Comparison

Mood Tracker Journal vs Stepbound

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

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About

Mood Tracker Journal

Monitor your emotional well-being, identify patterns, and set personal goals. This app offers comprehensive tracking for various conditions, guided journaling, and clinically-validated questionnaires to support your mental health journey.

Highlights
  • Comprehensive mood tracking
  • Goal setting and tracking
  • Medical questionnaires
  • Reminders and notifications
  • Journaling prompts
  • Health integrations
Features
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Understanding and managing your emotions is crucial to your mental health, and Mood Tracker+ is here to support you every step of the way. By monitoring your mood, you can identify patterns and triggers, empowering you to make informed decisions and improve your overall well-being. Key Features: • Comprehensive Mood Tracking • Goal Setting & Tracking • Medical Questionnaires • Reminders & Notifications • Journaling Prompts • Daily Affirmations • Pre-made Care Plans • Health Integrations with Apple Health Kit Comprehensive Mood Tracking: Mood Tracker+ is designed to cover all aspects of your emotional well-being and record mood swings. Whether you're dealing with Bipolar Disorder, Depression, Anxiety, OCD, PTSD, Borderline Personality Disorder, or simply want to keep track of your different moods, our simple mood tracker app offers specialized features to help you monitor and understand your mood fluctuations. Trackers Included: • Diary • Factor Tracker • Medication Tracker • Symptom Tracker • Measurement Tracker • Mood Tracker • Nutrition Tracker • Fluid Tracker • Activity Tracker • Therapy Tracker • Sleep Tracker • Stool Tracker • Weather Tracker • Menstrual Cycle Tracker Goal Setting & Tracking: Set and track personal goals to promote self-improvement and emotional growth. By using Mood Tracker+, you'll be encouraged to reach your goals, develop healthier habits, and improve coping strategies. Example goals include practicing mindfulness, increasing exercise, or reducing social media usage. Medical Questionnaires: Complete clinically-validated questionnaires to help you better understand your mental health conditions and track your progress over time. Our app includes: • PHQ-9 for Depression • GAD-7 for Anxiety • Mood Disorder Questionnaire (MDQ) for Bipolar Disorder • Yale-Brown Obsessive Compulsive Scale (Y-BOCS) for OCD • PCL-5 for PTSD • Borderline Symptom List (BSL-23) for Borderline Personality Disorder • Beck Hopelessness Scale (BHS) • Social Anxiety Scale (SAS) • Insomnia Severity Index (ISI) • Adult ADHD Self-Report Scale (ASRS-v1.1) • Eating Disorder Examination Questionnaire (EDE-Q) These questionnaires offer valuable insights into your mental health, allowing you to monitor changes and work towards improvement. Reminders & Notifications: Never miss a medication, appointment, or therapy session with our handy reminders and notifications. Customize your notifications to suit your needs, such as daily mindfulness practice or weekly check-ins with loved ones. Journaling Prompts: Our app provides guided journaling prompts to help you explore and express your emotions, supporting you in your journey to self-discovery and emotional well-being. Example prompts include, "What made you feel grateful today?" or "How did you cope with a challenging situation?" Daily Affirmations: Start each day with a positive affirmation to uplift your spirits and cultivate a positive mindset. Examples include "I am strong and resilient" or "I am worthy of love and happiness." Pre-made Care Plans: Take advantage of our pre-made care plans tailored to various mental health conditions, helping you to establish a routine and prioritize self-care. Care plans include step-by-step strategies for managing stress, improving sleep, and fostering positive relationships. We understand the need to maintain a healthy emotional balance. Mood Tracker+ is here to help you take control of your emotions and lead a happier, healthier life. Read our terms (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Read our privacy policy: https://careclinic.io/privacy-policy/

About

Stepbound

This adventure game uses your real-world steps as in-game currency. Explore the Grand Canyon in 1892, making choices that impact your journey and lead to multiple endings. Your daily movement directly influences your progress and discoveries.

Highlights
  • Real step-based gameplay
  • Choose-your-own-adventure narrative
  • Grand Canyon exploration
  • Branching story with multiple endings
  • Illustrated scenes
  • Random encounters and item discovery
  • Progress tracking and achievements
Features
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Your steps are the currency. The canyon is the story. Stepbound is a choose-your-own-adventure game set in the Grand Canyon of 1892 and it runs on your real daily steps. You play as an explorer dispatched by the Society of Explorers to map uncharted passages deep inside one of the world's great geological wonders. Every decision you make costs steps drawn from your actual walking. Rest more, explore less. Walk more, go further. Your body and your choices shape the story together. How it works: each day, your phone step count is converted into banked steps. Spend them on story choices: descend the Bright Angel Trail, investigate a mysterious fissure in the rimrock, shelter in a cave, or push on to the river. The further and more demanding the path, the more steps it costs. The canyon rewards those who keep moving. What you'll find inside the canyon is a branching narrative told across dozens of richly illustrated scenes. Random encounters: scorpion stings, rattlesnakes, flash floods, and hidden oases with Items to discover.and carry, Multiple distinct endings and achievements tracking your progress as a canyon explorer with a map showing every path you've walked and every branch yet to discover. Stepbound is designed for people who want their daily movement to mean something beyond a closing ring. The story is written to be replayed with different passages, different fates, and ultimately the best endings reserved for the explorer who sees everything the canyon has to offer. The year is 1892. The rim is just moments way, Step carefully.

Screenshots

Mood Tracker Journal4 screens
Stepbound3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Stepbound at 5.0 against Mood Tracker Journal's 4.4. Stepbound also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 10). Mood Tracker Journal's advantage is ratings volume (27 vs 1) and device support (4 vs 2). On price, ads 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. Mood Tracker Journal sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per 3 months. Stepbound asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Stepbound holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Mood Tracker Journal has 27 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Mood Tracker Journal versus Stepbound: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMood Tracker JournalStepbound
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.4 (27 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews77.8% of reviews—
Number of ratings27 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 2 months—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS15.515.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size220 MB120 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperCARECLINIC SOFTWARE INC.KEVIN WENDELL DOWDY

In-app purchases

10 purchases

Mood Tracker Journal

Subscriptions9
  • weather max$9.993 Months
  • flex pass$9.991 Month
  • carey ai max$19.991 Month
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  • carey ai ultra$29.991 Month
  • 7-Day Trial7 Days trial$49.991 Year
  • select pass$49.991 Year
  • limited deal$49.991 Year
  • limited sale$49.991 Year
  • free access3 Days trial$59.991 Year
One-time1
  • carey ai credits$8.99
None

Stepbound

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Mood Tracker Journal free?
Mood Tracker Journal is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Stepbound free?
Stepbound is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Mood Tracker Journal or Stepbound?
Stepbound is rated higher. Mood Tracker Journal averages 4.4 out of 5 from 27 ratings, while Stepbound averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Mood Tracker Journal or Stepbound have ads?
Neither Mood Tracker Journal nor Stepbound shows ads.

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