Looking for a Cycles alternative?
Cycles is a beautifully designed tracker that was one of the first to build partner sharing into the product rather than bolting it on. MoodSwings is a different shape of app — and this page is an honest comparison rather than a pitch, so the table starts with what Cycles does better.
Cycles vs MoodSwings, side by side
| Cycles | MoodSwings | |
|---|---|---|
| Known for | Cycles is a beautifully designed tracker that was one of the first to build partner sharing into the product rather than bolting it on. | A calm period tracker built around how you actually feel: next-period and cycle-phase estimates, mood and symptom logging in a few taps, PMS patterns over time, and optional partner sharing. |
| Genuinely better at | Visual polish — the circular cycle view is lovely, and shared tracking has been part of its identity from the start. | MoodSwings pairs that shared view with mood and PMS pattern tracking, so what your partner sees is context you chose to share, not just a date. |
| Day to day it feels like | A full period-tracking app: calendar, logging, predictions and reading material, with cycle tracking as the main event. | One screen, a few taps a day. Dates, mood and symptoms in the same place — and if you want, a partner view where you choose what is visible. |
Stay with Cycles if…
…the design is what you love and you do not need mood or symptom history underneath it.
We would rather you kept an app that fits than switched and stopped logging after a fortnight. A half-used tracker cannot show you a pattern.
What you get if you do switch
- Predictions that learn your pattern. Next-period, cycle-day and cycle-phase estimates that adjust as you log, instead of assuming a textbook 28 days.
- Mood and symptoms next to your dates. Cramps, bloating, sleep, energy, cravings and how you felt — logged in a few taps, kept as history.
- Your PMS pattern, over months. The days before your period stop being a surprise once you can see them repeating.
- Ovulation and fertile-window estimates when you want them, from your own logged cycles.
- Optional partner sharing, on your terms. You choose whether to share at all and what a partner can see — it is off until you turn it on.
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MoodSwings is a wellness tracker, not a medical device — predictions are estimates, not guarantees, and nothing here is medical advice. Cycles and other product names belong to their respective owners; this comparison reflects each app's publicly described focus and our own honest read of it. We deliberately quote no ratings, review counts or prices for other apps, because those change — check the App Store for current details.