Show HN: I made a privacy friendly and simple app to track my menstruation

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Post by stormqueen » Mon, Apr 29, 2024, 3:35 PM UTC

Hey HN, after the app I actually used to track my period wanted me to log in and save my data in the cloud, I decided to write my own.

Most apps in this area are based on a subscription model and display far too much information anyway.

For me, a simple calendar is enough where I can add a few notes if necessary.

So that is the result of my work - a simple design and the data is only saved on the smartphone.

Show HN: I made a privacy friendly and simple app to track my menstruation
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Re: Show HN: I made a privacy friendly and simple app to track my menstruation

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Post by ThrowawayTestr » Mon, Apr 29, 2024, 8:37 PM UTC

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Post by lionkor » Mon, Apr 29, 2024, 9:00 PM UTC

That's awesome, thank you! So many of the existing women's health related apps are creepy like that (cloud).

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Post by fransjorden » Mon, Apr 29, 2024, 9:01 PM UTC

Very good! These apps are really valuable in a world where many of these apps get really bloated

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Post by gary_0 » Mon, Apr 29, 2024, 9:06 PM UTC

To help drive home the privacy angle, you might consider open-sourcing it and also making it available on F-Droid. Also, why does it say "in-app purchases"? If this is a simple calendar I don't see why any purchasable extras should be necessary.

(While many in the HN crowd lack the requisite equipment to make use of your project, we do have girlfriends, wives, sisters, and daughters who might benefit from a privacy-respecting app like this.)

Re: Show HN: I made a privacy friendly and simple app to track my menstruation

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Post by simple10 » Mon, Apr 29, 2024, 9:22 PM UTC

Well done! It's great to see more female developers building apps for women. I agree with other commenters that you'd get a lot of mileage out of open sourcing it and doubling down on the privacy / local storage angle. It would help you get press coverage if you want to grow the user base.

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Post by kristianp » Mon, Apr 29, 2024, 9:23 PM UTC

This is cool, I always thought ovuview was a little too public, with its notifications. Are you planning on features that track likely ovulation time for fertility purposes?

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Post by fred_is_fred » Mon, Apr 29, 2024, 9:28 PM UTC

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Post by grey_earthling » Mon, Apr 29, 2024, 9:28 PM UTC

If you want to avoid Google, F-Droid also has options: https://search.f-droid.org/?q=period

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Post by d--b » Mon, Apr 29, 2024, 9:29 PM UTC

Congrats! Adding 2 cents here: my wife only used a menstruation tracker when we were trying to conceive. Having the app predict/notify the ovulation day was useful.