Comparison

Mood Stead vs Anthos

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

Head to head
About

Mood Stead

Features
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MoodStead helps you understand yourself better — one day at a time. Track your mood, build positive habits, and reflect on your daily experiences with a beautifully designed companion app that puts your privacy first. DAILY CHECK-INS Start and end your day with quick check-ins. Rate your mood, note how you slept, and capture what matters most. Over time, you'll discover patterns that help you understand what lifts you up and what brings you down. MOOD TRACKING Log your emotions throughout the day with an intuitive, visual interface. See your mood history at a glance with beautiful charts and weekly summaries that reveal meaningful trends. SLEEP TRACKING Record your sleep quality and duration. See how rest connects to your overall well-being with clear, visual insights. ACTIVITY PLANNER Plan positive activities for each day of the week. Choose from suggested routines — exercise, social time, creative hobbies, self-care — or create your own. Track completion and see how activities impact your mood over time. JOURNAL & VOICE JOURNAL Write freely or use guided templates. Capture your thoughts through text or voice recordings. Reflect on your experiences at your own pace, in your own way. THOUGHT RECORDS Challenge unhelpful thinking patterns with structured exercises based on proven cognitive techniques. Reframe negative thoughts and build a more balanced perspective. BREATHING EXERCISES Calm your mind with guided breathing sessions. Simple, effective techniques you can use anytime, anywhere. DAILY PLANNING Organize your day with intention. Set goals, plan activities, and build routines that stick. MEDICATION & SUPPLEMENT TRACKING Never miss a dose. Set reminders, log intake, and keep a complete history of what you take and when. PERSONALIZED INSIGHTS Discover connections between your mood, sleep, activities, and daily habits. Weekly and monthly reports highlight your progress and help you make informed decisions. PDF REPORTS Generate detailed PDF reports of your tracked data. Share with anyone you trust — a coach, a counselor, or just keep them for your own records. SAFETY PLANNING Create a personal safety plan with coping strategies, trusted contacts, and resources you can access when you need them most. EARLY WARNING SIGNS Identify and track personal warning signs so you can take action early and stay ahead. PRIVACY FIRST Your data stays on your device by default. Optional iCloud sync keeps everything backed up and accessible across your iPhone and iPad — always encrypted, always yours. BEAUTIFUL DESIGN A calm, thoughtful interface designed to reduce friction. Light and dark themes. Smooth animations. Built to feel good to use, every single day. WORKS ON ALL YOUR DEVICES Available on iPhone and iPad. Your data syncs seamlessly, so you can log in to your iPhone and review insights on your iPad. Terms of Use: https://moodstead.com/terms Privacy Policy: https://moodstead.com/privacy

About

Anthos

This app learns your personal allergy triggers and provides daily air quality and pollen forecasts. It offers personalized alerts, symptom tracking, and insights into how environmental factors affect your well-being.

Highlights
  • Personalized pollen thresholds
  • AI daily air quality briefing
  • Apple Health integration for symptom correlation
  • 7-day personal forecast
  • 15 tracked allergens and mold
  • Smart notifications for triggers
  • Symptom and medication logging
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Try Anthos free for 7 days — no payment until you decide. Anthos doesn't just tell you the pollen count. It learns the exact pollen count where YOUR body starts reacting — then warns you when conditions cross your personal limit. WHAT MAKES ANTHOS DIFFERENT ◆ Your Personal Threshold — After a week of logging how you feel, Anthos calculates the precise pollen count where your symptoms begin. Today's count is shown next to your personal limit, so you know instantly if you're in safe territory or trouble. Confidence grows as you log more days. ◆ AI Daily Reading — A personalized morning briefing that explains how today's air affects your day, in plain language. ◆ Body Decoder — Connect Apple Health to see how your sleep, HRV, and resting heart rate line up with your symptom days (with your permission). ◆ Tomorrow's You — Your personal 7-day outlook, built from your own logged history. ◆ Anthos Score — One number (1–100) that combines pollen, air quality, and weather into a single glanceable metric. ◆ 15 Tracked Allergens — Oak, Birch, Grass, Ragweed, Cedar, Maple, Ash, Cottonwood, Alder, Olive, Hazel, Pine, Elm, Mugwort, and Mold. ◆ Safe to Open Windows? — A simple YES or NO with context and timing suggestions. ◆ Best Day This Week — Highlights the lowest pollen day in your 5-day forecast. ◆ Cross-Reactivity Alerts — When Birch pollen is high, get a heads-up about apples, cherries, and hazelnuts (oral allergy syndrome). ◆ Personal Triggers — After a week of logging, Anthos shows which allergens line up with your worst symptom days. ◆ Storm Surge — A heads-up when thunderstorm conditions can trigger sudden pollen-burst reactions. ◆ Pollutant Breakdown — See PM2.5, Ozone, NO₂, SO₂, and CO levels individually. ◆ Wildfire Smoke Detection — Alerts when particulate matter suggests smoke in the air. ◆ Smart Notifications — 9 alert types including per-allergen spikes, ozone warnings, thunderstorm pollen bursts, and barometric pressure drops. ◆ Symptom Logging — Track sneezing, itchy eyes, congestion, and fatigue daily. ◆ Medication Tracker — Log the medications you already take (personal log only). ◆ 30-Day Summary Export — One-tap symptom history to share with your healthcare provider. ◆ Shareable Daily Card — Branded card sized for Instagram Stories. ◆ Home Screen Widgets — Small, medium, and lock screen widgets. ◆ Siri Shortcut — "Hey Siri, how's my pollen today?" ◆ Season Countdown — Know when ragweed season starts and how many days are left in grass season. PRIVACY Your location is used only to fetch local pollen, air quality, and weather data. Your symptom logs and medication entries stay on your device. To write your AI Daily Reading, Anthos sends your allergen profile and local conditions to Anthropic's Claude. If you turn on Apple Health features, the health signals you choose (sleep, HRV, resting heart rate) and your symptom-based thresholds are included only with your explicit, separate consent — never used to train AI models, and deleted within 30 days. You can revoke consent anytime in Settings. Anthos is not a medical device and does not provide medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. SUBSCRIPTION 7-day free trial, then $3.99/month or $29.99/year (save 37%). Payment is charged to your Apple Account after the free trial unless canceled at least 24 hours before it ends. Manage or cancel anytime in Settings. Terms: https://anthosair.com/terms Privacy: https://anthosair.com/privacy

Screenshots

Mood Stead4 screens
Anthos4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Mood Stead at 13.0 against Anthos's 18.0. On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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. Mood Stead sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month and Anthos sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Mood Stead versus Anthos: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMood SteadAnthos
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—2 — better
Update frequency—Weekly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
Monetization—Freemium
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS13.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size63 MB5 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperFlorentin Cristinel PomirleanuChristopher Davidson

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Mood Stead

Subscriptions2
  • Moodstead Pro Monthly$9.991 Month
  • Moodstead Pro Yearly$59.991 Year
One-time1
  • MoodStead Pro Lifetime$149.99
2 purchases

Anthos

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly7 Days trial$3.991 Month
  • Annual7 Days trial$29.991 Year

Questions

Is Mood Stead free?
Mood Stead is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Anthos free?
Anthos is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Mood Stead or Anthos have ads?
Neither Mood Stead nor Anthos shows ads.

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