Guides

Choosing a period tracker, without the sales pitch

Straight answers about what’s free, what you pay for, where your records live and how to take them with you. Every fact about another app links to that company’s own page, with the date we checked it.

• Is Flo free? What you get without payingFlo’s free version still tracks periods, ovulation and symptoms. Here’s exactly what’s free, what Flo Premium costs in the US, and how to avoid being charged after the trial.
• How to export your data from Flo, and start fresh elsewhereFlo has no export button: you request your data from support. Here are the exact steps, what you get, the Anonymous Mode catch, and the quickest way to start again in another app.
• Free period trackers with no subscription, comparedThree iPhone period trackers have no paid tier at all, and three more keep tracking free with an optional subscription. What each one does, where your data lives, and how to choose.
• Period trackers you can use without an accountWhich iPhone period trackers you can use with no sign-up, where each keeps your records, and the trade-off nobody mentions: what happens if you lose your phone.

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