# Mood Board vs Clearly Reader

The clearest difference is rating: Mood Board at 4.5 against Clearly Reader's 3.0. Mood Board also leads on review sentiment (55% vs 25%) and ratings volume (101 vs 3). Clearly Reader's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 3) and iOS requirement (11.0 vs 18.0). On price, ads and device support there is nothing between them.

Both are free to download. Mood Board sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Clearly Reader asks for nothing beyond the download.

Mood Board holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 3.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Mood Board has 101 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 55% of Mood Board's written reviews are positive against 25% of Clearly Reader's.

## The numbers

| Metric | Mood Board | Clearly Reader |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | **[4.5 (101 ratings)](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/mood-board-creativit/id1661256251/reviews)** | [3.0 (3 ratings)](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/clearly-reader/id6448590095/reviews) |
| Number of ratings | **101** | 3 |
| Positive reviews | **54.5% of reviews** | 25.0% of reviews |
| In-app purchases | Yes | **No** |
| Ads | No | No |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly | — |
| Monetization | Freemium | **Free** |
| Size | 81 MB | 65 MB |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | **11.0** |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Mac | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | [DesignTech SIA](https://appshunter.io/developer/1540325368) | [Lesslab](https://appshunter.io/developer/1685096566) |

## What reviewers say

### Mood Board

[App page](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/mood-board-creativit/id1661256251)

Organize and store all your creative project ideas and inspiration in one place.  This app allows you to add various content types, sort, filter, and sync across your Apple devices.  Upgrade for unlimited workspaces, folders, and tags.

**Highlights:** Unlimited items and workspaces, Organize with folders and tags, Multiple content types (text, image, file, etc.), iCloud sync across Apple devices, Sort, filter, and duplicate items, Dark mode and native design, Widgets and app shortcuts

**Features:** Family Sharing, Vision Pro support

**In-app purchases (3)**

| Purchase | Price | Billing |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Monthly | $2.99 | per month |
| Yearly | $9.99 | per year |
| Premium Lifetime | $19.99 | one-time |

**What reviewers like**

- 👍 Well-designed and functional
- 👍 Great for organizing notes, links, images
- 👍 Integrates well with iOS, iPadOS, MacOS
- 👍 Simple and aesthetically pleasing interface
- 👍 Useful for teachers' lesson plans

**What reviewers complain about**

- 🐛 Sync issues between devices
- 🐛 No undo/recover button, accidental deletion risk
- 🐛 App freezes when loading files
- 🐛 Images compressed, not original size
- 🐛 Videos not supported

**Reported bugs**

- Share to Creativit finicky, locks up
- Accidentally deleted entire workspace, no recovery
- App freezes when loading any file from Mac
- Sync doesn't work, bug preventing file sync
- Link previews not showing after iOS 18 update

**Requested features**

- Support multi-picture and video addition
- Add adaptive or waterfall display for folders
- More control over item presentation (image adjustment, scaling)
- Undo or recover button
- Warning before deleting items/workspaces


### Clearly Reader

[App page](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/clearly-reader/id6448590095)

This app helps you manage and read your saved clippings with a customizable full-screen experience. Organize your collection with mobile tag management and filter historical data for easy review.

**Highlights:** Clipping management, Full-screen reading, Customizable fonts and themes, Mobile tag management, Filter historical clippings

**Features:** macOS Compatibility

**In-app purchases:** none


## Frequently asked questions

### Is Mood Board free?

Mood Board is free to download, with in-app purchases available.

### Is Clearly Reader free?

Clearly Reader is free to download, with no in-app purchases.

### Which has better reviews, Mood Board or Clearly Reader?

Mood Board is rated higher. Mood Board averages 4.5 out of 5 from 101 ratings, while Clearly Reader averages 3.0 from 3 ratings.

### Do Mood Board or Clearly Reader have ads?

Neither Mood Board nor Clearly Reader shows ads.

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*Compared by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/) from daily US App Store data. Review summaries are generated from verbatim App Store reviews.*