Comparison

Mindiful vs Mood Tuner by Goally

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

Head to head
About

Mindiful

This app offers interactive exercises and tools to help children develop emotional intelligence and practice mindfulness. It includes guided breathing, mood tracking, and a digital journal designed for early learners.

Highlights
  • Guided breathing exercises
  • Emotional intelligence activities
  • Stretching and spatial awareness
  • Relaxation and meditation techniques
  • Digital journaling canvas
  • Parental analytics and insights
Features
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Mindiful is a progressive, enriching, and entertaining children's mental health software platform comprised of early learning mental health exercises, insightful tools - like our journaling canvas, and analytics; all set in an immersive storybook interface. Great for both at-home use with parents/guardians or for use with teachers/clinicians. Early-Stage mental health resources for a better future! – – – CLOUD EXERCISES: Practice early-stage mental health exercises. -Bird Breathing: An introduction to breathing exercises. Paced Breathing: Learn to control and slow the pace of breath by following the bird’s wings up and down as you breathe in and out. Diaphragm Breathing: Learn to breathe fuller and deeper breaths by expanding the belly (diaphragm) like a beach ball. Nasal Inhale/Oral Exhale: Learn to breathe in through the nose and out through the mouth. -Monkey Moods: An introduction to emotional intelligence. Children are given two different style prompts to share their feelings. The first, a present and reflective prompt on how they currently feel. The second, to learn about different emotions and associate times when they have felt them. Emotion Learning Photobooth: Visually practice emotions with fun animal masks and face prompts. -Sloth Stretches: An introduction to stretching & spatial awareness. Children view simple short visual clip demonstrations of a sloth stretching. Our stretches act as an easy and fun introduction to the mind-body connection and exploring how one moves/takes up space. -Reptile Relaxation: An introduction to relaxation & meditation. Sleepy Snake Snooze: Uses tension-relaxation techniques to encourage restful sleep/naps. The Grateful Gecko: Encourages relaxation through guided thoughts of gratitude. Frog’s Favorite Things: Uses positive memory recall techniques to relax and calm. MY FIRST JOURNAL: A pre-literacy age solution to early-stage journaling with our journaling canvas. Suggested to be used for learning early-stage introspection and as an alternative to ‘time out.’ Children are encouraged to submit daily journal entries in 'My First Journal.' This is a safe, calm space for kids to freely communicate how they feel. EARLY JOURNALING EASY AS 1-2-3! 1. Drawing 2. Audio Recording 3. Selection of Emotion (e.g., happy, sad, etc.). -Selection of Journal Prompts: "Today I feel..." "I am grateful for..." "I got upset because..." "I like myself because..." "My dream is to..." "I showed kindness when..." INSIGHT & ANALYTICS: The analytic insights provided by Mindiful™ are a great tool to see how a child may be feeling, even if those feelings have not been directly expressed. Our 'Parent Portal' analytics are accessible from the 'Home' screen and highlight key points of information to help monitor and improve aspects of a child's mental health. Reports show exercise usage/areas to focus on or that may be overlooked. Our calendar and mood trend logs make it easy to see over time what is the most common mood and patterns in mood trends. Available Reports: -Overview -Moods -Exercise Usage -Journal The Reports/Journals are available for download. KEY BOOK: Earn & collect the keys to positivity! A simple incentivization model to encourage kids to keep up their progress by practicing exercises. We encourage the attachment of 'real-life' impactful goals to unlocking our 'Keys to Positivity." – – – We at Mindiful™ believe proactive children's mental health resources should be universally accessible and become a natural part of early education. Learn more about upcoming features, have access to helpful user guides, give feedback/requests and join our community at mindiful.io! Why try to learn mental health retroactively as an adult? Mindiful™ is the foundational proactive solution. Good habits start young. LICENSED APPLICATION END USER LICENSE AGREEMENT: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Mood Tuner by Goally

This app helps children identify and manage big emotions through interactive games and calming activities. It uses a character to guide users through learning emotional regulation skills, offering rewards to keep them engaged.

Highlights
  • Identify and regulate emotions
  • Gamified learning of emotions
  • 20+ self-regulation activities
  • Earn rewards and badges
  • Character-guided practice
  • Parent-focused emotional support
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NO MORE MELTDOWNS. Goally’s Mood Tuner teaches how to identify & regulate big emotions. Choose how you feel, then pick an activity to calm the body. Learn Emotions: Learn which emotion each color represents through gamified practice. Tap the color you feel and Pax the Penguin gives you activities to calm the body. 20+ Self-Regulation Activities: -Take deep breaths -Count to 10 -Dance around -Draw a picture -Use your fidget spinner -Go for a walk -Listen to music -Stretch your arms and spin -Drink a glass of water -Push ups and plank Earn Rewards: Pax the Penguin keeps learning FUN. By "tuning" your mood, you unlock cool microphones as badges for Pax can use during his podcast about his feelings. The Science: To learn about the science of Mood tuner visit getgoally.com. This is guaranteed to help learn emotional regulation skills. Goally’s Mood Tuner is the app that parents around the world use to teach emotions BEFORE there’s a meltdown. Goally Terms of Use - https://getgoally.com/terms-of-service/ Goally Privacy Policy - https://getgoally.com/privacy-policy/

Screenshots

Mindiful4 screens
Mood Tuner by Goally4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Mindiful at 100% against Mood Tuner by Goally's 20%. Mindiful also leads on rating (5.0 vs 2.3) and ratings volume (31 vs 3). 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. Mindiful sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $4.99 per month and Mood Tuner by Goally sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Mindiful holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 2.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Mindiful has 31 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of Mindiful's written reviews are positive against 20% of Mood Tuner by Goally's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Mindiful ships an update every 2 months, Mood Tuner by Goally every 5 weeks. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Mindiful versus Mood Tuner by Goally: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMindifulMood Tuner by Goally
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (31 ratings) — better2.3 (3 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews — better20.0% of reviews
Number of ratings31 — better3
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 5 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS13.0 — better16.2
Further details — not scored
Size322 MB23 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperWhengen, LLCGoally Inc.

Customer experience

Mindiful

All ratings31 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews15 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Mood Tuner by Goally

All ratings3 ratings
Positive33.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative66.7%
Written reviews5 reviews
Positive20.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative80.0%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Mindiful

Subscriptions1
  • Portal$4.991 Month
3 purchases

Mood Tuner by Goally

Subscriptions3
  • Mood Tuner Weekly Subscription$0.997 Days
  • Mood Tuner Monthly Sub$1.991 Month
  • Mood Tuner Annual Subscription$19.991 Year

Questions

Is Mindiful free?
Mindiful is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Mood Tuner by Goally free?
Mood Tuner by Goally is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Mindiful or Mood Tuner by Goally?
Mindiful is rated higher. Mindiful averages 5.0 out of 5 from 31 ratings, while Mood Tuner by Goally averages 2.3 from 3 ratings.
Do Mindiful or Mood Tuner by Goally have ads?
Neither Mindiful nor Mood Tuner by Goally shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Mindiful or Mood Tuner by Goally?
Mindiful ships an update every 2 months, and Mood Tuner by Goally every 5 weeks. Most recently, Mindiful was updated on October 24, 2026 and Mood Tuner by Goally on October 24, 2026.

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