Comparison

Period Tracker ‎ vs Period

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

Head to head
About

Period Tracker ‎

This app helps you discreetly track your menstrual cycle, daily moods, health symptoms, and more. It offers predictions for your period and fertile days, allowing for better planning. Customize your experience with various themes and icons, and connect with a community for support.

Highlights
  • Track periods, moods, symptoms, and weight
  • Predict upcoming periods and fertile days
  • Customizable themes, fonts, and icons
  • Community forums for user interaction
  • Data backup and calendar sync
  • Pregnancy mode and privacy safeguards
Features
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The best period tracking app on iOS! Period Tracker is a classy, pleasant, and discrete interface to track your periods, daily moods, health symptoms, notes, and even the weather, so you can see how they correlate to your cycle days. It's easy to see predicted periods and fertility days - essential for planning dates and vacations and avoiding unpleasant surprises! A menstrual cycle tracker with style - various beautiful themes, fonts, mood and symptom icons are available to match your personality or mood. ------------ Features ------------ • easy way to track period, moods, health symptoms, weight, temperature, weather, notes, medications and pregnancy • share tips and talk to other Period Tracker users on the community forums • daily photo taking to remember each day by • lists of past and predicted period and fertility periods • beautiful themes and fonts to choose from • custom symptoms and moods • sync and back up your data • sync the upcoming 12 periods and fertile days to your calendar • animated backgrounds with the parallax effect, available on iOS 7 and up • reminders for the upcoming period and fertile days • general reminders • pregnancy mode • Touch ID/passcode to safeguard your privacy • badge notification - optional visual cue of how many days you're late • graphs for fertility, temperature, weight, moods and symptoms against the period days • graphs for period duration and cycle length • flip through the screens to read entries as a health diary • integrated with Apple HealthKit for tracking menstruation, basal body temperature, cervical mucus quality, spotting, and weight. Track periods gracefully with Period Tracker app.

About

Period

This app offers private and ad-free tracking for menstrual cycles and related health data. It allows users to log various details, set reminders, and gain insights into their bodies. An optional subscription provides cloud backup and cross-device syncing.

Highlights
  • Comprehensive health data tracking
  • Private and ad-free experience
  • Customizable reminders
  • Home screen widgets
  • Apple Health integration
  • Optional cloud sync
Features
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* INCLUSIVE * PRIVATE * NO ADS * Period app is designed for people who bleed and those who don't. We don't collect any personal data. We don't even ask you to create an account. Your data is private. It stays on your phone, in your pocket or purse. We offer an optional subscription service using Sign in with Apple if you want to store your data to our secure cloud and sync it across devices, which is great should anything happen to your iPhone or iPad. Use Period to track all the things: menstrual flow, cycle length, tampon, pad, cup, discharge, feeling, physical (including cramps and hot flash), sex & libido, hormone (estrogen, progesterone, and testosterone), temperature, weight, test (either ovulation or pregnancy), pill, ring, patch, IUD, birth control implant, and injection. You can even take notes. Create your own entry types and track whatever you want when you subscribe. You name it and choose an icon. Both custom and basic entry types also come with a notes field so you can add all the details you want. Subscriptions are $8.99/year with a 7-day free trial. Period is integrated with the Apple Health app. Connecting to Apple Health allows you to import period and related data into Period, and vice versa. It's a great way to get the most out of both apps. Set up reminders to change your tampon, take a daily pill, remember your hormones--whatever you want. You can also set reminders when you're expecting to ovulate or welcome your next period. Hello! Add widgets to your Home screen to see when your period is due, get reminders, see a 2-week calendar, or just know how many days you are into your cycle. Choose to direct message with friends and family, and if you're so inclined automatically alert them when you start your period. Why not find out if y'all are cycling together?  Use Period to: * track physical and emotional changes * remember to take pills, replace patches--anything you want * figure out when your period will show up next * determine how regular your periods are * recognize if your periods are on the heavy side * track a contraceptive ring like Nuva Ring, a birth control pill, or a patch * monitor your basal body temperature, discharge, or LH to know when you're ovulating * find patterns so you can know yourself better We also support Dark Mode if that's your thing. To make it easy to get started, you can import a .csv file. You can also export all your data because, well, it's your data. Period app is easy to try--no account needed. Give it a go! -- About Us: We're a small team interested in empowering people who bleed and those who don't. Menstruation is not an illness with "symptoms," and period products don't need pink flowers and sassy language to serve our needs. Period app is designed to be simple, discreet, and inclusive. Tell us what you think: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSethKmADTTF8iDe-jT0dvWbvFG0Q5BjhFSc9-jHpa70wRUKfg/viewform Terms of Service: https://www.unicorndreamfactory.com/period/terms/

