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Natural Cycles Fertility App
NaturalCycles Nordic AB · 29,002 ratings · ★ 4.8
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Top complaints - extracted from 38 negative reviews
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"oura"
10 negative reviews mention this · 26% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Connecting. I’ve been using the app with my oura ring for 6months now. It won’t connect and give me temp readings unless I open oura app first. This is slightly annoying but no big deal. My big problem with it and why I’m writing the review is, it says…" - Shi/shi
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"ring"
9 negative reviews mention this · 24% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Won’t use this app. 23$ for a Monthly fee to track your period is CRAZY no free options honestly I’m going to return the ring! I’d rather go with a RingConn where you don’t have to pay stupid fees when not all insurances would even reimburse this." - Mariahc1214
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"been"
9 negative reviews mention this · 24% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Connecting. I’ve been using the app with my oura ring for 6months now. It won’t connect and give me temp readings unless I open oura app first. This is slightly annoying but no big deal. My big problem with it and why I’m writing the review is, it says…" - Shi/shi
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"track"
8 negative reviews mention this · 21% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Won’t use this app. 23$ for a Monthly fee to track your period is CRAZY no free options honestly I’m going to return the ring! I’d rather go with a RingConn where you don’t have to pay stupid fees when not all insurances would even reimburse this." - Mariahc1214
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"oura ring"
8 negative reviews mention this · 21% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Connecting. I’ve been using the app with my oura ring for 6months now. It won’t connect and give me temp readings unless I open oura app first. This is slightly annoying but no big deal. My big problem with it and why I’m writing the review is, it says…" - Shi/shi
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"cycle"
8 negative reviews mention this · 21% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Having problems with the band. I love the app so much! It gives great information and ideas about food and exercise. I’ve been having so much trouble with the band. I chose the band because I liked that I only had to wear it at night. I got the first band and wore it for…" - Adi/e
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"ovulation"
8 negative reviews mention this · 21% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Why it kick me off in the app on my phone and wanting to download elsewhere. I just barely bought the app to track my ovulation temperature on my Applewatch &iphone and it’s just telling me to go to Google Chrome to get download it on something else. Why am I purchasing something and then being kicked off now? How…" - Review matters.
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"money"
8 negative reviews mention this · 21% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Why it kick me off in the app on my phone and wanting to download elsewhere. I just barely bought the app to track my ovulation temperature on my Applewatch &iphone and it’s just telling me to go to Google Chrome to get download it on something else. Why am I purchasing something and then being kicked off now? How…" - Review matters.
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"temperature"
7 negative reviews mention this · 18% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Connecting. I’ve been using the app with my oura ring for 6months now. It won’t connect and give me temp readings unless I open oura app first. This is slightly annoying but no big deal. My big problem with it and why I’m writing the review is, it says…" - Shi/shi
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"subscription"
7 negative reviews mention this · 18% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Connecting. I’ve been using the app with my oura ring for 6months now. It won’t connect and give me temp readings unless I open oura app first. This is slightly annoying but no big deal. My big problem with it and why I’m writing the review is, it says…" - Shi/shi
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"price"
7 negative reviews mention this · 18% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Copy and Paste. The monthly price is way too high for the app to just copy and paste the data from the oura ring. I don’t feel like I’m getting any new information. The rest of the app feels like a magazine with articles and quizzes, which also can all be …" - Triscuit4444
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"period"
6 negative reviews mention this · 16% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Won’t use this app. 23$ for a Monthly fee to track your period is CRAZY no free options honestly I’m going to return the ring! I’d rather go with a RingConn where you don’t have to pay stupid fees when not all insurances would even reimburse this." - Mariahc1214
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Won’t use this app
23$ for a Monthly fee to track your period is CRAZY no free options honestly I’m going to return the ring! I’d rather go with a RingConn where you don’t have to pay stupid fees when not all insurances would even reimburse this.
