If you have an Android phone, you may have noticed that the period-tracker apps (Flo, Clue, Natural Cycles, Premom and others) will not share their cycle data with MigraineMe, even after you turn everything on. This article explains why, and shows you the easy fix.
The short version
On Android, MigraineMe reads your cycle through a system called Health Connect. Health Connect is like a shared notebook that any health app can read from or write to, if it chooses to.
The problem is that most period-tracking apps do not write to that notebook. They keep your data inside their own app. This is a choice made by the app makers, and we cannot change it from our side.
So even if you have Flo, Clue, Natural Cycles or Premom installed and working, MigraineMe will see no period information through Health Connect.
The good news
You do not need any of those other apps to use MigraineMe well. You can log your period straight into MigraineMe in about two seconds, and the app will do everything from there.
How to log your period directly
- Open MigraineMe.
- Tap the Monitor tab at the bottom of the screen.
- Scroll down until you see the Menstruation card.
- Tap the card to open it. (If this is your first time, fill in the Cycle Settings card and tap Save Settings.)
- Find the Log a Period card and tap Select date.
- A calendar appears. Tap the day your period started.
- Tap Add.
That is it. You do not need to open the app every day. Just on the first day of each period.
If you forget on the day, no problem. Open the same screen any time and pick the past day from the calendar.
What the app does with this
Once you log even one period, MigraineMe can:
- Predict your next period based on your usual cycle length
- Add extra risk to your home-screen gauge on the days you are most likely to get a migraine (usually 2 to 3 days before your period and the first 1 to 2 days of bleeding)
- Show your cycle countdown and history on the Menstruation card
The more periods you log over time, the more accurate the prediction gets.
Setting your cycle length
If you have not already, set your usual cycle length so the prediction can start.
- On the same settings screen, tap the box labelled Average Cycle Length.
- Type your usual cycle length (28 is the default, anywhere between 21 and 35 is normal).
- Tap Save Settings.
If you are not sure of your cycle length, leave it at 28. The app will learn your real average as you log more periods, as long as the Auto-update Average switch is on.
What if the period apps start supporting Health Connect later
Good. If that day comes, just go to the gear icon, then Data and Notifications, then Menstruation in MigraineMe and turn the switch on. Your phone will ask if MigraineMe can read cycle data from Health Connect. Tap Allow.
Until then, direct logging is the way.
What if I am on an iPhone
On iPhone the situation is different. Apple Health does share period data, and most period-tracking apps write to it. So if you have an iPhone, you can usually connect Flo, Clue, Natural Cycles and similar apps without any trouble. See the connection article for the app you use.
Privacy
Anything you log directly in MigraineMe stays in your MigraineMe account. We do not share it. If you want a logged period removed, write to us at help@migraineme.app.
