Comparison

Emotion Tracker vs Common Run

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

Head to head
About

Emotion Tracker

Log your positive and negative emotions to gain self-awareness. Visualize your mood trends with charts and statistics, and search your history to identify well-being triggers. Set customizable reminders to help you stay consistent.

Highlights
  • Emotion logging
  • Mood tracking with charts
  • Historical data search
  • Customizable reminders
  • iCloud data syncing
  • Detailed statistics (premium)
Features
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Track your emotions to better understand yourself. FEATURES • Write down your positive and negative emotions. • Track your mood. View charts and monthly statistics to get a better understanding of yourself. • Search your history to understand what impacts your well-being. • Reminders (Off, Daily, Weekly). Emo+ • Tags. • Bookmarks. • More detailed statistics. iCloud support. Sync data across all your devices. All your data is securely stored on your device and in your iCloud. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Common Run

Features
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Your running routes in one place. Common Run connects your workouts, routes, and planning in one app. Import runs from Apple Health, draw new routes on the map, and share them with friends. Create routes on the map. Plan new runs by placing waypoints on the map—routes snap to roads so you get accurate distances. Or sketch your path freehand and let Common Run turn it into a road-following route. View distance, elevation and estimated time. Set your running pace to get an estimated time, switch between miles and kilometers for distance and see route elevation profiles. Share easily as images. Generate clean route images (map snapshot, distance, and your route path) to share via social apps or anywhere else. Import and Export GPX files. Import GPX files from other apps or devices, and export your routes to GPX when you need them elsewhere. No social linking required. No leaderboards or in app social linking. Your routes are stored on your device.

Screenshots

Emotion Tracker4 screens
Common Run4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Common Run at none against Emotion Tracker's 3. Emotion Tracker's advantage is iOS requirement (17.0 vs 26.0). On price, update cadence, ads 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. Emotion Tracker sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Common Run asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Emotion Tracker ships an update every 2 months, Common Run every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 9, 2026 and October 1, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Emotion Tracker versus Common Run: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterEmotion TrackerCommon Run
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 5 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFreemium—
DevicesiPhoneiPhone
Requires iOS17.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size7 MB5 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperNEXT PLANETWill Trickey

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Emotion Tracker

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly$1.991 Month
  • Yearly$9.991 Year
One-time1
  • Lifetime$24.99
None

Common Run

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Emotion Tracker free?
Emotion Tracker is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Common Run free?
Common Run is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Emotion Tracker or Common Run have ads?
Neither Emotion Tracker nor Common Run shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Emotion Tracker or Common Run?
Emotion Tracker ships an update every 2 months, and Common Run every 5 weeks. Most recently, Emotion Tracker was updated on October 9, 2026 and Common Run on October 1, 2026.

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