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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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 -
FAM-friendly apps to help your teen understand her cycle and learn basic charting
By Jasmine Adams Piescik • August 26, 2022If there’s ever an easy decade to be a woman, the teenage years are not it. Confronting the… -
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… -
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… -
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… -
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… -
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… -
‘The Guardian’ Publishes A False Report on Fertility Awareness App
By Mary Rose Somarriba • June 2, 2019This past week, the London-based publication The Guardian published a reporting piece discrediting the fertility awareness app FEMM.… -
New Fertility Apps Reveal Women Desire to Understand Their Cycles
By Madeleine Coyne • March 23, 2019New fertility apps and technology are starting to play a key role in teaching women about their bodies,…