Mood Toolbox vs SmilezFace
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Mood Toolbox
This app offers games and tips to help children understand and manage their emotions. It features interactive characters, social stories, and mood tracking to support emotional intelligence development, particularly for children with ASD and special needs.
- Interactive Moodzies for mood recognition
- Strategies for mood management
- Social stories for emotional regulation
- Focusing games for calming
- Achievement system for motivation
- Daily mood tracking
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Do you know a child that is moody and needs help with regulating their emotions? Mood Tool Box provides games and tips for emotional intelligence. Created by a mom of son with ASD and Special Education teacher with over 30 years experience, this app particularly helps parents, teachers and practitioners to manage moods in children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), Aspergers and Special Needs. MOOD TOOLBOX has the following features: *FUN CHARACTER affectionately called Moodzies in this mood app helps to encourage children to recognize their own moods. Each Moodzie has a color that represents different moods, such as anger, sadness etc. *LEARN ABOUT STRATEGIES FOR MOOD MANAGEMENT- Moodzie can change moods and in this mood app, children can learn techniques to help understand and balance their moods in a healthy way to find happiness again. BASED on strategies that were utilised by the designer to help her son Ben with emotional regulation and students taught in Elementary, Middle schools and Special Schools. There is also the opportunity to unlock the Mood Tool Box program with a printable posters. *SOCIAL STORIES that show children visually how Moodzie can emotionally regulate. There are three Moodzie Adventure Stories included: Moodzie Chooses Happy, Moodzie Gets Agro and Moodzie Blues. *INCLUDES GAMES that help focus the mind on something different, allowing the child to become calm enough to think about his or her moods through the various strategies included. *ACHIEVEMENTS LIST encourages children to succeed by rewarding them with the unlocking the opportunity for additional games and other features once they have achieved their goals by working with the mood app. *MOOD TRACKING- Unlike most apps for emotional intelligence, this app allows you to track - the different moods your child or student may be feeling on a daily basis so you can take note of what strategies worked. It’s also an excellent choice of ADHD tools for children with ADHD and similar challenges. This App can be used at home, at school or during services such as speech therapy to help children learn to communicate their emotions. Download Mood Toolbox, the free app with in-app purchases and introduce your child or your student to emotional intelligence today! Additional App Features: * Mood themed App with vivid, beautiful graphics and posters available * Customise your Moodzie, balls, sky and path with one simple in-app purchase * Simple tap-to-play interface allows children to begin calming right away * Add music to the game by choosing from a selection of tracks that aim at calming the child * Compatible with Facebook, Twitter and World Leaderboards to post scores * Teaches tips about emotional regulation and intelligence in a fun, engaging way * Developed by a mom of a child with ASD and a Special Education Teacher with over 30 years experience.
SmilezFace
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Smilez is a unique and engaging app designed to help individuals, especially those with autism, learn to recognize and understand emotions. With a blend of fun challenges and interactive exercises, Smilez turns emotional learning into an enjoyable experience. What makes Smilez special? - Real Faces, Real Emotions: Learn to identify emotions by observing genuine facial expressions from real people. Connect what you see with what you feel. - Word to Face: Match emotions like “happy” or “surprised” to the correct facial expression, helping you bridge the gap between words and feelings. - Contextual Clarity: Dive into everyday scenarios and practice predicting emotions based on context. It’s not just about the face—it’s about the whole picture. - A Game That Grows With You: Start with simple matching games and progress to more complex challenges that build your emotional intelligence step by step. Why Smilez? - Interactive Learning: Hands-on practice that’s more than just a game—Smilez helps you build essential life skills in a supportive and fun environment. - Customized Experience: Tailored difficulty levels ensure that whether you’re a beginner or advancing, you’ll find the right challenge for you. - Always Free: Enjoy unlimited access to all features at no cost. Unlock the world of emotions with Smilez and turn learning into a smile-inducing adventure!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: SmilezFace at none against Mood Toolbox's 1. Mood Toolbox's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and iOS requirement (8.0 vs 13.4). On price, update cadence and device support 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. Mood Toolbox sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. SmilezFace asks for nothing beyond the download.
Mood Toolbox ships an update fortnightly, SmilezFace every 8 days. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 10, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Mood Toolbox | SmilezFace |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.7 (3 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 3 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly | Every 8 days — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 8.0 — better | 13.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 113 MB | 40 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Natalie Clarke | 1Point3Acres, LLC |
In-app purchases
Mood Toolbox
- Mood Toolbox$2.99
SmilezFace
No in-app purchases









