Journalio vs Year in Pixels Mood
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Journalio
This app helps you monitor your daily emotions and mental well-being over time with detailed statistics and customizable mood tracking. Securely sync your entries across Apple devices and protect your journal with biometric authentication.
- Daily mood and journal entries
- Customizable mood colors and tags
- Daily reminders
- Apple Watch integration
- iCloud sync across devices
- Monthly and yearly overviews
- Home screen widgets
- Biometric journal security
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Journalio lets you track your daily feelings which can give you a great overview about your mental health over time. The app provides neat statistics so you can see everything at a glance. It will be available on iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch & Mac! ##Key Features • Every day you can add as many entries as you feel like • Let Journalio remind you at a specific time each day to add your entries • Add tags, location or text to your entries to remember why you felt a specific way • Create as many moods with associated colors as you want • Don't have your iPhone nearby? Quickly add an entry with your Apple Watch • Your entries are securely synced to your other devices via iCloud • View your data in a beautiful monthly and yearly overview • Add widgets to your Home Screen and see everything at a glance • Secure your Journal with Face ID, Touch ID or alternatively with your device's passcode ##Premium Some features may require a subscription at additional cost. Some functionality may not be available or limited without a subscription. More about subscriptions can be found at https://journalio.pistrol.com/index.php/terms-and-conditions/
Year in Pixels Mood
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A year-in-pixels mood journal — one colored square per day, building a whole year you can see at a glance. - One pixel per day — color your whole year by mood - The classic 12-month by 31-day grid - Five-level scale with clean, readable colors - Unlimited trackers: mood, energy, sleep, habits (Premium) - Daily notes and share-as-image, fully offline (Premium) Who it's for For journalers and mood-trackers who love the year-in-pixels chart and want it on their phone, fully offline. Subscription Premium is available as a monthly ($4.99) or yearly ($19.99) subscription. Subscriptions auto-renew unless you cancel at least 24 hours before the end of the period. You can cancel anytime in your Apple ID Subscription Settings — no charge on the first day if you cancel during the introductory window. Payment is charged to your Apple ID. Any unused portion of a free trial is forfeited when you purchase a subscription. Privacy: everything stays on your device by default. No analytics SDKs, no cross-app tracking. Privacy policy at https://bestpaid.app/legal/privacy. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Journalio at none against Year in Pixels Mood's shown. Journalio also leads on update cadence (weekly vs every 5 weeks) and device support (5 vs 1). On price 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
Both are free to download. Journalio sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month and Year in Pixels Mood sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Journalio ships an update weekly, Year in Pixels Mood every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Journalio | Year in Pixels Mood |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.7 (3 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 25.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 3 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Weekly — better | Every 5 weeks |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac, Apple Watch — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 9 MB | 45 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Lukas Pistrol | Vasilii Polovnikov |
In-app purchases
Journalio
- 1 Month – 3 Day trial3 Days trial$1.991 Month
- 1 Year – 1 Month Free1 Month trial$5.991 Year
Year in Pixels Mood
- Premium$1.991 Month
- Premium$9.991 Year









