Did every app in the study send data before consent?

Peak Privacy says every one of the ten sent data out before a woman was asked, including the cleanest of those ten. Not one let her choose if and what to share.

How many outside services received data?

The study counts 32 outside services, including Google, Meta, and AppsFlyer, and 253 privacy findings across the ten apps.

Does this apply to every menopause app?

No. Peak Privacy's news page says a separate case study was one app that was not among the ten. The measurement itself is ten apps chosen by reach.

What to look for in a private menopause app

By Jaan Labs·6 Min Read·Last checked October 16, 2026

In June 2026 Peak Privacy scanned ten menopause apps in the UK, EU, and US, chosen by reach. It says every one sent data out before a woman was asked, and that 32 outside services received data. None offered a choice of what to share.² This study is not a verdict on every app, and this page names no winner.

A menopause app can hold sleep, mood, and the day a hormone dose changed. In June 2026, Peak Privacy scanned ten widely used menopause apps in the UK, EU, and US. They chose the apps by reach, not by what they expected to find. They watched what each app did on the phone, and they read that against the privacy policy.²

Peak Privacy says every one of the ten sent data out before a woman was asked. The same write-up counts 253 privacy findings, and 32 outside services receiving data, including Google, Meta, and AppsFlyer. Not one of the ten let a woman choose if and what to share. Even the cleanest of those ten sent data to outside companies before she was asked.²

Peak Privacy says this is a measurement of ten apps, not a verdict on every menopause app.

What does the study not crown?

The news page says a separate case study, of one app that was not among the ten, reached a clean scan after its makers fixed a leak they had not known about. This essay does not name that app, and it does not treat the case study as a winner. A clean scan of one build is not a ranking of products, and it is not a reason to trust a badge on a store page.¹

Nothing here is ordered by who pays for a listing. The tools directory on this site is a set of links to company pages. Payment does not decide that order, and this essay is not a placement.

What should I look for in a private menopause app?

Peak Privacy's finding is that all ten apps sent data out before a woman was asked. None of the ten offered a choice of if and what to share.²

The study names 32 outside services, and it names Google, Meta, and AppsFlyer among them. Peak Privacy compared the traffic with what the policy promised.²

The PDF of the study is linked from the same news page.² This page is not medical advice, and it is not a privacy audit of an app you already use. It stays inside what Peak Privacy published, and it was last checked in October 2026.