DO NOT USE THIS APP
Once downloading the application, I immediately realized this application was not sustainable for my cycle tracking. I requested a refund and cancelation, but was told I could not get a refund. I still requested the cancellation and even put a reminder in my calendar for 1 year to confirm I didn’t not get charged again. I did yet again, and they are denying the cancellation request and have no record of the transcript now, of which I was never provided originally. This charge over drafted my account which is the only reason I noticed. They told me I got a email reminder of the renewal, which went to my spam folder, which is fitting. On top of it, they do not have a company phone number or billing phone number connected to the card charge. I filed a dispute with my bank and now it’s a WHOLE thing. GET OUT WHILE YOU CAN.
Hard to cancel
Highly inaccurate and always failed to sync with multiple devices. And then it’s been difficult to cancel. Never sent renewal reminder so paid for yet another year. Customer service is horrible as it’s all automated and someone will contact you in 1-2 business days.
Why it kick me off in the app on my phone and wanting to download elsewhere
I just barely bought the app to track my ovulation temperature on my Applewatch &iphone and it’s just telling me to go to Google Chrome to get download it on something else. Why am I purchasing something and then being kicked off now? How do I unsubscribe so you guys aren’t taking my money? I can’t even log back into the app.
BS don’t Sign in with Apple ID or you’ll never get a reminder email and they’ll charge you again
I signed in with my Apple ID. Apple creates some random email. They say no refunds because they email you, but you don’t get the email because it doesn’t exist. I checked all my records. Total BS! My login wasn’t thru Apple subscription because I didn’t subscribe thru Apple so I can’t get a refund there. If you try to submit a ticket it only goes to the Apple ID random email that I’m already not receiving. Thanks for nothing!!!
No es para Garmin
Compre mi aplicación el día de hoy ya que en App Store dio la noticia que ya era compatible con mi Garmin Venu 4. Estoy accediendo y no me da la opción de conectar mi dispositivo Garmin.
Solo de Apple Watch y Oura. no es lo que ofrecen.
Solo de Apple Watch y Oura. no es lo que ofrecen.
Auto recharge
This is a fine app but it auto recharges you with only one notice and is $150. It is insanely expensive and they refuse to give refunds even if you request it the same day of charge. When you are pregnant you don’t use the app so you forget to cancel. They advertise the pregnancy and post partum features but the app is useless in pregnancy/post baby until your period returns. I do not recommend due to this.
Does not work for breastfeeding women
I went through all the questions and put that I was breastfeeding. I paid the subscription for just 1 month luckily because it doesn’t tell you until after that all days are red until I’m done breastfeeding.
Waste of time
I never got to use the app this rating is simply for wasting my time I got through sign up just to find the price per month is almost 13 with no free option I’ll stick to Premom
Going downhill
This app used to be great and when I found it I was so excited. Unfortunately the price increases are absolutely insane I started at $90 a year and now it’s $160!
They notified me over a month before my subscription renewed that the price would increase and I’d be charged for it. It’s inexcusable to notify only once and so far ahead of time. If you miss that one email you are charged $160 and not refunded even if you are not using the app (I got pregnant and wasn’t using it at the moment). No other subscription service I use is that underhanded about price changes and charging without proper notification. This app sadly has turned into a money making scheme that sells your data and intentionally obscures their renewal policy. Nowadays you can just slap “women’s health” on anything and sucker women out of privacy and money. I’m going to buy an oura ring, this app is now outdated and I am getting way more from oura than natural cycles for the money.
They notified me over a month before my subscription renewed that the price would increase and I’d be charged for it. It’s inexcusable to notify only once and so far ahead of time. If you miss that one email you are charged $160 and not refunded even if you are not using the app (I got pregnant and wasn’t using it at the moment). No other subscription service I use is that underhanded about price changes and charging without proper notification. This app sadly has turned into a money making scheme that sells your data and intentionally obscures their renewal policy. Nowadays you can just slap “women’s health” on anything and sucker women out of privacy and money. I’m going to buy an oura ring, this app is now outdated and I am getting way more from oura than natural cycles for the money.
