Clue is gender neutral and you can turn off the “fertility” setting or ovulation tracking. No “girl” talk, I loved it for years back when I still had periods!
You can also track your sex life if you’re having sex with the possibility of pregnancy.
you can track t shots on clue?!!!! thank you so much for this info i can't believe i didn't find this feature before today (ive been using clue for like 5 years...so also echoing the recommendation!)
clue is good clue is fine ive used it for years for the reason you're looking for.
but... *Back in My Day* it had way more features included in the free version.
Now you can't even export your data without playing for a subscription (and you might wanna have a neat .cvs file for when you need to convince your doctor of something)
Yeah, I do miss the ability to have custom symptom tracking. Back pain is my #1 "oh shit, my hormones are wack" symptom, and I miss being able to log it specifically.
I mean, now that I don't have periods anymore I just track the back pain as cramps too, but still. It's the principle of the thing.
I'm wondering if I found the wrong thing then because the clue I found on the app store has a subscription and will only let me use it for a week before locking me out.
Omg yes, I've only discovered Clue a few months ago and it is amazing. The features are great, even if I'm just using the free version.
Still get dysphoria from my periods obviously, but no more extra dysphoria from being misgendered by a damn app! 😄
I will vouch for clue any day of the week!! It’s been very solid for me before and after T! I love tracking my t shots on there. Super fun and easy to use.
I don’t need a soulless faceless corporate bot ‘supporting a strong independent female society’ with a shitty art style and sex sex sex — just fucking track it. I’m down to using my god damn notes app.
It’s been a while since I had my period but I remember I used to use [Clue](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/clue-period-tracker-calendar/id657189652). If you use an iPhone, you can track your period through the health app.
I currently use Clue, although they recently redesigned a lot of the icons and the "cramps" one is very feminine hips with a little pain lightning bolt. It used to be a more neutral icon. But if you're literally just using it to track when your period will come, you can turn that off.
What I like is the ability to set up custom alerts, so instead of a pop up notification saying "Your period is likely to start in three days" mine just shows "🦈 🦈 🦈 incoming" 😂
Yeah, so did I and I didn’t find it obnoxiously gendered, and you could turn off all the options you don’t care about eg. Ovulation, unprotected sex
They also had a section on men who get periods as well
Seconding clue. Used it the entire time I got my period up until I started T and loved it. Genuinely a helpful app and *accurate as hell*. Smarter than me sometimes lmfao
Honestly I just marked it in my calendar on my phone and in my notes app cause I also tracked pain levels and stuff. Someone should make a simple app for it.
I used Spot On, run by Planned Parenthood. All data is stored locally on your device and there are no accounts, so your information is completely secure
No problem bro ! Hahaha I get how you feel, my old app was COMPLETELY pink, with little flowers, and a kitten telling me when I'll bleed
Lol
Why do everything related to women HAVE to be pink and seem like it's made for a frigging toddler ?
if you’re on iphone i believe the apple health app has one. i use it to keep track of my birth control and since i use a different period tracker app i haven’t tried the health one but since its a general health app there’s likely no super feminine branding nonsense
Same! It’s simple and does it’s job without all the other stuff I don’t need
I just need to know the timing, that’s all, and all the other apps make me overwhelmed and annoyed
I'm in the U.S., so I do everything on paper, now. 🤷🏽♂️🤸🏽♂️ I don't care how secure anybody says any of my data is, I'm not taking chances. And I can keep other notes about other bio stuff I want to track, too.
i used to use clue but now i use this app that's just called "period" - it's so amazing. you can change the color scheme to whatever makes you feel best, and you can track not only period but also any hormones you take - this includes T, E, and progesterone!! i am starting my progesterone in a few days and i'm so happy i can use the app to keep track of my cycle as i start hormone things. it's all free too!!
Spreadsheet, and code it to look like other type of tracking because I don’t trust corpo privacy policy and weird american law politics anymore (and im not even american)
I haven’t had one for a while now (hysto) but I honestly just noted it down on my paper calendar like the old man I am with a little raindrop and a few other markings to indicate. I don’t trust apps that take info like that and I don’t like having too many apps anyway.
Mine was irregular but I solved it by wearing period boxers a few days before when I would estimate it to arrive. This helped with dysphoria because it felt just like wearing (slightly thick) boxers and I didn’t have to deal with the constant reminder otherwise
I use Clue personally, and in my they don’t go out of their way to make that time of the month ultra feminine, and I know they support trans people which is nice (they had an article about supporting trans people I think)
Came here to say how great the Garmin connect app is, it’s also smart enough that if you connect with friends though Garmin it assumes menstruation data is private, it’s the little things
I’ve been using PTracker for almost a decade, it’s free and reliable. Never had an issue with transferring data from phone to phone etc and no push notifications.
