Comparison

Emotion Tracker vs Monk

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

Monk

Features
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One calm place for your daily practice. Build the habits you want to keep. Make space from the patterns you want to leave behind. Monk brings habits, meditation, fasting, phone-free time and reflection together, so you can see your days more clearly. A PRACTICE THAT FITS YOUR LIFE Track reading, movement, meditation, breathwork and your own habits. Set a daily goal, choose specific weekdays or work toward a weekly rhythm. Keep private commitments alongside the habits you are building. SEE YOUR DAYS CLEARLY Use the calendar to review your record and correct past days. See your practice time, fasting history and progress by week or month in one place. Return to your routine without turning it into a competition. KEEP YOUR HABITS CLOSE Bring your calendar and progress to your Home Screen with widgets. Use Lock Screen widgets for a quick view, and follow fasts, phone fasts and practice timers with Live Activities. Private commitments stay off widgets and shared cards. MAKE ROOM FOR PHONE-FREE TIME Set a phone fast with a clear beginning and end. Optional Screen Time controls help you block distractions, with ordinary and strict sessions to choose from. FAST WITH INTENTION Choose a fasting goal and follow elapsed and remaining time with a clear timer. Keep a record of completed sessions and see your fasting history at a glance. MAKE MONK FEEL LIKE YOU Choose Monk, Stoa, Zen, Vesper, Rose or the artwork-free Simple appearance. Explore light and dark looks, choose day or night artwork, and select your app icon. Arrange Today around what matters to you, with separate controls for fasting and phone-free time. PAUSE AND REFLECT Make room for a daily thought, a short reflection or a quiet practice. Optional Apple Health access reads and writes Mindful Minutes only, with your permission. YOUR PRACTICE STAYS PRIVATE Use Monk offline without an account. Your practice stays on your iPhone unless you choose cloud sync and Sign in with Apple. Export your record when you want a copy. No ads in the app, and no tracking across other companies' apps and websites. To see whether our Facebook and Instagram ads work, Monk uses Meta's SDK outside the EU/EEA, the UK and Switzerland: Meta learns when Monk is installed and opened and for how long, with a random install ID and basic device and network details (which can show your approximate area). Meta never gets your advertising ID or anything you record. You can turn this off in Settings. TRY IT FREE FOR 7 DAYS Monk is free to download. Start the free 7-day trial and everything works. After that, starting or logging anything new needs Unlock Monk, a single in-app purchase. What you have recorded stays yours to see and export. If you bought Monk before, everything stays unlocked. Monk is a tool for self-mastery and reflection, not medical advice or treatment.

Screenshots

Emotion Tracker4 screens
Monk4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Monk at none against Emotion Tracker's 3. Monk also leads on update cadence (every 2 days vs every 2 months). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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. Monk asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Emotion Tracker ships an update every 2 months, Monk every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 19, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Emotion Tracker versus Monk: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterEmotion TrackerMonk
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 2 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFreemium—
DevicesiPhoneiPhone
Requires iOS17.017.0
Further details — not scored
Size7 MB131 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperNEXT PLANETStoic AS

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Emotion Tracker

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

Monk

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Emotion Tracker free?
Emotion Tracker is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Monk free?
Monk is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Emotion Tracker or Monk have ads?
Neither Emotion Tracker nor Monk shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Emotion Tracker or Monk?
Emotion Tracker ships an update every 2 months, and Monk every 2 days. Most recently, Emotion Tracker was updated on October 24, 2026 and Monk on October 19, 2026.

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