Comparison

Mood vs Grain Journal

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

Grain Journal

Features
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Grain is a beautifully simple micro-journal for capturing daily moments in just a few words. No long-form writing. No pressure. Just capture what matters — one grain at a time. FEATURES: • Write in seconds — 50 characters max, pick a mood, done • Daily streak tracking to build a journaling habit • Mosaic view — see your entire month in color • Mood insights and category breakdowns • Time capsule entries to rediscover past moments • Widget for your Home Screen and Lock Screen • 5 beautiful themes to personalize your experience • 100% private — your data never leaves your device GRAIN+ PREMIUM: • Unlimited daily grains (free plan: 3/day) • Full mood & category analytics • All 5 themes unlocked • Banked days — never break your streak • Priority support Grain+ is available as: • Monthly: 2.99 / m o n t h • Y e a r l y : 2.99/month•Yearly:19.99/year (save 44%) • Lifetime: $39.99 one-time Subscriptions automatically renew unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel anytime in your App Store account settings. Privacy Policy: https://q8dev.net/grainjornal/privacy/ Terms of Use: https://q8dev.net/grainjornal/terms/

Screenshots

Mood4 screens
Grain Journal4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Grain Journal at none against Mood's shown. Mood's advantage is device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.6 vs 17.0). On price 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

Both are free to download. Mood sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Grain Journal sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Mood versus Grain Journal: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMoodGrain Journal
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.4 (92 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews57.1% of reviews—
Number of ratings92 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 8 months—
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.6 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size7 MB9 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperKei SuefujiYousef Alenezi

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Mood

One-time1
  • PREMIUM$4.99
3 purchases

Grain Journal

Subscriptions2
  • Grain+ Monthly$2.991 Month
  • Grain+ Yearly$19.991 Year
One-time1
  • Grain+ Forever$39.99

Questions

Is Mood free?
Mood is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Grain Journal free?
Grain Journal is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Mood or Grain Journal have ads?
Mood shows ads; Grain Journal does not.

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