No one likes to be surprised by their period, but there’s something especially terrible about it when you’re a teen. It’s that familiar sinking feeling: realizing it in the middle of class, ...

Period-tracking apps promise simplicity: a colorful calendar that predicts when your next cycle begins, reminders about ovulation, and even personalized insights into your health. But behind the ...

You’re lethargic. Overcome with ravenous hunger. And if anyone in your path does something even remotely irritating? Let’s just say that you might not react with your usual patience. You glance at ...

Less than a week after Flo tweeted about its plans to launch an "anonymous mode" to its period-tracking app, the company revealed the new feature will be available in the coming weeks. Flo said users ...

It’s 2016, and women still don’t feel comfortable talking openly about periods. In fact, one Internet survey captured 5,000 different euphemisms for monthly menstruation that call it everything but a ...

Planned Parenthood has launched a new app, called Spot On, that helps users track their period and manage their birth control. Spot On allows users to track their flow; monitor their symptoms, like ...

Since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, the security and privacy of reproductive health apps have sparked concerns, researchers wrote in a new study. The study began out of concern that law ...

Cybersecurity experts are concerned about the privacy of data from period tracking apps, worried that the information could be used against users, reported Kaiser Health News May 13. The apps often ...

The period tracking app Ovia has been widely criticized for requesting that users identify their country and state of residence, leaving some to vow to leave the app. Concerned users fear this data ...

Period tracking will be smarter, easier, and more important in 2025. Here are the top apps Nigerian women are using to manage their cycles, fertility, and health with less stress. Period tracking is ...

Meredith Dietz is Lifehacker’s Senior Staff Writer. She earned her bachelor’s degree in English and Communications from Northeastern University, where she graduated as valedictorian of her college.