The Top 10 Therapist-Approved Menstrual Apps and Wearables for Tracking Your Cycle (St. Joseph & Southwest Michigan Guide)
We’ve all been there — you’re moving through your busy day when suddenly you know something’s off.
Your period started.
A surprise period can leave you feeling unprepared, uncomfortable, or scrambling for supplies. But your menstrual cycle shouldn’t feel like a guessing game. It should be a tool that helps you understand your body better.
As a pelvic health occupational therapist serving women in St. Joseph, Stevensville, Benton Harbor, New Buffalo, and across Southwest Michigan, I often recommend menstrual tracking apps to patients who want better insight into:
Irregular cycles
Painful periods
PMS or PMDD
Fertility planning
Perimenopause changes
Endometriosis or PCOS patterns
Cycle-related pelvic pain
Today’s menstrual apps and wearables go far beyond simple period calendars. Many now offer personalized ovulation tracking, temperature monitoring, symptom logging, and even integration with wearable devices.
Here are the 10 menstrual apps and wearable devices I recommend most often in my clinic at Health Elevated.
1. Natural Cycles
Natural Cycles (NC°) is more than a period tracker. It uses personalized temperature data to provide ovulation predictions and daily fertility status. Unlike apps that assume a standard 28-day cycle, Natural Cycles adapts to your unique hormonal patterns — even if your cycle is irregular.
You can pair it with:
An Apple Watch (Series 8 or newer)
An Oura Ring
Or an NC° thermometer
Why I recommend it in clinic:
Many of my perimenopause patients in Southwest Michigan appreciate that it adapts to changing cycles. It’s also helpful for women trying to conceive or avoiding pregnancy naturally.
2. Flo Period & Pregnancy Tracker
Flo refines its predictions the more data you log, making it helpful if your cycle doesn’t follow a predictable pattern.
Patients who struggle with:
Mood changes before their period
Pelvic pain flares
Bloating
Sleep changes
PMS fatigue
often benefit from tracking these patterns consistently.
Flo also includes educational content around menstrual health, fertility, and pregnancy.
3. Clue
Clue is known for its science-backed approach and clean design. It allows you to track:
Period dates
Pain levels
Stress
Sleep
Cervical mucus
Ovulation
For women in Southwest Michigan navigating perimenopause or irregular cycles, Clue’s pattern recognition can be incredibly useful.
It also offers perimenopause support features, which I often recommend for women in their 40s experiencing unpredictable cycles.
4. My Calendar Period Tracker
My Calendar Period Tracker is perfect if you're looking for a simple, effective way to stay on top of your menstrual health. This app shines in period symptom tracking, letting you log everything from cramps to mood swings, headaches, and fatigue. With easy-to-read menstrual cycle charts and graphs, spotting patterns over time becomes a breeze, which is especially helpful for managing conditions like endometriosis or PCOS.
Its customizable alerts also ensure you never forget to log your symptoms or take your medication. And with its password protection, your personal health data stays secure.
Details: The app is free to download in-store through the App Store and Google Play. Optional paid subscriptions are available monthly ($3.99) and annual ($24.99) for custom alerts, reminders, and the ability to share between multiple accounts, like if you want to share your period symptom tracking with a partner.
5. Stardust
Stardust takes period tracking to a new level with a cosmic twist, combining menstrual tracking with lunar phases. But it’s more than moon magic—Stardust looks at your reproductive health, tracking everything from basal body temperature and cervical mucus to mood swings and energy levels. Each day comes with insights and forecasts that help explain what’s happening in your body. You can also connect with your partner via the app, or add friends to compare menstruation cycle charts and see if you’re syncing up.
Details: Free as an in-store app download through the App Store and Google Play. Their free platform offers comprehensive period, pregnancy, and hormone tracking. From there, pricing plans range from $2.99/week, $3.99/month, or $24.99/year for full access.
6. drip.
If privacy and transparency are your top priorities, drip. is the period and ovulation tracking app for you. Feminist, open-source, and science-backed drip. keeps your intimate health data safe by ensuring it stays on your device. With drip., you can track everything from bleeding and fertility to period symptoms like mood, pain, and more, giving you valuable insights into your menstrual health. Plus, you control your data with features like password protection and easy import/export options.
