
Clearblue
Advanced Digital Ovulation Test
8.1/10 overall£24.99 (10 tests)
Identifies 2 fertile days plus your 2 highest-fertility peak days by tracking two hormones, not one.
The verdict
Clearblue's Advanced Digital tracks two hormones, giving a flashing smiley for high fertility and a static smiley for peak fertility, plus a two-day fertile window. Best for anyone who's found line-reading stressful or has irregular cycles. It costs noticeably more per test than strip kits, so it's not the choice for daily testing across a long cycle.
Day to day, this works like any ovulation kit but with the guesswork stripped out: you dip the stick in a urine sample around the same time each day and the digital reader gives you a flashing smiley for high fertility or a static smiley for peak fertility, rather than a line you have to squint at and compare to yesterday's. Because it tracks both estrogen and LH rather than LH alone, it typically identifies a two-day fertile window plus two peak days, which gives a genuinely fuller picture than a single-hormone test — useful if your cycles vary in length or you have ever had an ambiguous result on a basic strip.
Against the Easy@Home strips in this category, the trade-off is straightforward: you are paying a real premium per test for the digital readout and the dual-hormone algorithm. Ten tests here cost more than fifty of the Easy@Home strips, and if you need to test daily across a long or irregular cycle — which is exactly when accurate tracking matters most — that cost difference adds up fast. What you get for it is confidence: no second-guessing a faint line, no comparing photos of test sticks in a WhatsApp group to work out if today counts as positive.
This suits people who have found line-reading stressful or unreliable in the past, anyone testing for the first time who wants a clear yes/no answer, and those with less predictable cycles who benefit from the wider fertile-window detection. If you have a well-established, regular cycle and mainly want confirmation of a known fertile day, the Easy@Home strips will do the same job for a fraction of the cost, and most people become confident reading line intensity within a cycle or two.
The main limitation is cost per test, plain and simple — this is not the kit to reach for if you are testing twice a day for months on end. It also requires a AAA battery for the digital holder (included, but worth knowing), and each digital stick is single-use with no readout memory beyond the current cycle, so you will want a period-tracking app alongside it if you want to see patterns over time.
Is the Advanced Digital Ovulation Test worth it?
- Digital readout removes line-reading guesswork
- Dual-hormone tracking widens the fertile window
- Detects peak fertility, not just the fertile window
- Easy to use for first-time trackers
What are the downsides of the Advanced Digital Ovulation Test?
- Expensive per test versus strip kits
- Costs add up fast with daily testing
- No cycle history stored on the device
Specs
- Suitable for
- Irregular or first-time cycle tracking
- Result display
- Digital smiley-face readout
- Tests per pack
- 10
- Reusable holder
- Yes, disposable test sticks
- Battery required
- 1x AAA (included)
- Hormones detected
- Estrogen and LH
How we scored it
Accuracy
How reliably the test identifies the fertile window and LH surge.
Dual-hormone tracking catches irregular cycles that single-hormone tests miss.
Ease of Use
How simple the test is to use and read correctly.
Digital smiley-face readout removes line-reading guesswork.
Value for Money
Cost per test/cycle relative to what you get.
Pricier per test if you need to test daily across a long cycle.
Weighted by importance for this category — see our editorial policy for how we test.
How this review was done
We haven't used the Advanced Digital Ovulation Test ourselves yet. This review is built from Clearblue's published specifications and product information, and scored the same way as everything else on the site. We'll update it, and the badge above, once we've tested it hands-on.
How it compares
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Price | £24.99 (10 tests) | From £4.29, around £6 for a 20-pack (sizes 10-100 available) | £1.00 for 5 | £13.99 (50 tests) |
| Overall score | 8.1/10 | 7.3/10 | 5.8/10 | 7.3/10 |
| Suitable for | Irregular or first-time cycle tracking | — | — | Budget-conscious or frequent daily testing |
| Result display | Digital smiley-face readout | — | — | Test line vs control line |
| Tests per pack | 10 | — | — | 50 |
Frequently asked questions
Is the Clearblue Advanced Digital worth the extra cost?+
It depends on your cycle and how you feel about reading lines. It removes all guesswork with a digital smiley readout and catches a wider fertile window by tracking two hormones instead of one, which suits people who've had ambiguous strip results before. But ten tests cost more than fifty basic strips, so daily testing across a long cycle gets expensive fast.
How does it compare to the Easy@Home strips?+
You're paying a real premium for the digital readout and dual-hormone algorithm — ten Clearblue tests cost more than fifty Easy@Home strips. In return you get no second-guessing a faint line. If you have a regular cycle and mainly want confirmation of a known fertile day, the cheaper strips do the same job.
Does it need batteries?+
Yes — it requires one AAA battery for the digital holder, which is included. Each digital test stick is single-use and there's no readout memory beyond the current cycle, so you'd want a period-tracking app alongside it to spot patterns over time.
Is it good for irregular cycles?+
Yes — because it tracks both estrogen and LH rather than LH alone, it typically identifies a two-day fertile window plus two peak days, a fuller picture than a single-hormone test, which is useful if your cycles vary in length.
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Reviewed by
Sepehr
Software engineer, soon-to-be dad, uncle to four — the tech-obsessed half of the two of us testing this stuff. Currently building this site with my wife, ahead of our own baby arriving.


