Fertility Awareness Method

Check out this poll of which apps are the most popular in our community (Kindara & Read Your Body by FAR make up the vast majority).

App Name: Kindara
No longer recommended – *USE AT YOUR OWN RISK* – the company was sold and the new owners appear to have abandoned all support for Kindara. As of March 2022, the app still works well enough but there is no guarantee for how long. Group member reports indicate that customer service is completely unresponsive.

Available on: Android & iPhone, web app available (for viewing only, no data input).
Cost: Basic version is free, Premium is $4.99/month but definitely not necessary to chart.
CM and Temp tracking features: Both are available and detailed, app is adequate for most sympto-thermal FAM methods. CP available. Sensation too with premium subscription.
Manual chart marking/interpretation available: All predictions can be turned off, manual marking is completely and freely available.
Misc notable features: An old favorite and very popular app in our community. Kindara is a very solid choice, mainly because all predictions can be turned off and the basics can be marked/interpreted manually. 5 custom data fields included with free version.

 

App Name: Read Your Body (RYB)

Available on: Android & iPhone
Cost: 30 day free trial, then $1.99/month or $14.99/year USD
CM and Temp tracking features: Both are available and detailed, app is adequate for any FAM method. Dedicated sensation, CP, & LH tracking.
Manual chart marking/interpretation available: No predictions!! Manual marking and manual interpretation only (BIG bonus!)
Misc notable features: Newly available as of August 2020! Our community has been VERY excited to watch this app grow and develop. Created by FAM users, for FAM users, by nonprofit organization The Body Literacy Collective. Crowdfunded on Indiegogo in mid 2019 entirely by members of our FAM group and other like-minded FAM users. PACKED with features such as – syncs with popular wearable thermometer Tempdrop, can chart 2 different temps, highly (HIGHLY) customizable (works with any method), maximum data privacy, create custom mucus categories, flexible custom info lines, share your chart, etc. A new group favorite!

Available on: Android 
Cost: Free, in-app ads can be removed for a one-time payment of $4.99
CM and Temp tracking features: Both are available and detailed, app is adequate for any FAM method.
Manual chart marking/interpretation available: Automatic ovulation crosshairs cannot be altered (and can definitely be wrong) but they can be turned off (settings – menstrual tracker rather than TTA or TTC). Preferred FAM method can be changed in settings but this is nowhere near as good as being able to manually mark your own chart.
Misc notable features: Extremely customizable (including color schemes). Some manual marking features like a P+3 count can be mimicked with creative setup of custom symptoms. Syncs with popular wearable thermometer TempDrop. Chart can be hard to read (no grid lines), otherwise a good FAM app.


App Name: Fertility Friend (FF)

Available on: Android, iPhone, & web app 
Cost: Basic version is free, VIP membership available starting at $9.99/month, not required to chart but definitely useful.
CM and Temp tracking features: Both are available and detailed, app is adequate for any FAM method.
Manual chart marking/interpretation available: Automatic ovulation crosshairs can be overridden and manually placed under settings in the phone app (even with free version, but not on web portal) (menu-settings-detector/override-manual-enter CD/CL).
Misc notable features: Chart is quite easy to read, if not very aesthetically pleasing (personal taste). Automatic crosshairs are notoriously inaccurate. Lots of cool/detailed analytical tools available, most with VIP membership. App is geared towards TTC.


App Name: OvaGraph (TCOYF)

Available on: Android, iPhone, & web app
Cost: Free
CM and Temp tracking features: Both can be adequately tracked
Manual chart marking/interpretation available: Unfortunately (and perplexingly) this app auto marks everything for you, with no override available.
Misc notable features: The official TCOYF companion app. Chart is easy to read but for whatever reason doesn’t quite follow the book’s system for marking. App is a bit slow and clunky.

Available on: Web only (mobile access through browser is pretty good)
Cost: Free if you take an online course with SymptoPro, $12 one time fee otherwise
CM and Temp tracking features: Both can be adequately tracked. Fahrenheit only.
Manual chart marking/interpretation available: No auto-marking or predictions available. Everything is marked manually by the user, including: peak day, dictate 6 low temps to determine CL, and which 3 (or 4) high temperatures are circled to confirm OV. Each day is also manually labeled fertile or infertile by the user (orange shading is fertile window).
Misc notable features: Sensation, cervical position (and specifically CM at the cervix) can be tracked. Also breast tenderness, OV pain, intercourse (UP, condom or WD). Temps can be marked questionable and a note made as to why. A cool table is compiled with past cycle data for comparison (days of menses, cycle lengths, peak day, 1st appearance of fertile symptoms, a “Doering” type calculation, etc). Pretty good app overall.

