Natural Cycles tracks your menstrual cycle along with body temperature. If you already use it, MigraineMe can pick up your period dates from it so you do not have to enter them twice. The setup is different on iPhone and Android.
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On Android, Natural Cycles does not currently share cycle data with other apps through Health Connect, even when Health Connect is installed. This is a decision by the people who build Natural Cycles. If you have an Android phone, please skip to the Android section below.
On iPhone the connection works well.
On iPhone
Natural Cycles writes your period dates into Apple Health. MigraineMe reads from Apple Health. So once you give permission once, your data shows up.
- Open MigraineMe.
- Tap the gear icon in the top-left of the screen.
- Tap Connections.
- Find Apple Health and tap Connect. If it already says Connected, skip to step 6.
- A window from your iPhone will appear. Tap Turn On All (or make sure Menstruation is on), then Allow.
- Open the drawer again, tap Data and Notifications, and check the Menstruation switch is on. Connecting Apple Health turns it on for you.
MigraineMe copies up to a year of period days from Apple Health.
You are connected. Your Natural Cycles history will start appearing inside MigraineMe.
If the popup did not show up
Your iPhone may have already saved an old answer. Here is how to turn the permission on by hand:
- Open the Settings app on your iPhone (the grey gear, not MigraineMe).
- Tap Apps, then Health.
- Tap Data Access & Devices.
- Find MigraineMe and tap it.
- Turn Menstruation on.
- Open MigraineMe again.
If you still see nothing
Make sure Natural Cycles itself is set to share with Apple Health. Open Natural Cycles, find its own settings, and turn on the Apple Health link. Then come back to MigraineMe.
On Android
As noted above, Natural Cycles on Android does not currently share its data with Health Connect. So even if you turn the switch on inside MigraineMe, nothing will come through.
If Natural Cycles begins supporting Health Connect later, the steps would be:
- Open MigraineMe.
- Tap the gear icon in the top-left of the screen, then Connections.
- Find Health Connect and tap Connect.
- A Health Connect window will appear. Make sure Menstruation is on, then tap Allow.
- Open the drawer again, tap Data and Notifications, and turn on the Menstruation switch.
Until that day comes, the simplest path on Android is to log your period directly in MigraineMe.
Logging directly in MigraineMe (recommended on Android)
- Open MigraineMe.
- Tap the Monitor tab at the bottom.
- Scroll to the Menstruation card.
- Tap it.
- Under Log a Period, tap Select date.
- Choose the day your period started.
- Tap Add.
You only need to log the first day of each period. MigraineMe will work out the rest.
If you forgot a day, you can pick any past date in the same box and log it after the fact.
Privacy
MigraineMe does not connect to Natural Cycles directly. On iPhone it only reads what Natural Cycles has chosen to share with Apple Health, and only after you tap Allow. You can switch the link off any time in Data and Notifications → Menstruation in the drawer. On iPhone, periods you log in MigraineMe are also saved to Apple Health.
