Comparison

Moodbound vs Mute

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

Head to head
About

Moodbound

Features
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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.

About

Mute

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Take a deep breath and give your mind a vacation. Mute is more than just a white noise appβ€”it'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 listenβ€”explore! 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.

Screenshots

Moodbound4 screens
Mute4 screens

Verdict

The call

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

CostPrice Β· In-app purchases Β· Ads Β· Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

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.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
Moodbound versus Mute: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMoodboundMute
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeksEvery 3 weeks β€” better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.017.0
Further details β€” not scored
Size4 MB726 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperNathaniel Bennett广 韩

In-app purchases

None

Moodbound

No in-app purchases

None

Mute

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Moodbound free?
Moodbound is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Mute free?
Mute is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Moodbound or Mute have ads?
Neither Moodbound nor Mute shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Moodbound or Mute?
Moodbound ships an update every 6 weeks, and Mute every 3 weeks. Most recently, Moodbound was updated on September 18, 2026 and Mute on September 28, 2026.

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