Comparison

Thinky vs mood!

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

Head to head
About

Thinky

This app offers a secure and simple way to journal your thoughts and feelings. It automatically classifies your mood, provides writing prompts, and allows for cloud backup. Track your emotional patterns with visual graphs and set reminders to build a consistent journaling habit.

Highlights
  • Automatic mood classification
  • End-to-end encryption
  • Writing prompts
  • Cloud backup and sync
  • Photo attachments
  • Daily reminders
  • Visual mood graph
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Say hello to effortless journaling with Thinky, the beautifully simple and secure free journal. Take the guess work out of your thoughts and feelings as automatic mood classification tracks life’s ups and downs, leaving you time to focus on what really matters. Start the habit of a lifetime with Thinky, with your wellbeing at heart. More Thinky features: - Safely tuck your thoughts away with our state-of-the-art end-to-end encryption, keeping your private feelings just that: private. - Not sure where to start? Thinky’s writing prompts will help you focus on your wellbeing and remove that blank-page fear. - Create your free account to securely backup and sync your entries to the cloud - Add a splash of colour to your timeline and bring your posts to life with a photo, perfect for those times when words aren't enough. - Complete your post in a few seconds thanks to our simple, no-fuss interface, perfect for journaling on-the-go. - Never miss an entry: build the habit of daily journaling with reminders and streaks to incentivise you to keep up your practice. - Take the guess work out of your emotions and let Thinky’s automatic mood classification do all the hard work for you. - With each post, grow your bespoke visual mood graph and see how your mood ebbs and flows over time. - Take a moment for reflection, and ask Thinky to remind you of special posts at a future date. - Search your entries quickly and easily and see if you can spot patterns in your thoughts. - See in the dark with Dark Mode, perfect for late night journaling. - Keep your journal private with the Face ID lock. Now is the time to focus on you: download Thinky, your intuitive mindfulness companion.

About

mood!

This app provides a private space to log your emotions, reflect on your day, and share your feelings with friends. It offers daily mood tracking, inspirational quotes, and features to foster connection and self-awareness.

Highlights
  • Daily mood tracking
  • Emotional pattern analysis
  • Connect with friends feature
  • Curated quotes and content
  • Habit building with streaks
  • Widgets for quick access
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mood! is your digital safe-space to track how you feel, reflect on your day, and stay connected with the people who matter most. Build a daily habit with quick mood tracking, streaks, and widgets that help you understand your emotional patterns over time. With “Connect with Friends”, you can share your recent mood with close friends and see how they’ve been feeling too - creating quiet, pressure-free awareness in everyday life. Get inspired through curated quotes and uplifting content designed to shift your perspective, improve your mindset, and support you through different moments in life. mood! helps you stay consistent, reflect more often, and feel more connected - to yourself and to others :)

Screenshots

Thinky4 screens
mood!4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: mood! at none against Thinky's shown. Thinky's advantage is ratings volume (95 vs 5) and iOS requirement (10.0 vs 16.0). On price, rating, review sentiment and update cadence 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. Thinky sells 4 one-off in-app purchases and mood! sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.7 for Thinky against 4.6 for mood!. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Thinky has 95 ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 84% of Thinky's written reviews are positive against 86% of mood!'s.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Thinky ships an update every 2 weeks, mood! every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on October 20, 2026 and October 13, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Thinky versus mood!: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterThinkymood!
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (95 ratings) — better4.6 (5 ratings)
Positive reviews84.3% of reviews85.7% of reviews — better
Number of ratings95 — better5
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeksEvery 9 days — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS10.0 — better16.0
Further details — not scored
Size49 MB51 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperThinky LtdMoritz Breuer

Customer experience

Thinky

All ratings89 ratings
Positive93.3%
Neutral5.6%
Negative1.1%
Written reviews51 reviews
Positive84.3%
Neutral13.7%
Negative2.0%

mood!

All ratings5 ratings
Positive80.0%
Neutral20.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews14 reviews
Positive85.7%
Neutral7.1%
Negative7.1%

Bugs and requests

Thinky

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • App crashes when navigating to past dates
  • Privacy key not working for login
  • Wind down and bedtime alerts not working

Requested features

14 requests
  • Increase word limit
  • Ability to export entries
  • Tagging entries for search
  • Add a return button for new lines
  • Bullet points feature
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  • Edit past entries
  • Add more features and color customization
  • Ability to add entries to specific dates
  • iPad version
  • Pin separate from phone for access
  • Dark mode
  • Advanced analytics
  • Change daily entry order (asc/desc)
  • Previews for entries

mood!

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

4 purchases

Thinky

One-time4
  • Coffee-sized tip$0.99
  • Sandwich-sized tip$2.99
  • Pizza-sized tip$4.99
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  • A very generous tip$9.99
6 purchases

mood!

Subscriptions2
  • mood!+ Monthly$1.991 Month
  • mood!+ Yearly$12.991 Year
One-time4
  • Donate Banana$1.99
  • Donate Coffee$3.99
  • Donate Steak$14.99
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  • mood!+$24.99

Questions

Is Thinky free?
Thinky is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is mood! free?
mood! is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Thinky or mood!?
Thinky is rated higher. Thinky averages 4.7 out of 5 from 95 ratings, while mood! averages 4.6 from 5 ratings.
Do Thinky or mood! have ads?
Thinky shows ads; mood! does not.
Which is updated more often, Thinky or mood!?
Thinky ships an update every 2 weeks, and mood! every 9 days. Most recently, Thinky was updated on October 20, 2026 and mood! on October 13, 2026.

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