Comparison

TetherTime 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

TetherTime

This app helps you quickly create meaningful journal entries by transforming your photos and calendar events into guided reflections. It offers prompts to capture memories and personal growth in just minutes, with a focus on privacy and offline use.

Highlights
  • Guided journaling prompts
  • Calendar event integration
  • Photo integration
  • Voice-to-text input
  • Offline functionality
  • PIN-protected encryption
  • Export entries as text
Features
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Life moves fast. TetherTime helps you capture what matters most—transforming your photos and calendar into meaningful journal entries in just minutes. Private, guided, and designed for real life. WHY TETHERTIME? Most people want to preserve memories, but traditional journaling comes with roadblocks: blank page paralysis, thousands of unorganized photos, and finding 30+ minutes to write feels impossible. TetherTime solves this. Instead of staring at a blank page, you'll get guided prompts that help you capture events with context and emotion—all in 5-10 minutes. HOW IT WORKS Choose Your Time Period Select the past week or a custom date range. TetherTime gathers your calendar entries and photos from that period. Pick Your Highlights Select the meaningful calendar events you'd like to write about. Add Photos Choose up to 5 photos per event from those days, or browse your entire photo library. Answer Guided Prompts Instead of a blank page, you'll see thoughtful questions like "What were the best moments?" and "Who made this memorable?" You can type responses or use voice-to-text. Save and Share Your journal entry is complete—with your reflections and photos. Edit or share however you'd like. WHAT YOU CAN CAPTURE - Milestones – Events with context and emotion - Loved Ones – Remember who and why those moments mattered - Personal Growth – Intentional reflection in minutes - Daily Gratitude – Notice and preserve the everyday good - Legacy – Chronicle and share your story PRIVACY BY DESIGN Your thoughts belong to you alone. Everything stays on your device—no cloud, no servers, no exceptions. Your journal entries are encrypted and protected by PIN authentication. You control your data completely. FEATURES - Guided prompts eliminate blank page paralysis - Calendar integration to jog your memory - Photo integration with smart date sorting - Voice-to-text for faster journaling - Export entries as text files for backup - Share via text or email - PIN-protected with encryption - No account required - Works completely offline Perfect for anyone who wants to preserve memories without the overwhelm. Start capturing what matters most today. Terms of Use: https://www.tetherenterprises.com/terms-of-use Privacy Policy: https://www.tetherenterprises.com/privacypolicy

About

Mood Tracker

This app helps you understand what influences your mood, stress, anxiety, and energy levels. Log your feelings and daily habits to discover patterns and improve your overall wellbeing over time. Your data is kept private and secure on your device.

Highlights
  • Log mood, stress, anxiety, and energy
  • Track daily habits
  • Analyze habit impact on wellbeing
  • Identify mood patterns
  • Visualize trends with calendar and heatmap
  • Private and secure data storage
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MoodTracks is the perfect app for anyone looking to understand what affects their mood, stress, anxiety, and energy. With MoodTracks, you can monitor your wellbeing, track your habits, understand how habits are affecting you, and discover patterns to help you focus on the best habits to make you feel better over time. --- MONITOR YOUR MOOD Log your mood, stress, anxiety, and energy in seconds. Colorfully see how you feel day by day and build a clearer picture of your wellbeing. TRACK YOUR HABITS Add daily habits like sleep, exercise, caffeine, alcohol, or screen time. DISCOVER HOW HABITS ARE AFFECTING YOU Learn how habits improve or worsen your wellbeing and understand how a specific activity – like drinking your daily cup of coffee – can be affecting your mood. UNCOVER PATTERNS YOU’D NEVER NOTICE Identify patterns across days, weeks, and months – what helps and what hurts. CALENDAR & HEATMAP Visualize your mood and wellbeing with simple calendarS. See your good and bad days in color and understand trends over time. PRIVATE & SECURE Your data stays on your device. No accounts. No servers. No unnecessary data collection. --- EULA: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

TetherTime4 screens
Mood Tracker4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: TetherTime at 13.4 against Mood Tracker's 18.0. On price, rating, review sentiment and ratings volume 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. TetherTime sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month and Mood Tracker sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for TetherTime against 5.0 for Mood Tracker. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 5 and 5 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
TetherTime versus Mood Tracker: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTetherTimeMood Tracker
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (5 ratings)5.0 (5 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings55
Update frequency—Every 6 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemiumFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS13.4 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size13 MB27 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperTether Enterprises LLCCarlo Krell

Customer experience

TetherTime

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Mood Tracker

Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

2 purchases

TetherTime

Subscriptions2
  • Premium$3.991 Month
  • Pro$9.991 Month
4 purchases

Mood Tracker

Subscriptions4
  • Mood Tracks Monthly Promo$2.991 Month
  • Mood Tracks Monthly3 Days trial$4.991 Month
  • Mood Tracks Annual Promo$17.991 Year
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  • Mood Tracks Yearly3 Days trial$29.991 Year

Questions

Is TetherTime free?
TetherTime is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Mood Tracker free?
Mood Tracker is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, TetherTime or Mood Tracker?
TetherTime and Mood Tracker are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 5 and 5 ratings respectively.
Do TetherTime or Mood Tracker have ads?
Neither TetherTime nor Mood Tracker shows ads.

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