Clue Period & Cycle Tracker vs My Cycle
Choose My Cycle for a straightforward, ad-free experience.
My Cycle offers a more user-friendly experience without the constant ads and subscription prompts found in Clue. While both apps have their strengths, My Cycle's simplicity and lack of intrusive monetization make it a preferred choice for users seeking basic period tracking.
Head to head
you want a feature-rich app and are willing to pay for premium features.
you prefer a simple, ad-free experience without subscription prompts.
Evidence note: Clue's reviews are heavily skewed by complaints about ads and subscriptions, while My Cycle's reviews are generally more positive and focused on ease of use.
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What reviewers actually said
Built only from these 120 real reviews (foreign ones translated). Superscripts jump to the quote here. Apple has no per-review links, so [ref] opens that app's reviews on the App Store.
- [R9] Clue Period & Cycle Tracker Free version is useless: I have been actively using this tracker for 8 years and I have loved it. Over the years, they have added such great features to make the app better. However, I have also watched them take away features one by one from the free version. With the free version, you can pretty much only track, you are unable to see your stats/patterns, their articles, or any info that would be
- [R41] Clue Period & Cycle Tracker Good app for period tracking: Overall, this is a good app. It has enough features without paying anything, it doesn’t have ads (it asks you if you want to subscribe when you open the app or if you click on a feature that needs a subscription but you can easily close it), and it has more features than Apple Health’s cycle tracking. Features that would be very useful if they were added: - Being abl
- [R62] My Cycle Love it: This app is helpful easy to use and I like that there’s no subscription fees or stupid ads I would definitely recommend to anyone
- [R68] My Cycle I like: I like that this app is totaly free and this might be part of it but haveing things like this might happen on this day of your cycle would be varry nice
- [R21] Clue Period & Cycle Tracker No I do not want to pay!: This is app is fine and easy to use. However don’t expect to track anything or press a single button without them asking you twice as many times as they need to for the “subscription” You’ll get asked almost every 10 seconds it feels like. Very very very annoying when I would just like to track my period. I don’t need all the bells and whistles yall are trying to suck ou
- [R36] Clue Period & Cycle Tracker The constant pop ups are so frustrating: I really like Clue! It’s been helpful in tracking my period which is less than regular and more often than not early. My only annoyance with this app is that every time you log on, or log a symptom, or do anything really, it flashes a pop up asking you to get their subscription. I just wish there was a don’t ask again feature, it’s so frustrating having to
- [R105] My Cycle So simple and streamline!: Love this app! It is so easy to use and the fact that it is free is a major bonus. I very much like the simplicity of it and how user friendly it is
- [R50] Clue Period & Cycle Tracker Accuracy improves with longer term use: I’ve had this app since 2017, for period tracking only (not for pregnancy) and have been a subscriber since 2022. This is the only app I’ve ever used and it stuck with me for a reason. The predictions get better the longer you log ur data. Sometimes it lets me know I’m getting my period on a given day and it can be spot on at times for me. Overall, this app
- [R70] My Cycle Not accurately logging: I started using this app about 9 months post partum when I got my first period back. So it wasn’t regular at all for a few months as my hormones regulated. However, about 4 months ago they’ve been extremely precise 28 day cycle but for some reason no matter how many times I log the dates the app will not update my cycle accurately and still goes off the very first time I lo
- [R75] My Cycle Great for most, but not for me.: I have irregular cycles and almost every time it says I have a 10+ day delay. One time my period lasted more than 3 weeks and it considered it another period, or if it takes longer than usual it thinks I forgot to put one in. Most of this is minute things, but it makes the ovulation tracker rly off as well as a few other things. Good for people with consistent cycl
- [R88] My Cycle don't use if you have a long or irregular cycle: if your period lasts longer than 12 days, the app records your 12th day as 'day 1' again, which can be confusing because it messes up their predictions of ovulation/ period etc if your cycle is irregular then their predictions for your period will also be wrong (naturally). but you can still use it as a rough guidance however, if your period is sh
- [R7] Clue Period & Cycle Tracker Deceptive Marketing: Got an ad that said this app was better than the competitors, one of which I do use, so was curious. Mostly because of that promise along with the promise of the app being FREE. I knew it was too good to be true. The free version of the app is useless, and cannot at all be comparable to the free versions of the competition they freely named in their ad. Feels deceptive. Was st
- [R30] Clue Period & Cycle Tracker Disappointed: I love how there’s so much more to track instead of how simple the app in Apple is. However, I was a bit bummed that in order to access more data & tracking, we have to pay a subscription. It’s not expensive, it’s not that. It’s that it’s one more thing we have to pay for in order to track our health. We already have pay for our period every month between tampons, pads, pain manageme
- [R119] My Cycle Really great!!: No IN-APP PURCHASE!! And it works great!! 😊
- [R4] Clue Period & Cycle Tracker Worse experience than years ago; not worth staying for: I've used Clue since 2013 and I am ready to go back to using analog methods. I've paid for premium for years to remove ads, but every time I open the app I'm still getting banners telling me about connectivity for different wearables. This cannot be turned off. Customer support says these are not ads, but they are absolutely implicit ads for
- [R40] Clue Period & Cycle Tracker Wrong Charges: They offered me 3usd clue plus and when I paid they charged me 43.99usd! No answer back. Only chatbot and a AI assistant which leads a “we didn’t find any purchase with your info” but definitely on my card is the charge.
- [R64] My Cycle Period tracker: I just got it yesterday and I am not near my period but it keeps saying I am pregnant so 1 star
- [R73] My Cycle Loses tour data: Updated my phone and app wiped my data and history.
- [R37] Clue Period & Cycle Tracker Not free: says free and isn’t and now it’s stupid expensive and not even cute looking
Synthesized from 120 recent App Store reviews · updated July 2026 · View on the App Store