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

Easily log your daily emotions and track their fluctuations over time. Record your mood with a simple tap, add context with notes, and visualize trends through insightful graphs. Access your full history and advanced analytics with the premium version.

Highlights
  • Daily mood recording
  • Situation and reason notes
  • Yearly mood overview
  • Calendar-based history
  • Mood trend analytics
  • Customizable week start day
Features
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Why don't you record your daily mood and grasp the change in your mood? This app is an app that allows you to easily record your current mood. Simply scroll or tap the arrows to select your mood on the home screen and tap the Save button to record your current mood. If you fill in the situation and reason at that time in the memo column, you can save it according to your mood. On the "Yearly" screen, the average daily mood is displayed in a list. On the "History" screen, the mood recorded on the date selected in the calendar is displayed. You can also modify the data with the edit button on the top right of the data. In addition, you can add data that you forgot to record with the "Add" button. On the "Analytics" screen, you can view graphs of changes in mood over the week, month, and year. On the "Settings" screen, you can set the first day of the week for the calendar. You can choose to start Monday or Sunday. In the free version, you can check the history for up to one week. If you want to check all the history, please consider purchasing the premium version in the app. ---------------------- Terms of Use and Privacy Policy: https://akikibai-laboratory.jimdofree.com/privacy-policy/

Screenshots

Thinky4 screens
Mood4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Thinky at every 2 weeks against Mood's every 8 months. Thinky also leads on review sentiment (84% vs 57%) and rating (4.7 vs 4.4). On price, ratings volume, 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. Thinky sells 4 one-off in-app purchases and Mood 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

Thinky holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.4. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 89 and 92 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 84% of Thinky's written reviews are positive against 57% of Mood's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Thinky ships an update every 2 weeks, Mood every 8 months. The most recent releases landed on October 7, 2026 and October 12, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Thinky versus Mood: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterThinkyMood
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (89 ratings) — better4.4 (92 ratings)
Positive reviews84.3% of reviews — better57.1% of reviews
Number of ratings8992 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeks — betterEvery 8 months
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS10.0 — better15.6
Further details — not scored
Size49 MB7 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperThinky LtdKei Suefuji

Customer experience

Thinky

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

Mood

All ratings92 ratings
Positive85.9%
Neutral5.4%
Negative8.7%
Written reviews21 reviews
Positive57.1%
Neutral14.3%
Negative28.6%

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
1 purchases

Mood

One-time1
  • PREMIUM$4.99

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 89 ratings, while Mood averages 4.4 from 92 ratings.
Do Thinky or Mood have ads?
Both Thinky and Mood show ads.
Which is updated more often, Thinky or Mood?
Thinky ships an update every 2 weeks, and Mood every 8 months. Most recently, Thinky was updated on October 7, 2026 and Mood on October 12, 2026.

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