Comparison

Mood vs Glow

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

Head to head
About

Mood

Easily log your daily emotions and track their fluctuations over time. Record your mood with a simple tap, add context with notes, and visualize trends through insightful graphs. Access your full history and advanced analytics with the premium version.

Highlights
  • Daily mood recording
  • Situation and reason notes
  • Yearly mood overview
  • Calendar-based history
  • Mood trend analytics
  • Customizable week start day
Features
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Why don't you record your daily mood and grasp the change in your mood? This app is an app that allows you to easily record your current mood. Simply scroll or tap the arrows to select your mood on the home screen and tap the Save button to record your current mood. If you fill in the situation and reason at that time in the memo column, you can save it according to your mood. On the "Yearly" screen, the average daily mood is displayed in a list. On the "History" screen, the mood recorded on the date selected in the calendar is displayed. You can also modify the data with the edit button on the top right of the data. In addition, you can add data that you forgot to record with the "Add" button. On the "Analytics" screen, you can view graphs of changes in mood over the week, month, and year. On the "Settings" screen, you can set the first day of the week for the calendar. You can choose to start Monday or Sunday. In the free version, you can check the history for up to one week. If you want to check all the history, please consider purchasing the premium version in the app. ---------------------- Terms of Use and Privacy Policy: https://akikibai-laboratory.jimdofree.com/privacy-policy/

About

Glow

Features
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Glow – Light for Your Mind is a quiet companion for everyday feelings. Tell it how you feel, and it answers with one short line written for this moment, set against soft colors that move with your mood. No analysis, no streaks, no pep talks. Feel first. Fix later. A sentence that meets you where you are Choose your mood with a slider and emotion labels, or write it out in your own words (Glow Pro). Glow uses Apple Intelligence to understand how you feel and writes a short, calming line, like a tiny poem or aphorism. It can also save your mood to the Health app as a State of Mind entry, always under your control. Mood Journey (Glow Pro) See how your mood has moved over the past 7 or 30 days, read a Gentle Reflection written by Apple Intelligence, and look back on the words you’ve written. Daily Message (Glow Pro) Pick a time, and Glow sends you one gentle sentence each day. If you’ve already opened Glow that day, it quietly skips it. No streaks, no badges, no guilt. Always within reach • Siri & Shortcuts: say “Give me a new Glow sentence” or “Favorite this Glow sentence” without opening the app • Spotlight: find your favorite sentences right from search • Home Screen widgets that bring new sentences throughout the day Calm by design • Dark Mode: follow the system or choose Light or Dark; colors deepen softly instead of glaring • Floating Text: your sentence floats gently above the background as you tilt your device • Accent colors to make Glow your own (Glow Pro) Private by design Without Glow Pro, and on iOS 26, everything is generated on your device. With Glow Pro on iOS 27, the Automatic setting sends what you write to the Cloud Model, which runs on Apple’s Private Cloud Compute. Requests are encrypted in transit, used only to create your sentence, and never stored. If the Cloud Model is unavailable, Glow falls back to your device, and you can choose On-Device in Settings to keep everything local. Favorites, personalization and mood entries sync only to your own private iCloud database. Glow has no servers of its own and never shares your data with third parties. Glow Pro A one-time purchase that unlocks: • Writing how you feel, for a more personal response • Personalization: self-description, tone and preferred colors • Cloud Model (iOS 27) • Mood Journey & Gentle Reflection • Daily Message • Accent colors Glow is a companion, not a medical service, and is not a substitute for professional care. If you’re going through a hard time, please reach out to someone you trust or a professional. Requires a device that supports Apple Intelligence. Glow is here to remind you that you’re not alone. When life feels heavy, open the app and find a small light.

Screenshots

Mood4 screens
Glow4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Glow at none against Mood's shown. Mood's advantage is iOS requirement (15.6 vs 26). On price, update cadence, in-app purchases and device support 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 sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Glow sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Mood ships an update every 8 months, Glow every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on November 7, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Mood versus Glow: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMoodGlow
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.4 (96 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews57.1% of reviews—
Number of ratings96 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 8 monthsEvery 4 months — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.6 — better26
Further details — not scored
Size7 MB56 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperKei SuefujiJiahui Bai

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Mood

One-time1
  • PREMIUM$4.99
1 purchases

Glow

One-time1
  • Unlock Glow Pro$6.99

Questions

Is Mood free?
Mood is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Glow free?
Glow is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Mood or Glow have ads?
Mood shows ads; Glow does not.
Which is updated more often, Mood or Glow?
Mood ships an update every 8 months, and Glow every 4 months. Most recently, Mood was updated on November 7, 2026 and Glow on October 30, 2026.

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