Mood Tracker vs One Dot
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side β with what reviewers say about each.
Mood Tracker
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MoodGenius is the calm, science-backed mood journal for people who want to feel better β without spreadsheets, charts, or guilt. Best experience: Apple Watch + iPhone MoodGenius reads sleep, activity, heart rate, and mindful minutes directly from Apple Health. The richer your health data, the sharper the correlations. (Manual metric entry on the roadmap.) Log your mood in seconds. MoodGenius quietly correlates each entry with your Apple Health data β sleep, activity, heart rate, mindful minutes β and turns the patterns into one or two specific things you can do today. Not generic wellness clichΓ©s. Not "you should sleep more." Real micro-actions, grounded in your own data: β’ "Go to bed 30 minutes earlier tonight β your low-mood days follow nights under 6h sleep." β’ "Try a 5-minute walk after lunch β your afternoons rate higher when you move before 2pm." β’ "Box-breathe for 90 seconds before your next meeting β your stress climbs on Tuesday mornings." Why it works: β’ Quick logging β under 10 seconds. A mood, an optional note, done. β’ Apple Healthβnative β sleep stages, activity, mindful minutes feed the engine automatically. β’ Pattern detection β the app finds the correlations so you don't have to read charts. β’ Actionable insights β every Patterns view ends with something to do, not just something to know. β’ Editorial design β calm sage palette, soft typography, no clutter, no streaks pestering you. Privacy first: β’ Your mood data is encrypted in transit and at rest. Yours, not ours. β’ Apple Health data is used only to generate your insights β never sold, never used for advertising. β’ No ads. No data brokers. No social feed. Built for people who: β’ Want a journal that does the analytical work for them β’ Are tired of habit trackers that demand fifteen fields a day β’ Already wear an Apple Watch and want it to mean something β’ Prefer evidence-based suggestions over horoscope-style advice MoodGenius doesn't promise to fix your mood. It gives you the smallest, most likely-to-help action β backed by your own data β and gets out of the way. Start logging. The patterns will find you. Subscription details: β’ MoodGenius Pro β Monthly auto-renewing subscription β’ MoodGenius Pro β Annual auto-renewing subscription β’ MoodGenius Pro β Lifetime one-time purchase Prices shown in-app at purchase time. Subscriptions auto-renew unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel in Settings > Apple ID > Subscriptions. Terms of Use (EULA): https://moodgenius.io/terms Privacy Policy: https://moodgenius.io/privacy
One Dot
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The simplest possible mood tracking app. No decision fatigue. No feature bloat. Just one dot. There is zero data or analytics sent to us. You can optionally enable syncing between your devices via iCloud.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: One Dot at none against Mood Tracker's 3. Mood Tracker's advantage is iOS requirement (15.1 vs 17.0). On price, ads and device support there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price Β· Rating Β· Positive reviews Β· Number of ratings Β· Update frequency Β· Ads Β· In-app purchases Β· Monetization Β· Best chart rank Β· Devices Β· Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Mood Tracker sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. One Dot asks for nothing beyond the download.
| Parameter | Mood Tracker | One Dot |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Every 4 days | β |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No β better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 β better | 17.0 |
| Further details β not scored | ||
| Size | 75 MB | 1 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Darren Morgan | Pearson Cohen |
In-app purchases
Mood Tracker
- Monthly7 Days trial$4.991 Month
- Annual7 Days trial$24.991 Year
- Lifetime$149.99
One Dot
No in-app purchases