Screenshots

Period Tracker ‎4 screens
Period4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Period at none against Period Tracker ‎'s shown. Period also leads on update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 3 months). Period Tracker ‎'s advantage is ratings volume (8.3K vs 537). On price, rating, review sentiment and in-app purchases 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. Period Tracker ‎ sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Period sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $8.99 per year. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.6 for Period Tracker ‎ against 4.6 for Period. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Period Tracker ‎ has 8.3K ratings behind it against 537, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 81% of Period Tracker ‎'s written reviews are positive against 84% of Period's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Period Tracker ‎ ships an update every 3 months, Period every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and October 29, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Period Tracker ‎ versus Period: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPeriod Tracker ‎Period
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (8.3K ratings)4.6 (537 ratings) — better
Positive reviews81.5% of reviews84.3% of reviews — better
Number of ratings8.3K — better537
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsEvery 3 weeks — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS12.0 — better13.0
Further details — not scored
Size84 MB25 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSevenlogics, Inc.Unicorn Dream Factory LLC

Customer experience

Period Tracker ‎

All ratings8,276 ratings
Positive91.1%
Neutral4.8%
Negative4.1%
Written reviews523 reviews
Positive81.5%
Neutral7.8%
Negative10.7%

Period

All ratings507 ratings
Positive92.9%
Neutral2.4%
Negative4.7%
Written reviews166 reviews
Positive84.3%
Neutral7.8%
Negative7.8%

User reviews

Period Tracker ‎

From 8.3K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 💕 Best out of dozens tried
  • 👍 Easy to use
  • 🥳 Helpful for young users
  • 🩵 Accurate and does the job
  • 🙌 Simple but perfect

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Crashes and glitches
  • 🤖 Confusing interface
  • 💰 Ads too intrusive
  • 🔒 Can't change password
  • 🔍 Difficult to navigate

Period

From 537 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Accurate period prediction
  • 👍 Simple and intuitive interface
  • 🔒 Discreet and private
  • 👍 Customizable color options
  • 👍 Comprehensive tracking options

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Occasional bugs and glitches
  • 🔒 Subscription required to access past data
  • 👎 Limited customization options in free version
  • 👎 Inability to track severity of symptoms

Bugs and requests

Period Tracker ‎

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Crashes when making changes
  • Marks periods incorrectly
  • Syncing issues with new devices
  • Rotation issues on certain screens

Requested features

5 requests
  • Add more mood and symptom options
  • Improve monthly calendar view
  • Add perimenopause/menopause tracking
  • Allow custom password reset
  • Improve data export/import options

Period

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Entries sometimes getting deleted or unchecked
  • Charts and graphs causing app crashes
  • Reminders not working as expected

Requested features

5 requests
  • Add spotting/breakthrough bleeding tracking
  • Implement an 'all day' option for logging symptoms
  • Provide more detailed cycle phase information
  • Allow custom icons/emojis for tracking
  • Add ability to share cycle data with others

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Period Tracker ‎

One-time1
  • Premium Upgrade$2.99
1 purchases

Period

Subscriptions1
  • Custom Entry Types + Notes7 Days trial$8.991 Year

Questions

Is Period Tracker ‎ free?
Period Tracker ‎ is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Period free?
Period is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Period Tracker ‎ or Period?
Period is rated higher. Period Tracker ‎ averages 4.6 out of 5 from 8.3K ratings, while Period averages 4.6 from 537 ratings.
Do Period Tracker ‎ or Period have ads?
Period Tracker ‎ shows ads; Period does not.
Which is updated more often, Period Tracker ‎ or Period?
Period Tracker ‎ ships an update every 3 months, and Period every 3 weeks. Most recently, Period Tracker ‎ was updated on November 1, 2026 and Period on October 29, 2026.

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