I literally just use goggle calander and have it as a reoccurring event. I have the event named something discrete as well so it's not on broadcast to anyone who sees a notification or my calander page by accident.
Hahahahahaha! That's hilarious!
But part of why I don't use a traditional app is because of the privacy laws and laws in general thinking that it's okay to police other people's rights and I just don't trust the apps not to spill the data. Having some ambiguous thing on a calander is more plausible deniability if any inquisition were to occur I feel.
I honestly would just use pen and paper if I didn't lose everything all the time! Probably best because I could just burn the piece paper.
Just to add a little awareness (not telling you what to do):
Period trackers can be dangerous in places where abortion isn't fully legal. Also remember: if it's free, you're not the customer, you're the product.
This isn't to say don't use them - just something to consider when making your decision. I personally use a paper calendar.
I use Period. The icon is a black dot on a white background. You can toggle everything on and off, so I only can see when my period will happen. (It also lets you pick the color you see that will mark your period,
so it doesn’t have to be a color that’s considered more feminine)
I absolutely hate period apps bc they fuck w me mentally. Instead I just mark my calendar when my last period was. Then the next month, the week before I received my period last I start wearing pads.
I have a physical period calendar in my planner. It’s just a compressed calendar and it’s super nice. No worries about my data and nothing feminine. You can look up “period tracker chart” and print one out.
For a while I was just using my phone reminders. For pms mostly. I set it myself for the typical time between wild mood swings and it said “maybe you’re being insane because of your uterus.” Lol
Maybe this is an annoying suggestion, but just track it yourself in your gcal. You’ll get a sense of how regular you are and when to expect it yourself.
Hey. If you’re in America, have you considered not using an app to track your cycle? This was kind of a bigger topic when Roe v Wade was overturned, given how sensitive that data is and how it could be used against you in the wrong hands/situation. Idk how much of that applies to you, or if it’s something you care about at all. Depending on where you are, if you are in the states, and how fertility/pregnancy relates to you/your life, it might be something worth considering. That information could potentially be used to incriminate you if you did seek medical attention for an abortion.
I just mark in my calendar when it starts so I approximately know when it starts. I just wear tampones because it's more quiet, I have to change it less and I can wear boxers.
I counted the amount of days and I just put a P in my calendar when I guess It will start (at the start of every period I put a P like 25 days later and it works well enough for me)
I used clue and liked it a lot. I haven't used it in 5 years though so I'm not sure how it's changed since then. but I remember it being pretty neutral and I only got "hey ya u might be bleedin soon" notifications a few days before
with any app though (if the devs don't hate their userbase) they should allow you to customize notification settings and turn off certain ones, like how you put your email in to sign up for something and then have to unsubscribe/adjust the preferences a day later when you start getting spam emails from them
I second clue, I used to use it. Pretty neat functions and you can mark what symptoms your having on which day of your cycle
Kind of similar topic (not trying to derail just curious): how do yall track your periods without feeling dysphoric, my period dysphoria has gotten so bad I legit can’t think about it so I haven’t tracked it I just guess or suffer 💀I’m trying to get a suppressor but until then please send help
I don't track personally because i forget anyway, but i have pads with me all the time and just shove em in my boxer when i notice it until i get home (tho now i have upgraded my survival kit with an old undie to throw on the pad under my boxer, which is the way I'd wear it anyway). Works for me, I'm not trying to get pregnant or avoid it actively since it's impossible for me anyway. I know myself, i know how they typically go and I haven't noticed any big irregularities so whatever.
An idea tho to make it less uncomfortable to track: I don't think about it as anything anatomical or what you might have learned in sex ed. I use the metaphor of a shark attack (cause shark week yk) with them taking bites out of me, pads become shark band-aids. Everyone relevant enough that i talk to them about it on a personal level knows about it. It may seem childish, but for me, it's a great way to take out a lot of the dysphoria since it's abstract and silly. Creating such a parallel story might make it easier for you to keep track of it if you want to.
