There is!
It's called drip and is a project started by a berlin-based feminist collective iirc.

dripapp.org/

Free, open-source, local data only

Drip looks to be available on Google Play, App Store and F-Droid.

It probably has a lot to do with informing people.

Besides drip, Euki (github) is another option on both the play store and iOS.

Note that both of these options are maintained by tiny teams with limited resources.

Euki

Euki is the privacy first period tracker for iOS and Android. - Euki

^GitHub

I get what you’re trying to say, but this is basically just roundabout victim blaming. Women shouldn’t have to worry about whether or not someone is going to weaponize data on their menstrual cycle against them. Yes it is good to lock your door at night, but ultimately you don’t blame somebody for getting robbed just because they didn't lock it. You blame the thief.

Not everybody is as aware of privacy issues as the rest of us. We have to help them, not berate them.

So why the fuck don’t women just use that?

They probably don't know about it. If I search "period tracker" on Google Play, Drip is in about 40th place in the results. That's several screens down, past a bunch of search suggestions, and the parts where it's open source, on-device, and optionally encrypted aren't clear until I tap on it and read the description.

And you probably can’t even get drip on iPhones.

There's some irony in a comment dealing with people making decisions that are against their interests because they're insufficiently informed speculating incorrectly about something like this when it's easy to check. Drip is, in fact available for iPhone.

‎drip.

‎Menstrual cycle tracking can help you understand your body symptoms and gives you insights into your menstrual health. Use drip. for tracking your menstrual cycle and for fertility awareness. Unlike other menstrual cycle tracking apps, drip.

^{App Store}

erm, I do use Drip actually. i have used it for over a year now as I didn't want trackers knowing my cycle.

women do use drip. we just don't advertise it, usually.

i have also recommended it to friends who were looking for a more simple app than these google play store ones.

i'd like to point out that it shouldn't be on women (or anyone) to be on constant guard against attacks on their privacy.

yes, it is the state of the world, but the attitude of your comment is victim blaming.

let's not forget that while we on Lemmy may be aware of the danger of mass surveillance tech, we're not the majority.

snowden told us years ago how fucked everything is, and surveillance has only grown since then. let's not forget that it is not normal that corpo data-mining is the norm (along with included de-facto warrantless surveillance). Even though we all should be better, nobody should have to be as careful as we are.

hell, let's be real. As long as we use a smartphone, we're not being careful enough either.

I happen to be a penis owner.

That's like 95% of Lemmy.

Would the cops come beating my door down claiming I had an abortion? 🤔

I don't think that has happened starting from a period tracking app yet. There was a case involving an unencrypted messaging app used to discuss a criminalized abortion.

I keep track of my wife's period.

I use mensinator on fdroid made by two woman.

github.com/EmmaTellblom/Mensin…

She didn't do it, so I had to.

GitHub - EmmaTellblom/Mensinator: Privacy focused period tracking!

Privacy focused period tracking! Contribute to EmmaTellblom/Mensinator development by creating an account on GitHub.

^GitHub

Not everyone uses Android devices.

Edit: do you people not understand context? The person I replied to specifically mentioned F-Droid, which is ANDROID ONLY.

Not surprising, 'open source' is a deliberately ambiguous term, engineered to derailed libre software. First, clear up your own understanding, before telling others. Use simple words like control, scam and abuse. See this example. lemmy.world/post/21620691

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A link and only one link, so (1) they see it's an app, not some random word or typo, (2) they can download it without searching, and (3) they don't have multiple choice–they don't need to do any thinking or research. Remove everything stopping them.

anti-libre software.

Never say privacy, they've heard it all before (from you, no doubt). Say something different.

We do NOT control it.

Make it simple and direct. Think of the most retarded person you know and break it down in a way they would understand. Think about every angle it could be misunderstood.

It withholds

Libre software is normal, default. Anti-libre software is cringe, weird, dangerous. Act like it. Also, humans care less about getting and more about losing stuff.

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Show them what to check for, for themselves, easily, obvious. Later, show them how to spread these ideas. Then, show them how to show others how to spread these ideas, make more of you.

GPL

A keyword for them to web search for more, with better results than more complex terms like AGPL or misleading terms like 'open source'.

Don't waste a word.

Lastly, make yourself someone everyone wants to talk to.

Drip, the app mentioned several times in this thread, let's you encrypt the locally stored database with a password you have to enter every time you open the app. How is that not safer than a random piece of paper?

It's so exhausting that this thread is full of men telling women what they should and shouldn't do while having very little knowledge about the topic.

it can be tracked safely with an app that only stores local data.

I'm not sure what you're scared of.

Convenience wins out 99% of the time. Why carry a pen/paper when one can use the same device they already carry around? Hell, I don't even use pen/paper anymore because my phone handles all that for me.

That said, I did set up some infrastructure at home that I use to store as much of my private data as possible.