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Safe Sex Tips

 Safe Sex Topics is a free app available for download through the App Store on iOS devices that discusses safe sex, sexually transmitted diseases, condoms, and more....
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Natural Cycles

 The makers of Natural Cycles promote it as “the intelligent birth control app”. The app uses technology to become knowledgeable of your cycle and, as a result, prom...
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Period Tracker Plus Ovulation

 Period Tracker Plus Ovulation currently has over 1.8 million users and was rated number one in Healthtap.com’s “Top 10 Women’s Health Apps for iOS”. You can kee...
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Life – Period Tracker Calendar

 Life - Period Tracker Calendar allows you to track more than just your period. In addition to tracking your menstrual cycle, the app also schedules reminders for your c...
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Eve

 Eve offers numerous tracking benefits. These include logging for sexual activity and mood, tracking trends of your body, and being compatible with the Health App for tr...
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Flo

 Flo offers three important components on your journey to bringing life inside your body. It tracks your period, informs you when you’re ovulating and includes a ferti...
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Bedsider

 Bedsider is a birth control reminder app with a humorous approach. The youtube video on the website is funny enough to make viewers laugh out loud. While humorous, it i...
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MyPatch Pro

 MyPatch Pro is a useful app that offers many features. The main features are the reminders to attach your birth control patch, when to switch out your patch, and when t...
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Spot On

 Spot On is a one stop application to track your menstrual cycle. It serves as both birth control and a cycle calendar. Teen Vogue wrote, “This new period tracking app...
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Lady Pill Reminder

 Lady Pill Reminder is an app that helps you keep track of taking your birth control pills. It is very simple to set up and use. You just have to indicate the type of bi...
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