Moon vs Tend Journaling App
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Moon
This app provides a private journal that syncs with lunar cycles. Track your moods, observe moon phases, and discover personal patterns over time with gentle reminders and customizable widgets.
- Private, device-only journaling
- Automatic moon phase tagging
- Current moon phase details
- Moonrise/moonset and sunrise/sunset times
- Yearly calendar of lunar events
- Mood tracking across lunar cycles
- Daily, full moon, and new moon reminders
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Find your next words with a private moon journal, guided writing prompts and mood tracking. Explore your own patterns alongside the Moon. Some days, the words come easily. Other days, you need somewhere to start. Moon-Journal brings your thoughts, emotions and the lunar cycle into one calm, starry space. Write a little, notice how you feel, and build a picture of your own patterns over time. FIND YOUR NEXT WORDS Open the inspiration library while you write. Choose a guided reflection or explore prompts inspired by the current moon phase. Turn a moment, a sky event or a personal reflection into a journal entry without losing your place. DISCOVER YOUR PATTERNS See your entries on an interactive lunar wheel, with one dot for each entry and colors for the emotions you recorded. Explore nearby entries, filter by emotion or time frame, and compare your recorded moods across moon phases. Personal insights grow with your journal and show how much data supports each finding. A JOURNAL YOU CAN RETURN TO Capture your feelings alongside your thoughts. Entries keep their moon phase, illumination and Moon-in-sign details for you to revisit. Search your writing and filter by date, emotion, phase or Moon sign to find the moments you want to remember. PRIVATE BY DESIGN Your journal is stored on your device, not uploaded to our servers. No journal account is required. Add an optional PIN lock and use Face ID or Touch ID on supported devices. Export your entries, save a journal backup and restore it when you need to. FOLLOW THE MOON Explore today's phase, illumination, distance and the next major phase. Browse the lunar calendar by month and year, see full and new moons ahead, and explore moonrise, moonset, sunrise and sunset with visual timelines for your chosen location. MAKE ROOM FOR WONDER Keep track of meteor showers, eclipses and the changing seasons. Explore your Western and Chinese signs, or use your sign with today's moon as another starting point for reflection. Choose your signs yourself or enter an optional birthday. KEEP YOUR SKY CLOSE Add Moon Today, Next Full Moon, Meteor Showers or Upcoming Events widgets to your Home Screen. Choose daily journal reminders and the sky-event notifications you want to receive. MADE FOR YOUR SCREEN A refreshed design brings the same calm experience to iPhone and iPad, with side-by-side layouts on iPhone Duo when unfolded. SUBSCRIPTION A monthly or annual subscription is required to use Moon-Journal. Eligible subscribers can start with a 7-day free trial. After the trial, your selected subscription renews automatically unless cancelled. Manage or cancel your subscription in your App Store account settings. Prices and trial eligibility are shown before purchase. Terms of Use (EULA): https://moon-journal.com/terms Privacy Policy: https://moon-journal.com/privacy
Tend Journaling App
This private journal app offers a simple way to record your life without complex software. Write in rich text, add media, and organize entries with tags and collections. It prioritizes privacy with offline-first functionality and optional security features.
- Rich text writing canvas
- Mood tracking and tagging
- Photo and voice note attachments
- Timeline, calendar, and collection views
- Review insights (on this day, mood)
- App lock and hidden entries
- Markdown export
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Tend is a private journal for people who want a life record without managing software. Open Tend and the page is ready. Write in rich text, mark your mood, add tags, attach photos or voice notes, and keep going — everything saves as you write. Your journal stays on your device. Tend is offline-first: no account required, no feed, no ads. Optional Face ID / PIN lock and locked or hidden entries keep sensitive days out of casual view. Find any day again through Library — timeline, calendar, or collections — and Search when you need a specific memory. Review brings the quieter habits of journaling forward: on this day, a random memory, this week’s rhythm, and a simple look at mood over the month. Features • Calm writing canvas with rich text formatting • Mood, tags, favorites, milestones, and collections • Photos, drawings, and voice notes with transcription • Timeline, calendar, collections, and powerful search • Review: on this day, surprise memories, weekly & mood insights • App Lock, Face ID / PIN, locked entries, and Hidden Journal • Export your writing as Markdown when you need a backup • Designed for iPhone — private by default Make room for the day.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Tend Journaling App at none against Moon's 2. Moon's advantage is ratings volume (4 vs 1) and iOS requirement (16.4 vs 18.0). On price, rating, ads 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
Both are free to download. Moon sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Tend Journaling App asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Moon against 5.0 for Tend Journaling App. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 1 respectively.
| Parameter | Moon | Tend Journaling App |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (4 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 4 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Freemium | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 16.4 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 84 MB | 2 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Phoenix Fire Technology LLC | JOSHUA ANDREW SEPRODI |
Customer experience
Moon
Tend Journaling App
In-app purchases
Moon
- Moon Journal Monthly7 Days trial$2.991 Month
- Moon Journal Yearly7 Days trial$19.991 Year
Tend Journaling App
No in-app purchases








