Comparison

flashMood vs Control

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

Head to head
About

flashMood

Quickly share or receive feedback using a simple mood indicator. Ideal for group activities like workshops, games, online calls, and parties.

Highlights
  • Quick feedback sharing
  • Mood indicator
  • Workshop use
  • Game integration
  • Online call support
  • Party activity
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Receive or give quick feedback with this simple mood app. Perfect for workshops, games, online calls and parties.

About

Control

Consolidate your daily trackers, planners, and reminders into a single, elegant app. Monitor habits, budgets, fitness, and more directly from your Home Screen, Lock Screen, or Live Activities. Enjoy a private experience with all data stored locally and synced via iCloud.

Highlights
  • 20+ customizable iOS widgets
  • Track habits, budget, fitness, and more
  • Home Screen, Lock Screen, and Live Activities support
  • Private data storage on device
  • iCloud sync across devices
  • No sign-ups or dark patterns
Features
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Your Home Screen, redesigned. Control is a library of 20+ beautifully crafted iOS widgets - every tracker, planner, and reminder you actually use, gathered in one app. Habits, budget, fitness, medication, birthdays, travel, and much more, all glanceable from your Home Screen, Lock Screen, and Live Activities. No more juggling ten single-purpose apps. No sign-ups, no dark patterns. - TRACK EVERYTHING - • Habits - daily routines, streaks, goals • Budget - spending, savings, monthly limits • Subscriptions - see exactly what's recurring and when • Portfolio - track your investments • Debt - loans and credit cards, payoff progress • Currency - live exchange rates between any two currencies • Fitness - steps, workouts, calories burned via Apple Health • Calories - daily intake, weight goals • Period - cycle tracking with predictions • Medication - dose reminders for every prescription • Birthdays - pulled from Contacts, never forget another one • Books - what you're reading, with auto-fetched covers • Movies - your watchlist with poster art • Pets - feeding, walks, vet visits • Vehicle - mileage, services, fuel logs • Hotel & Travel - live check-out countdowns and trip dashboards • Past Trips - a souvenir of where you've been • Food Expiration - what's in your fridge and when it spoils • Game Tracker - leaderboards plus a multi-touch player picker • Speedometer - live drive sessions • Clipboard - quick-paste from history • To-do - checklists that sync across devices • Quit Tracker - sober days, money saved, life regained - PRIVATE BY DEFAULT - Everything is stored on your device and synced privately through your own iCloud account. No external servers. No tracking. No analytics SDKs. Your habits, finances, and reminders are yours. Control is built for people who want their Home Screen to do something useful. - Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

flashMood4 screens
Control4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Control at 4.5 against flashMood's 2.3. flashMood's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and device support (3 vs 1). On price, ratings volume, 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. Control sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. flashMood asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Control holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 2.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 2 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

flashMood ships an update every 5 days, Control every 6 days. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
flashMood versus Control: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterflashMoodControl
PriceFreeFree
Rating2.3 (3 ratings)4.5 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings3 — better2
Update frequencyEvery 5 days — betterEvery 6 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS11.0 — better26.2
Further details — not scored
Size114 MB29 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMikkel ChristiansenAlex Patrick Palacean

Customer experience

flashMood

All ratings3 ratings
Positive33.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative66.7%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

Control

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

flashMood

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Control

One-time1
  • Control Lifetime$9.99

Questions

Is flashMood free?
flashMood is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Control free?
Control is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, flashMood or Control?
Control is rated higher. flashMood averages 2.3 out of 5 from 3 ratings, while Control averages 4.5 from 2 ratings.
Do flashMood or Control have ads?
Neither flashMood nor Control shows ads.
Which is updated more often, flashMood or Control?
flashMood ships an update every 5 days, and Control every 6 days. Most recently, flashMood was updated on November 3, 2026 and Control on October 31, 2026.

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