Moody Month: Cycle Tracker 12+

Before getting this app, I wasn’t the best at understanding my body. I had no idea the moon played a crucial role in my menstrual, or that the weather can also be a contributing factor. I also didn’t know that even days/weeks I didn’t have my menstrual, my hormones play a huge part in myself and body. If you need advice, tips, and more understanding of your body, this is the app. Even if you do or think that you do, the insight that the app provides is incredible. You’ll learn more about yourself the more you continue to log your symptoms, the way that you feel and more. You can also add the categories you want to track and how you feel about yourself and things outside yourself, including the world and relationships. This app is a must have for life. There is a pro version in this app, but what I love so much about the app is that even in the free version, there’s so much that helps you and so many cool features. I genuinely believe that the creators of the app care about women and their health. I love this app!

Hello 👋 Thanks so much for this wonderful review. So happy to hear how using the Moody app has helped you! We are a team of women working together to build what we think need to have the knowledge and agency of our hormonal health. Please stay tuned for updates, and keep in touch on social for our latest @moodymonth. Best, Team Moody x

I was excited for an app that seemed to track lots of areas of mood triggers, however, there are lots of things that just don’t allow for accurate input with this app.
First is the inability to input a period longer than 10 days. Sure, that might not be considered medically normal, but when you’ve had an irregular period since age thirteen that generally lasts for 9-12 days, and frequently even longer than 12 days, it would be nice to have a health tracker allow that kind of input to help you out with those conversations with doctors that have been happening for over 20 years.
Next, you can’t log any info for a missed day EXCEPT a period on the calendar. So, you can add it a day or two late, but then how does that really help track the info accurately, might as well just use a paper journal.
The last real disappointment for me, and the reason I’ve decided to delete the app altogether is that when my phone was damaged and had to be replaced, ALL of my input data was lost. So, they don’t keep any of it stored at all anywhere, just on the device you’re using? What’s the point? The last backup on my phone happened within hours of needing to be replaced, and a few days after my last log of info into the app. But there is nothing saved at all. 3 months of period input and physical symptom logging, and its kaput. What a waste of time. I should have just been using the calendar on my phone the whole time. Or, like I said, a paper journal.

Hey Valerie 👋
Thanks for this detailed feedback. I am really happy to let you know that since your comment we have made a lot of improvements to the app and I will outline the ones that relate to your comments for you below:
- You can now log a bleed up to 19 days in length.
- We now support retrospective logging, so you can go back into previous days and add symptoms or memo logs.
- We have also introduced user accounts, so you can save your data and log in on a new handset if you get a new phone. We previously did not support this as part of our data anonymity policy but after hearing that it was something our users wanted we began work to find a way to introduce it while still maintaining the highest possible standards of data security.
Please do take a look at these and many more improvements we have made (and are continuing to make) and if you have any further feedback we would love to hear from you on help@wearemoody.com ☺️

I’m struggling to find a cycle tracker that uses the correct terminology for cycle phases and doesn’t stigmatize the process. While this app is helpful, I’m pretty disappointed in some of the verbiage. Calling it ‘Moody’ was a red flag right off the bat, but I’m giving it a chance. I like the daily forecast, and the ability to synchronize the moon phase. I would love to see this on a wheel as many other period apps have, as opposed to a calendar. A wheel allows one to see their entire cycle and each phase as it begins and ends. It prioritizes viewing the *cycle* as a complete process as opposed to the month. I was very disappointed to see the four cycle phases renamed as ‘Bleed’, ‘Rise’, ‘Shift’, and ‘Reflect’. The correct terms are Menstrual, Follicular, Ovulatory, and Luteal… which most women don’t know. Periods have been historically stigmatized, which has robbed us of knowledge of our cycle, and how each phase affects our minds, bodies, and emotions. Why contribute to this stigma by renaming the cycle phases? I’m currently using five different apps, and have explored countless others, searching for one that doesn’t use gimmicky terms. While this app provides a wealth of information, the presentation and lack of correct terminology is disappointing. I’m going to continue using this through my cycle and will update this review if my opinion changes through daily use.

Hello 👋 Thanks for for your review. We are called 'Moody' because we believe that moods are what make use human. We built the features of the app give our community the tools to understand their moods through health tracking and be empowered by them because we believe that knowledge is power. We appreciate your feedback about the lack of use scientific cycle phase terms and are considering how we might be able to incorporate it more in future updates while remaining accessible. We would love to hear from you at contact@wearemoody.com if you have any more feedback to help us improve. Best, Team Moody x