Details: Free as an in-store app download through the App Store and Google Play. This app has no premium features or subscription plans—what you see is what you get! Another perk to drip.? They pride themselves on gender inclusivity and security.
7. Ovia Fertility
Ovia Fertility offers a free fertility tracking experience that is perfect for those looking for comprehensive features without the subscription price tag. Based on your data, the app's personalized fertility insights make period and ovulation tracking more accurate, especially with tools like basal body temperature and cervical mucus tracking.
Ovia also takes a holistic approach by tracking your overall health, including sleep, stress, diet, and activity levels, all of which play a role in reproductive health. The app’s community feature is a huge plus, offering a space for support, questions, and shared experiences.
Details: Free as an in-store app download through the App Store and Google Play. Heralded as the best free app, you can try all of Ovia’s fertility and period tracker online tools at no cost and without any commitment.
8. Glow Ovulation & Period App
Glow is for anyone focused on accurate ovulation tracking, making it a top choice for those trying to conceive. Glow encourages users to log indicators like basal body temperature and cervical mucus, helping to refine their ovulation calendar and predictions with precision.
The app’s detailed menstruation cycle charts and analysis give you an in-depth look at your most fertile days. Glow offers compatible ovulation and pregnancy test strips, making tracking everything in one place easier.
Details: Free as an in-store app download through the App Store and Google Play. Choose from three different prescription models: an annual subscription for $59.99/month, a quarterly plan for $29.99/3 months, and a lifetime plan of $99.99 charged just once with full access to Glow Premium across four Glow Apps (Baby, Nurture, Glow, and Eve).
9. Bonus Wearable: Oura Ring
The Oura Ring is a powerful tool for tracking periods and ovulation. By monitoring temperature fluctuations tied to hormone levels, Oura delivers insights into reproductive health alongside key metrics like resting heart rate, heart rate variability (HRV), respiratory rate, and sleep patterns.
After two months of consistent use, Oura’s Cycle Insights feature establishes personalized body temperature trends, helping forecast your next period and identify your cycle phase. You can easily track this data on the Oura app's Body Temperature Graph and use the period prediction feature to view it in detail.
Details: Oura Rings start at $349 for Silver and Black; Gold and Rose Gold are $499, with other options in between. Monthly Oura Memberships are $5.99/month, or you can opt into their annual prepaid option of $69.99 for one year. Have HSA or FSA dollars to spend? The Oura Ring, charger, and Oura Membership are all eligible.
10. Bonus Hormone Monitor: Mira
If you want to go beyond period prediction and actually measure your hormones, Mira offers lab-grade, at-home hormone tracking that monitors LH, estrogen metabolites, and progesterone trends across your cycle. Unlike traditional blood tests that give a one-day snapshot, Mira shows patterns over time — making it especially helpful for women trying to conceive, navigating PCOS, or experiencing perimenopause shifts. Many of my patients in St. Joseph and Southwest Michigan appreciate having real hormone data to guide their care. You can use my discount code 2HElevated for savings on select Mira kits.
How Cycle Tracking Supports Pelvic Health
Tracking your menstrual cycle isn’t just about knowing when your period starts.
It can help identify patterns like:
Bladder urgency that worsens before your period
Pelvic pain flares during ovulation
Constipation during the luteal phase
Painful sex related to hormonal shifts
PMS-related pelvic floor tension
If you’re in St. Joseph, Benton Harbor, Stevensville, or anywhere in Southwest Michigan, and you’re noticing these patterns, pelvic floor therapy can help you interpret the data and address the root cause.
Apps provide information.
Therapy provides strategy.
Work with a Pelvic Health Therapist in Southwest Michigan
At Health Elevated in St. Joseph, Michigan, we help women at every stage of life:
Teens with painful periods
Postpartum mothers rebuilding core strength
Women navigating perimenopause
Those experiencing chronic pelvic pain or bladder symptoms
Women trying to conceive
If you’re already tracking your cycle but still feeling frustrated by irregular periods, pelvic pain, leaking, or hormonal shifts — it may be time to take the next step.
👉 Schedule a pelvic health evaluation in St. Joseph
Contact Health Elevated today
Call 269-262-1403 to speak with our team
You deserve to understand your body — not feel surprised by it.
