The Mood Tools vs Trouble Tree
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
The Mood Tools
This app offers a collection of quick, evidence-based coping skills and grounding techniques designed to help users manage stress, anxiety, and difficult emotions. It provides instant access to tools that can be used in 30-60 seconds for fast relief and mental resets.
- 50+ grounding tools
- Breathing exercises
- Stress relief techniques
- Sort tools by mood
- 30-60 second tools
- Evidence-based strategies
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Take control of stress and anxiety with The Mood Tools Mental Health App. Always FREE, always easy, and packed with simple coping skills you can use to feel better—fast. Feeling overwhelmed, anxious, or just meh? The Mood Tools App is here to help. This 100% free mental wellness app gives you quick, easy ways to manage stress, anxiety, and tough moments—on your terms. No sign-ups. No pressure. Just proven tools that actually work. WHY YOU’LL LOVE MOOD TOOLS: The Tools You Need, When You Need Them With over 50+ grounding teen mental health tools, breathing exercises, and stress relief techniques, you can reset, calm down, and feel better—faster. The Right Tool for Every Feeling Stressed, overwhelmed, or unfocused? Sort tools by mood or physical cues—like a racing heart, low energy, or a lack of motivation—to get the support you need right away. Fast Relief, On Your Terms Every tool takes only 30–60 seconds—perfect for school, home, or anytime you need a quick mental health boost or reset! No Ads. No Sign-Ups. No Cost—Ever. It’s 100% free therapy-driven support—you use on your own! With evidence-based teen mental health coping strategies and anxiety relief designed to help you feel more in control, resilient, and confident with each use. HOW IT WORKS: Instant access to simple coping skills for self-care, relaxation, and focus. Easy-to-use step-by-step techniques that help you calm down fast. Quick tools to name your feelings, make sense of them, and reset—so you can move forward with your day! Simple ways to feel better—whenever, wherever (some, without anybody knowing you’re using them). PERFECT FOR: Teens and tweens ages 9-16, parents and educators Managing mental wellness, stress, sadness, worry, and big feelings Finding focus and building resilience and self-confidence Quick resets between school, friends, sports, after-school activities, and home Daily self-care, stress relief, and personal check-ins THE MOOD TOOLS APP IS ALWAYS 100% FREE No ads. No sign-ups. No tracking. Just free therapy tools that help—whenever you need them. Download The Mood Tools now—because small tools can make a big difference.
Trouble Tree
This app helps you process life's challenges and foster emotional growth. Log troubles, reframe thoughts, and practice gratitude to cultivate a visual representation of your journey. Access past reflections and gain insights into your progress.
- Log daily troubles
- Reframe thoughts and take action
- Practice gratitude
- Visualize emotional growth
- Access past reflections
- Optional therapist export
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Grow through what you go through. Plant your experiences. Release your troubles. Nurture gratitude. Trouble Tree™ helps you turn life’s challenges into emotional growth—one branch, one root, one moment at a time. 7 days free! How it works: - Log your daily troubles and express what’s on your mind - Reframe your thoughts and take meaningful action - Practice gratitude to strengthen your emotional roots - Reflect, release, and renew - Watch your tree evolve over time as a visual reflection of your journey - Access past trees to revisit progress and gain insight - Optional therapist export for deeper support Why Trouble Tree™? Because emotional growth should be seen, felt, and celebrated. Let your challenges become the soil for something stronger. Subscription Details To unlock the full experience, a subscription is required: - $4.99/month - $39.99/year - Founding Members: $29.99/year — for first year of subscription All options include a 7 days free trial. Early adopters benefit from reduced pricing in the first month of release. By subscribing, you'll gain full access to exclusive features, personal growth tools, and continual updates designed to support your well-being. - Terms of Service: https://www.troubletree.com/_files/ugd/9822f1_136d3cdacf9249f5a35c7bdba62f9e3c.pdf Let Trouble Tree™ help you become more resilient, mindful, and rooted.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: The Mood Tools at none against Trouble Tree's 3. The Mood Tools also leads on update cadence (every 5 days vs fortnightly) and ratings volume (21 vs 4). Trouble Tree's advantage is device support (3 vs 1). On price, rating, review sentiment and ads 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
Both are free to download. Trouble Tree sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. The Mood Tools asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for The Mood Tools against 5.0 for Trouble Tree. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: The Mood Tools has 21 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.
The Mood Tools ships an update every 5 days, Trouble Tree fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 3, 2026 and September 23, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | The Mood Tools | Trouble Tree |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (21 ratings) | 5.0 (4 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 21 — better | 4 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 days — better | Fortnightly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Subscription |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.4 | 15.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 109 MB | 49 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | MOOD, LLC | Jeremy Downs |
Customer experience
The Mood Tools
Trouble Tree
In-app purchases
The Mood Tools
No in-app purchases
Trouble Tree
- Monthly Subscription7 Days trial$0.991 Month
- Annual Subscription7 Days trial$9.991 Year
- Annual Subscription7 Days trial$19.991 Year









