While many women first learned how to chart their fertility cycles with a paper and pencil, many today are turning to cycle-charting and period-tracking apps to record their fertile signs as a part of overall health management or natural birth control. Below you will find articles expounding on which apps are most reliable for reaching family planning goals, and which are most secure from a privacy standpoint. You can also find information on new technologies, often referred to as Femtech, that are helping women reach their health goals.
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Pros and cons of Mira, Inito, Kegg, and other femtech devices
By Clare Sharp • February 29, 2024Someday, understanding your health might be as easy as peeing in the toilet -
My experience with 28, the #1 cycle syncing app
By Madison Ayers • February 29, 2024A new app aims to help women organize their lives around their cycles -
The 28 app is a fresh approach to menstrual health – but it shouldn’t replace your fertility awareness method
By Renee Walton • February 29, 2024Use 28 for workouts and meal planning, not for family planning -
Which hormone monitor is right for your fertility goals? An exclusive Natural Womanhood video interview with Dr. Thomas Bouchard
By Grace Emily Stark • May 12, 2023Mira. Inito. Kegg. Proov. In the exploding Femtech space, there’s perhaps no greater excitement than that surrounding hormonal… -
FAM-friendly apps to help your teen understand her cycle and learn basic charting
By Jasmine Adams • August 26, 2022If there’s ever an easy decade to be a woman, the teenage years are not it. Confronting the… -
Wondering if your Femtech app or device will work to avoid or achieve pregnancy? Read this.
By Rachel Wilkerson, PhD • June 23, 2022Have you tried a fertility tracking app, only to find that it didn’t work for you? Fertility apps… -
Interview with Dr. Elina Berglund, founder of the FDA-cleared Natural Cycles app
By Natural Womanhood • August 5, 2021Like many women, Dr. Elina Berglund found herself needing birth control. But, like an increasing proportion of birth… -
The FDA Approved the Clue App for Contraceptive Use. Here’s What That Means.
By Mary Rose Somarriba • March 27, 2021Earlier this month, the FDA announced it cleared another cycle charting app for contraceptive use—this time it is… -
Is your period and ovulation tracker app legitimate?
By Cassondra Moriarty • January 21, 2021In just a few short years, the market for period and ovulation tracker apps has exploded. There are… -
Can You Trust Fertility Tracking Apps with Your Data?
By Rachel Wilkerson, PhD • February 22, 2020The rise of “femtech” and the proliferation of fertility apps has been accompanied by increasingly worrisome headlines about…