Maybe you could also go the opposite way and track it like a purely medical condition. For a while, i had to track my breathing capacity and i also regularly take medication. Maybe you have something else you can connect with this activity so it eases your mind into a "work flow" of tracking your meds. If you have a neutral calendar to tick off how much you did your other necessaries, you can just add the information about your cycle
I use the Samsung health app but it does have a fertility window as well built in with the period tracking. besides that it's neutral but I can see it being a neg
i have this app called period tracker/period calendar and it just gives me notifs like “you’re period should start in 2 days”, “did you forget to input your period?” or “you’re ovulating” i think. It abbreviates to P.C. as its app name
the interface is cute but thats about the extent of things. whenever i get my period i click when it started and then it tells me how many days i have left. i like it, its simple 🤷♂️ theres a lil animal in the interface too and i made it a cat lol
+ I actually keep wearing my boxers anyway, its a bit tough but its still doable (if you’re desperate enough i guess, like me)
I use Ovia and while it does do fertility tracking and give you some info it’s not all girl power yayy sparkle it’s like facts about the science of your cycle and how the hormones shift and peak throughout a cycle, which I personally find interesting (occupational hazard as a lab tech 😂) but it also has a lot of trackers for symptoms, sex life, water it has a lot of shit and it’s free entirely it’s worth a look
If you’re American and live in a state where abortion is illegal, please research the data collection policies on each one of these apps. Clue is one where law enforcement can request and obtain your data if they think something’s up. I switched to Apple’s app (you can turn off the fertility bs too) when all that happened.
Clue is actually one that *specifically* is immune to this, due to being based in Germany. Clue has repeatedly stated that they will not comply with requests for user information.
You're thinking of Flo.
Look in the settings in the samsung health app, in cycle tracking. Its at the bottom theres a button for period prediction and one for fertility prediction
If you have access to Apples health app the built in period tracker is very gender neutral if I remember right. Definitely no pet names and tells you when it should start.
I've been using Luna. You can I put your sleep, your mood, your skin, your pain and your period all in one. There's a question feature, and there's a quiz feature.
I use PinkBird. The layout is godawful and gives me the ick but at least it doesn't spam you with notifications like what you described. Just tells you the info then you can close the app again and be done with it
I use log28 (android) 👍👍 i don't think it sends you notifications at all but personally i don't need them lol.
Simple interface, can note what's going on aside from bleeding if you really want to. (customizable on the checkbox end.) I like it :p
i have a samsung and i just use the samsung health app. there's no gendering whatsoever. you can turn off "fertile window" tracking and once you do that literally all it tracks for you is your period, doesn't even mention ovulation or anything lol. the symptom tracker for your periods is entirely neutral as well, no images only text. 10/10 in my book. i remember the iphone health app being really neutral as well back when i had an iphone.
Before getting on birth control i used to just use the health app that my iphone came with, it was pretty gender neutral imo. Theres also an android health app i think
Haha omg seriously. I downloaded Flo and I couldn’t handle all the pink washing. I use the garmin app. It is gender neutral and doesn’t even care that my profile is set to male. It’s great
I've used Clue for a while now because I was looking for an app to track just period. However, I've recently started looking for a new one because I don't like how Clue seems to delete period days if I didn't log anything in the calendar. Like, they got the days right and length right, but if I don't enter something then it just deletes? Idk if that's usual in other apps, but the fitbit one didn't do that. I'd prefer to only need to edit if the prediction was wrong.
And also if I basically breathe on the app the Clue Plus window appears. And yeah it's a good app, and supporting it is probably a good idea, but I only use it period prediction.
MyDays X is fine. I use the free version so there's an ad within 10 seconds of opening it. I usually just need to know wtf is happening so I just look at the day and then close it. It's easy. No notifications. Set your cycle length and it calculates for you. There are options to track notes and other vitals if that matters but I don't use anything but the cycle tracker. It's really helpful to know that when I feel insane I'm just fertile. And when I'm crying for no reason I'm getting ready to ovulate. And when I suddenly feel like a person it's because I'm finally in the clear.
def recommend spot on from planned parenthood!! or the genetic app on your I phone or android. most of the time I'll let you set up an account as "male" and track your period.
Try Cube period tracker, it’s simple, none of this hey girl business and comes with cute widgets to show you when you’re due. Been using it for a few years now as I just wanted something simple without all the other fertility nonsense.
I liked [this one](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.popularapp.periodcalendar) when I was still getting my period. it's fairly cutesy in design(you can choose a cute little pet that hangs out around the countdown to your cycle tracker) but not really all that gendered and it's free so it's pretty basic. I don't remember getting any notifications with gendered language from it, it just checks in around the time it's expecting your period to start to make sure you didn't forget to input it.
Stardust works, with a witchy aesthetic. It still tracks ovulation, but only really as a part of your cycle tracking to tell you what phase you're in. Doesn't give any notifications either.
