Mood Easy vs Flara
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Mood Easy
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Mood Easy turns each day into one colored square. Tap the face that matches how you feel, and over the months your year fills in as a grid you can read in a second. FIVE FACES, ONE TAP Great, good, okay, bad or awful, each face in its own color, from bright yellow down to deep indigo. Tap once to check in. Tap a different face to change it. Add a short note when something is worth remembering. THE YEAR AS A GRID Twelve columns for the months, a row for every date. Good stretches and hard weeks stand out by color alone. Tap a square to open that day, change it, or fill in a day you skipped. ASK SIRI Say "Check in with Mood Easy" and tell Siri how you feel, and the app can stay closed. In Shortcuts you can open Year in pixels or Insights, or add a check-in to an automation. WHAT THE NUMBERS SAY How your moods split, your average, your current and longest streak, how weeks and months compare, which weekday tends to go best, and the words you write most. Counts and charts, no verdicts. HOME SCREEN AND WRIST The medium widget checks you in with a tap and lines up the last seven days. A Lock Screen widget keeps today's face in view. The Apple Watch app checks in from your wrist and hands it to your iPhone. APPLE HEALTH, YOUR CALL Switch it on and each day's mood is written into Apple Health as a State of Mind sample (iOS 18 or later). Mood Easy writes and never reads, and notes are never sent there. A NUDGE AT YOUR HOUR Pick a time for a reminder. Once you've checked in that day, it stays quiet. YOUR MOODS STAY ON YOUR PHONE Nothing to sign into and no advertising. Your history is stored on your iPhone and paired Apple Watch, and you can export it to a CSV spreadsheet at any moment. Mood Easy sends anonymous diagnostics, such as crash reports and which screens you open, to help fix problems. They never include your moods, notes or anything from Apple Health, nothing identifies you, and you can turn them off in Settings › Privacy. COLORS AND ICONS Pick Light, Graphite or Black, plus one of eight accent colors, and the Home Screen icon changes to match. A TIP, IF YOU LIKE Mood Easy is free and has nothing to unlock. If it helps you check in with yourself, you can leave a one-time tip in Settings: a Smile, Sunshine, a Bouquet or a Rainbow. Tips go through the App Store and change nothing in the app. Mood Easy is a self-check tool. It doesn't diagnose or treat anything. If a day feels too heavy, reach out to someone you trust or a professional; in the US, 988 answers around the clock.
Flara
This app allows real-time tracking of symptoms directly to Apple Health. It uses Live Activities to display elapsed time on your Lock Screen and Dynamic Island until you stop tracking. Your data is securely stored in Apple Health without any external servers or accounts.
- Real-time symptom tracking
- Live Activities on Lock Screen/Dynamic Island
- Direct Apple Health integration
- Offline functionality
- Severity tracking
- Customizable symptom list
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Track symptoms the moment they start. Flara logs real-time duration to Apple Health -- no Flara account, no Flara servers, your data lives in Apple Health. WHAT FLARA DOES Apple Health lets you log symptoms after the fact, but there is no way to tap "this started now" and track it in real time. Flara fills that gap. 1. Tap to start tracking a symptom 2. A Live Activity appears on your Lock Screen and Dynamic Island showing elapsed time 3. When you feel better, tap to stop 4. Flara saves a complete record to Apple Health with accurate start and end times That is it. The record lives safely in Apple Health. TRACK ANY SYMPTOM, FOR ANY REASON Starting a new prescription and watching for side effects? Recovering from an illness and wondering when symptoms clear? Living with migraines, IBS, fibromyalgia, long COVID, or another recurring condition, tired of guessing how long the last flare lasted? Flara tracks each one in real time and saves the record to Apple Health. Track 39 symptoms across six categories: - General Illness: fever, fatigue, coughing, sore throat, and more - Head & Neurological: headache, dizziness, mood changes, sleep changes - Heart & Chest: chest tightness, rapid heartbeat, skipped heartbeat - Digestive & GI: nausea, bloating, heartburn, appetite changes, and more - Musculoskeletal & Skin: lower back pain, acne, dry skin, hair loss - Hormonal & Reproductive: hot flashes, night sweats, breast pain ALWAYS VISIBLE Live Activities keep your active symptom on the Lock Screen, Dynamic Island, and Apple Watch. There is no notification to dismiss and no app to reopen, just a running timer until you end it. PRIVACY FIRST No Flara account. No Flara servers. No analytics. No data collection. Symptom records are written directly to Apple Health, where Apple's end-to-end encrypted iCloud Health sync may sync them across your devices -- Flara never reads them back. Your card list and in-progress timers sync across your Apple devices through your private iCloud account, encrypted with your own keys before leaving your device. FREE TO START Headache and nausea tracking are free. Unlock all 39 symptoms with a weekly, monthly, or yearly subscription, or choose a one-time Lifetime purchase. Monthly and yearly plans start with a 7-day free trial for eligible new subscribers. Payment is processed by Apple. You can manage or cancel your subscription anytime in Settings. FEATURES - One-tap symptom tracking with real-time elapsed timer - Multi-select: two-finger drag to add multiple symptoms at once - Live Activities on Lock Screen, Dynamic Island, and Apple Watch - Severity tracking (Not Present, Present, Mild, Moderate, Severe) - Writes directly to Apple Health, synced through your own iCloud - Pin frequently used symptoms for quick access - Control Center button to start tracking from anywhere - Home screen widget showing active symptoms - Works offline -- no internet connection needed - Siri shortcuts for symptom logging - Custom themes and accent colors Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Terms of Service: https://flara-app.com/terms.html Privacy Policy: https://flara-app.com/privacy.html
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Verdict
The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Mood Easy at 17.0 against Flara's 26.0. On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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
Both are free to download. Mood Easy sells 4 one-off in-app purchases and Flara sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $1.00 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Mood Easy ships an update every 6 days, Flara every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on November 15, 2026 and November 9, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Mood Easy | Flara |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Number of ratings | — | 2 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 6 days — better | Every 9 days |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | — | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, Apple Watch | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 4 MB | 6 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Matthew Strickland | Erik Jimenez |
In-app purchases
Mood Easy
- Smile$0.99
- Sunshine$2.99
- Bouquet$4.99
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- Rainbow$9.99
Flara
- Weekly$1.007 Days
- Monthly7 Days trial$3.001 Month
- Yearly7 Days trial$15.001 Year
- Lifetime$40.00









