Moodbound vs Mute
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side β with what reviewers say about each.
Moodbound
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Moodbound tracks your mood on a seven-point scale from depression to mania. It reads sleep, heart rate, and activity from Apple Health, looks for patterns, and tells you when your trend is shifting. Built for bipolar disorder. Useful for anyone who wants to take their mood seriously. WHAT IT DOES A check-in takes under a minute: mood, energy, sleep, irritability, anxiety, with optional medications and triggers. Instead of asking the same things every day, Moodbound looks at your history and picks what's worth asking next. Sleep hours pull from your watch automatically. Resting heart rate, HRV, step count, and mindful minutes ride along, adding context you'd never track by hand. Each entry gets written back to Apple Health as a State of Mind sample. PATTERN DETECTION A Bayesian safety engine runs against your history every time you open the app. It combines mood trajectory, sleep, HRV, activity, and medication adherence into a single risk assessment at four levels: none, elevated, high, critical. Change-point detection catches the moment your trend bends. Conformal prediction gives you a forecast with honest uncertainty intervals, so you can see where the model is less sure. Wasserstein drift scoring measures how far your recent days have wandered from your baseline. When the numbers move, Moodbound tells you what changed, what evidence supports the score, and what to do next. SAFETY PLANNING Your safety plan lives in the app: warning signs, coping strategies, the steps to take when you're not OK. Support contacts are one tap away. The safety engine surfaces your plan automatically when risk climbs. PRIVACY No account. No cloud sync. No analytics. No telemetry. All data stays on your device in encrypted storage. Export the full record as JSON whenever you want. The source code is public on GitHub. Free, with no subscriptions, no in-app purchases, no paywall. If you'd rather build it yourself, the source is on GitHub.
Mute
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Take a deep breath and give your mind a vacation. Mute is more than just a white noise appβit's your personal portal to the great outdoors. Whether you're commuting on a crowded train, facing a stressful workday, or tossing and turning at night, simply put on your headphones and swipe away the noise of the world. Rediscover your inner peace and recharge your spirit. We believe nature is the ultimate healer. Listen to raindrops gently tapping the glass, feel the rhythmic crashing of ocean waves, or gaze at the ethereal northern lights. Every moment with Mute is designed to uplift and calm you. Immersive Features: Cinematic Soundscapes: Forest, Ocean, Rain, Stream, Meadow, and Aurora. 6 breathtaking dynamic scenes paired with spatial audio for the ultimate relaxation experience. Interactive Bird Ecology Guide: Don't just listenβexplore! Discover the Hwamei, Kingfisher, Snowy Owl, and more in their native habitats. Enjoy gorgeous edge-to-edge photography and play their unique calls to build a vibrant micro-ecosystem right on your screen. Dual-Track Mixing: Seamlessly blend the roaring ocean waves with the call of a Herring Gull to create your custom natural symphony. Zen Mode: Tap to hide all controls and turn your screen into a pure, distraction-free window to nature. Sleep Timer: Drift into a deep, sweet slumber with a 15 to 60-minute timer that gently fades the audio as you fall asleep. Deep Apple Integration: Fully supports Live Activities (Dynamic Island & Lock Screen timers) and Siri App Shortcuts for instant relaxation. The world is loud, but peace is just a swipe away. Let go of your stress, embrace the calm, and remember: Less is More.
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Verdict
Moodbound and Mute are too close to call on the numbers: across 6 compared parameters β price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases among them β neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.
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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Moodbound ships an update every 6 weeks, Mute every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 18, 2026 and September 28, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Moodbound | Mute |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks | Every 3 weeks β better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 17.0 |
| Further details β not scored | ||
| Size | 4 MB | 726 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Nathaniel Bennett | εΉΏ ι© |
In-app purchases
Moodbound
No in-app purchases
Mute
No in-app purchases









