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Alternatives to Flo
20 healthcare tools sit alongside Flo in this directory. Below is what separates each from Flo on the figures we hold, price, model, tier count and rating, and a direct comparison for every one.
- Alternatives listed
- 20
- With a free tier
- 6
- Cheaper to start
- -
- Flo starts at
- Free
Why people look past Flo
Only what the record supports. Each point below is a figure on the Flo entry measured against the tools listed beside it.
There is only one tier
Flo publishes a single plan, Flo Premium at $11.99/month. There is no smaller tier to drop to if the fit is wrong or the budget moves.
What each alternative does differently
Ordered by the aggregated rating on each catalogue entry. Differences are drawn from price, pricing model, tier count and rating, the fields the category listing carries. For a feature-level difference, follow the head-to-head link on each card: those pages read both full records.
Period and cycle tracking app owned by German company Biowink, positioned around science based tracking and a published stance against sharing data with law enforcement
- Sold on a Free with a Plus subscription model rather than Free with a Premium subscription.
Connect with moms who get it
- Publishes an entry price of Free, where Flo does not.
- Sold on a freemium model rather than Free with a Premium subscription.
- 2 tiers to Flo's 1.
Open source hospital information system and EMR for low-resource hospitals, built on OpenMRS
- Sold on a Open source, no licence fee model rather than Free with a Premium subscription.
Open source electronic medical record platform for low-resource settings, with no vendor and paid implementers instead
- Sold on a Open source, no licence fee model rather than Free with a Premium subscription.
Free hospital and health information system from a small NGO, built on the Tryton framework
- Sold on a Open source, no licence fee model rather than Free with a Premium subscription.
- 2 tiers to Flo's 1.
Open source health information platform run from the University of Oslo and used by national ministries
- Sold on a Open source, no licence fee model rather than Free with a Premium subscription.
- 3 tiers to Flo's 1.
Every Flo alternative at a glance
A dash means the catalogue entry carries no figure, not that the answer is nothing.
| Tool | Entry price | Model | Tiers | Head to head |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flo (this page) | Free | Free with a Premium subscription | 1 | |
| ClueIf you want to compare published data practices and ownership before choosing a period tracking app | Free | Free with a Plus subscription | 1 | vs Flo |
| PeanutIf you want a community focused app for fertility, pregnancy and early parenting rather than cycle tracking specifically | Free | Freemium | 2 | vs Flo |
| Bahmni | Free | Open source, no licence fee | 1 | vs Flo |
| OpenMRS | Free | Open source, no licence fee | 1 | vs Flo |
| GNU Health | Free | Open source, no licence fee | 2 | vs Flo |
| DHIS2 | Free | Open source, no licence fee | 3 | vs Flo |
| Annalise.ai | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Flo |
| Included Health | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Flo |
| Ambra Health | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Flo |
| Lunit | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Flo |
| Ibex Medical Analytics | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Flo |
| Fujifilm Synapse | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Flo |
| Gleamer | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Flo |
| Aidoc | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Flo |
| Lyra Health | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Flo |
| Koa Health | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Flo |
| Meru Health | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Flo |
| PathAI | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Flo |
| Paige | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Flo |
| Beckman Coulter DxONE | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Flo |
Ratings are aggregated from third-party sources and imported with each catalogue entry; Softwr hosts no reviews of these products. How each figure is used is set out on the Flo badges page.
Cheaper ways to solve the same problem
What you would be giving up
Flo is most often brought in for someone tracking cycle and ovulation who wants to weigh app convenience against the sensitivity of the data being logged, a user in a jurisdiction with legal risk around reproductive health data who wants to check anonymous mode and current data sharing policy before logging pregnancy or fertility attempts, a buyer wanting to compare flo directly against clue on published data practices before choosing which app to trust with this information, someone who wants pregnancy tracking content alongside cycle tracking in one app rather than switching apps mid-pregnancy. Anything replacing it has to cover the ones you actually depend on, and a cheaper tool that misses one of them is not cheaper.
Two things this page cannot settle. It compares on price, model, tier count and rating, because those are the fields the category listing carries, feature-level differences need both full records, which is what the head-to-head pages load. And the ratings are third-party aggregates imported with each entry rather than reviews written here, so a 0.2 difference between two tools is noise rather than a finding.
If Flo is broadly right and the question is cost, the Flo pricing breakdown covers every tier and what each one adds. If you want the whole field rather than a shortlist, the Healthcare category lists everything the directory holds, and best healthcare tools ranks them.
Flo runs on ios, android, web. Platform coverage is not carried on the category listing for the alternatives, so it is one more thing to check on each head-to-head page rather than here.
Questions about Flo alternatives
- What are the main alternatives to Flo?
- 20 other healthcare tools are listed in this directory, led by Clue, Peanut, Bahmni, OpenMRS. They are ordered by the aggregated rating on each catalogue entry, not by any Softwr ranking.
- What is the best free alternative to Flo?
- 6 of the alternatives listed here can be used without paying: Clue, Peanut, Bahmni, OpenMRS, GNU Health.
- Why do people look for an alternative to Flo?
- On the figures on record, one thing stands out: there is only one tier. Each is set out with the numbers behind it above.
- What would I give up by switching from Flo?
- Flo is most often brought in for someone tracking cycle and ovulation who wants to weigh app convenience against the sensitivity of the data being logged, a user in a jurisdiction with legal risk around reproductive health data who wants to check anonymous mode and current data sharing policy before logging pregnancy or fertility attempts, a buyer wanting to compare flo directly against clue on published data practices before choosing which app to trust with this information, someone who wants pregnancy tracking content alongside cycle tracking in one app rather than switching apps mid-pregnancy. Anything you replace it with has to cover the ones you actually rely on, the side-by-side comparisons linked from each alternative below put the two feature records against each other.
- Is there an open-source alternative to Flo?
- None of the healthcare tools listed here are recorded as open source. That is what the licence field on each entry says, and the field is not always filled in, so it is worth checking directly for any tool you are serious about.
- How were these Flo alternatives chosen?
- They are the tools filed in the same category, Healthcare, ordered by the aggregated rating on each entry. There is no editorial shortlist, and nothing on this page is paid: no sponsored placement runs on alternatives pages and the order cannot be bought. Softwr has not used these products.
- Where can I compare Flo against one of these directly?
- Every alternative below has a side-by-side page against Flo covering price, platforms, features and what each one is used for. Those pages read the full record for both products rather than the summary shown here.
- Does this list cover every healthcare tool?
- No. It covers what this directory holds in the Healthcare category, 20 tools beside Flo. The category page lists the rest of the catalogue as it grows.