Before your year-end visit
For anyone choosing a menopause tracker before a winter appointment: tick your must-haves, see which of six apps fit.
Tick a must-have to fill the rings.
Free on iPhone · no accountFor a free doctor-ready report with no account and no tracking, My Midlife Story (which we make) fits; Balance has a free health report if you are happy to sign in; Crest is strongest for free HRT reminders and export, with its report behind Plus. That is our reading of six App Store listings, checked on the same day in November 2026. Below is the result of the checker above, then the story of how the choice plays out.
Updated November 2026 · Features and labels from each app's App Store listing. Labels are self-reported by developers. Prices in US dollars and may change.
We are biased, so here is exactly what the free tier of our app shows, taken from its App Store screenshots.
Mid-November, a 49-year-old books her annual physical for the second week of December and decides this is the year she mentions the night sweats. She downloads two trackers. One asks for an email before she can log anything; she closes it. The other lets her tap “poor sleep” at 3 a.m. without waking up properly. By the appointment she has 19 notes, three questions and a one-page brief. The doctor reads it in under a minute. The app didn't make the decision; it made the five-minute conversation count.
Names link to each maker's own website. “No account” is marked Yes only when the listing says so.
Honest Little Apps (us)
Free: one-tap logging, search, visit briefs and PDF export, encrypted backup. Premium (monthly or annual) adds period comparisons, Replays, Playbooks and garden looks.
Balance App Limited
Free symptom and period tracking, a Health Report to take to appointments, articles and community. balance+ adds live sessions, recipes and classes.
Fem Valetudo Pty Ltd
Free logging, trend charts, HRT reminders and CSV export, no account. The GP report PDF is in Crest Plus ($5.99 a month or $44.99 a year).
Femilog ApS
Tracks hot flashes, sleep, mood, cycles and more, ad-free, with an overview to share with your provider. Subscriptions from $5.99 a month; the listing does not say which features need one.
Vorsdatter LLC
Quick symptom entry with severity and a printable chart sent by email. Last updated August 2024; its label lists identifiers and usage data used to track you.
Health & Her Ltd
Free tracker, calendar, CBT exercises, pelvic floor training and a health report to share. Its label lists usage data used to track you.
If you want cycle predictions, a social feed, or an app that interprets your symptoms, pick another. Ours deliberately does not say one thing caused another or suggest treatment. It also keeps records on your device, so if you want cloud sync across a partner's phone, it is the wrong tool. One limit we chose: missing days stay unknown, not symptom-free, so charts never pretend a quiet week was a good one.
It depends on what you need free. If you want a free doctor report with no account, My Midlife Story (ours) and, with an account, Balance both offer one. If you want HRT reminders and CSV export without an account, Crest's free tier does that, though its GP report needs Plus. We checked each App Store listing in November 2026.
No. A paper diary works. Mayo Clinic (2026) suggests keeping a journal of your menstrual cycles for the past few months and writing down your symptoms, specifically, before an appointment. An app mainly saves time when you want to search or share.
Open the app's App Store page and scroll to App Privacy. A section called “Data Used to Track You” means the developer says some data is used to track you across other companies' apps or websites. The labels are reported by the developer.
The WHO menopause fact sheet (2024) says natural menopause is deemed to have occurred after 12 consecutive months without menstruation, generally between 45 and 55. The National Institute on Aging (2024) gives 52 as the average age in the United States.
Logging, history, search, visit briefs, PDF export, reminders, encrypted backup and deletion are free, with no account. Optional Premium (monthly or annual through Apple) adds comparisons between periods, grouped Replays, advanced visit briefs, Playbooks, a Passport with yearly summaries and extra garden looks. Your records are never hidden if Premium ends.
None should, and My Midlife Story does not: it organizes your notes and questions. A diagnosis comes from a clinician. This is general information, not medical advice. Talk to your clinician.
Free logging, search and a one-page visit brief. No account, no ads.