Phaes vs Health & Her, at a glance
| Phaes | Health & Her | |
|---|---|---|
| Adaptive plan: race, fitness, or strength | – | |
| Progressive strength for muscle and bone | – | |
| Training adapts to your cycle and recovery | – | |
| Daily check-in drives the plan | – | |
| Free symptom tracking | ||
| CBT, breathing, and pelvic floor library | – | |
| Guided relaxation and sleep tools | Some |
Two different kinds of help
Health & Her is excellent at what it does: helping you cope with perimenopause symptoms through CBT, pelvic floor training, breathing, and guided relaxation, much of it free. If symptom management is what you need, it is a strong, well-credentialed choice.
Phaes is not a symptom-management app. It is a women-specific training coach, where your cycle phase and daily recovery shape an adaptive plan, running, strength, or general fitness. Different job, different muscle.
Where Phaes fits
Progressive running and strength that adapts
Phaes builds your runs and heavy strength into one plan, with day-level locking so neither drops, and a daily check-in that moves the plan with your symptoms and recovery. See running through perimenopause.
Strength to protect bone and muscle
Heavy, progressive resistance work is built in, not a separate app you forget to open. Through perimenopause and menopause that is what protects bone density and lean muscle while you keep running.
Does Health & Her include workouts?
Health & Her includes guided exercises, but they are symptom-management exercises: pelvic floor training, CBT, breathing, and meditation, which you can schedule into a plan with reminders. It does not build running or strength workouts or progress them over time. If you want a perimenopause app with tailored exercise routines, that is a training coach. Phaes is one, free to download from the App Store (iPhone).
Does Health & Her track bone health?
Not as a dedicated feature, as far as Health & Her publishes. Its tools center on tracking symptoms and managing them day to day. Bone health in perimenopause is less about tracking and more about training: falling estrogen speeds bone loss, and progressive heavy strength and impact work are the best-evidenced ways to slow it. See how often women over 40 should lift.
They pair naturally: Health & Her for symptom relief and pelvic floor work, Phaes for the running and strength training that adapts to you.
Frequently asked questions
Is Phaes a replacement for Health & Her?
They do different things. Health & Her is strong on symptom management: CBT, pelvic floor exercises, and relaxation. Phaes is a training coach that builds an adaptive running and strength plan around your cycle and recovery. Many women use both.
Does Phaes include pelvic floor or CBT exercises?
No. Phaes focuses on running and strength programming, not symptom-management exercises like CBT or pelvic floor routines. For those, an app like Health & Her is a good complement.
Does Health & Her have workouts?
Health & Her has guided pelvic floor, CBT, breathing, and meditation exercises you can schedule with reminders. It does not build running or strength workouts or adapt training to your cycle and recovery. For that, pair it with a coaching app such as Phaes.
Where can I get a perimenopause app with tailored exercise routines?
Phaes is a perimenopause app that builds tailored running and strength routines and adapts them daily to your cycle, symptoms, and recovery. It is free to download on the App Store for iPhone, with tracking free and the adaptive Coach plan at $9.99 per month or $69.99 per year after a free first week.
Is Phaes free?
The app and all tracking (cycle, symptoms, MHT (HRT), body composition) are free. Phaes Insights, your daily read and trends, is $3.99 per month or $29.99 per year, and Phaes Coach, the adaptive plan and a coach that adjusts it, is $9.99 per month or $69.99 per year, with a free first week.