Comparison

Moodivation vs My Inner Cat

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

Head to head
About

Moodivation

Track your emotions, sleep, stress, and lifestyle patterns to uncover hidden connections influencing your daily mood. Gain powerful clarity with lightweight tracking and neural-inspired insights to understand and improve your emotional balance. Your personal data is kept secure on-device with optional iCloud backup.

Highlights
  • Log mood with a single tap
  • Add context with Mood Notes
  • Track sleep, stress, and recovery
  • Discover mood influencing patterns
  • View weekly and monthly trend charts
  • On-device data security
  • Optional iCloud backup
Features
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WHY DO YOU FEEL FINE ONE DAY AND LOW THE NEXT? Moodivation puts your mood next to what your body is doing: sleep, HRV, stress, energy and training. Log how you feel in one tap, and see what actually moves it. READINESS, EVERY MORNING One score for how ready you are for the day, from your HRV, resting heart rate, sleep and recent training, judged against your own normal, not anyone else's. • No need to sleep with your Watch on: daytime readings work too • A one-line tip for the day: push, keep steady, or rest • "How Readiness works" explains every level and what goes into it YOUR BODY AT A GLANCE • Energy: how much you have left today • Strain: how hard today has been, with a target set by your readiness • Sleep Score and HRV Status • Your mood beside your body's numbers Tap any ring for what it means and what to do about it. MOOD IN ONE TAP • Six mood slots you choose, with your own emoji • Add a note when you want context • See today's mood balance at a glance • Reminders to keep the habit FIND WHAT LIFTS YOU • Daily habit check-in: a few quick yes/no questions • See which habits line up with better recovery or better moods • A weekly report every Sunday: your week in mood and readiness • Trends over weeks and months • Neuro Insights: your emotional stability and what drives it APPLE WATCH See Readiness, Energy, Strain and more on your wrist, and add them to your watch face as complications. PRIVATE BY DESIGN Your Health data is read on your iPhone and never sent to our servers. Your moods sync only through your own iCloud. No ads, no data selling. Anonymous usage analytics can be turned off in Settings. MOODIVATION PRO Free: mood logging, today's Readiness, Energy, Sleep Score and HRV, the habit check-in and the weekly headline. Pro adds the why: the detail behind every score, Trends, habit insights, Stress, Neuro Insights, the full weekly report, smart reminders, all 24 moods and more quotes. Try the yearly plan free for 7 days. Moodivation is a wellness tool, not a medical device. Its scores are estimates from your Apple Health data, not medical measurements. Legal: EULA: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://hipporasy.dev/privacy-policy Terms: https://hipporasy.dev/terms-and-conditions

About

My Inner Cat

Features
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Track your mood in seconds. My Inner Cat is a gentle mood tracker and daily journal that helps you notice how you feel and see patterns over time, without writing long entries. A DAILY CHECK-IN, NOT A WRITING TASK Choose your mood, add the main emotion, and mark what shaped your day. Add a note if you want to, or let the check-in speak for itself. A mood journal can be a small moment of self-care, not another task to finish. SEE YOUR WEEK AND MONTH MORE CLEARLY Revisit your mood calendar and explore trends, frequent emotions, and daily factors. Notice which feelings keep coming back and what you recorded alongside them. Your inner cat adds a gentle reflection you can save or share. YOUR MOODS ON YOUR HOME SCREEN With the new widget, view your moods without opening the app. Choose a week or month view and a small or wide size to fit your Home Screen. FEATURES - Fast daily mood tracking for mood, emotion, daily factors, and optional notes - A visual mood calendar for spotting changes over the month - Week and month summaries with mood trends, top emotions, and top factors - Home Screen widget in small and wide sizes: choose a week or month of moods to view without opening the app - Gentle inner cat reflections you can save or share - Reminders to help make mood journaling a small daily habit - CSV export when you want a copy of your journal entries - Local-first journal storage, with privacy choices for optional analytics and ad attribution My Inner Cat is designed for personal reflection and general wellness. It is not medical, psychological, psychiatric, crisis-response, or treatment advice. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Moodivation4 screens
My Inner Cat3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Moodivation at none against My Inner Cat's shown. Moodivation also leads on update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 2 months) and device support (3 vs 1). On price, in-app purchases and iOS requirement there is nothing between them.

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

CostPrice Ā· In-app purchases Ā· Ads Ā· Monetization

Both are free to download. Moodivation sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month and My Inner Cat sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $6.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Moodivation ships an update every 2 weeks, My Inner Cat every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 13, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences Ā· 5 level
Moodivation versus My Inner Cat: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMoodivationMy Inner Cat
PriceFreeFree
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeks — betterEvery 2 months
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemium—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — betteriPhone
Requires iOS17.017.0
Further details — not scored
Size12 MB35 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMarasy PhiIgor Neunyvakin

In-app purchases

4 purchases

Moodivation

Subscriptions3
  • Monthly Flexibility3 Days trial$2.991 Month
  • Semi-Annual Saver$7.996 Months
  • Annual Best Value$19.991 Year
One-time1
  • PRO Lifetime$99.99
2 purchases

My Inner Cat

Subscriptions2
  • MyInnerCat Premium (Monthly)$6.991 Month
  • MyInnerCat Premium (Annual)7 Days trial$34.991 Year

Questions

Is Moodivation free?
Moodivation is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is My Inner Cat free?
My Inner Cat is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Moodivation or My Inner Cat have ads?
My Inner Cat shows ads; Moodivation does not.
Which is updated more often, Moodivation or My Inner Cat?
Moodivation ships an update every 2 weeks, and My Inner Cat every 2 months. Most recently, Moodivation was updated on October 23, 2026 and My Inner Cat on October 13, 2026.

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