Cycles: Period & Cycle Tracker 9+

Could be a little better

I have been using the app for several months. I do like it. It has a few features that I don’t like but do keep it for the features it does have. I don’t like that you can spin the wheel and push the middle button and it changes the whole month. It could really cause problems if you are trying to avoid getting pregnant. I also don’t like that it’s not intuitive to the days in your cycle from month to month. If your actual cycle is say 24 days long, even for a few months. It will still show the next cycle with however many days you originally manually put your cycles are (say 26 days.) so it is not intuitive and if you don’t change it manually than the “prediction” of the ovulation day is off by days.

Good - but confusing

I was hoping to use the app to track and predict my irregular cycles. The amount of information you can input is awesome- basal body temp, mucus, etc. But it doesn't automatically calculate when your next period will be based off your previous ones you've tracked. You have to input your average cycle length yourself which I find really inconvenient and can be extremely inaccurate. I have to manually count how many days it has been between all of my periods and then add the total days, then divide the total by the number of periods to get the average. It would be so much more helpful if the app did this automatically. Another odd thing is that you can change the current day on the cycle view. Beyond just going back to yesterday to put in information, you can actually change the day to today being the 21st day in your cycle vs the 20th. So again this provides the opportunity for your data to be inaccurate. Other than that, the app is great. It doesn't crash, and it has an easy to use interface.

Almost perfect

This app has everything. I have been able to track symptoms of PMS and adjust my cycle lengths and pms lengths easily. This has helped with collecting data regarding PMDD symptoms for doctors and has helped my partner and me stay aware of when symptoms can start and end. If I could add one thing- it would be great if users were given several symptom options to track (add or takeaway symptoms that don’t feel important or add symptoms that are individual) or the ability to add their own symptoms to the list for simplicity in tracking patterns. Such options/toggles are available for other parts of the cycle like, the ability to add reminders, change tracking data like fertility or ovulation, for example. These options can be changed for preference and the ability to add specific moods or body complications would be really helpful.

Developer Response ,

Thank you so much for your review and for sharing this idea with us! We're so happy to hear that Cycles has helped you to manage and track your cycle symptoms, and we'll be sure to take this on board for future updates 💚