Jul 27 2009
Apple iPhone Fertility, Pregnanacy and Period Tracking Software
The iPhone is a handy and useful device for helping you track your fertility. It is portable, normally carried with you and rich environment that can be used for tracking symptoms wherever you are. You can even take it to your health care provider to show him/her.
We have evaluated a number of fertility software products for the Apple iPhone. The following products were evaluated:
- Femcal 1.4
- Ovulation Cycles 1.2
- Sympto
- Free Menstrual Calendar (FMC)
- Monthlies 2.2
- HealthTracker
- PerfectWheel
- wCalendar
- BabyMed
- Wheel RE
- Wheel SP
- myGirlsDay
- IP
- iPregnanct
- Pregnancy – What To Expect
- Pregnancy
- Pregnant?
- P Tracker
- AuntFlow
- MyCalendar
- PeriodPlus
- Petals
- OvuCalendar
- i-Femion
- FemiCycle
- iMensies
- Menstrometer
- BioClock
- PregCalc
- MyOBGYN
- OV Calendar
- BabyMed
FemCal 1.4
Cost: $6.99
Watmough Software
http://femcal.jonathanwatmough.com/
Method: FAM (Fertility Awareness Method)
Features
- Easy-to-use, just tap!
- Adapts to the length of your cycle
- Calendar display of your cycle data
- Displays your upcoming periods
- Display estimated fertile and infertile days
- Graphical reports that you can download
- Email your data and reports
- Password protected, for your privacy
- Imports data quickly and easily from FemCal Lite
- Attractive new color
- Menses flow spotting, light, medium heavy
- Up to five symptoms, with an editable list of symptoms
- Up to five medications, with an editable list of medications
- A daily note, allowing you to store a comment or reminder
- Waking temperature in degF or degC
- Cervical fluid consistency
- Cervical firmness
- Intercourse
- Ovulation test kit name and result
- Pregnancy test kit name and result
- Other procedure, such as BSE etc.
Pros:
- Implements FAM (Fertility Awareness Method)
- Password protected
- Online Help from the Settings Screen
- Skins – 4 Colors and 5 calendar images
- Selectable Fertility/Infertility rules: First 5 Days/Dry day rule/Temperature Shift rule/Peak day rule/
- Temp degC/degF
- Exportable and e-mailable charts
Cons:
- The screen is still pretty small for a lot of information. Focus on a single day however helps
Data Entry
Calendar View
Cycle Chart View
Downloaded or E-Mailed PDF Chart
Ovulation Cycles 1.2
Cost: Free
Sunil Taneja
Method: Calendar
Features
Ovulation Cycles is a very basic fertility calculator. You enter your Menstruation Start Date and Number of Cycle Days and the program will map the fertility days (High, Medium and Low) as well as Flow days (High, Medium and Low). The program does not store your information.
Pros:
The interface is simple to use.
Ovulation day classification of High. Medium and Low Fertility is accurate.
Free
Cons:
Number of flow days and number of Luteal Phase days can not be set.
Data can not be stored
Summary:
A very basic calculator based on very simple assumptions
Result Screen
Input Screen
Monthlies 2.2
Cost: $1.99
Pavel Trafimuk
http://casabonita.mobi/monthlies
Method: Calendar
Features:
Monthlies helps you to determine your menstrual or fertile days of the month, so you can either achieve or avoid pregnancy. The calendar is based on the first date of your last period, the average Period Length and Luteal Phase. With this information a chart is generated for each month, including details such as the next period date, the best days to conceive a boy or a girl, your ovulation day and when you should abstain from intercourse to avoid pregnancy.
- Five themes for the Calendar View.
- Notes for every day.
- View your cycles complete with emoticons, icons symbolizing cramps, love connections, notes, spotting, period days and flow, expected periods, fertile days, ovulation, and more
- 4 digit pin protection.
- Daily tips with instruction for menstrual and fertility.
- Calendar view
- Simple interface to log your periods.
Monthlies assumes a luteal phase length of 14 days, which is the average for most women unless you modify the luteal phase length in the settings screen.
Pros:
- PIN security
- Simple interface
- Remember previous entries
- Notes can be added every day
- Best days for conceiving a boy or a girl
Cons:
- If your cycle is not absolutely regular, you can not changed calculated period and ovulation dates every month to reflect the situation on the ground. Changing these dates will also change the previous cycles
Calendar View: Fertile Window
Calendar View: Unsafe Days
Calendar View: Menstruation
Security
Settings
Note Entry
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