Why does the app suck so bad?
<<Updating>> after using for three months. I wish I could change my star rating but cannot. This app is consistently predicting ovulation about 7 days off- saying I’m predicted to ovulate 7 days later than I actually do. When it finally catches up and realizes that I ovulated sooner (even with me tagging that I have ovulation pain on my daily report) it doesn’t update or take it seriously for the entire 7 days later.
Look.. I’ve had 2 kids. My ovulation is painful now. I KNOW when I’m ovulating. My temp rises, why can’t this app understand that my temp rising is the sign of ovulation and fix my projection THAT day???
I’ll give it a few more months and I’m calling it quits.
Be careful if you’re not using other forms of birth control. This app is consistently 3-7 days off for all projections.
I can’t view all my temp data in one, usable graph. It forces me into landscape and is utterly unusable.. there isn’t much insight into my health here either. I was expecting to have more data to look at besides the one screen of using protection or not. Logging your daily activities isn’t very easy either. I just got the Oura ring and have that connected. Maybe it’s the ring causing limitations? I have had my Apple Watch for a long time and maybe using that instead will help but truthfully I’m not impressed at all… the Apple health cycles feature feels more intuitive and helpful than this garbage. Well, I paid, might as well see it thru. Also, btw, the free trial doesn’t exist 🙃
Good luck out there, girls.
Look.. I’ve had 2 kids. My ovulation is painful now. I KNOW when I’m ovulating. My temp rises, why can’t this app understand that my temp rising is the sign of ovulation and fix my projection THAT day???
I’ll give it a few more months and I’m calling it quits.
Be careful if you’re not using other forms of birth control. This app is consistently 3-7 days off for all projections.
I can’t view all my temp data in one, usable graph. It forces me into landscape and is utterly unusable.. there isn’t much insight into my health here either. I was expecting to have more data to look at besides the one screen of using protection or not. Logging your daily activities isn’t very easy either. I just got the Oura ring and have that connected. Maybe it’s the ring causing limitations? I have had my Apple Watch for a long time and maybe using that instead will help but truthfully I’m not impressed at all… the Apple health cycles feature feels more intuitive and helpful than this garbage. Well, I paid, might as well see it thru. Also, btw, the free trial doesn’t exist 🙃
Good luck out there, girls.
No customer support
The customer support is unresponsive and unhelpful. I still haven’t received my temperature monitor, because they use a terrible shipping provider.
DO NOT EVEN WASTE YOUR TIME FOR THIS ONE PLEASE!
Of course it’s another one of those stupid apps that all they want is your money and your information. I’m totally not okay with that. Please take my word for it.
Pay walls
Everything is stuck behind a pay wall. Why do I need to pay a stupid amount of money to track my period. It’s terrible that women have to go through a normal body experience then have to pay to keep track of it. Would not recommend!!
Don’t waste your money
This app is designed to use your temperature every morning to determine fertility (ovulation). Every single month, it has ovulation showing for the 16-17th of the cycle. I know for a fact I ovulate earlier than that, & no matter how much data you add, the dates never change…how effective. It’s too expensive for it to not even be tracking anything…find something better, ladies.
Easy to Use and Ineffective
Got pregnant using it perfectly as a preventative measure.
Not for post hysterectomy perimenopause tracking
It seems that since I’m unable to log periods myself this app can’t track whether a cycle is happening, even with an Oura ring. It claims to be able to, but it hasn’t yet. I was charged for the year without being allowed to cancel and customer service has been unhelpful. This app has zero functionality for me.
DO NOT BE FOOLED
After the app allowed me to fully set up, taking all of my personal information, it wouldn’t let me get past the wearable device section without paying. terrible!
DO NOT USE
Extremely unhappy with this companies refund policy. Do not use this company. They also sell your data. I tried to work with customer support & they were not helpful.
