Comparison

sense Diary vs mooding

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

Head to head
About

sense Diary

Record your mood and daily moments to rediscover the small joys of life. This app helps you track your feelings and everyday experiences, combating the sense of loss that can come from busy schedules. It's a personal space to reflect on your day, anytime and anywhere.

Highlights
  • Mood recording
  • Daily moment capture
  • Personal reflection
  • Minimalist design
  • User feedback integration
Features
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Hi, welcome to Sense. I’m happy to introduce this product to you. Sense is an app for recording your mood and the small moments of everyday life. You can capture interesting things from your day anytime, anywhere. “Today got a little colder.” “It’s my seventh month as a freelancer.” “I love walking. Today I wandered along an unfamiliar old street for three hours.” “I still have to work overtime tonight.” “Awesome — I’m going on a trip with my best friends this weekend.” ... So, how was your day today? “Hmm... just okay, I guess.” Busy lives can make us lose our sense of how we really spent the day. Little by little, it becomes harder to tell what today actually felt like. That’s also the reason I wanted to build this product: to help people rediscover the small moments in life, and recover from sense loss. Developer’s Note Sense Diary has always been developed in a minimalist solo-developer mode, and for the foreseeable future, it will probably remain a one-person project. There are still many features I want to build, and I’m sure there are things I’ve missed or that still need improvement. That’s why I truly look forward to hearing your feedback. It helps me understand who is using the app, how they are using it, and what more I can do to support you. So I’d love to explore this together with you, and see what Sense can eventually become. Feedback & Latest Updates WeChat Official Account: 今天很奇怪 Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

mooding

This app offers a unique journaling experience, allowing users to record their emotions and thoughts through a creative Ferris wheel metaphor. It helps users process feelings, reflect on growth, and create personalized diary entries.

Highlights
  • Emotional journaling
  • Mood tracking
  • Personalized diary tickets
  • Ferris wheel visualization
  • Self-reflection
  • Inner child connection
Features
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mooding is a unique journaling app that allows you to heal and easily record your journal and emotions while evoking your inner child. Received multiple App Store "Editor's Choice" and "Today". # Design concept The reality of the Ferris wheel is a place full of all kinds of emotions. Some people fall in love and embrace, some break up and cry, some are alone, some are in groups, there are laughter and there are tears. But no matter what mood, the Ferris wheel will use its mildest speed to respond one by one. mooding is such a Ferris wheel that never closes, no matter positive or negative, it never stops, just like life, constantly carrying our joy, anger and sorrow. To ride on this Ferris wheel, you need a ticket. You can combine rich elements to create a diary ticket that can match your mood at the moment. From the moment you tear off the ticket stub and ride on the Ferris wheel, your diary will be sealed and appear on the Ferris wheel. Only through the diary to put our emotions at rest can we truly let go of the past and move forward bravely. Did you know? At the highest point of the Ferris wheel, that is the closest place to maturity, mooding with you to witness growth. -------- * 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 Privacy Policy: https://www.ideatiny.com/privacy Terms of Use: https://www.ideatiny.com/privacy Contact with us: fb@ideatiny.com WeChat: ideatiny_studio

Screenshots

sense Diary4 screens
mooding4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is monetization model: sense Diary at free against mooding's subscription. mooding's advantage is ratings volume (96 vs 3) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.6). On price, rating, update cadence and ads 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. sense Diary sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month and mooding sells 3 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 sense Diary against 4.7 for mooding. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: mooding has 96 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

sense Diary ships an update monthly, mooding every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 27, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
sense Diary versus mooding: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
Parametersense Diarymooding
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (3 ratings)4.7 (96 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—84.4% of reviews
Number of ratings396 — better
Update frequencyMonthly — betterEvery 6 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree — betterSubscription
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS15.613.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size79 MB249 MB
Age rating17+4+
Developer轶非 张ideaTiny Co., Ltd.

Customer experience

sense Diary

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

mooding

All ratings96 ratings
Positive92.7%
Neutral5.2%
Negative2.1%
Written reviews77 reviews
Positive84.4%
Neutral13.0%
Negative2.6%

In-app purchases

3 purchases

sense Diary

Subscriptions3
  • make sense Lite$1.991 Month
  • make sense Daily$3.991 Month
  • make sense Deep$7.991 Month
3 purchases

mooding

Subscriptions2
  • Mood Diary (Monthly)$1.991 Month
  • Mood Diary (Yearly)$9.991 Year
One-time1
  • Lifetime Member$14.99

Questions

Is sense Diary free?
sense Diary is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is mooding free?
mooding is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, sense Diary or mooding?
mooding is rated higher. sense Diary averages 4.7 out of 5 from 3 ratings, while mooding averages 4.7 from 96 ratings.
Do sense Diary or mooding have ads?
Neither sense Diary nor mooding shows ads.
Which is updated more often, sense Diary or mooding?
sense Diary ships an update monthly, and mooding every 6 weeks. Most recently, sense Diary was updated on October 25, 2026 and mooding on October 27, 2026.

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