Comparison

MoodLoop vs Conviction

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

Head to head
About

MoodLoop

Features
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Do you know what truly influences your day? MoodLoop goes beyond simple mood tracking. It helps you connect the dots between how you feel and what you do, empowering you to make healthier choices for your mental well-being. WHY YOU’LL LOVE MOODLOOP TRACK IN SECONDS Log your mood with a simple tap on our intuitive 5-level scale, from "Awesome" to "Terrible." CONNECT ACTIONS TO EMOTIONS Was it the workout that boosted your mood, or the stressful meeting that drained it? Tag your entries with categorized activitiesβ€”like Work, Health, Social, or Hobbiesβ€”or create your own custom tags. VISUALIZE YOUR JOURNEY Stop guessing your patterns. Our beautiful statistics views show you: - Mood Distribution: See an overview of your emotional month at a glance. - Activity Insights: Discover exactly which activities correlate with your best days and which trigger your worst ones. - Trends: Spot long-term shifts in your well-being. PRIVATE BY DESIGN Your thoughts are personal. MoodLoop stores all data locally on your device. No accounts, no cloud uploads, and total control to wipe your data whenever you choose. Start your journey to a happier, more self-aware you. Download MoodLoop today.

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Conviction

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When feelings flood everything, the rest of the day goes with them. A tightness in the chest becomes the whole room. You already know this cycle. You have language for it. You may already be in therapy, mapping overwhelm back to older material. What you still need is a place that holds what the world around you is not ready to hear. Conviction is a shadow work journal and encrypted diary for that moment. It does not replace professional care. It sits beside the work you are already doing. It holds the thought you cannot say out loud, then shows the pattern so the feeling is not the whole story. You decide how deep you go. WHEN FEELINGS TAKE OVER Talk or type. Voice transcription runs on your iPhone. Name the mood while it is happening, not hours later when the story has already hardened. Sit with the mood instead of getting swept by it. Grief, anger, sadness, the loop you cannot shut off. The journal holds them without asking you to perform okay. Your entries live in an encrypted diary on the device. Private. Yours. THE OLDER FEELING UNDERNEATH A blank page is a trap when you are flooded. Guided shadow work prompts give you a place to start. Questions that meet today's trigger on the surface and the older feeling underneath. You open them when you want them. Nobody pushes you further than you chose. This is not a counter you have to protect. This is a room you can enter and leave. SEE THE CYCLE Journal mood analytics, word clouds, and charts show emotional patterns over time. Recurring loops stop looking like who you are and start looking like a cycle you can step out of. Magic Mirror can surface patterns you miss when you are inside the wave. Detected shadow patterns can become goals you actually track. Ruminating becomes something you can see, not something that runs the day. TOOLS FOR THE WAVE When writing is not enough, self-guided tools are one tap away: - The Mirror: CBT thought reframe and cognitive defusion - Safe Harbor: somatic grounding, breathing, body scans - Pattern Lab: trigger mapping and chain analysis - The Council: assertiveness and validation practice These are tools, not treatment. Use them the way you use a notebook between sessions. Momentum cools when you step away. It never snaps to zero. Miss a week. Come back. Nothing resets. A PRIVATE SPACE AES-256 encryption on your iPhone. Unlock with Face ID. On supported iPhones, Apple Intelligence can surface patterns from your entries on the device. Optional encrypted iCloud backup is a Pro feature and uses a key only you hold. We cannot read your journal. A private space for what the world will not hold. WHO THIS IS FOR People who overthink until living shrinks to rumination. People who need backing when emotion takes over the whole day. People who want a journal that holds space, then helps them sit with what showed up. Not a therapist. Not a crisis line. A private journal with tools, on your iPhone. Start free. Unlimited entries, voice, check-ins, and the core tools are included. Mood detection, Magic Mirror, and insight cards have free limits. Unlock Conviction Pro once if you want those limits removed, plus Shadow Work analysis, Cosmic Rhythms, Apple Health correlation, and optional encrypted iCloud backup. Pro is a one-time purchase, not a subscription. No account required to begin. Export anytime. Delete anytime.

Screenshots

MoodLoop4 screens
Conviction4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is device support: MoodLoop at 3 against Conviction's 1. MoodLoop also leads on iOS requirement (15.6 vs 26.0). On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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

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

Both are free to download. MoodLoop sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month and Conviction sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $5.00 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

MoodLoop ships an update every 4 days, Conviction weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 3, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences Β· 4 level
MoodLoop versus Conviction: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMoodLoopConviction
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 4 days β€” betterWeekly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod β€” betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.6 β€” better26.0
Further details β€” not scored
Size66 MB330 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperMelanie TomaschkoPhillip Paul

In-app purchases

2 purchases

MoodLoop

Subscriptions2
  • PRO Monthly3 Days trial$4.991 Month
  • PRO Yearly7 Days trial$24.991 Year
3 purchases

Conviction

Subscriptions2
  • Conviction Monthly Subscription$5.001 Month
  • Conviction Annual Subscription$50.001 Year
One-time1
  • Conviction Pro$3.99

Questions

Is MoodLoop free?
MoodLoop is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Conviction free?
Conviction is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do MoodLoop or Conviction have ads?
Neither MoodLoop nor Conviction shows ads.
Which is updated more often, MoodLoop or Conviction?
MoodLoop ships an update every 4 days, and Conviction weekly. Most recently, MoodLoop was updated on October 3, 2026 and Conviction on October 7, 2026.

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