 and Hot Flash Tracker on October 14, 2026.

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