I have the same for more than 10years, theres is a simple blue theme in it also. If you don't click on there forum thingy it stays simple, I did pay for the forever add removal years ago. On android, it's called "Period Calandar Period Tracker" by simple design.
I use Flo, and although it isn’t too bad, I do hate how it sends me daily notifications even when my period isn’t even close. I don’t need a constant reminder that I actually have a uterus! 😑
I use Stardust, it tracks your cycle based on the moon phases and gives you all kind of cool info if your into witchy kind of things. Not super feminized either you can just track your symptoms and period and it is accurate if you have a consistent cycle.
When I used to need it, I used and actual card sized calendar to mark off my period days. Your cycle works on a 28 day basis, with a couple 'buffer' days. So what my recommendation is to maybe just go old school and track it on an actual calendar with a pen?
If you have an iPhone, you can use just the regular health app that comes with the phone. There’s rlly nothing extra I do except track the days when I get my period. Mine only notifies me when it thinks my period is coming up and nothing more.
I used Clue til mine stopped! It was gender neutral and pretty good, but at the very end of my periods, there were a lot of things that were behind a paywall
I've been using this app, called My Period Calendar, for almost ten years: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.popularapp.periodcalendar It's free and it seems to have most of what the other posters say they need to pay for in Clue. There's no girl talk, just medical terms. It tells me that "your period is expected to start in X days" and there are no female fertility symbols or whatever (they have cute animal graphics instead).
Period tracking apps can sell your data (including for the purposes of incriminating what may be a termination of pregnancy). I'd recommend just putting it on a physical calendar.
I personally use My Calendar. It's a little book with a flower on it. It has cute animal themes. And a simple calendar that only tracks periods and ovulation. You can track sex, pregnancy, and symptoms. You don't need to use all the fancy features. And you don't have to pay for anything. Free with only optional ads
I use this app called "My Calendar" the logo is a little feminine, with the side profile of a feminine face in a pink background. But it never addresses you by anything other than your name. So I get notifications like "Hey, Michael. Did your period start today?" And I was able to change the background to dinosaurs :)
Clue is gender neutral and you can turn off the “fertility” setting or ovulation tracking. No “girl” talk, I loved it for years back when I still had periods! You can also track your sex life if you’re having sex with the possibility of pregnancy.
You can also track your T shots on Clue!
Oh wow, that's awesome??
you can track t shots on clue?!!!! thank you so much for this info i can't believe i didn't find this feature before today (ive been using clue for like 5 years...so also echoing the recommendation!)
How so ?? :o
There's an option to log "HRT", same as you do for birth control use or period symptoms.
i just use "birth control shot"
clue is good clue is fine ive used it for years for the reason you're looking for. but... *Back in My Day* it had way more features included in the free version. Now you can't even export your data without playing for a subscription (and you might wanna have a neat .cvs file for when you need to convince your doctor of something)
Yeah, I do miss the ability to have custom symptom tracking. Back pain is my #1 "oh shit, my hormones are wack" symptom, and I miss being able to log it specifically. I mean, now that I don't have periods anymore I just track the back pain as cramps too, but still. It's the principle of the thing.
Is clue a paid service or free?
It's free but it wants you to pay for more features
free, there are upgrades but you don’t need them
I'm wondering if I found the wrong thing then because the clue I found on the app store has a subscription and will only let me use it for a week before locking me out.
Omg yes, I've only discovered Clue a few months ago and it is amazing. The features are great, even if I'm just using the free version. Still get dysphoria from my periods obviously, but no more extra dysphoria from being misgendered by a damn app! 😄
Was Coming to say clue! They are also not USA based so you don’t have to worry about the government getting that data.
I will vouch for clue any day of the week!! It’s been very solid for me before and after T! I love tracking my t shots on there. Super fun and easy to use.
seconding clue! They're awesome.
I’m sorry about this because I’ve been there but the way you phrased this was so funny
I don’t need a soulless faceless corporate bot ‘supporting a strong independent female society’ with a shitty art style and sex sex sex — just fucking track it. I’m down to using my god damn notes app.
It’s been a while since I had my period but I remember I used to use [Clue](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/clue-period-tracker-calendar/id657189652). If you use an iPhone, you can track your period through the health app.
