“It automatically bought the yearly subscription after my 7 day free trial, without me even willingly inputting my credit card info. It probably pulled it from my Google account, but I wasn't even aware that could happen. It was about 20…”
Independent automated assessment · 3 signal sources · 511 reviews scanned · analyzed 2026-10-05.
4.8 ★72,958 ratings
500K+Downloads
4+Age rating
216 MBApp size
FreeIn-app purchases
About this app
Meet Lively Cycle, the premier app for aligning with your cycle to enhance every day. Personalised daily tips are tailored to your menstrual phase and hormone levels, empowering you to navigate each day with confidence and ease.
Lively® Cycle app offers guidance on nutrition, sports, and self-care, ensuring you feel supported and nurtured throughout your entire cycle. Unlike men, who function on a 24-hour cycle, women experience a unique 28-day cycle that influences their mood, energy, and well-being.
Enjoy Lively with your partner using the "Partner Syncing" feature. Share cycle phases and moods in a private setting to deepen your connection. This unique app experience keeps you in tune with each other’s needs, enhancing understanding and closeness.…
Preview
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Independent evidence report
Evidence and review signals
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Which version this describes
When we ran this analysis, and what the store lists now.
This analysis describes version 3.0.2 of the app, analyzed 2026-10-05 . The app may have changed since.
The store currently lists version 3.0.2, updated 2026-10-02.
What we measured
Each line is a measurement published as a measurement, never a verdict.
Each line is a measurement, published as a measurement. Where we have not looked, the line says so rather than reading as a zero.
Developer replies to reviews
Replies to at least 1 review in 20
Price in the store description
States no price and billing period
Cancelling, in the store description
Does not say how to cancel
Themes reported by reviewers
2 themes reported
Counted from the reviews we have read for this app. "No theme reported" means no theme reached our reporting threshold — it is not a finding that nothing is wrong with this app, and we do not say it is.
Five-star share of ratings
80–89% five-star
Arithmetic on the stores' own published rating counts. It says nothing about why the ratings fall where they do.
In the package we scanned
No package has been scanned for this app, so nothing is published about what it ships. That is an absence of evidence about the app, not a finding about it.
Graded bands · predicate set 1.4 · how these are measured
What the analysis found
App-specific findings, grouped by what each one rests on. How they are graded lives on its own page.
One source only — shown, not confirmed 3
A single kind of evidence. We publish these because withholding them would be the bigger distortion, and we do not treat any of them as a finding we stand behind.
From the store listing: Usable without an account
The app's own screens offer a way past sign-up — guest access, skipping, or browsing before registering — rather than gating the product behind an account. The store's privacy disclosure is checked alongside it: that disclosure is self-reported, so it corroborates this credit rather than establishing it.
What we saw: The store privacy disclosure (5 entries) links no contact details or identifiers to the user — consistent with an app that does not require an account. Self-reported by the developer.
Reported by users: Trial converts to a charge
The free trial demands a payment method up front and/or rolls into a paid subscription with no usable warning.
What we saw: Trial converts to a charge: raised by 7 distinct reviewers (1.4% of 511 reviews scanned)
Reported by users: Paywall blocks the basics
The core of the app — not extras — sits behind payment, or previously-free function moved behind a paywall.
What we saw: Paywall blocks the basics: raised by 12 distinct reviewers (2.3% of 511 reviews scanned)
Highlighted reviews
Representative public review excerpts shown as user reports, not Appworthy audit evidence.
“Randomly switched to paid model and took all of my period data away behind a pay wall!! edit: read response and reached out. App still takes me to a "free trial" page that uses my credit card info after 7 days. Not free.”
““7 day free trial” still charged — I decided to try it out for the 7 day free trial but it took 18 dollars!!!! What??”
Assessment & version history
App changes and Appworthy events in one timeline.
Store listing updated to version 3.0.2.
What this app sells
Useful store-disclosed pricing, kept below the app listing.
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Google Play does not publish per-purchase prices.