How to move your cycle history from Apple Health to Barkat
If you've logged your period in the Health app, or in another app that saves to Apple Health, you can bring that history into Barkat. Barkat reads the file on your phone and adds what it finds to your cycle calendar. The file is never uploaded, and nothing is sent to us.
What comes across
- Period days, with light, medium, or heavy flow
- Spotting
- Basal body temperature, in °F or °C
- Cervical fluid
Barkat only adds days you haven't logged yet. Anything you've already logged in Barkat stays the way you logged it.
1. Export from the Health app
Open the Health app on your iPhone and tap your picture or initials in the top right corner. Scroll to the bottom and tap Export All Health Data, then tap Export. It can take a few minutes if you have years of data. When it's ready, tap Save to Files and pick a folder you'll remember.
2. Unzip it
Open the Files app, find export.zip, and tap it once. Files unzips it into a folder called apple_health_export. Inside is a file called export.xml. That's the one Barkat needs.
3. Bring it into Barkat
Open Barkat's cycle tab and tap bring in from another app. Choose Apple Health, tap choose the file, and pick export.xml from the apple_health_export folder. Barkat reads it on your phone, which can take a little while for a big file, and then shows what it found, for example "Found 38 period days and 112 temperatures."
Tap add it to my cycle. Your calendar, your average cycle length, and your predictions update right away. If it isn't what you expected, tap undo to take the whole import back.
4. Delete the export
The export holds all of your Health data, including steps, heart rate, and anything else your apps have saved. Once your cycle is in Barkat, it's a good idea to delete export.zip and the apple_health_export folder from Files, so a copy isn't left lying around.
Keeping it private
Barkat doesn't send anything back to Apple Health. If you turn on sync, your cycle is locked on your phone with your six-word phrase before it leaves, like everything else in Barkat. More on Apple Health and privacy