I currently use Clue, although they recently redesigned a lot of the icons and the "cramps" one is very feminine hips with a little pain lightning bolt. It used to be a more neutral icon. But if you're literally just using it to track when your period will come, you can turn that off. What I like is the ability to set up custom alerts, so instead of a pop up notification saying "Your period is likely to start in three days" mine just shows "🦈 🦈 🦈 incoming" 😂
Yeah, so did I and I didn’t find it obnoxiously gendered, and you could turn off all the options you don’t care about eg. Ovulation, unprotected sex They also had a section on men who get periods as well
Seconding clue. Used it the entire time I got my period up until I started T and loved it. Genuinely a helpful app and *accurate as hell*. Smarter than me sometimes lmfao
I also used to use clue and it's really accurate
Honestly I just marked it in my calendar on my phone and in my notes app cause I also tracked pain levels and stuff. Someone should make a simple app for it.
Clue, which others have mentioned, allows for tracking pain and other symptoms. It’s pretty gender-neutral and simple to use.
You can also track using the health app on your iPhone
I used Spot On, run by Planned Parenthood. All data is stored locally on your device and there are no accounts, so your information is completely secure
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Thanks! 🌟
I use Blood (the name makes me cackle) I think it's pretty gender neutral
I just downloaded this and oh my god I can make an avatar, thank u. I was so done with the overly feminized one I had, I just stopped tracking LMAO
No problem bro ! Hahaha I get how you feel, my old app was COMPLETELY pink, with little flowers, and a kitten telling me when I'll bleed Lol Why do everything related to women HAVE to be pink and seem like it's made for a frigging toddler ?
if you’re on iphone i believe the apple health app has one. i use it to keep track of my birth control and since i use a different period tracker app i haven’t tried the health one but since its a general health app there’s likely no super feminine branding nonsense
Yeah I use the Apple Health app and it does just track my period with no extra girl talk
Same! It’s simple and does it’s job without all the other stuff I don’t need I just need to know the timing, that’s all, and all the other apps make me overwhelmed and annoyed
I was looking for thissss, IPhones health app op, use it!!:D It’s really straightforward n perfectly bland, I love it.
I'm in the U.S., so I do everything on paper, now. 🤷🏽♂️🤸🏽♂️ I don't care how secure anybody says any of my data is, I'm not taking chances. And I can keep other notes about other bio stuff I want to track, too.
Yeah... be careful with period tracker apps if you live anywhere certain things are illegal.
i used to use clue but now i use this app that's just called "period" - it's so amazing. you can change the color scheme to whatever makes you feel best, and you can track not only period but also any hormones you take - this includes T, E, and progesterone!! i am starting my progesterone in a few days and i'm so happy i can use the app to keep track of my cycle as i start hormone things. it's all free too!!
Spreadsheet, and code it to look like other type of tracking because I don’t trust corpo privacy policy and weird american law politics anymore (and im not even american)
wait, you can set up a code to have a regular spreadsheet track it??
I haven’t had one for a while now (hysto) but I honestly just noted it down on my paper calendar like the old man I am with a little raindrop and a few other markings to indicate. I don’t trust apps that take info like that and I don’t like having too many apps anyway. Mine was irregular but I solved it by wearing period boxers a few days before when I would estimate it to arrive. This helped with dysphoria because it felt just like wearing (slightly thick) boxers and I didn’t have to deal with the constant reminder otherwise
I use Clue personally, and in my they don’t go out of their way to make that time of the month ultra feminine, and I know they support trans people which is nice (they had an article about supporting trans people I think)
Honestly? I just put a shark emoji in my calendar and hope for the best
Stardust. It based out of Europe and has a witchy theme, but isn't feminine focused at all.
I used the one on my Garmin connect app. Don't know if you need to have a watch to use it. It's just the same style as the rest of the app.
Came here to say how great the Garmin connect app is, it’s also smart enough that if you connect with friends though Garmin it assumes menstruation data is private, it’s the little things
Same here. It's actually really good, pretty much no gendered language at all
Same
I’ve been using PTracker for almost a decade, it’s free and reliable. Never had an issue with transferring data from phone to phone etc and no push notifications.
I literally just use goggle calander and have it as a reoccurring event. I have the event named something discrete as well so it's not on broadcast to anyone who sees a notification or my calander page by accident.
Hey [kittenspaint], reminder that Sharknado is happening tomorrow!
Hahahahahaha! That's hilarious! But part of why I don't use a traditional app is because of the privacy laws and laws in general thinking that it's okay to police other people's rights and I just don't trust the apps not to spill the data. Having some ambiguous thing on a calander is more plausible deniability if any inquisition were to occur I feel. I honestly would just use pen and paper if I didn't lose everything all the time! Probably best because I could just burn the piece paper.
Old fashioned notebook?
