| Flo Health - Period Tracker app | By OWHealth Inc |
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| Country of origin |
United Kingdom |
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| Security and privacy | Does the app:
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| Cost | Basic is free, but there is a paid upgrade version. |
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Flo Health - Period Tracker app
Flo Health - Period Tracker app
- It is designed for ages 13 onwards for period tracking, pregnancy information and general health and wellbeing.
- It helps track your and predict your periods.
- Wide range of valuable information sources which are peer reviewed.
- The Flo Health Assistant can answer your questions on the go.
- The paid upgrade allows you to create a report for your doctor and has more insights and information.
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The app helps to track and predict your period. It monitors for many symptoms such as vaginal discharge, bloating etc.
Among other things it helps and educates around period health which includes physical symptoms, mental health changes and provides information via articles or the Flo Health Assistant (virtual assistant) on what you can do regarding the varying symptoms.
You can track your fertile window/ovulation tracking. Tracks your pregnancy, thought the details are available on the paid version. You do have access to secret chats where you can find some free information.
The new version has the My Cycles section on the main screen. This helps the user to track and understand their cycle changes. You can quickly see what your last cycle looked like.
Premium users can see the new Cycle Trends feature-graphical formatting which helps you to see if your period is within normal for you or not.
For the complete app description, go to App website (external link) , Google Play(external link) or iTunes(external link) and, for a detailed review, see reviews below.
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✔ Pass it project which supports women in need. With each subscription they donate 3 free subscriptions to some in countries with limited access. ✔ Very helpful educative articles that are peer reviewed updated by doctors around period and lifestyle health. ✔ The more data you add the more accurate the predictions become. ✔ Sends alerts, reminders for your next period. ✔ Decodes types of discharge associated with your periods and informs you when to seek medical advice. ✔ Good easy to understand graphics. ✔ Virtual Flo Health Assistant to help with proactive support and information on the go. Some of this is available on the free version as well. ✔ Share cycle information and predictions with your partner. ✔ The upgrade version allows you to create a Flo family plan where family or friends can join your plan. ✔ It has a secret chat “community” section for anonymous discussion. There are set rules about etiquette for this chat community. These seemed to be encouraging e.g. if someone has an anxiety about going to the doctor or questions around period health. |
✘ A lot of other features such as more interaction with the Flo Health Assistant; Flo for partners or further articles are available on the paid version. ✘ The free version entices the user to more but this only unlocked in the paid version. This can be quite frustrating. The adds to upgrade appear a lot when or the enticement to go on a free trial. Sometimes these free trials maybe difficult to stop once committed. Users have to be careful not to get charged once free trial has ended. Google search showed some users found the process arduous. ✘ To allow the prediction to be accurate you have to enter your period data consistently. ✘ Default metrics are in inches and pounds. |
Clinical review
Reviewer: Dr Gillian Musuka, GP
Date of review: October 2024
Platform: Apple
Version: 7.0, paid 8.0
Comments: It is a really good app which tracks and predicts your period as well as fertility window. You can track some lifestyle goals such as fluid intake, sleep or exercise. Good up to date peer reviewed information articles on a wide range of topics. Flo Health Virtual assistant is available on both the free and the premium version. They show great concern about helping improve access to those less fortunate.
Safety concerns: No
New Zealand relevance: Yes. Default metrics for height and weight are in inches and pounds. You have to go to settings to change to metric measurements.
References
- Moglia ML, Nguyen HV, Chyjek K, et al. Evaluation of Smartphone Menstrual Cycle Tracking Applications Using an Adapted APPLICATIONS Scoring System(external link). Obstet Gynecol. 2016 Jun;127(6):1153-60
- Lee NB, Kang JH, Agapie E, et al. Examining Menstrual Tracking to Inform the Design of Personal Informatics Tools.(external link) Proc SIGCHI Conf Hum Factor Comput Syst. 2017 May 2;2017:6876-6888.
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