Comparison

Mood Journal vs Pixel Progress

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

Head to head
About

Mood Journal

This app helps you track your feelings, reflect on your days, and gain clarity about your life. It combines emotional awareness, daily reflection, habits, and goals into one simple system for intentional living.

Highlights
  • Emotion picker for logging feelings
  • Daily journaling and reflection
  • Mood and emotion tracking
  • Habit and goal tracking
  • Monthly and yearly mood charts
  • Notes, photos, and tags for memories
  • Reminders for consistency
Features
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Plan and understand your daily life with MoodPath. MoodPath helps you track your feelings, reflect on your days, gain clarity about your life, and get better moods. Using the emotion wheel, you can easily name what you feel, understand your patterns, and grow through mindful reflection. This is more than a journal. MoodPath combines emotional awareness, daily reflection, habits, and goals into one simple system for intentional living. About the App Start a journey of self-understanding with MoodPath. More than a diary, it is your personal emotion-based journal designed to help you recognize what you feel, why you feel it, and how it shapes your life. Log your emotions with the emotion wheel, write about your day, track habits, set goals, and see patterns over time. MoodPath brings together emotional awareness, self-care, and reflection in one clear and powerful daily tool. Benefits - Understand your feelings using the emotion picker - Increase awareness of your mood, behavior, and lifestyle - Gain clarity by seeing emotional and life patterns over time - Build better habits and reach meaningful goals - Save memories with daily reflections and photos - Reduce stress by understanding emotional triggers - Stay motivated with affirmations and inspiration - Grow through structured self-reflection Features - Emotion picker to accurately log your feelings - Fast and intuitive daily journaling - Mood and emotion tracking with activities - Habit and goal tracking for personal growth - Monthly and yearly charts to see your emotional journey - Notes, photos, tags, and locations for rich memories - Reminders to stay consistent - Secure backup and restore - Light and dark themes for comfort MoodPath is not just a mood tracker. It is your tool to understand your emotions, reflect on your life, and grow with clarity. Share your experience with MoodPath, your feedback truly matters. For support, contact us at contact@crxapplications.com

About

Pixel Progress

Transform your daily tasks into an engaging adventure. This app uses video game mechanics to help you track your to-dos, motivate friends, and earn rewards by defeating challenges.

Highlights
  • Gamified task tracking
  • Friend encouragement
  • Boss battles for loot
  • Progress visualization
  • To-do list management
Features
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Pixel Progress is a to-do list with video game style! Track your tasks, encourage your friends, and defeat bosses for epic loot. Terms of Use: https://pixel-progress.com/terms Privacy Policy: https://pixel-progress.com/pixel-privacy

Screenshots

Mood Journal4 screens
Pixel Progress4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Pixel Progress at 100% against Mood Journal's 33%. Mood Journal's advantage is rating (4.9 vs 4.0) and update cadence (every 2 weeks vs monthly). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. Mood Journal sells 11 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month and Pixel Progress sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $2.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Mood Journal holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Mood Journal has 9 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 33% of Mood Journal's written reviews are positive against 100% of Pixel Progress's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Mood Journal ships an update every 2 weeks, Pixel Progress monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 16, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Mood Journal versus Pixel Progress: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMood JournalPixel Progress
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.9 (9 ratings) — better4.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews33.3% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings9 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeks — betterMonthly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemiumFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.014.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size72 MB49 MB
Age rating4+9+
DeveloperCRX ApplicationsTravis Templeton

Customer experience

Mood Journal

All ratings9 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive33.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative66.7%

Pixel Progress

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

11 purchases

Mood Journal

Subscriptions9
  • Premium Subscription - Monthly3 Days trial$3.991 Month
  • Sale Premium - Monthly3 Days trial$3.991 Month
  • Full Price Premium Monthly$4.991 Month
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  • Sale Premium - Six Months$6.996 Months
  • Premium Subscription - Annual3 Days trial$9.991 Year
  • Full Price Premium Annuale3 Days trial$9.991 Year
  • Premium - Yearly3 Days trial$9.991 Year
  • Sale Premium - Yearly3 Days trial$9.991 Year
  • Premium - Monthly3 Days trial$9.991 Month
One-time2
  • Lifetime Premium$19.99
  • Full Price Lifetime Premium$19.99
1 purchases

Pixel Progress

Subscriptions1
  • Pixel Power-Up$2.991 Month

Questions

Is Mood Journal free?
Mood Journal is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Pixel Progress free?
Pixel Progress is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Mood Journal or Pixel Progress?
Mood Journal is rated higher. Mood Journal averages 4.9 out of 5 from 9 ratings, while Pixel Progress averages 4.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Mood Journal or Pixel Progress have ads?
Neither Mood Journal nor Pixel Progress shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Mood Journal or Pixel Progress?
Mood Journal ships an update every 2 weeks, and Pixel Progress monthly. Most recently, Mood Journal was updated on October 16, 2026 and Pixel Progress on October 7, 2026.

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