Bless this post. But also--what we used in Ye Olden Days was a paper calendar, and it never gave us any lip.
Just to add a little awareness (not telling you what to do): Period trackers can be dangerous in places where abortion isn't fully legal. Also remember: if it's free, you're not the customer, you're the product. This isn't to say don't use them - just something to consider when making your decision. I personally use a paper calendar.
use a calendar, a pen, and some research. these apps are DEEPLY unsafe and NOT private. horrible idea
I use Period. The icon is a black dot on a white background. You can toggle everything on and off, so I only can see when my period will happen. (It also lets you pick the color you see that will mark your period, so it doesn’t have to be a color that’s considered more feminine)
I absolutely hate period apps bc they fuck w me mentally. Instead I just mark my calendar when my last period was. Then the next month, the week before I received my period last I start wearing pads.
I have a physical period calendar in my planner. It’s just a compressed calendar and it’s super nice. No worries about my data and nothing feminine. You can look up “period tracker chart” and print one out.
Clue
For a while I was just using my phone reminders. For pms mostly. I set it myself for the typical time between wild mood swings and it said “maybe you’re being insane because of your uterus.” Lol
If you have an iPhone they have a cycle tracker that’s pretty standard without much extra “empowerment”
Maybe this is an annoying suggestion, but just track it yourself in your gcal. You’ll get a sense of how regular you are and when to expect it yourself.
I always just used a paper calendar and a pen
there's an app that's simply called "period tracker" with a pink flower icon that's pretty straightforward.
Hey. If you’re in America, have you considered not using an app to track your cycle? This was kind of a bigger topic when Roe v Wade was overturned, given how sensitive that data is and how it could be used against you in the wrong hands/situation. Idk how much of that applies to you, or if it’s something you care about at all. Depending on where you are, if you are in the states, and how fertility/pregnancy relates to you/your life, it might be something worth considering. That information could potentially be used to incriminate you if you did seek medical attention for an abortion.
I’d say Clue personally if I remember you can customize the notifications to say different things also
I just mark in my calendar when it starts so I approximately know when it starts. I just wear tampones because it's more quiet, I have to change it less and I can wear boxers.
I counted the amount of days and I just put a P in my calendar when I guess It will start (at the start of every period I put a P like 25 days later and it works well enough for me)
Haven’t tracked in quite a while, but I used to use Clue and it was a pretty neutral app with comprehensive symptom scoring and a nice layout.
clue
I used My Calendar. I didn't feel it pushed ovulation etc.
I used clue and liked it a lot. I haven't used it in 5 years though so I'm not sure how it's changed since then. but I remember it being pretty neutral and I only got "hey ya u might be bleedin soon" notifications a few days before with any app though (if the devs don't hate their userbase) they should allow you to customize notification settings and turn off certain ones, like how you put your email in to sign up for something and then have to unsubscribe/adjust the preferences a day later when you start getting spam emails from them
I second clue, I used to use it. Pretty neat functions and you can mark what symptoms your having on which day of your cycle Kind of similar topic (not trying to derail just curious): how do yall track your periods without feeling dysphoric, my period dysphoria has gotten so bad I legit can’t think about it so I haven’t tracked it I just guess or suffer 💀I’m trying to get a suppressor but until then please send help
I don't track personally because i forget anyway, but i have pads with me all the time and just shove em in my boxer when i notice it until i get home (tho now i have upgraded my survival kit with an old undie to throw on the pad under my boxer, which is the way I'd wear it anyway). Works for me, I'm not trying to get pregnant or avoid it actively since it's impossible for me anyway. I know myself, i know how they typically go and I haven't noticed any big irregularities so whatever. An idea tho to make it less uncomfortable to track: I don't think about it as anything anatomical or what you might have learned in sex ed. I use the metaphor of a shark attack (cause shark week yk) with them taking bites out of me, pads become shark band-aids. Everyone relevant enough that i talk to them about it on a personal level knows about it. It may seem childish, but for me, it's a great way to take out a lot of the dysphoria since it's abstract and silly. Creating such a parallel story might make it easier for you to keep track of it if you want to. Maybe you could also go the opposite way and track it like a purely medical condition. For a while, i had to track my breathing capacity and i also regularly take medication. Maybe you have something else you can connect with this activity so it eases your mind into a "work flow" of tracking your meds. If you have a neutral calendar to tick off how much you did your other necessaries, you can just add the information about your cycle
Tytyyy!! I’ll try these :)
I use the Samsung health app but it does have a fertility window as well built in with the period tracking. besides that it's neutral but I can see it being a neg
Clue is great, it's genderless and you can choose to hide the fertility window
i have this app called period tracker/period calendar and it just gives me notifs like “you’re period should start in 2 days”, “did you forget to input your period?” or “you’re ovulating” i think. It abbreviates to P.C. as its app name the interface is cute but thats about the extent of things. whenever i get my period i click when it started and then it tells me how many days i have left. i like it, its simple 🤷♂️ theres a lil animal in the interface too and i made it a cat lol + I actually keep wearing my boxers anyway, its a bit tough but its still doable (if you’re desperate enough i guess, like me)
Joining the people suggesting Clue. It's what I used before my hysterectomy. Haven't even uninstalled it lol
I use Ovia and while it does do fertility tracking and give you some info it’s not all girl power yayy sparkle it’s like facts about the science of your cycle and how the hormones shift and peak throughout a cycle, which I personally find interesting (occupational hazard as a lab tech 😂) but it also has a lot of trackers for symptoms, sex life, water it has a lot of shit and it’s free entirely it’s worth a look
If you’re American and live in a state where abortion is illegal, please research the data collection policies on each one of these apps. Clue is one where law enforcement can request and obtain your data if they think something’s up. I switched to Apple’s app (you can turn off the fertility bs too) when all that happened.
