Phaes vs the trackers, at a glance
| Phaes | Flo | Clue | Balance | Health & Her | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adaptive running and strength plan | – | – | – | – | |
| Cycle and symptoms change today’s workout | – | – | – | – | |
| Daily readiness drives training | – | – | – | – | |
| Heavy strength for bone and muscle | – | – | – | – | |
| 5K to marathon training plans | – | – | – | – | |
| Free cycle and symptom tracking | |||||
| Perimenopause and menopause mode | |||||
| Science-backed symptom score | Basic |
The trackers are great. They just do not coach you.
If you want to know what your cycle is doing, the apps in this table are hard to beat. Flo's perimenopause score is science-backed, Clue is rigorous with irregular cycles, and Balance and Health & Her are built specifically for the menopause transition. We are not trying to out-track any of them, and many women happily keep one of these alongside Phaes.
But a chart does not change your training. You can log a brutal night of sleep, day three of your period, and a symptom flare, and a tracker will show you a tidy graph. It will not move tomorrow's tempo run. Phaes does.
What Phaes adds on top of tracking
Your cycle decides today's workout
The same daily check-in that a tracker would file away as data feeds straight into your plan. Where you are in your cycle and how you feel decide whether today is the day to push or to back off. See how cycle-based training works.
A real running plan, with strength built in
None of the trackers give you a 5K to marathon plan, and none program resistance training. Phaes programs heavy strength alongside the running in the same plan, which matters more through perimenopause and menopause, when protecting bone and muscle is as important as the mileage.
Plenty of women keep both: a tracker for the symptom picture, Phaes for the training. Cycle tracking, symptom logging, and HRT tracking are all free in Phaes too.
Which one is right for you
- Flo for the broadest cycle tracking and a science-backed perimenopause score.
- Clue for rigorous, research-first tracking of irregular cycles.
- Balance or Health & Her for menopause-specific symptom tracking, education, and wellbeing tools.
- Phaes if you run and want all of that to actually shape your training, not just chart it.