If you use an app to track your menstrual cycle, you may enjoy the sometimes spot-on predictions about when your next period is coming. But your period-tracking app doesn’t just offer insight. It ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." Your period is also one of the most important vital signs for female health, says Apurva Shah, MD, an ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." As they say: From food delivery to finding romance, there’s an app for that. It’s easy to laugh at the ...

At first blush, period tracking apps seem like a convenient, simple way to track one’s menstrual cycle. After all, if you’ve upgraded your paper calendar to an app on your phone, it stands to reason ...

Tracking periods manually is a cumbersome task and there’s a high possibility of losing track of your flow cycle. If you still happen to use pen and paper for period tracking, it’s time you switch to ...

In the post-Roe world, there’s been a lot of understandable conversation around period privacy. Experts have warned that in an effort to crackdown on self-managed abortions—which are medically ...

Since the Supreme Court decision to reverse Roe v Wade, women and people with uteruses have been scrambling to delete their period tracking apps in the hopes that their data will not be able to be ...

Researchers that examined popular period-tracking apps released a new report, revealing that many may not keep users' data secure, a growing concern in the wake of Roe v. Wade being overturned.

A Privacy Not Included study from Mozilla analyzed the data security and privacy policies of reproductive health apps, such as period and pregnancy trackers. William ...

Period tracking app Flo is developing a new feature called "anonymous mode" that will allow users to remove their name, email address, and technical identifiers from their profile. Period trackers ...

Irene Okpanachi is a Features writer, covering mobile and PC guides that help you understand your devices. She has five years' experience in the Tech, E-commerce, and Food niches. Particularly, the ...

Period tracker apps collect deeply personal information that can include how often you have sex, whether you are trying to have a baby, if you get pregnant, and if you experience a miscarriage. When ...