Journalio vs Year in Pixels
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
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Year in Pixels turns your mood into a picture. Every day becomes one colored pixel, and over weeks and months your whole year fills in as a mood mosaic you can read at a glance. Checking in takes about five seconds: tap how you feel, and today's pixel paints itself. YOUR YEAR IN PIXELS - One colored tile for every day, from rough to great - Your whole year on one screen: good stretches, hard weeks, slow changes - Tap any day to see what you logged - Flip back to past years, and share your year as an image A 5-SECOND MOOD TRACKER - Pick a mood with one tap; add emotions, activities, energy or a note only if you want - Check in as often as you like, morning, evening or both - A gentle daily reminder at the time you choose MOOD CALENDAR & DAILY JOURNAL - Browse any month as a colored mood calendar - Your notes and tags stay with the day they belong to PATTERNS & INSIGHTS - Average mood, check-ins and streaks over 7, 30 and 90 days - A mood trend chart that shows where things are heading - See which activities and habits tend to go with your better days - A warm weekly recap and a deeper monthly analysis, written for you on your device HABITS ALONGSIDE YOUR MOOD - Track the habits that matter to you: exercise, sleep, reading, anything - Streaks and completion at a glance, right next to how you felt MAKE IT YOURS - Mosaic color themes to match your style - Export your entries as CSV or JSON anytime PRIVATE BY DESIGN - Your check-ins live on your device and sync only through your own private iCloud - No account to create, no third-party tracking A calmer way to notice how you're really doing, one pixel a day. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Year in Pixels at none against Journalio's 2. Journalio's advantage is update cadence (weekly vs every 2 months) and device support (5 vs 2). On price 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
Both are free to download. Journalio sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Year in Pixels asks for nothing beyond the download.
Journalio ships an update weekly, Year in Pixels every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Journalio | Year in Pixels |
|---|---|---|
| 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 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac, Apple Watch — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 9 MB | 2 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Lukas Pistrol | Neobile LLC |
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
No in-app purchases









