Great work and not to hijack – are there catalogs of “privacy focused” apps that don’t collect data or make remote requests? I would love a “
Kosher” badge like OU that tells me it’s a simple app (like yours) that provides utility without snooping
Show HN: I made a privacy friendly and simple app to track my menstruation
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#62When I was on Android I looked for a period-tracking app but could only find cloud-based ones, so I didn't track my period for many years. Appreciate you.
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#63this app make me think of my lady, it might be useful for her
Re: Show HN: I made a privacy friendly and simple app to track my menstruation
#64Are the use cases for period tracking: 1. helps planning (e.g. same way a weather app helps decision making around when to do / not do various activities), and 2. improves accuracy of estimating whether conception may have occurred (vs not tracking).
Are these correct; are there others?
Re: Show HN: I made a privacy friendly and simple app to track my menstruation
#65Great work and not to hijack – are there catalogs of “privacy focused” apps that don’t collect data or make remote requests? I would love a “ Kosher” badge like OU that tells me it’s a simple app (like yours) that provides utility without snooping
Using resources like F-Droid can help you find open source apps, which generally speaking, are very privacy friendly. I believe admittance into the default F-Droid repo doesn't allow trackers at all. Certain alternative front ends to the F-Droid repos, like Neo Store, can display privacy "scores" for individual apps.
There's also many groups that produce privacy-friendly apps, such as SECUSO[0] and Fossify[1]
[0]: https://github.com/SecUSo [1]: https://github.com/FossifyOrg
Re: Show HN: I made a privacy friendly and simple app to track my menstruation
#66Are the use cases for period tracking: 1. helps planning (e.g. same way a weather app helps decision making around when to do / not do various activities), and 2. improves accuracy of estimating whether conception may have occurred (vs not tracking). Are these correct; are there others?
If you’re regular and become irregular, it’s often a sign that something is off, or if you’re into middle age, that your body’s hormone balance is changing. In either case it’s something to pay attention to and maybe mention to your doc next time you see them.
Re: Show HN: I made a privacy friendly and simple app to track my menstruation
#67Other options that are open source include: drip. https://dripapp.org/ Bluemoon https://gitlab.com/ngrob/bluemoon-android https://www.nilsgrob.ch/work/bluemoon Periodical https://arnowelzel.de/en/projects/periodical Log28 https://github.com/wildeyedskies/log28
Sorry to hijack a bit here, but have any good links to open source baby tracking apps that allow sharing between partners? The popular options out there on the app stores are a privacy dumpster fire.
If you're up for self-hosting, there's BabyBuddy[0]. There's no first-party native app, but it is a decent web app and there's some third-party apps/integrations. And of course, multiple users is a priority. No affiliation, just a user :)
Re: Show HN: I made a privacy friendly and simple app to track my menstruation
#68Great work and not to hijack – are there catalogs of “privacy focused” apps that don’t collect data or make remote requests? I would love a “ Kosher” badge like OU that tells me it’s a simple app (like yours) that provides utility without snooping
Using resources like F-Droid can help you find open source apps, which generally speaking, are very privacy friendly. I believe admittance into the default F-Droid repo doesn't allow trackers at all. Certain alternative front ends to the F-Droid repos, like Neo Store, can display privacy "scores" for individual apps. There's also many groups that produce privacy-friendly apps, such as SECUSO[0] and Fossify[1] [0]: ht…
Shout out to secuso! Their apps might not be the prettiest but they absolutely work and they work well. Very useful
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#69Just switched from Clue, thank you so much for creating this :) I love the simplicity and export feature
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Why do you think using vi to write data to disk makes it any more private?
Well, it does have the advantage of being FOSS, extensively reviewed by many eyes, and known to not send any data off-device. It also has the advantage of already existing and being packaged for most platforms already. I've used vi(m) plus a little awk for ex. calorie counting because it's already there and I'm not a software developer. That's not to say that it's a good choice, necessarily, just that it does have advantages. Something about the best tool is the one you have....