free, open source, everything stored locally: https://dripapp.org/
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Of all the things you most certainly do not need to upload to the cloud....................................................................
I mean cloud apps are popular because they are convenient. It's just a shame that they are invariably infested with toxic capitalism. And now apparently Christian fascists.
Thanks! Was looking for something more privacy focused. I had not found this one.
I am quite impressed by the funders, German state and Mozilla. Wow.
im giggling like an idiot at that name
Result: “sorry we shared your personal data, here’s a check for 38 cents. “
Damn man, my gf pays for this app. That's how we track her days. Corpos even know when we're probably having sex now D:.
Even your car might know.
For those that aren’t aware: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OYcmF9IAJbU
TL;DW: The Nissan privacy policy ~~states~~ stated that they can collect and store information about your sexual activity for some reason.
Note: the page seems to have been updated to remove that wording, but you can see it archived on the Way Back Machine from when the video was released.
Edit: spelling
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Wow, my girlfriend uses this. Time to get her a FOSS-grown solution. Fuck the corpos!
Come on, it is the 21st century.
Nobody should assume any other reason to create such an app than to harvest and sell personal medical data.
Unless:
I am glad I finally got my wife use this Foss alternative instated of some garbage that sends your data to a proprietary server.
Do you know how well it works? Maybe I could suggest it to my girlfriend if she would be interested.
The App (Drip) gives you after about 3 months acurate times on when the period should start. If you want accurate fertility tracking your girlfriend will have to measure her basal temperature (ar best daily) and either look out for changing cervical mucus or change in cervix opening/hardness.
Unless:
The existence of this app should be spread far and wide for every woman to use, versus the privacy invading ones that are out there.
Periodical is no wifi, no bs and stored locally on your phone storage. Also is about 5mb in size so pretty minimal. If anyone is interested here's the link https://f-droid.org/packages/de.arnowelzel.android.periodical/
Here are some privacy focused alternatives (only for android 😕): https://pluja.github.io/awesome-privacy/#menstrual-cycle-trackers
~~I wrote a period tracker app that also encrypts/password protects the data at rest. If you're concerned about someone taking your phone and accessing your data, it may also be worth a look.~~
~~https://github.com/cameroncros/PrivatePeriodTracker~~
~~https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.cross.privateperiodtracker~~
~~Drip looks better for most people though. But they should add encryption if they dont already have it.~~
Use drip.
Encryption and password protection is in the changelog for drips first version v0.0.1 - 5 years ago
I couldnt find your app on fdroid btw
Huh, thats good. I scanned their website for mentions of encryption and didnt find it.
Mine isnt on fdroid, wasnt worth the effort. May as well remove from Google Play as well tbh, Drips seems all round a better option.
Yep it was a struggle to find. I checked website, issues and then finally made a last attempt at the change logs. It should be advertised more for that added piece of mind.
I didnt mean to shoot your app down by the way, in case it came across that way. Ive never used these apps
Thanks for developing your version though. People like you make this community what it is :)
I've never used my app either, I lack the prerequisites :D I wrote it for my partner last time there was a thing about US cops going after the data. But I dont maintain it, so drips is the better option in general.
When drips gets caught selling data I'll revive my app :D
I remember back in my teenage days, I tried to track some menstruations. It didn’t end well.
Classic mistake. You weren't rich enough.
It's 2024. People still assume apps installed on their phones aren't siphoning every single 1 and 0 on your phone including your texts and recordings of your voice calls and then selling that data to a 3rd party advertising firm.
Why in FUCKS name would you put your menstrual cycle data on an app that some stranger made?
It's useful?
Agreed. Although I think the usefulness of the apps are aimed at tracking fertility to help people get pregnant. Which is even more scummy that they sell the data.
I think you may be way underestimating the number of people who have no idea the software they use is spying on them.
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