In short
Natural Cycles, Birth Control is a free app for iOS made by NaturalCycles Nordic AB.
Highlights
Valuable insight into your cycles
Description
Natural Cycles is certified for use as contraception and helps you keep track of your ovulation, period and fertility.
The app will show you when to use protection to effectively prevent a pregnancy. It is clinically tested to be 99.5% effective*.
*Natural Cycles has a method failure Pearl Index of 0.5, which means that 5 women out of 1000 get pregnant during one year due to a falsely attributed green day. Natural Cycles has a typical-use Pearl Index of 7.0, which means that in total 7 women out of 100 get pregnant during one year due to all possible reasons (e.g. having unprotected sex on red days, failure of the contraceptive method used on red days).
Natural Cycles analyses your temperature, period and ovulation to calculate when you are fertile and should use contraception (e.g. condoms). Our algorithm is the brains behind the app. It takes care of all the complex calculations and tells you everything you need to know about your cycle.
How it works:
Measure your temperature first thing in the morning before you get out of bed. You will need a two decimal basal thermometer to do so. Enter your measurement and other data such as period, sex and LH test results into the app.
Check your daily status. A green day means you are not fertile and cannot get pregnant. A red day means that you are likely to be fertile and should use protection.
Make sure to read the instructions of use before you get started. For the app to effectively work as a contraceptive, you and your partner should be comfortable with using protection such as condoms on red days.
Natural Cycles does not protect against sexually transmitted diseases (STDs).
Planning a pregnancy:
Natural Cycles goes way beyond contraception. With our ‘Plan a pregnancy’ mode you can get to know when you are most fertile and time your sex to increase your chances of conceiving.
The app will let you know when it’s best to take a pregnancy test. Once a positive test is entered into the app, it switches colours and your features change. You will now be able to track the development of your pregnancy. Once you’ve given birth you can easily switch to Natural Cycles ‘Prevent’ mode as a contraceptive.
KEY FEATURES
- Red and green days to tell you exactly when you should use protection.
- Ovulation calculator and detector
- Intuitive data entry – temperature, ovulation test results, period
- Interactive calendar showing your current and upcoming fertility status
- Personalised and reliable fertility predictions up to 5 cycles in advance
- Informative and interactive graph view
- Statistics from your cycles and fertility
- Integration with Apple Health app
- Personalised messages
‘Plan a pregnancy’ mode:
- Personal fertility scale to pinpoint the optimal days to conceive
- Pregnancy detector
- Information about your baby’s development, including videos
SUBSCRIPTION
Natural Cycles includes In App purchases for the auto-renewable subscription to the application. After a free trial, the user can choose to pay a monthly fee of 6.99 GBP or a yearly fee of 59.99 GBP. If the users chooses to pay for a year directly, before the end of the free trial, a basal thermometer is included in the price. Payment will be charged to iTunes Account at confirmation of purchase. Subscription automatically renews unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24-hours before the end of the current period. The account will then be charged for renewal within 24-hours prior to the end of the current period at the price described above. Subscriptions may be managed by the user and auto-renewal may be turned off by going to the user's Account Settings after purchase. No cancellation of the current subscription is allowed during active subscription period.
Our Privacy Policy and Terms of Use can be viewed here:
https://www.naturalcycles.com/en/disclaimer
https://www.naturalcycles.com/en/privacy
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