Obie: AI for Women’s Health

I’ve been trying to update my info in the app, however, I keep getting a red error message saying “We’re unable to process your request, Please try again” and this has been going on for days. I noticed this app hasn’t had a full update in about 2 years! I think it’s time you updated the app and fix whatever is going on!

The date of my last period was 6/23, so my predicted ovulation date according to Obie was 7/9, but I had a positive ovulation test on 7/6 (which is what **I** predicted my ovulation date to be) and logged it in the app. But the app never accounted for that or adjusted my ovulation date, and it won’t allow me to manually change it. I got pregnant (yay!), and the app transitioned from its fertility status to pregnancy-tracking status, but now it’s showing my first trimester started on 6/20, which is NOT correct because I KNOW I started my period on 6/23. I did NOT start my last period on 6/20. It’s possible to ovulate early (though by my own calculation I was on time), and they should know that and take it into account. Obviously it must have adjusted my first day of pregnancy based on the positive ovulation test I entered. You can’t just CHANGE when you started your period IRL to match when you ovulated. Once it transitions to the pregnancy status, it gives you your expected due date based off of the first day of your last period, and luckily you can manually update the due date if they’re not using the correct last-period date. Still frustrating because if I had gone by Obie’s predicted ovulation date, I would have missed it and not gotten pregnant. If you REALLY want a genuinely FREE fertility app, I would recommend Obie because there are no ads, you don’t need a subscription for all the features, and the UI is nice. HOWEVER: USE CAUTION and REALLY GET TO KNOW YOUR CYCLE or you won’t always get accurate information. You can adjust the first day of your last period and your pregnancy due date, but nothing else, causing inaccurate dates for ovulation and fertilization.

TLDR; atheistically pleasing, but some features are not available to users with irregular cycles. Needs more customization for pcos users who may need to adjust bleeding factors for the algorithm to work better. It’s definitely not for people with irregular cycles. The locked bleeding feature is wildly frustrating when I need to edit a cycle. I have PCOS and don’t ovulate regularly, and often have highly erratic cycles. I’ve gone longer than 150 days without a period once. Atheistically it’s a GORGEOUS app, and is definitely geared towards those who like the minimalistic feel. I really like that it’s not overwhelming with info and that the design is very sleek, so I do continue to use it, even though it’s absolutely NOT user friendly for those with pcos or irregular cycles. I do hope that as I continue to track my cycles it will eventually become a little more “predictive” for my cycle irregularities.