There are many apps that help women with tracking their monthly cycles. However, Natural Cycles is the first app certified as a form of contraception by the European Union. Natural Cycles uses a specially developed algorithm and other factors, including temperature, to determine which days a woman might be fertile. To get the certification the app had to follow the same path as other contraceptives as, for example, condoms and demonstrate in a series of clinical studies that it improves the effectiveness of traditional planning methods. Next, the company aims for certification in the U.S.
EU certifies Natural Cycles app to help women with birth control
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