Available on: Android, iPhone, & web app
Cost: Subscription-based after a trial, starting at $5/month
CM and Temp tracking features: Both can be adequately tracked.
Manual chart marking/interpretation available: Shift/peak/CL are automatically calculated and placement cannot be overridden, but beginning & end of the fertile window can be manually overridden.
Misc notable features: Easy to use and read. Chart background colors can be turned off. Many custom data fields available. Neat cycle history info is available. Follows CCL rules.

Available on: Android, iPhone, web function in development (so far viewing only)
Cost: Subscription-based after free trial, from € 2.50 per month
CM and Temp tracking features: Both can be adequately tracked, Celsius only. Time taken, temp location and length of measurement options available. Sensation and CP also.
Manual chart marking/interpretation available: YES – though the default is that the app does an automatic interpretation. It will mark “green days” (based on the 5 Day Rule, and after 12 Cycles the Minus-8 Rule, and after Ov has been confirmed), mark a temp shift as well as Peak. The app’s interpretation is usually correct (and strictly abiding by Sensipan rules) but of course should be double-checked. It can be disabled by going to “Zyklen” and editing the setting for the particular cycle you are on. There you can manually input CL, shift, and peak.
Misc notable features: There are many options for custom data. One can input what form of contraception one uses in protected sex, choosing from a long list of barrier methods of which one can also input more than one. A downside to myNFP is that it is hard to screenshot or share the chart unless accessing it from a computer.

Available on: Android and soon IOS
Cost: Free
CM and Temp tracking features: Both can be adequately tracked. F & C
Manual chart marking/interpretation available: No manual marking or interpretation available, but some predictions can be turned off. The app interprets according to Sensiplan rules. Only a coverline is placed; peak day and temp shift are not marked on the chart itself, neither is an LP count – all of this information is in a box below the chart.
Misc notable features: On the front page the app uses the “red light” / “green light” system to show whether one is currently fertile or not fertile. The chart is also divided into red and green accordingly. There is space for charting custom data. Lady Cycle is available in a number of languages, including English, German, Russian, Dutch, Spanish and French. The iButton syncs directly to Lady Cycle. Chart can be exported to PDF for easy sharing. Lady Cycle is not affiliated with the LadyComp device.


App Name: Lily

Available on: iPhone
Cost: Free, or one time $5 payment for extra features like mood tracking
CM and Temp tracking features: For CM, there is a choice between the manual setting (sticky, creamy, eggwhite) or by symptoms (for example: cloggy/sticky, milky/watery, spinnbarkeit). Symptoms also includes 9 vaginal sensation options. Temperature can be entered in C or F; there is also an option for cervix tracking.
Manual chart marking/interpretation available: No manual marking available. However, Lily evaluates symptoms based on either FAM/TCOYF or NFP/Sensiplan. Users may also select average and have Lily predict fertile windows and periods for them. Unlike most apps that do manual interpretation, Lily offers a full explanation of why they marked a shift and peak day by referring to specific rules such as the “stair-step rise” or “fall back rise” rules.
Misc notable features: You may export your whole chart and send it via e-mail directly. When printed, Lily would be useful for paper charting as well. It also has a menopause symptoms option as well as a pre-menopausal category for those who may need to be more careful charting during hormonal changes. Lastly, Lily has a “General Statistics” screen that will tell you when your earliest and latest shift dates were, as well as cycle length and luteal phase length. This is a great feature for those using the Doering rule. Link to a guide/review of Lily (credit Justyna Granicka): goo.gl/jeQruq

Available on: Android & iPhone
Cost: Basic version is free (and fine), a premium subscription is available with some extra features.
CM and Temp tracking features: Both are available and detailed, app is adequate for any FAM method. F & C.
Manual chart marking/interpretation available: Automatically marks the following according to data given: crosshairs for temp shift, “X” in the Mucus row for peak day, and solid black brackets around overall calculated ovulation day “[ ]”. Overall ovulation day can be overridden on the web portal, but not crosshairs or peak day. I was impressed that the app picked up on my shifty shift in the below chart though.
Misc notable features: Fully functional web portal available. App is pretty easy to use. Seems to be conservative and actually follow common sympto-thermal rules. Chart display is good (yay grid lines!) Tons of extra symptoms + custom data slots are available and display similar to Kindara below the chart. App was a bit glitchy during testing and doesn’t appear to have been updated in years, so use at your own risk.

Available on: Web only (phone app coming soon?)
Cost: Free for basic version, cost is whatever you can afford monthly starting at $1 (donation-based). Paid version recommended as you can only keep one chart at a time in free version.
CM and Temp tracking features: Both can be adequately tracked, Celsius input only (an F temp scale is shown next to the C scale but input is in C only)
Manual chart marking/interpretation available: Peak day and CL are marked manually.
Misc notable features: This app is probably best paired with use of the actual Justisse method.

