Period apps that make a doctor report:
four compared
4 min read · checked against its sources · updated 15 Oct 2026
If you want a report your doctor can read about PMS or PMDD, three of these four apps make one. Clue sells a one-time PDF covering your last six completed cycles. PMDD Tracker makes PDF or CSV reports with a subscription. Tideline builds a report after two cycles that puts the week before each period next to the week after. Me v PMDD shows graphs, but its listing doesn't mention a PDF or export.
The right one depends on how soon your appointment is and what you want the report to show.
Why the report matters
The NHS suggests keeping a record of your symptoms for at least two menstrual cycles and bringing it to your GP. What a doctor looks for is timing: symptoms that build before a period and ease after it starts. A report that makes that timing easy to see saves you from explaining it from memory. There is more on this in why doctors ask for two cycles.
The four apps side by side
| Clue | PMDD Tracker | Me v PMDD | Tideline | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Report format | PDF or CSV | Graphs in the app (no export mentioned) | ||
| Cycles covered | Last 6 completed cycles | Not stated | You choose a date range for graphs | Two cycles |
| Before/after period comparison | Symptom heatmap by cycle day | Not stated | Line graphs | Week before vs week after, symptom by symptom |
| Your own words in the report | Not stated | Not stated | Not stated | Yes, from the hardest days |
| How you pay | One-time purchase per report | Subscription | Free | Subscription (Plus) |
| Devices | iPhone and Android | iPhone, iPad, Mac | iPhone | iPhone only |
Clue
Clue's doctor's report is a PDF of your last six completed cycles. It shows cycle history and statistics, plus the symptoms you logged at least three times. Medications and birth control you've entered appear at the top. It's a one-time purchase rather than a subscription, you can edit it for 24 hours, and you can download it again for up to two years. The report isn't offered everywhere, so check that it's available in your country and app language before you plan around it.
The catch for PMDD is the wait. Six completed cycles is about half a year of tracking before you get the report.
PMDD Tracker
PMDD Tracker (by Adam Cziko) logs your cycle, emotional and physical symptoms, and treatments, and lets you make your own symptoms and treatments. It creates PDF or CSV reports to share with a doctor, locks with Face ID or Touch ID, and works on iPad and Mac as well as iPhone. It has 4.7 stars from 183 ratings in the US. The listing doesn't say what the report contains, so you'll want to look at a sample before you pay.
Me v PMDD
Me v PMDD tracks symptoms and mood on 0 to 10 scales, keeps a treatment list you can share with new doctors, and connects you with peer supporters through the Gia Allemand Foundation. It's listed as free. The listing describes line graphs but no PDF or export, and the last update listed is from November 2021.
Tideline
Tideline is built around the appointment. Each day you type or say one sentence, and the app sorts out the mood and symptoms and files them under the right cycle day. After two cycles it makes a report that shows every day at a glance, compares the week before each period with the week after, symptom by symptom, and quotes your own words from the hardest days. You can save it as a PDF.
A basic before/after comparison is free after one cycle. The full PDF report comes with Tideline Plus. There's no account and no server, and export is free. It's new, so there are no ratings yet, and it runs on iPhone only.
Which one to pick
- You want a report without a subscription and can wait about six months: Clue.
- You want to track treatments, use an iPad or Mac, or need CSV data: PMDD Tracker.
- You want a free app with peer support and don't need a PDF: Me v PMDD.
- Your appointment is coming up, you want the before/after weeks side by side in your own words, and you'd rather write one sentence than fill in a checklist: Tideline.
Whichever you choose, keep logging on good days too. The contrast between them is what makes a report useful. Once you have it, getting ready for the appointment covers what to bring and what to say.
Keep the record your doctor needs. Tideline is a period and mood tracker for iPhone: write one sentence a day, and after two cycles it puts the week before your period next to the week after it starts. Free to track, no account.
Get Tideline on the App Store
Keep reading
- Why doctors ask for two cycles
- Preparing for a PMDD appointment
- PMDD Tracker Printable: Daily Chart PDF
Sources
- NHS: Premenstrual syndrome (PMS)
- Clue (BioWink): Terms of Service: Doctor's Report
- Apple App Store: PMDD Tracker
- Apple App Store: Me v PMDD
- Apple App Store: Tideline Period & PMDD Tracker