Comparison

The Mood Map vs StoriTold

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

Head to head
About

The Mood Map

Features
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MoodMap - Emotional Weather for Your World Anonymous Community Mood Patterns - Like Weather for Emotions MoodMap shows anonymous emotional patterns in your area, just like how weather apps show temperature and precipitation. See the collective mood of your community without any social interaction. What MoodMap Shows Emotional Weather Data Anonymous mood patterns by geographic area Community emotional trends (like weather patterns) Aggregated feelings from your neighborhood, campus, or city No individual users or personal information displayed Geographic Mood Insights Discover emotional patterns like "campus stress during finals" See how events affect community mood Understand collective feelings in different areas All data is completely anonymous and aggregated How It Works Contribute Anonymously - Share your mood to help create community emotional weather View Area Patterns - See anonymous emotional data for different locations Discover Trends - Understand how your community feels over time Stay Anonymous - No profiles, photos, or personal information Key Features ANONYMOUS DATA VISUALIZATION Weather-Style Display - Emotional patterns shown like temperature maps No Individual Users - Only shows aggregated community data Area-Based Insights - Emotional weather for neighborhoods and districts COMPLETE PRIVACY Anonymous by Design - No user profiles or personal information Apple Sign-In Security - Secure authentication with privacy protection Instant Anonymization - Your contribution immediately becomes community data No Social Features - No messaging, profiles, or user interaction SMART MOOD TRACKING One-Tap Contribution - Add to community emotional weather Rich Categories - Express complex emotions anonymously Community Patterns - See how your area feels collectively Privacy & Safety MoodMap treats emotional data like meteorological data: No User Interaction - Users cannot see or contact each other No Personal Data - No names, photos, or identifiable information Anonymous Aggregation - All data is clustered and made anonymous Data Minimization - Only anonymous patterns are stored Apple Privacy - Secure sign-in with no personal data sharing Perfect For Students - Understanding campus emotional climate Remote Workers - Seeing community wellness patterns Urban Dwellers - Discovering neighborhood emotional trends Anyone Curious - About anonymous community emotional weather Not a Social Network MoodMap is NOT a social networking app: No user profiles or personal information No messaging or communication features No ability to contact other users No social interaction whatsoever Think of it like: Weather apps showing temperature patterns Traffic apps showing congestion data Air quality apps showing environmental data Getting Started Secure Sign-In - One-tap Apple authentication Allow Location - Choose to share area for emotional weather Contribute - Add anonymous mood data to help community Explore - View emotional weather patterns in your area Requirements: iOS 17.0+, Location services for area data, Internet connection Download MoodMap Discover the emotional weather in your world through completely anonymous community data. See how your world feels. Understand community patterns. Experience emotional weather. MoodMap - Anonymous Emotional Weather

About

StoriTold

This app provides a guided journaling experience with weekly prompts to help users document their life stories. It offers features like voice recording and photo additions for a richer narrative. The app prioritizes privacy and aims to create a lasting legacy for families.

Highlights
  • Weekly guided journaling prompts
  • Voice recording of stories (Premium)
  • Add photos to stories (Premium)
  • AI-driven follow-up questions (Premium)
  • Private and secure storage
  • Cross-device syncing
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Everybody wants to be remembered. Almost nobody has a system to make sure it happens. You've probably felt it: you open a brand-new journal, and the blank pages just stare back. Where do you even start? So the journal goes in a drawer — and the stories your kids and grandkids would give anything to have someday stay locked in your head. StoriTold fixes the blank page. Each week it asks you a few meaningful questions, one at a time, and quietly keeps your answers forever. No staring at nothing. No "what do I even write?" Just a simple, guided rhythm that becomes a habit you'll actually keep — and, over time, the most complete record of who you are that your family could ever have. It's built on how the best life-story and oral-history work is really done: rotating themes across your whole life — your roots, the people you love, your faith, the hard seasons and what they taught you, and direct letters to the descendants you'll never meet. It draws out meaning, not just names and dates. WHAT YOU CAN DO • Answer a few guided questions each week — by typing or in your own voice • Preserve your actual voice, so they can hear you one day (Premium) • Add photos to your stories (Premium) • Let StoriTold gently ask a follow-up when there's more worth remembering (Premium) • Keep everything private, synced across your devices, and safe — yours alone HOW IT WORKS A few minutes, once a week. StoriTold brings the question; you bring the story. Over months and years, it grows into a living history your family will treasure. FREE & PREMIUM Writing your story is free, always. Premium unlocks voice recordings (so they hear you), photos, and AI follow-up questions that draw out the details that matter. PRIVATE BY DESIGN Your stories are some of the most personal things you'll ever write — and they stay that way. Encrypted, private, and controlled by you. For every parent, grandparent, and person who's ever thought "I really should write this down" — StoriTold is the system that finally makes it happen. So your kids, your grandkids, and the great-grandchildren who never get to meet you will still get to know exactly who you were. Be known by the family you'll never meet. Terms of Use (EULA): https://steep-shadow-abe6.trenton-crofts23.workers.dev/terms.html

Screenshots

The Mood Map4 screens
StoriTold3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: The Mood Map at none against StoriTold's 2. StoriTold's advantage is iOS requirement (16.4 vs 18.0). On price, 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. StoriTold sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. The Mood Map asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard2 real differences · 7 level
The Mood Map versus StoriTold: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterThe Mood MapStoriTold
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Number of ratings—1 — better
Update frequencyEvery 4 months—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
Monetization—Freemium
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS18.016.4 — better
Further details — not scored
Size5 MB37 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperNewville Media CorporationTRENTON J CROFTS

In-app purchases

None

The Mood Map

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

StoriTold

Subscriptions2
  • StoriTold Premium Monthly$4.991 Month
  • StoriTold Premium Annual$39.991 Year

Questions

Is The Mood Map free?
The Mood Map is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is StoriTold free?
StoriTold is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do The Mood Map or StoriTold have ads?
Neither The Mood Map nor StoriTold shows ads.

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