Available on: Android & iPhone
Cost: Free
CM and Temp tracking features: Both can be tracked, but the temperature display leaves a lot to be desired as FEMM is a symptom-hormonal method that does not officially incorporate temps. CM tracking is excellent.
Manual chart marking/interpretation available: App auto marks peak day, has no marking options for temperature chart.
Misc notable features: Easy to use. CM Chart comparison of all cycles is really neat. If you are using temps as a primary fertility sign, this may not be the best app for you.

Available on: Android & iPhone
Cost: Free
CM and Temp tracking features: Both can be adequately tracked
Manual chart marking/interpretation available: App automatically predicts/calculates fertile window (shaded green on chart) based on your temp data and an algorithm. “Ovulation day” can be manually overridden/marked.
Misc notable features: App is geared to work/sync with their brand of thermometer, also called Easy@home (bluetooth). Entering temps manually is quite clunky, so avoid if not using their specific thermometer. Fertile window seems noticeably more conservative than many other predictive apps, so that’s a plus! CM is still ignored though in fertile window calculation.

Available on: Android & iPhone
Cost: Free
CM and Temp tracking features: Both can be adequately tracked
Manual chart marking/interpretation available: There is no option to mark peak day or tempshift, and the app does not do it for you. If no data is entered, Ovia defaults to the rhythm method to predict a fertile window. When fertile CM like eggwhite or a positive LH test is entered, the fertile window prediction moves to this time. BBT is displayed over colored fertile window.
Misc notable features: It is geared towards women who are TTC and gives short and sweet affirmations when entering data (some of these features can be turned off). It also gives advice on how to increase CM and herbs for fertility. In addition, there are TONS of options for mood tracking and other symptoms.

Available on: Android, iPhone, & web app (sympto.org)
Cost: Android – free trial, then ~$30 for 6 months access. Completely free on iPhone (ads). A free consultation with a Sympto instructor is available as well to new users.
CM and Temp tracking features: Both can be adequately tracked
Manual chart marking/interpretation available: Everything is auto-marked, no overrides available.
Misc notable features: Decently laid out. App/method may be difficult to use without reading through the accompanying (free, detailed) manual. Recommended to use only with their specific Sympto method. App is also glitchy and language is a bit weird as it’s a translation to English (company based in Switzerland).

Available on: Android & iPhone
Cost: Free
CM and Temp tracking features: Both can be adequately tracked. CP available.
Manual chart marking/interpretation available: “Ovulation day” is auto-marked based on temps, no other marking is possible.
Misc notable features: App is quite customizable and could be used for FAM if ALL predictions are ignored. Easy to use, chart is very basic and straightforward but temps are difficult to read (widely spaced temp scale + temp values not shown on chart)

Available on: Android & iPhone
Cost: Basic is free and adequate, premium from $7.99/month or $59.99 one time fee
CM and Temp tracking features: Both can be adequately tracked
Manual chart marking/interpretation available: No manual interpretation available, app auto marks fertile window (shaded green on chart) and “DPO” and that’s about all that is/can be marked. Risk of pregnancy % is listed for each day (entirely calendar-based) and this and the auto marking completely ignore all data you enter minus period dates.
Misc notable features: Easy to use. It’s basically just a simple display of your data with bad predictions.

App Name: Chart Neo

Available on: Android, IOS, Web

Cost: Free for 45 days then $10 per year

CM and BBT: Both can be adequately tracked

Manual Chart Marking / Interpretation Available: No manual interpretation available, and some modes do show “safe” day interpretations. The app follows Sensiplan rules.

Misc notable features: Syncs with Tempdrop. Fahrenheit temperatures will be displayed oddly because the app is designed for Celsius. Here is an awesome quick start guide for information on using the app.

App Name: MyWonder

Available on: IOS and Android

Cost: The app is free to use for the first three cycles (afterwards 4.49 $/month or 46.99 $/year).

CM and Temp tracking features: Can be adequately tracked

Manual chart marking / interpretation available: No manual interpretation available. The app marks according to Sensiplan rules.

Misc notable features: The chart is very hard to find. You have to click “Report” in order to see a chart.

* NOT RECOMMENDED * 

Available on: Android, iPhone & web app
Cost: Free trial, then $9.99 per month
CM and Temp tracking features: Temps only
Manual chart marking/interpretation available: App auto marks red and green (“safe”) days based on an “algorithm,” no override available.
Misc notable features: Not recommended for FAM tracking. The app is easy to use but does not allow for tracking other fertility signs. Extremely risky green days have been given on MANY occasions. Sometimes a green day will be changed to red later, after the fact. App is not nearly conservative enough for temps only.