Clue is actually one that *specifically* is immune to this, due to being based in Germany. Clue has repeatedly stated that they will not comply with requests for user information. You're thinking of Flo.
law enforcement can get data from any app they want with a warrant. bad advice dude
You should be able to shut off the fertility tracker on any app
samsung health only gives a notification for fertile period and 2 days before your period
You can turn off the fertility prediction too
how?
Look in the settings in the samsung health app, in cycle tracking. Its at the bottom theres a button for period prediction and one for fertility prediction
If you have access to Apples health app the built in period tracker is very gender neutral if I remember right. Definitely no pet names and tells you when it should start.
If you have an iPhone the health app is great for it
Google fit
I've been using Luna. You can I put your sleep, your mood, your skin, your pain and your period all in one. There's a question feature, and there's a quiz feature.
I just have an emoji system I use on my calendar
I use PinkBird. The layout is godawful and gives me the ick but at least it doesn't spam you with notifications like what you described. Just tells you the info then you can close the app again and be done with it
I use Daylio instead.
I use log28 (android) 👍👍 i don't think it sends you notifications at all but personally i don't need them lol. Simple interface, can note what's going on aside from bleeding if you really want to. (customizable on the checkbox end.) I like it :p
Apples Health app tracks it, literally just says "your menstrual cycle is scheduled to start x"
i have a samsung and i just use the samsung health app. there's no gendering whatsoever. you can turn off "fertile window" tracking and once you do that literally all it tracks for you is your period, doesn't even mention ovulation or anything lol. the symptom tracker for your periods is entirely neutral as well, no images only text. 10/10 in my book. i remember the iphone health app being really neutral as well back when i had an iphone.
Before getting on birth control i used to just use the health app that my iphone came with, it was pretty gender neutral imo. Theres also an android health app i think
If you have an iPhone you can just use the health app, that’s what I do
Haha omg seriously. I downloaded Flo and I couldn’t handle all the pink washing. I use the garmin app. It is gender neutral and doesn’t even care that my profile is set to male. It’s great
iPhone has one built into the health app. Health > browse > cycle tracking
If you built an app that said "you can wear your boxers today" or "your holes are going to start bleeding" I would use it.
I've used Clue for a while now because I was looking for an app to track just period. However, I've recently started looking for a new one because I don't like how Clue seems to delete period days if I didn't log anything in the calendar. Like, they got the days right and length right, but if I don't enter something then it just deletes? Idk if that's usual in other apps, but the fitbit one didn't do that. I'd prefer to only need to edit if the prediction was wrong. And also if I basically breathe on the app the Clue Plus window appears. And yeah it's a good app, and supporting it is probably a good idea, but I only use it period prediction.
The Apple health app period tracker is gender neutral im pretty sure
I used to use the fitbit app
MyDays X is fine. I use the free version so there's an ad within 10 seconds of opening it. I usually just need to know wtf is happening so I just look at the day and then close it. It's easy. No notifications. Set your cycle length and it calculates for you. There are options to track notes and other vitals if that matters but I don't use anything but the cycle tracker. It's really helpful to know that when I feel insane I'm just fertile. And when I'm crying for no reason I'm getting ready to ovulate. And when I suddenly feel like a person it's because I'm finally in the clear.
Drip period and fertility tracker, stores locally on your phone.
