Comparison

Mandala vs Chromatic Mood

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

Head to head
About

Mandala

Features
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Provides mantras and thanks to help beginner to practice visualizing and chanting mantras.

About

Chromatic Mood

Features
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Chromatic Mood turns your daily emotions into living art. Each day, choose a color that matches how you feel -- from preset palettes or a full custom picker. Over time, your colors weave into stunning visualizations you can explore, export, and share. YOUR DAY IN ONE COLOR Tap, pick a color, add an optional note. Done in 5 seconds. A breathing circle gently reminds you if today is still unrecorded. FOUR WAYS TO SEE YOUR YEAR - Ribbon: A flowing timeline of every day - Mosaic: A calendar-grid heatmap of your moods - Spiral: An expanding orbit from Day 1 outward - Ring: A full-year donut where each slice is one day REVIEW AND REFLECT Open the color calendar to revisit any day. Tap a date to see your color and note. Dive into Insights for color distribution charts, diversity index, weekday preferences, and streak stats. Spot patterns you never noticed. STREAKS AND MILESTONES Stay motivated with consecutive-day streaks and milestone celebrations at 7, 30, 100, 200, and 365 days. EXPORT YOUR ART Save your spectrum painting as a high-resolution image or PDF. Choose background colors, toggle date labels and watermarks, then share your unique artwork with friends. YOUR DATA, YOUR DEVICE Chromatic Mood stores everything locally using SwiftData. No accounts, no servers, no analytics, no ads. Export or import your records as JSON anytime. Clear all data with a single tap. DAILY GENTLE REMINDER Set a customizable evening reminder so you never miss a day. Notifications stay on-device and can be turned off anytime.

Screenshots

Mandala4 screens
Chromatic Mood4 screens

Verdict

The call

Mandala and Chromatic Mood are too close to call on the numbers: across 5 compared parameters โ€” price, ads, in-app purchases and device support among them โ€” neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

Scored on Price ยท Rating ยท Positive reviews ยท Number of ratings ยท Update frequency ยท Ads ยท In-app purchases ยท Monetization ยท Best chart rank ยท Devices ยท Requires iOS

CostPrice ยท In-app purchases ยท Ads ยท Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
Mandala versus Chromatic Mood: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMandalaChromatic Mood
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksโ€”
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhone, iPad โ€” betteriPhone
Requires iOS16.0 โ€” better17.0
Further details โ€” not scored
Size28 MB1 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperChen-Hai Tengๆ™“ ้ƒญ

In-app purchases

None

Mandala

No in-app purchases

None

Chromatic Mood

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Mandala free?
Mandala is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Chromatic Mood free?
Chromatic Mood is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Mandala or Chromatic Mood have ads?
Neither Mandala nor Chromatic Mood shows ads.

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