Comparison

ConversationBuilderTeen vs Mood

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

Head to head
About

ConversationBuilderTeen

This app helps teenagers practice multi-exchange conversations in various social settings. It uses a visual format to teach conversational flow, including initiating, responding, and handling difficult topics like bullying and sarcasm. Users can record and review their conversations to improve social skills.

Highlights
  • Virtual conversation simulator
  • Multi-exchange conversations
  • Visual conversation flow
  • Handling bullying and sarcasm
  • Record and review conversations
  • 8 conversation themes
  • Group and one-on-one settings
Features
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Winner - Best Middle School App of 2012 - Best App Ever Winner - 2012 Best Teaching App by TeachHub.com Winner - 2012 4th Best Speech Therapy App by Let's Talk SLP Winner - 2012 Best Social Skills App by Tech in Special Ed Winner - 2012 Best Special Needs App by Teachers With Apps Finalist - 2012 Best Special Needs App by SmartAppsForKids ConversationBuilderTeen is a teen version of the popular and award winning ConversationBuilder virtual conversation simulator. It is designed to help teenaged children learn how to have multi-exchange conversations with their peers in a variety of social settings. The auditory pattern of conversation is presented in a visual format to help students recognize and master the flow of conversation. Students learn when it is appropriate to introduce themselves, ask questions, make observations and change the subject of the conversation. They will also learn how to recognize sarcasm and how to respond when someone is bullying them or someone around them. The student will be asked to initiate conversation, respond to conversations initiated by others or participate in group conversations. Students will be guided through conversations and allowed to record and save their conversations for later playback and study. Conversations are grouped into eight themes. The themes are school, relationship, sports, entertainment, bullying, sarcasm, clothes, and summer. Being able to converse with peers is the cornerstone of developing relationships, and ConversationBuilderTeen™ promotes development of this skill in a fun and engaging way. Features - Over 300 conversations - 8 conversation themes - School, Relationship, Sports, Entertainment, Bullying, Sarcasm, Clothes, and Summer - Visual interface to learn the pattern of conversation - Students record their half of the conversation - Group and one-on-one conversation settings - Student may import photos into the group conversations - Student can initiate or respond to conversations - Student recordings are interlaced with pre-recorded audio to create complete conversations - Real time history allows student to replay every segment of a conversation - Conversations may be archived and emailed - Parental controls to lock out some conversations LANGUAGES - English REQUIREMENTS - Compatible with iPad - Requires 5.1 software update ConversationBuilderTeen is part of "The Builder Series" of award winning education apps. Mobile Education Store has won over 40 app awards and has been named educational developer of the year in 2011 and 2012. Mobile Education Tools is a member of Moms with Apps, a collaborative group of family-friendly developers seeking to promote quality apps for kids and families. Recommended Ages: 10-17 Categories: Special Needs

About

Mood

Track your emotions and life events to understand how they connect. This app provides a journal for recording feelings and daily happenings, with summary pages and charts to visualize trends over time. Set reminders to ensure consistent tracking and generate email reports.

Highlights
  • Log emotions and daily events
  • Journaling functionality
  • Summary pages and charts
  • Email report generation
  • Customizable reminders
Features
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Mood-Log is designed to help you keep track of your emotions as they change throughout the day and from day to day. You do this by creating new Mood-Log entries, recording any emotions you are currently experiencing and other information about yourself. You can use Mood-Log as a journal to keep track of events in your life and watch for connections between your daily life and the emotions you experience. A summary page and charts show you what’s happening over time. You can send email reports from within Mood-Log and you can set reminders that will prompt you to create a Mood-Log entry at different times in the day.

Screenshots

Mood4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Mood at Free against ConversationBuilderTeen's $29.99. Mood also leads on rating (4.3 vs 4.1) and device support (3 vs 1). ConversationBuilderTeen's advantage is iOS requirement (11.0 vs 13.0). On review sentiment, 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

Mood is free to download; ConversationBuilderTeen costs $29.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Mood holds the better App Store score, 4.3 against 4.1. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 8 and 31 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 93% of ConversationBuilderTeen's written reviews are positive against 88% of Mood's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

ConversationBuilderTeen ships an update every 9 months, Mood every 7 months. The most recent releases landed on September 21, 2026 and July 4, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
ConversationBuilderTeen versus Mood: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterConversationBuilderTeenMood
Price$29.99Free — better
Rating4.1 (8 ratings)4.3 (31 ratings) — better
Positive reviews92.5% of reviews — better88.2% of reviews
Number of ratings831 — better
Update frequencyEvery 9 monthsEvery 7 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidFree — better
DevicesiPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS11.0 — better13.0
Further details — not scored
Size370 MB5 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperMobile Education Store LLCBarry Langdon-Lassagne

Customer experience

ConversationBuilderTeen

All ratings8 ratings
Positive75.0%
Neutral12.5%
Negative12.5%
Written reviews40 reviews
Positive92.5%
Neutral5.0%
Negative2.5%

Mood

All ratings31 ratings
Positive83.9%
Neutral3.2%
Negative12.9%
Written reviews34 reviews
Positive88.2%
Neutral5.9%
Negative5.9%

In-app purchases

None

ConversationBuilderTeen

No in-app purchases

None

Mood

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is ConversationBuilderTeen free?
ConversationBuilderTeen costs $29.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Mood free?
Mood is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, ConversationBuilderTeen or Mood?
Mood is rated higher. ConversationBuilderTeen averages 4.1 out of 5 from 8 ratings, while Mood averages 4.3 from 31 ratings.
Do ConversationBuilderTeen or Mood have ads?
Neither ConversationBuilderTeen nor Mood shows ads.
Which is updated more often, ConversationBuilderTeen or Mood?
ConversationBuilderTeen ships an update every 9 months, and Mood every 7 months. Most recently, ConversationBuilderTeen was updated on September 21, 2026 and Mood on July 4, 2026.

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