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[-] sp6@lemmy.world 8 points 1 hour ago

PrivacyGuides has a section about this on their website: https://www.privacyguides.org/en/health-and-wellness/#menstrual-cycle-tracking

At the time of writing, it seems Drip is the best option on both iOS and Android. The app is free, open-source, and all data is completely local. Honorable mention to Euki as well

[-] Coolkat@slrpnk.net 3 points 1 hour ago* (last edited 1 hour ago)

Mesinator is pretty cool too

[-] OldManBOMBIN@lemmy.world 2 points 47 minutes ago

Mensinator is the name of the drummer in my gwar tribute band.

[-] Blibly@lemmy.world 17 points 2 hours ago

Here's what you should use: a calendar and a pen.

[-] Coolkat@slrpnk.net -2 points 1 hour ago

Checks profile A man

Although that was obvious

[-] dkppunk@piefed.social 5 points 47 minutes ago

Hi! Woman here and that guy is correct. Tracking your cycle on paper is far safer than any app ever could be. These apps are not safe for your personal data.

I’ve been tracking in my paper planner for the last few years and I haven’t had to worry about any of these apps or companies getting my data. I track PMS symptoms, start and end times, amount of flow, and more. I can take my planner to the doctor to discuss any issues that may come up.

Calendars, bullet journals, and graph paper are the best ways to track periods.

[-] Blibly@lemmy.world 2 points 6 minutes ago

Not a guy, but thank you lol

[-] dkppunk@piefed.social 1 points 3 minutes ago

Apologies! You are very correct :)

[-] Blibly@lemmy.world 1 points 12 minutes ago

I am not a man and we both know that you chud fuck

[-] wuffah@lemmy.world 1 points 53 minutes ago* (last edited 52 minutes ago)

Vood ewe lihkke sauhm oft mein Menstruuudel?

[-] the_riviera_kid@lemmy.world 4 points 2 hours ago

Nothing, you should never use an app to track your period. Use a calendar there is no reason you should give that sort of info to anyone besides a doctor.

[-] lena@gregtech.eu 6 points 2 hours ago

Drip is also on Android, available both as an APK and on the Google Play store.

[-] iturnedintoanewt@lemmy.world 1 points 35 minutes ago

And on fdroid. It's fully offline AFAIK.

[-] whilefalse@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 10 minutes ago

Yes, completely on device. I happen to personally know one of the maintainers and got to discuss some of the code with her. Also completely open source, so if you don’t trust the packaged apps, you could even build it yourself from source

https://gitlab.com/bloodyhealth/drip

[-] CompactFlax@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 2 hours ago

iOS has a built in feature as well, which Apple claims is private.

[-] mlfh@lm.mlfh.org 11 points 1 hour ago

Private until apple gets a subpoena from a prosecutor in some medieval christo-fascist red state trying to turn a miscarriage into a murder charge.

[-] CompactFlax@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 1 hour ago

Apple employs on-device storage. Don’t use iCloud backup. I don’t know how the listed apps work, but if there’s a cloud sync, the same thing applies to them - and they’re less able to fight it should they choose to.

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