Comparison

mooding vs Mellowments

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

Head to head
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

About

Mellowments

This app helps you remember and engage in relaxing activities by providing a simple way to record and review them. It features a warm art style with over 50 healing illustrations and a minimalist recording process.

Highlights
  • Record relaxing events with illustrations
  • Minimalist 1-second recording
  • Weekly/Monthly/All event statistics
  • Customizable events and sorting
  • Desktop widget for quick recording
  • Healing comics and regular updates
Features
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There are always some cosy events that allow us to catch our breath in our busy lives: like go flower shopping, pet a cat, visit exhibition, catch a flick like cycling, painting, cut a rug, CityWalk or daydream, cloud gazing, get a nature fix... We are pushed by schedules to complete one "important task" after another yet easily forget these cosy events In fact, as long as we take a little time to record, review, and pay attention to these cosy events you will find: it's not that hard to have a sense of relaxation it's possible to heal ourselves bit by bit What this App wants to do is to accompany you in remembering more, doing more cosy events bringing you some gentle, relaxed, and healing "Mellowments" Warm and lovely art style: More than 50 healing little things, all turned into gentle and fresh illustrations, to help you relax together. 1-second minimalist recording: Select the event illustration, click "+1", and you can complete the record. You can also do it on the desktop widget without opening the App~ Statistics review: Weekly/Monthly/All event statistics, accompany you to review the moments of relaxation, and see the changes in the number of times you do these cosy events~ More details and surprises: Support for custom events, event sorting, detailed records, and regularly updated healing comics~ Privacy Policy: https://www.xinghezuoyong.com/blog/xiaotingdunyinsizhengce User Agreement: https://www.xinghezuoyong.com/blog/xiaotingdunyonghuxieyi

Screenshots

mooding4 screens
Mellowments3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is monetization model: Mellowments at freemium against mooding's subscription. Mellowments also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.7) and review sentiment (100% vs 84%). mooding's advantage is ratings volume (95 vs 4) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.0). On price, update cadence, 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. mooding sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month and Mellowments sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Mellowments holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: mooding has 95 ratings behind it against 4, 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 Mellowments's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

mooding ships an update every 6 weeks, Mellowments every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on September 22, 2026 and September 6, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
mooding versus Mellowments: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParametermoodingMellowments
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (95 ratings)5.0 (4 ratings) — better
Positive reviews84.4% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings95 — better4
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeks — betterEvery 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationSubscriptionFreemium — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS13.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size249 MB26 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperideaTiny Co., Ltd.StarWeave Co.,Ltd

Customer experience

mooding

All ratings95 ratings
Positive91.6%
Neutral6.3%
Negative2.1%
Written reviews77 reviews
Positive84.4%
Neutral13.0%
Negative2.6%

Mellowments

All ratings4 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

3 purchases

mooding

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

Mellowments

Subscriptions2
  • Mellowments PRO$0.991 Month
  • Mellowments PRO$6.991 Year
One-time3
  • Special Edition$0.99
  • Collaboration$0.99
  • Mellowments PRO (Lifetime)$9.99

Questions

Is mooding free?
mooding is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Mellowments free?
Mellowments is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, mooding or Mellowments?
Mellowments is rated higher. mooding averages 4.7 out of 5 from 95 ratings, while Mellowments averages 5.0 from 4 ratings.
Do mooding or Mellowments have ads?
Neither mooding nor Mellowments shows ads.
Which is updated more often, mooding or Mellowments?
mooding ships an update every 6 weeks, and Mellowments every 2 months. Most recently, mooding was updated on September 22, 2026 and Mellowments on September 6, 2026.

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