Comparison

Emotion Tracker vs Pillar

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

Head to head
About

Emotion Tracker

Easily log your daily emotions with preset or custom options. Review your mood history in a calendar or list view. Your data is kept private on your device.

Highlights
  • Daily emotion logging
  • Preset and custom emotions
  • Calendar and list views
  • On-device data storage
  • Mental health improvement focus
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Emotion Tracker is an easy to use mood tracker that can help you understand how you're feeling over time. Make an entry easily with the preset emotions or easily add custom ones yourself. Review your entries in a calendar or scroll through your entries in a list. Your data is privately stored only on your device and is never transmitted to any servers. Download Emotion Tracker and start your improving your mental health today!

About

Pillar

Improve your posture and focus with this app that uses your AirPods' motion sensors to detect slouching. It provides gentle nudges and tracks your progress over time, integrating with Pomodoro timers for enhanced productivity. No camera or extra wearables are required.

Highlights
  • Live posture reading via AirPods motion sensors
  • Gentle, responsive nudges for slouching
  • Integrated Pomodoro focus and break timer
  • Daily tall-time goal and streak tracking
  • Weekly trend and session insights
  • Live Activity and widget support
Features
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Sit tall through a focus block — without a coach nagging you. Pillar reads head and neck position from the motion sensors in your AirPods and quietly tells you when you slouch. No camera. No wearable to buy. No photo of you. HOW IT WORKS • Put your AirPods in and start a session — open-ended, or a Pomodoro focus/break block. • Pillar measures your own tall and slouched angles once, so the threshold is yours rather than a population average. • While you work it watches your head pitch. When your head drops forward and stays there, you get a quiet haptic or a soft cue. The moment you straighten, it stops. • At the end you get a score for the session — and over weeks, the trend and one pattern worth acting on. WHY IT WORKS THIS WAY Posture and focus are one loop. The Pomodoro timer is the reason to keep the AirPods in, and the AirPods are the reason the timer knows you slouched. WHAT'S INSIDE • Live posture reading during a session, calculated on your iPhone • Nudges that escalate gently and back off when you respond • Pomodoro focus and break cycles, scored cycle by cycle • A daily tall-time goal and a streak • Insights: your weekly trend, your best hour and your worst one • Live Activity on the Lock Screen and in the Dynamic Island • Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets • Quiet hours, call detection, walking detection, and a choice of cues WHAT YOU NEED AirPods with motion sensors — AirPods Pro (1st, 2nd or 3rd generation), AirPods (3rd or 4th generation) or AirPods Max — worn and connected, plus the Motion & Fitness permission. Without them Pillar still opens, but it cannot measure your posture. PRIVACY Head position is analysed on your iPhone. Raw motion data never leaves the device. There is no account, no camera, and no photo of you anywhere in the product. PILLAR PREMIUM Free: one posture session a day — with everything in it. Live tracking, nudges, your own calibration, Pomodoro cycles, Insights, widgets. One session. Premium: no daily limit. As many sessions as you want, any length, every day. • Annual — $28.99 per year • Weekly — $7.99 per week, with a 7-day free trial Payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation. Subscriptions renew automatically unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel in your Apple Account settings. Terms of Use (EULA): https://pillar.glowd.tech/terms-of-use.html Privacy Policy: https://pillar.glowd.tech/privacy-policy.html Subscription Terms: https://pillar.glowd.tech/subscription-terms.html Pillar is a posture-awareness and focus tool. It is not a medical device and does not diagnose, treat or prevent any condition. AirPods, AirPods Pro and AirPods Max are trademarks of Apple Inc., registered in the U.S. and other countries.

Screenshots

Emotion Tracker4 screens
Pillar4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Pillar at 5.0 against Emotion Tracker's 4.3. Pillar also leads on update cadence (every 10 days vs every 4 weeks). Emotion Tracker's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2) and ratings volume (4 vs 1). 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. Pillar sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $7.99 per 7 days. Emotion Tracker asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Pillar holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 1 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Emotion Tracker ships an update every 4 weeks, Pillar every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on November 8, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Emotion Tracker versus Pillar: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterEmotion TrackerPillar
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.3 (4 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings4 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 4 weeksEvery 10 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFreemium
DevicesiPhoneiPhone
Requires iOS17.2 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size2 MB27 MB
Age rating+44+
DeveloperCodeWithChrisMaksym Pustovit

Customer experience

Emotion Tracker

All ratings4 ratings
Positive75.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative25.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Pillar

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Emotion Tracker

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

Pillar

Subscriptions2
  • Pillar Premium Weekly7 Days trial$7.997 Days
  • Pillar Premium Yearly$28.991 Year

Questions

Is Emotion Tracker free?
Emotion Tracker is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Pillar free?
Pillar is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Emotion Tracker or Pillar?
Pillar is rated higher. Emotion Tracker averages 4.3 out of 5 from 4 ratings, while Pillar averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Emotion Tracker or Pillar have ads?
Neither Emotion Tracker nor Pillar shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Emotion Tracker or Pillar?
Emotion Tracker ships an update every 4 weeks, and Pillar every 10 days. Most recently, Emotion Tracker was updated on November 8, 2026 and Pillar on October 31, 2026.

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