Horrible service! They only want your money!
My significant other downloaded this app and has been a long term user. I decided to get a vasectomy recently and now she has no use for this app and service. Natural Cycles has chose to keep charging my partner for the annual service and said they can’t refund or do anything to help. Absolutely horrrible customer service and once you sign up you’re locked in! Good luck trying to get out of their service but once you sign up. Natural Cycles will keep charging you annually even when you no longer use their app and service. Absolute rubbish customer service. Zero stars if I could…!
would put 0 stars if i could
don’t listen to the reviews this app will scam you for hundreds of dollars and refuse to give it back even after you’ve been locked out of your account. terrible app terrible people and i hope you get the legal trouble you deserve. their entire business model is trapping you & scamming you and refusing to give your money back no matter what.
Terrible refund policy
Subscription price increase by over 50% is absolutely ridiculous. You don’t need this-oura tracks period data now. Completely overpriced and they won’t refund anything.
Price increase is insane
I’ve been a long time user but them charging $150 for an app is insane! There are a lot better and more economical options out there.
INSANE price increase
Insane price increase for no added features. Increased 30$ annually for something that the Oura ring already tells me
Notification Crazy
It’s really stupid you can’t turn message notifications off. The messages are not important - even though the app thinks so. And you get one every single freaking day. Leave me alone I just want to track my cycle without being bothered.
Upsetting
In terms of tracking your cycle and ovulation it does a great job I think the idea of a natural non hormonal form of birth control is so great; however, I can no longer subscribe to this product. I feel morally compromised using NC because I became pregnant while on “prevent pregnancy” mode and NC was sure to let me know “there are still other options”. Suggesting abortion to pregnant women is so sick.
Price increase is insane- not worth it anymore
I’ve been using this app for 4 years and it’s been so helpful in terms of tracking variations in my cycles and hormone symptoms. However, I got an email today stating that my next renewal price next month is almost doubling. This is insane, given how much many of us are struggling with inflation and price increases everywhere. This app has now outgrown its worth and I can no longer recommend it.
In response to the developers: This app does not provide the value for what you are now charging for it. You do not have my support and my subscription has been cancelled. If you decide to make the app affordable again, I may re-subscribe, but at this point I’ve looked at enough other apps to realize that they offer more than you do and at a lesser price. Do better and listen to your long-term customers.
In response to the developers: This app does not provide the value for what you are now charging for it. You do not have my support and my subscription has been cancelled. If you decide to make the app affordable again, I may re-subscribe, but at this point I’ve looked at enough other apps to realize that they offer more than you do and at a lesser price. Do better and listen to your long-term customers.
Connecting
I’ve been using the app with my oura ring for 6months now. It won’t connect and give me temp readings unless I open oura app first. This is slightly annoying but no big deal. My big problem with it and why I’m writing the review is, it says I need to update permissions but when I do that an error message shows not allowing it to sync the information from my oura. So it’s not reading the temperature so now it’s just a logging app that I’ve paid a subscription for. I would love this app if it actually worked.
Having problems with the band
I love the app so much! It gives great information and ideas about food and exercise. I’ve been having so much trouble with the band. I chose the band because I liked that I only had to wear it at night. I got the first band and wore it for about a week and half and love it. One morning I woke up and went to sync it to the app, but it wouldn’t connect. I went to plug it in as instructed but the troubleshooting page in the app, but it wouldn’t charge either. I contacted the natural cycles customer service and they sent me a new band (which I appreciated so much) I wore the band for 2 nights. I plugged it in yesterday and it was charging. Then this morning when I woke and went to sync to the app, the same thing happened. I really didn’t want to use hormonal birth control. I was so excited to find this app, but I get married in 19 days and am without a way to track my temperature again. It takes about 2 weeks for me to get the new band so I’m just really disappointed that the bands aren’t a higher quality. And I don’t know what to do.
