mooding vs Moonhill
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- Emotional journaling
- Mood tracking
- Personalized diary tickets
- Ferris wheel visualization
- Self-reflection
- Inner child connection
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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
Moonhill
A digital notebook designed for self-reflection and life journaling. It offers a private space to record thoughts and experiences without data collection. Users are responsible for backing up their notes via iCloud.
- Life note recording
- Inner direction exploration
- Private data storage
- User-managed iCloud backup
- Fixed-classified notes
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"People are just holding flowers in their hands and pulling bowstrings, waiting for you to say the lines of the character." This is a fixed-classified note application that explores the inner direction by recording life notes. This application will not collect or store the user's personal identity information or notes. Note data needs to be backed up by users through iCloud. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://www.bowlbowl.art/legal/moonhill/privacy.html Contact: hushenbai@163.com
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Verdict
The clearest difference is monetization model: Moonhill at free with in-app purchases against mooding's subscription. Moonhill also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.7) and update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 6 weeks). mooding's advantage is ratings volume (96 vs 10) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 17.6). On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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
Both are free to download. mooding sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month and Moonhill sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $2.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Moonhill holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: mooding has 96 ratings behind it against 10, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 84% of mooding's written reviews are positive against 100% of Moonhill's.
mooding ships an update every 6 weeks, Moonhill every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 27, 2026 and October 26, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | mooding | Moonhill |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (96 ratings) | 5.0 (10 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 84.4% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 96 — better | 10 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Subscription | Free with in-app purchases — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 17.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 249 MB | 72 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 9+ |
| Developer | ideaTiny Co., Ltd. | YULIN HU |
Customer experience
mooding
Moonhill
In-app purchases
mooding
- Mood Diary (Monthly)$1.991 Month
- Mood Diary (Yearly)$9.991 Year
- Lifetime Member$14.99
Moonhill
- Premium$2.991 Month
