Is there an IVF app in Ireland?

A declaration of interest first: we make Lullagram, in Ireland, so we are not a neutral party, and we have put it first on purpose. Everything we say about it below is what the app does today. The other apps on this page are good ones that people use and like, and we have kept what we say about them fair.

IVF comes with a surprising amount of admin. There are injections at set times, sometimes more than one a day, supplies to keep an eye on, scans and bloods at short notice and a string of dates that all depend on each other. Most people end up with a paper calendar, a clinic sheet on the fridge and a row of phone alarms. We built the Lullagram IVF tools so all of that lives in one place, next to the trying for a baby section you may already use.

Why is Lullagram our pick for an IVF app in Ireland?

In our view, because it is free, it is made in Ireland and it puts the practical side of treatment in one place: your treatment dates, your injections with reminders, your appointments and how free IVF works in Ireland. If the test is positive, your pregnancy tracker starts in the same app, with your due date worked out from your transfer.

• Free, with no catch. The trying for a baby and IVF section is free, with no trial and no card, and there are no ads.
• The practical side of treatment in one place. Dates, doses, reminders, supplies and appointments together, rather than spread across a calendar, a notebook and your alarms.
• Built for Ireland. It explains how free IVF works here, from your GP referral to the HSE regional fertility hubs, with links to the HSE.
• One app for what comes next. The trying, pregnancy and baby sections sit alongside each other, so a positive test starts your pregnancy tracker without a new download.
• Made in Ireland by a parent. Christopher O'Callaghan built Lullagram after the night feeds with his own newborn, a story covered by Cork Beo, and parents rate it 5.0 on Google Play and Google.

What do the Lullagram IVF tools do?

You add your treatment dates, from Day 1 through stimulation, trigger, egg collection, transfer and test day. You add your medicines with their doses and times and tick each dose off. You add your scans, bloods and other appointments. The IVF home shows your stage, the day of treatment, today's medicines and your next appointment, and a step by step guide explains each stage in plain words.

You turn them on inside the trying for a baby section: choose "We're having IVF" when you start, answer yes to the question about fertility treatment or tap the IVF tools tile. Here is what you get:

• Your IVF home. Your stage, the day of treatment and a countdown, today's medicines with one-tap ticks, warnings when supplies run low and your next appointment.
• Treatment dates. For a fresh IVF or ICSI cycle, short or long protocol, or a frozen transfer: Day 1, downregulation, stimulation, trigger date and time, egg collection, transfer on Day 3 or Day 5, test day and early scan, with reminders for the key dates if you want them.
• Injections and medicines. Pick from a list or type any name, then add the dose and up to 4 times a day, or a single dose at an exact time. Tick each dose off, mark one as not taken or add an extra dose.
• Supplies. Enter how many you have and the count goes down with each dose you tick.
• Injection spot rotation. A body map with 6 spots that shows the one you used least recently.
• Appointments. Scans, bloods, collection, transfer, test, review and calls, with a reminder an hour before or at 08:00.
• IVF step by step. A 14 page guide in plain words that explains each stage of treatment and links to the HSE.
• The trying calendar. Tap any day to see your cycle day, your logs, notes and your IVF doses and appointments, and edit or delete anything.
• Cycle history. Earlier cycles stay in the app, so you can look back when you start again.
• After the test. A positive result sets up your pregnancy tracker from your transfer date. A negative result or a cycle that stops is met gently, with support, and the app offers to move that cycle's medicines to finished so the reminders stop.

Can the app remind me about my injections?

Yes. Each medicine can have reminders at the time of the dose or 15, 30 or 60 minutes before. Reminders are discreet by default and only name the medicine if you choose. On iPhone, reminders need Lullagram added to your Home Screen.

A discreet reminder looks like "Lullagram reminder: your 19:00 dose is due", so nothing private shows on a locked screen unless you turn on medicine names in Cycle settings.

Can my partner see my IVF treatment in the app?

Only if you choose to share. A partner you share with sees your stage, your key dates and your result, read only. They never see your medicines, doses, appointments or notes.

Details like the method, sperm source, numbers and your notes are kept in a part of your record that only you can see, even when you share.

Is the Lullagram IVF app free?

Yes. The trying for a baby and IVF section is free, with no trial and no card, and so is the pregnancy tracker. Only the baby tracker is paid, after a free 7 day trial, at €4.99 a month for the whole household.

How does free IVF work in Ireland?

According to the HSE, your GP or a consultant refers you to a regional fertility hub. If a consultant there recommends it and you meet the access criteria, the HSE funds 1 round of IVF or ICSI, or IUI, at an approved clinic. The criteria include the woman being under 41 and the man under 60 on the date of referral.

There are other criteria too, including BMI, children and previous treatment, so read the full detail before you go to your GP. Our guide to who qualifies for free IVF in Ireland and how to get it sets it out step by step with links to the HSE, and the fertile days calculator is in our trying for a baby guide.

What other apps do people use during IVF?

Besides Lullagram, people trying for a baby in Ireland often use Flo for cycle tracking, Natural Cycles for temperature-based cycle tracking and Peanut for community. If your clinic gives you its own app or patient portal, keep using it for results and messages from the clinic.

App	Good for
Lullagram	IVF treatment dates, injections with reminders and appointments, free, made in Ireland, with the trying, pregnancy and baby sections alongside
Flo	period and ovulation tracking that carries on into pregnancy
Natural Cycles	temperature-based cycle tracking
Peanut	community and talking to other women

Flo

Flo is one of the most downloaded women's health apps in the world. It tracks periods, ovulation and pregnancy week by week, so if you were using it before treatment, it is familiar ground. Partner sharing means the other half can follow along too.

Natural Cycles

Natural Cycles is temperature-based cycle and fertility tracking. If temperature charting is your thing while you are trying naturally, it is worth a look.

Peanut

Peanut is less a tracker and more a community, connecting women through fertility, pregnancy and motherhood. If what you want during treatment is people who get it, rather than charts, it is a good place to find them.

Plenty of people use two apps: one for community or cycle charts, and Lullagram for the treatment itself and the Irish side of things. For pregnancy apps as well, see our comparison of pregnancy and IVF apps in Ireland.

Does Lullagram give medical advice about IVF?

No. Lullagram helps you keep track, it does not replace your clinic. It never changes a dose. Always follow your clinic's instructions, and if you miss or are late with an injection, ring your clinic. In an emergency, call 112 or 999.

Your clinic knows your treatment plan. Use the app to remember it, and bring any question about doses, timing or how you feel to your clinic team.

Is my IVF data private in Lullagram?

Yes. Your data is stored in an EU data centre in Ireland and encrypted in transit and at rest. The app asks for your agreement before it stores IVF treatment details, there are no ads, your data is never sold and you can export or delete it from inside the app.

Treatment details are health data, so the app asks for a separate agreement the first time you use the IVF tools. The full details are in our privacy policy.

Does Lullagram work on iPhone?

Yes. Lullagram is on Android from Google Play, and on iPhone it runs straight from Safari at lullagram.ie/app. Sign up free and add it to your Home Screen, which is also what lets it send you reminders. It also works in any modern browser on a laptop or tablet.