About Family Planning
Hesperian Health Guides’ Family Planning app provides accurate, up-to-date information on contraceptive methods so people can choose the method that best matches their preferences and needs. Developed for frontline health...
Hesperian Health Guides’ Family Planning app provides accurate, up-to-date information on contraceptive methods so people can choose the method that best matches their preferences and needs. Developed for frontline health workers, local leaders, and peer promoters, this app is filled with clear photos and illustrations, easy-to-understand information, and interactive tools to support conversations about reproductive health.
This free, multilingual app works offline without a data plan and covers essential topics for family planning counseling including how each method is used, how well it prevents pregnancy, how easily it can be kept secret, and side effects.
INSIDE THE APP:
• contraceptive methods – information on barrier, behavioral, hormonal, and permanent methods with the effectiveness, advantages, and disadvantage of each
• Method Chooser – an interactive tool that helps users find the contraceptive methods that best match their preferences, lifestyle, and health history
• FAQs – answers to many general questions about contraception and common concerns about specific methods like whether you can reuse condoms, and when you can start each method after giving birth, having a miscarriage, or having an abortion
• tips and interactive counseling examples – improve your counseling skills, comfort with discussing reproductive health information, and ability to support people from a variety of backgrounds and walks of life
Once downloaded, the app does not require an internet connection or data plan. Language choices in the app are Afaan Oromoo, Amharic, English, Español, Français, Kinyarwanda, Kiswahili, Luganda, and Português. Change between all 9 languages at any time. Listen to information with the read aloud feature when using the app in English or Spanish.
VETTED BY PROFESSIONALS. DATA PRIVACY.
Like all apps from Hesperian Health Guides, the Family Planning app has been community-tested and vetted by medical professionals. Although developed for frontline and community health workers, it is also well-suited for individuals seeking information for themselves or their friends. This app does not collect any personal information so users’ health data will never be sold or shared.
Previous Versions
Here you can find the changelog of Family Planning since it was posted on our website on 2021-12-11 13:43:14.
The latest version is 1.6.5 and it was updated on 2026-10-09 08:40:21. See below the changes in each version.
Family Planning version 1.6.5
Updated At: 2026-08-09
Changes: Minor content updates
Family Planning version 1.6.2
Updated At: 2026-05-22
Changes: New language: Hausa!
Family Planning version 1.5.13
Updated At: 2025-06-08
Changes: This update provides major overhauls to the English language mode, with updates to information and significant improvements of the user interface and navigation in all languages
New preference section in General Contraceptive information
All 20 contraceptive methods have new info and a standardized presentation to facilitate comparisons
New counseling support section with graphical interface and simplified icons to support respectful care
Read-aloud text to speech functionality in English
Family Planning version 1.4.11
Updated At: 2025-01-29
Changes: bug fixes
Family Planning version 1.4.3
Updated At: 2023-06-17
Changes: New language: Portuguese!
Family Planning version 1.2.34
Updated At: 2022-10-25
Changes: This release includes a newly revised and updated Method Chooser feature to make it easier and faster to find the methods that best suit a person’s needs. This new Method Chooser has fewer and simpler questions. The number of birth control options available gets updated based on responses to each question. This updated version makes it faster and easier to choose a method.
Family Planning version 1.2.14
Updated At: 2022-01-05
Changes: New language: Luganda! Also content updates in other languages.
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