Comparison

Quick Journal vs Mood Tracker

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

Head to head
About

Quick Journal

This app offers a straightforward journaling experience with extensive customization options. Personalize themes, fonts, icons, and layouts to create your ideal digital notebook. Widgets and draft saving features enhance usability for daily reflection.

Highlights
  • Customizable themes and fonts
  • App icon and layout personalization
  • Home screen widgets
  • Save entries as drafts
  • Copy and share entries
Features
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Quick Journal is the simplest way to keep a journal. You can customize your journal's theme, fonts, app icon, layout, and even where the composer button is placed. To help you write or keep track of your entries, the app features widgets you can put on your home screen. You can copy or share your entries. You can always come back to an entry later by saving it as a draft, just swipe down and the entry will be saved. Hope you enjoy! EULA https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Mood Tracker

Features
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Try a more creative approach to journaling with Mushy Mood! With changing daily prompts for Writing, Photography, and Drawing, there will be something to keep you engaged in journaling every day. We make the process fun and engaging, so building a habit that is good for you is as easy as possible Easily monitor your mood over time, try new things, and put pen to paper as quickly as possible Mushy Mood has a Free tier, and a Plus subscription. With the Free tier you get:
 - Daily prompts - 5 days of logging history - Daily reminders The Plus subscription grants you all of the Free features, Plus: - The ability to swap out daily prompts you don’t like - Unlimited logging history access - Sharing/exporting of your log data Mushy Mood Terms: https://whiostudios.com/mushymood-terms Apple Standard Terms of Use (EULA) - https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Quick Journal4 screens
Mood Tracker4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Quick Journal at none against Mood Tracker's 3. Quick Journal also leads on iOS requirement (17.4 vs 26.0). On price, update cadence, ads and device support 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 sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Quick Journal asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Quick Journal ships an update every 9 days, Mood Tracker every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 9, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Quick Journal versus Mood Tracker: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterQuick JournalMood Tracker
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (24 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews86.4% of reviews—
Number of ratings24 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 9 days — betterEvery 2 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.4 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size4 MB13 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperCharlie DeetsWhio Studios Pty Ltd

In-app purchases

None

Quick Journal

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

Mood Tracker

Subscriptions2
  • Plus Monthly7 Days trial$0.991 Month
  • Plus Annual7 Days trial$6.991 Year
One-time1
  • Plus Lifetime$14.99

Questions

Is Quick Journal free?
Quick Journal is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Mood Tracker free?
Mood Tracker is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Quick Journal or Mood Tracker have ads?
Neither Quick Journal nor Mood Tracker shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Quick Journal or Mood Tracker?
Quick Journal ships an update every 9 days, and Mood Tracker every 2 weeks. Most recently, Quick Journal was updated on October 24, 2026 and Mood Tracker on October 9, 2026.

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