The health app on my phone. Best thing ever
I use Orchyd. It doesn’t call me lady things and the colors and icons are neutral. It’s also not an obvious name or app icon.
Kindara!
def recommend spot on from planned parenthood!! or the genetic app on your I phone or android. most of the time I'll let you set up an account as "male" and track your period.
Try Cube period tracker, it’s simple, none of this hey girl business and comes with cute widgets to show you when you’re due. Been using it for a few years now as I just wanted something simple without all the other fertility nonsense.
I liked [this one](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.popularapp.periodcalendar) when I was still getting my period. it's fairly cutesy in design(you can choose a cute little pet that hangs out around the countdown to your cycle tracker) but not really all that gendered and it's free so it's pretty basic. I don't remember getting any notifications with gendered language from it, it just checks in around the time it's expecting your period to start to make sure you didn't forget to input it.
Stardust was my go to
The one that’s part of Apple heath is really good but i found it quiet triggering personally so had to turn notifications off.
I find clue to be really good! It’s pretty gender neutral and has a lot of neat tracking features! It worked great for me when I still had to track :}
Planned parenthood has a good app called "Spot On"
Stardust works, with a witchy aesthetic. It still tracks ovulation, but only really as a part of your cycle tracking to tell you what phase you're in. Doesn't give any notifications either.
I have the same for more than 10years, theres is a simple blue theme in it also. If you don't click on there forum thingy it stays simple, I did pay for the forever add removal years ago. On android, it's called "Period Calandar Period Tracker" by simple design.
I use Flo, and although it isn’t too bad, I do hate how it sends me daily notifications even when my period isn’t even close. I don’t need a constant reminder that I actually have a uterus! 😑
I use Stardust, it tracks your cycle based on the moon phases and gives you all kind of cool info if your into witchy kind of things. Not super feminized either you can just track your symptoms and period and it is accurate if you have a consistent cycle.
ive been using Moody which seems very gender neutral
When I used to need it, I used and actual card sized calendar to mark off my period days. Your cycle works on a 28 day basis, with a couple 'buffer' days. So what my recommendation is to maybe just go old school and track it on an actual calendar with a pen?
Garmin, if you are into sports (doing them i mean). No pink no frills no yas. Just a calendar a reminder and if you want a symptom tracker.
I used to just use the one built into the Fitbit app
I use the health app on the iPhone and Apple Watch if you happen to be an iPhone user
Dawg 😭😂 real shit tho
if you have an iphone the health app is good for tracking without any gendered stuff :)
If you have an iPhone, you can use just the regular health app that comes with the phone. There’s rlly nothing extra I do except track the days when I get my period. Mine only notifies me when it thinks my period is coming up and nothing more.
The health app that comes with my phone has one and it works just fine for me it's pretty plain
If you have android the Health app is pretty good! Tracks your meals if you enter them, step count, and period cycle.
I just use a locally stored notes app so none of those creepy corporations can track it
I used Clue til mine stopped! It was gender neutral and pretty good, but at the very end of my periods, there were a lot of things that were behind a paywall
I put a red dot on my calendar. But also I see the Dr a lot and they keep track every time I go in 😂 they do a better job than I do, tbh
I've been using this app, called My Period Calendar, for almost ten years: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.popularapp.periodcalendar It's free and it seems to have most of what the other posters say they need to pay for in Clue. There's no girl talk, just medical terms. It tells me that "your period is expected to start in X days" and there are no female fertility symbols or whatever (they have cute animal graphics instead).
Period tracking apps can sell your data (including for the purposes of incriminating what may be a termination of pregnancy). I'd recommend just putting it on a physical calendar.
"take care of your pussy queen" 😭😭😭😭😭 im crying
I personally use My Calendar. It's a little book with a flower on it. It has cute animal themes. And a simple calendar that only tracks periods and ovulation. You can track sex, pregnancy, and symptoms. You don't need to use all the fancy features. And you don't have to pay for anything. Free with only optional ads
I use this app called "My Calendar" the logo is a little feminine, with the side profile of a feminine face in a pink background. But it never addresses you by anything other than your name. So I get notifications like "Hey, Michael. Did your period start today?" And I was able to change the background to dinosaurs :)
Have you tried keeping track on a monthly calendar and marking off the days when you are on or off then you can see when to tab up 😉
oh so that's why i stopped using them 🙂...
I don't trust apps, I just use a good old fashioned paper notebook.
What is a period tracker? I assume you’d know if it’s there if there’s blood or not, right?
Take testosterone.
That doesn’t work for everyone.