Spiral vs MoodThread
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side β with what reviewers say about each.
Spiral
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Spiral is a journaling and diary app designed to quiet your mind, not fill it. Whether you're dealing with anxiety, tracking your mood, or just need a private space to think, write in a unique spiral canvas that turns your thoughts into a meditative visual experience, or choose ephemeral mode, where words flow and fade as you type. Write Your Way Choose between two distinct writing modes. Spiral mode places your words along a beautiful spiral path, creating a calming, focused writing ritual. Ephemeral mode lets your thoughts appear and dissolve, freeing you from the pressure of permanence. Perfect for venting without judgment. Breathe & Meditate Prepare your mind before journaling with built-in breathing exercises and meditation sessions. Choose from multiple breathing patterns, guided or ambient meditation, and set your own duration. AI-Powered Insights See what your writing reveals over time. Spiralβs AI offers one daily insight based on your entries, helping you notice dominant emotions, recurring themes, thinking patterns, and where your attention tends to drift. Over time, these insights help you understand your inner landscape more clearly. Track Your Journey See your complete timeline of journal entries, breathing sessions, and meditation sessions in one place. Track your streaks, total words, mood history, and weekly activity at a glance. Built for Privacy Your entries stay on your device. Optional iCloud sync keeps your data backed up across devices. Lock the app with a PIN for added security. Export or import your data anytime. Features: - Unique spiral and ephemeral writing modes - Mood tracking with every entry - Guided breathing exercises with multiple patterns - Meditation with guided and ambient audio - AI insights: emotions, themes, thinking vs feeling, time focus - Mood trend radar, theme distribution, and word cloud visualizations - Weekly AI reflections on your writing patterns - Streak tracking and activity statistics - Daily reminder notifications - iCloud sync and JSON export/import - PIN lock protection - Clean, distraction-free interface Start your first entry today. Quiet your mind, one spiral at a time. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
MoodThread
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MoodThread captures how you feel in 5 seconds and builds a map of your emotional life over time. CHECK IN FAST Slide to your mood, tap your emotions, add a word of context. Done. No journaling, no long prompts β just a quick pulse check you can do on the train, after a meeting, or before bed. Check in from your home screen widget or ask Siri without opening the app. AI PATTERN ANALYSIS MoodThread is the only mood tracker that connects the dots across your entire history. It finds which days you consistently dip, what triggers your best moods, and how your emotional patterns shift over weeks and months. The longer you use it, the smarter it gets. SMART NUDGES Get a gentle alert when something shifts β like tagging "Anxious" three days in a row, or your mood dropping compared to last week. No spam. Just the moments that matter. EMOTION LIBRARY Every emotion you tag builds a personal dictionary β how often it appears, what triggers it, which other emotions it shows up with, and what it means for you specifically. Not a generic definition. Your patterns, your insights. TRIGGER INSIGHTS See exactly how Work, Sleep, Exercise, Relationships, and other context tags impact your mood. Know which triggers lift you up and which bring you down. WEEKLY MOOD DIGEST Every Monday, get a personalized summary of your week β dominant mood, trending emotions, strongest triggers, and a reflection prompt. YOUR EMOTIONAL CALENDAR Color-coded calendar shows your mood at a glance. Spot patterns between weekdays and weekends, busy weeks and quiet ones. Track your check-in streak without pressure. HEALTH & WEATHER CORRELATION Connect Apple Health to see how sleep, exercise, and heart rate affect your mood. Enable weather to automatically track sunny days vs. rainy ones β zero effort, real insight. APPLE WATCH Check in from your wrist with the Digital Crown mood dial. Spin to your mood, tap Save. Your quickest check-in yet. SHARE YOUR WEEK Generate a beautiful styled card of your weekly mood summary and share it with friends, your therapist, or social media. GUIDED BREATHING When your mood drops low, MoodThread offers a gentle breathing exercise β 4 cycles of guided inhale, hold, exhale. No extra app needed. THERAPIST EXPORT One-tap PDF summary of your last 30 days β mood chart, top emotions, triggers, and AI analysis. Designed for a therapist to review in a session. PRIVATE BY DESIGN All mood data stays on your device. AI analysis sends only mood scores and tags to our secure proxy β never your name or personal info. Face ID lock keeps your journal private. PREMIUM FEATURES - AI pattern analysis and mood insights - Weekly AI mood digest - Emotion Library with personal AI interpretations - Trigger correlation analysis - 30/60/90 day trend charts with period comparison - Day-of-week and time-of-day mood charts - CSV export and therapist PDF report - Year in Moods annual recap Free to start. Premium unlocks the intelligence layer. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://tomtoro-privacy.vercel.app
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Verdict
The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Spiral at 15.1 against MoodThread's 17.0. On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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
Both are free to download. Spiral sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month and MoodThread sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
| Parameter | Spiral | MoodThread |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly | β |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac β better | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 β better | 17.0 |
| Further details β not scored | ||
| Size | 40 MB | 2 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Emre Yavuz | Tommy Ong |
In-app purchases
Spiral
- Spiral Premium$4.991 Month
- Spiral Premium$39.991 Year
MoodThread
- Premium Monthly$3.991 Month
- Premium Annual$29.991 Year
- Premium Lifetime$59.99









