Moodnotes vs Mood Journal
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Moodnotes
This app helps you track your mood, identify triggers, and improve your thinking habits using principles of cognitive behavior therapy. It offers tools for self-awareness, reducing anxiety, and developing healthier perspectives for increased well-being.
- Track mood and identify triggers
- Automatic face scanning for mood capture
- Journaling with photos and notes
- Self-awareness articles by experts
- Develop healthier thinking habits
- Reduce anxiety and enhance well-being
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Don’t let your mood affect your life. Take control over it! Meet Moodnotes - a super easy mood tracker & journaling app to capture your mood and help you improve your thinking habits. Moodnotes empowers you to track your mood over time, avoid common thinking traps, and develop perspectives associated with increased happiness and well-being. Created by design experts and clinical psychologists (creators of MoodKit), Moodnotes is grounded in the scientifically-supported content of cognitive behavior therapy (CBT) and positive psychology. Includes Apple Watch app and iCloud sync/backup. KEY FEATURES: Moodnotes helps you to: - Track your mood and identify what triggers it - Scan your face automatically using device camera - Keep your memories with photos or pictures - Read self-awareness articles written by mental health experts - Develop healthier thinking habits - Learn about “traps” in your thinking and how to avoid them - Reduce anxiety and enhance your sense of well-being - Bring new, helpful perspectives to situations - Increase your self-awareness Exclusively featured by Apple in the App Store Today tab story "All The Feels". MOODNOTES PREMIUM Become a Premium member to unlock the following features: - Make unlimited entries per day - Monitor your personal statistics and check your mood insights - Add notes to enrich your mood entries - Get access to “Notable insights” section to learn more about your mood - Find more full-text articles to understand yourself * Subscription payments will be charged to your iTunes account at confirmation of your purchase. * Subscriptions will automatically renew and payment will be charged to your iTunes account unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours prior to the end of the current period. The cost of the renewal depends on your Subscription Plan. Our standard Subscription Plans are: * 1-month Subscription * 1-year Subscription * Subscription with a free trial period will automatically renew to a paid subscription. You can cancel or manage your free trial's auto-renewal in your Account Settings after purchase. The cancellation will take effect 24-hours after the last day of the current subscription period and you will be downgraded to the free service. * Please note: any unused portion of a free trial period (if offered) will be forfeited when you purchase a premium subscription during the free trial period. If you have any questions or suggestions on how we can improve the application, please do not hesitate to contact us at moodnotes@bendingspoons.com Privacy Policy: https://support.bendingspoons.com/privacy.html?app=1019230398 Terms of Service: https://support.bendingspoons.com/tos.html?app=1019230398
Mood Journal
Track your mood and gain insights into what influences your feelings through AI-powered analysis and self-reflection. Access curated articles and record video journals to improve your mental well-being. Integrates with HealthKit for a holistic view of your health and mood.
- AI-driven mood insights
- Self-reflection video journaling
- Personalized mental health articles
- HealthKit integration for mood correlation
- Daily mental health reminders
- Mood and activity tracking
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Mood Journal combines a few principles from psychotherapy for controlling your mood. Through tracking and self-reflection and our AI algorithms, you can get insights into what affects your mood and feelings. Our carefully prepared articles are suggested based on your current state and aimed at improving your overall mental health. Allow yourself to self-reflect and keep journal by taking videos of yourself. Instead of typing your thoughts, simply take a selfie-video and keep your personal story. Mood Journal Insights has integration with HealthKit that can help you visualize how your health affects mood. The health data is used only for visualization on your phone and it never leaves the device. You can connect Mood Journal with HealthKit to see if there is any correlation between your mood and your physical activity, such as sleep time, number of steps or your weight. Reminders will make sure that you take care of your mental health on a regular basis. Terms of use: https://www.fancygames.net/moodjournal/terms.html Privacy policy: https://www.fancygames.net/moodjournal/privacy.html
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Moodnotes at none against Mood Journal's shown. Moodnotes also leads on ratings volume (11K vs 58). Mood Journal's advantage is review sentiment (100% vs 65%) and update cadence (weekly vs every 4 weeks). On price, rating, in-app purchases and monetization model there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Moodnotes sells 11 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per 7 days and Mood Journal sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.6 for Moodnotes against 4.7 for Mood Journal. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Moodnotes has 11K ratings behind it against 58, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 65% of Moodnotes's written reviews are positive against 100% of Mood Journal's.
Moodnotes ships an update every 4 weeks, Mood Journal weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Moodnotes | Mood Journal |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (11K ratings) | 4.7 (58 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 65.5% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 11K — better | 58 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 weeks | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Freemium | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod, Apple Watch — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 | 11.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 146 MB | 91 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Mosaic S.r.l. | Fancygames, Ltd. |
Customer experience
Moodnotes
Mood Journal
Bugs and requests
Moodnotes
Reported bugs
2 issues- Notification issues on iOS updates
- Occasional data loss or syncing problems
Requested features
4 requests- Add custom feelings and activities
- More detailed data visualization
- Integration with other health apps
- Offline mode for journaling
Mood Journal
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Moodnotes
- Moodnotes Pro$2.997 Days
- Moodnotes Pro - Free Trial7 Days trial$2.997 Days
- Moodnotes Premium 1 Month2 variants$9.991 Month
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- Moodnotes Premium 1 Month$14.991 Month
- Moodnotes Premium 1 Year7 Days trial$29.991 Year
- Moodnotes Premium 1 Year7 Days trial$34.991 Year
- Moodnotes Premium 1 Year1 Month trial$39.991 Year
- Moodnotes Premium 1 Year$69.991 Year
- Moodnotes Premium 1 Year7 Days trial$69.991 Year
- Moodnotes Pro - Free Trial7 Days trial$69.991 Year
- Moodnotes Premium 1 Year7 Days trial$89.991 Year
Mood Journal
- Premium Weekly3 Days trial$4.997 Days
- Premium Monthly3 Days trial$7.991 Month
- Premium Annual with Discount1 Year trial$34.991 Year
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- Premium Annual3 Days trial$39.991 Year









