Comparison

Moodnotes vs Mental Calm

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 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
Features
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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

About

Mental Calm

Understand and manage your emotions with this mood tracking app. Analyze your thoughts, develop positive thinking, and reduce anxiety through daily journaling and self-awareness exercises. Premium features include voice notes and photo attachments.

Highlights
  • Mood tracking and analysis
  • Personal emotional journal
  • Develop positive thinking skills
  • Reduce anxiety
  • Increase self-awareness
  • Voice notes (Premium)
  • Photo attachments (Premium)
Features
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Do not let emotions have a negative affect on your life. Learn to control them! Self Harm Tracker: Mental Calm is a simple mood tracking app designed to help you understand emotional changes, analyze thoughts, and develop positive thinking skills. Use the app to recognize early signs of emotional distress and improve self-awareness. Track your mood daily and observe how it changes over time. This helps avoid negative thinking patterns that may increase anxiety or emotional instability. You can describe your mood using text notes that best reflect your emotional state. Voice notes and photo attachments are available with Premium access. Regular mood tracking helps establish connections between thoughts and emotions and makes it easier to understand which thoughts have a positive effect on your mental well-being. The app allows you to: - monitor mood and identify possible reasons for changes - keep a personal emotional journal using text notes - develop positive thinking skills - reduce anxiety and increase feelings of calm - re-evaluate reactions to different life situations - increase self-awareness and emotional control Premium features: - voice notes for mood entries - photo attachments to notes

Screenshots

Moodnotes4 screens
Mental Calm4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Moodnotes at 4.7 against Mental Calm's 3.9. Moodnotes also leads on ratings volume (11K vs 7) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 16.0). Mental Calm's advantage is review sentiment (100% vs 65%). On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Moodnotes sells 11 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per 7 days and Mental Calm sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Moodnotes holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 3.9. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Moodnotes has 11K ratings behind it against 7, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 65% of Moodnotes's written reviews are positive against 100% of Mental Calm's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Moodnotes ships an update every 4 weeks, Mental Calm every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 27, 2026 and August 12, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Moodnotes versus Mental Calm: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMoodnotesMental Calm
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (11K ratings) — better3.9 (7 ratings)
Positive reviews65.5% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings11K — better7
Update frequencyEvery 4 weeks — betterEvery 5 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemiumFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPod, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS13.0 — better16.0
Further details — not scored
Size146 MB12 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperMosaic S.r.l.Svetlana Rabosh

Customer experience

Moodnotes

All ratings10,959 ratings
Positive91.8%
Neutral4.4%
Negative3.8%
Written reviews362 reviews
Positive65.5%
Neutral10.5%
Negative24.0%

Mental Calm

All ratings7 ratings
Positive57.1%
Neutral28.6%
Negative14.3%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

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

Mental Calm

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

11 purchases

Moodnotes

Subscriptions11
  • 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
1 purchases

Mental Calm

One-time1
  • Self Harm Premium$9.99

Questions

Is Moodnotes free?
Moodnotes is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Mental Calm free?
Mental Calm is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Moodnotes or Mental Calm?
Moodnotes is rated higher. Moodnotes averages 4.7 out of 5 from 11K ratings, while Mental Calm averages 3.9 from 7 ratings.
Do Moodnotes or Mental Calm have ads?
Neither Moodnotes nor Mental Calm shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Moodnotes or Mental Calm?
Moodnotes ships an update every 4 weeks, and Mental Calm every 5 weeks. Most recently, Moodnotes was updated on September 27, 2026 and Mental Calm on August 12, 2026.

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