Moody Month: Cycle Tracker

I love this app. It’s the only period tracking app I feel like has the right kinds of things I am trying to track (things like anxiety, bloating, back pain, confidence, energy, etc.). (And the only period tracking app I didn’t delete after a week.) However, I think the visual way of viewing this tracking information doesn’t make it easy to review and actually track. There needs to be a view in which you can see a couple of months at a time so you can actually compare whether you get anxious at the same time each month or if your back pain happens to start a few days before your period starts, etc. right now the way you view the things you are tracking, it is very difficult to actually do anything with that information unless you want to click through each day, write down how you felt and compare it to the next month. Which takes way too much additional time. The way I would love to see this app is a month view in which you can click bloating and it shows you the days in the month you felt bloating or click anxiety and the days light up on the calendar. This makes more sense than the graph thing they use now that you can’t even tell exactly when the date is. I love this app and I hope they keep working on it to make it perfect because it is the first period tracking app that feels like it actually fits my life and period. And I can’t wait to see where it goes!

I enjoy being able to check in each day and night and see a brief description of what my hormones are doing and how it could be affecting me emotionally and physically. It has helped me shift my perspective in moments of negative thought. I do also like the tracking aspect. There is a better array of options than in other tracking apps I have tried. However, I took off one star, because I don't feel like there is much that I can do with the data. A more comprehensive overview, such as being able to look at a whole month at once would be helpful. If the app could also point out patterns over time, that would be very informative and useful as well. I'm hoping that this will be incorporated in the future!

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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.

I haven’t used all the features yet, but so far I like all the information and the potential the tracking has. I would like a couple things though. An automated average of cycle length based on a past certain number of periods. The ability to say my period started on the day it does and then it estimates how long it is. Maybe something so you can say when it starts then say it stops when it actually does. Otherwise I have to delete the predicted period and guess how long it will be, then edit again when I know how long it was.

I can’t speak for those with irregular periods as I experience extremely regular cycles but this app has been amazing for me. It feels so comfortable to use and teaches me a lot about the way my hormones. I personally don’t handle my emotions very well as I shift from passionate to numb feelings often and it’s nice to have the extra insight, especially since I’m in a pretty emotionally turbulent time in my life right now. The astrology feature is also a fun side thing if you’re into it. First time I’ve written a review for an app and I don’t believe they even prompted me to do so like most other apps. I have not been using it for very long yet. My only qualm with the app is that it pauses my music :(