Menstrual Health tracker

[Margaret182]

Is there a way to revert back to the older version of the menstrual tracker. I had an update today and it is awful. It doesn't show you the full month, tell you what day of you cycle it is and no option to add when ovulation actually is. It just assumes everyone ovulated mid cycle. I see no option to add symptoms. Please allow us to revert back to the old version.

Fitbits just seems to be getting worse, First the clock face, then Spotify, the dashboard and now this 

[Cockayh]

I thought i was going mad as this link kept bringing me straight back here.  Not a good look on Fitbit if they deleted it.

[Cockayh]

I assume this is what they want.  I think I had read somewhere that they planned to make fitbit obsolete so that they could merge it into pixel.

It's such a shame as their sleep and period tracker were the best.

As others have said before the fact that this change shows no consideration for how real women actually use the cycle tracker.  Means that fitbit ignored any data you had on usage, obviously didn't have a single menstruating female involved with it's re-development, and certainly didn't have a focus group.

Treat this as your focus group.  This change has annoyed your female customer base.  I appreciate that you may want to push us off fitbit and "upgrade" to pixel.  But because of this I never will as Google you have shown us what you think of us.

I'll make my next upgrade to a more women friendly company.

[Joby1982]

Thanks. We have raised 2 feature requests so far and both have been deleted and the link redirected to here so I expect the same will happen to that one 😔 @mum2boo 

[Cockayh]

I have gone back to using an app called 'my calendar' which i used before fitbit.  It at least shows me my logged symptoms.

Fitbit/google have shown their true colours when it comes to their female client base.

[Cockayh]

They don't seem to realise how bad this looks for them

[Cockayh]

I can't even like any more posts as I have liked too many apparently 🫩

[Indecisive13]

100% agree! I wish it would just go back... I hate this new version 😒 

[Indecisive13]

Literally said the same thing. I refuse to believe there were any women involved in this update because the functionality and aesthetics are horrible in comparison to what was there before. It makes me soo upset especially as a fitbit user of over 10 years.

[RWIG78]

As a woman 'of a certain age' I relied in the tracker to plot when I had my last period and perimenopsausal symptoms. The new update makes it very difficult as it assumes I've not logged a period ... Adding them where it thinks it should be, and it's very difficult to scroll between months to track symptoms. Being able to see all months on the screen by scrolling up and down was much easier. The new update feels like a massive step backwards and I wonder if any females were consulted in the design at all 😞

[Mand73]

I agree that the old tracker was so much better. The app needs to support women in a useful way, and that means you should be able to easily scroll through each month continuously. It's like the designer's have assumed all women start their period on the first day of the month or something. If you dare to have a period that crosses between two months, the new tracker is clunky and cumbersome and unhelpful. Might as well just install a different menstual tracker. 

[RWIG78]

Apparently, if we give feedback directly through the app, it's more likely to be looked at. 

Click on your icon on the top right corner when in the Fitbit app, and there should be a feedback button at the bottom. 

If we all do it there's a chance they might listen... ....

[Margaret182]

Hi @RWIG78 I have just submitted my feedback and shared the link to this thread. I suggest everyone does the same. This thread just seems to be a playground for power tripping mods. At least this feedback will go directly to fitbit. You can also leave a voice note.

You can do this by clicking the top right within the fitbit app. Everyone submit your feedback!

[Nllogsdon]

The menstrual tracking update is horrible! It is actually a down grade. Going through perimenopause, it is very important to be able to scroll back and forth through months to see how long a period is or how long it is between periods. You can't do this now.

[Mand73]

I agree that the old version was much better. Not being able to scroll through all months makes the menstual tracker clunky and difficult to use. I've had to install a different app and won't be using Fitbit anymore unless it's changed back. The new version is a downgrade. 

[Pinklet]

The update is unbelievably AWFUL! What a massive step backwards. It's no longer interactive. If I want to know what day in my cycle I am, I now have to manually count it!! What a massive backwards step. I can't see when I've had migraines or other symptoms visually in the calendar - just a static image which is super hard to see which day is today. No-one wants to see a list and I also want to see all the dates on one screen like before, not month by month. I'm no longer going to use Fitbit to track my period. I've just downloaded Flo and am going to start again on a new app which is actually customer friendly.