Juice isn’t worth the squeeze
Granted, I have an Oura ring, but this app basically man-splains what the Oura ring discovers/ the information provides. If you are trying to conceive, it’s really subpar. This
app really has way too much hype. Maybe I would like it more if I just had an Apple Watch/ Garmin. Also, pretty expensive, and wild that the healthcare worker discount only works for first time subscriptions.
app really has way too much hype. Maybe I would like it more if I just had an Apple Watch/ Garmin. Also, pretty expensive, and wild that the healthcare worker discount only works for first time subscriptions.
Not helpful postpartum
The method of this app only works if you take your temperature after you wake up but before you get out of bed at about the same time every day after a “normal” night of sleep. When you’ve just had a baby, you’re not going to lay in bed and take your temp for a minute when you’ve woken up to your baby crying. There is no “normal” night of sleep anymore. And I certainly don’t wake up at the same time these days. Even if you use an oura ring that takes your temperature automatically, you could be awake with the baby at the scheduled time and it will impact your temp reading.
Lastly, there is no way to get the little notification badge to go away. Even if you’ve already logged your temp for the day and read every info tip and article they send you, you will STILL have a little red “1” notifications over the app icon. Which might drive you nuts if you’re a certain type of person.
Lastly, there is no way to get the little notification badge to go away. Even if you’ve already logged your temp for the day and read every info tip and article they send you, you will STILL have a little red “1” notifications over the app icon. Which might drive you nuts if you’re a certain type of person.
Mixed feelings for sure
I was a fan but I do feel like it was overhyped for sure. I was trying to conceive and I was following the recommendations and it keep clocking my ovulation way before I got a positive LH test. I quit natural cycles and switched to the Clear blue app and boom got pregnant that month .
Copy and Paste
The monthly price is way too high for the app to just copy and paste the data from the oura ring. I don’t feel like I’m getting any new information. The rest of the app feels like a magazine with articles and quizzes, which also can all be found outside of the app. I’m glad it works for others, but for anyone that has a regular cycle this isn’t what you need.
Not able to use.
I was really looking forward to using this app, as I’m getting married soon and I’ve been needing to track my period/ovulation. I waited until I would be able to purchase the full thing instead of doing the free trial because of the band. The band was supposed to come 2 weeks ago, and is still not on the way. I put my address in their app correctly, and they were unable to reach my address- they tried again and still aren’t able to make it to me- even though I get packages here all the time. They made me put in another address, which is not my house and an inconvenience for me and others. I’m worried that I waited too long, that that app won’t be accurate enough for my wedding day, very disappointing. I can’t even use the app at all until I receive the bracelet either, so it’s not like I would be able to put in a temperature. Really disappointing. I hope that my perspective changes once I am able to get it, but I’m not even sure I will at this point.
Not for new moms
Honestly I really wanted this to work, but I had twins and their eight months old and I still get up so many times in the night and I never even know at what point I’m supposed to measure or if it works at all. Maybe if you have no kids, or a baby that sleeps through the night but don’t waste your money otherwise
Need heart indicator for intimate days
I am paying a little over $100 for the whole year to use this app and one thing that I really wish they would add is a heart or some kind of indicator symbol on the calendar page for the days that you are intimate with your partner. Once they do that, I will change my rating. It really matters.
Stunningly bad
I can’t believe they have the audacity to charge anything for this app, let alone a monthly subscription fee that is higher than almost any other app. If you have even the most rudimentary understanding of cycle tracking and ovulation you will do a much better job of tracking your cycle with a calendar than with this app. It’s absolutely shocking how bad it is at predicting ovulation and I’m confused about how they continue to stay in business.
Very inaccurate with limited personalization
I really wanted to love this app, especially since it comes so highly recommended. Unfortunately, it hasn't worked for me at all. It always ways "waiting to confirm ovulation", it doesn't let me track my period, and it hasn't provided a single accurate period or cycle prediction in the 4+ months that I've had it. Skip this one, ladies.
Sentiment summary
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Positive (4-5★)
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