Comparison

i.pause vs Mood Check

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

Head to head
About

i.pause

This app offers tools to help you slow down, reflect, and improve your mental wellbeing. It provides features for focused work, mood tracking, and celebrating small achievements, all within a calm and private interface.

Highlights
  • Deep Work for focus
  • Mood Journal for tracking
  • Tiny Wins for celebration
  • Calm and private interface
  • One-time purchase for tools
Features
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i.pause: space to feel, one pause at a time Life moves fast. i.pause gives you a calm space to slow down, process what you're feeling, and build small habits that actually stick. No productivity pressure, no streaks, no guilt. YOUR TOOLKIT Ground with Pebb: Guided grounding sessions for when anxiety or overwhelm hits Mood Journal: Track how you feel and notice your patterns over time Close Door: Protect focus time with a simple task checklist Still: Quiet moments with ambient sound and reflection Moments: Capture the small things worth remembering, in photos and notes Tiny Wins: A jar of little victories, because progress isn't always loud Gratitude: Three things, however small, turned into a keepsake Vent Out: Say what you need to, then let it go. Nothing is saved. Unburden: Release guilt you've been carrying, privately Together: An anonymous space to feel less alone WHY i.PAUSE IS DIFFERENT No streaks. No scores. No guilt. Just tools that meet you where you are, five minutes of stillness or a hard day you need to write through. TRY IT FREE Every tool is unlocked for 7 days, no card required. Continue with i.pause+ from โ‚น199/month, โ‚น1,490/year, or โ‚น3,900 once for lifetime access. Take your first pause today. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Mood Check

Features
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How are you feeling, really? Mood Check-In is a private, gentle place to notice how you feel. Pick one of five moods, add a feeling or two, name what shaped it, and you are done in under a minute. No account, no cloud, no scores to chase. Your check-ins stay on your iPhone. A CHECK-IN, NOT A CHORE - Five moods, from Tough to Great, shown as expressive faces or calm words. Your choice. - Twelve feelings to name the moment: Joyful, Calm, Grateful, Hopeful, Excited, Content, Anxious, Stressed, Sad, Angry, Lonely, Tired. - Fourteen influences for what shaped it: Sleep, Work, Relationships, Family, Health, Exercise, Weather, Hobbies, Social, Food, Money, Study, Travel, Other. - An optional private note, up to 2,000 characters. - Check in once a day or several times. Both are welcome. ROOM FOR A FEW WORDS Every check-in has space for a private note. It opens with one gentle question โ€” "What is happening, and what might you need?" โ€” and you can write a sentence, a page, or nothing at all. There is no right answer. YOUR INNER WEATHER - Mood calendar: every day at a glance. Tap any day to look back, edit, or delete. - Missed a day? Add a check-in to a past day whenever you are ready. Nothing recorded โ€” and that is okay. - Seven-day rhythm: a simple seven-day view of your week with one gentle sentence, like "Your inner weather brightened as the week went on." Patterns, not verdicts. - A day streak appears if you set a daily goal and find it helpful. No pressure to feel a certain way โ€” just room to notice. GENTLE REMINDERS, ON YOUR TERMS Turn on check-in reminders and choose the hours they are allowed to arrive. They stay quiet outside your window, and permission is only requested if you turn them on. Set a daily check-in goal if that helps, or leave it at no target. PRIVATE BY DESIGN - Your check-ins, notes, and tags are stored on your iPhone and never uploaded. - No account to create, no server holding your journal. - No AI reads your entries. No one does. - Reminders are local notifications, nothing more. - Delete all Mood Check-In data from Settings, whenever you like. - Mood Check-In does not sync or back up your journal between devices, so it lives with this iPhone. MADE TO FEEL CALM - A warm, paper-like design with five soft mood colors, in light, dark, or system appearance. - Faces or Words: choose how your moods appear. - Favorite tags: pin the feelings and influences you reach for most. A GENTLE NOTE Mood Check-In is a private reflection tool, not medical care or a diagnostic service. It is here to help you notice, not to tell you what anything means. If today feels heavy, please reach out to someone you trust. ABOUT MOOD CHECK-IN PLUS Mood Check-In is free to download and browse. Checking in, editing or deleting check-ins, favorite tags, the daily check-in goal, mood display options, and reminders are part of Mood Check-In Plus, which starts with a free trial. Mood Check-In Plus is available two ways: - Mood Check-In Plus Monthly: a 1-month auto-renewing subscription with a 7-day free trial, then the monthly price shown in the app. - Mood Check-In Plus Lifetime: a one-time purchase at the price shown in the app. Pay once, yours to keep. The free trial converts to a paid monthly subscription unless you cancel at least 24 hours before it ends. Payment is charged to your Apple Account when you confirm a purchase, or when the free trial ends. The subscription renews automatically at the same monthly price unless you turn off auto-renewal at least 24 hours before the current period ends. You can manage or cancel it at any time in Settings > Apple Account > Subscriptions. Lifetime is a separate one-time purchase and does not cancel an active trial or subscription. Prices are shown in the app before you buy and may vary by region. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://moodcheckin.app/privacy-policy

Screenshots

i.pause4 screens
Mood Check4 screens

Verdict

The call

i.pause and Mood Check are too close to call on the numbers: across 5 compared parameters โ€” price, ads, in-app purchases and device support among them โ€” neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

Scored on Price ยท Rating ยท Positive reviews ยท Number of ratings ยท Update frequency ยท Ads ยท In-app purchases ยท Monetization ยท Best chart rank ยท Devices ยท Requires iOS

CostPrice ยท In-app purchases ยท Ads ยท Monetization

Both are free to download. i.pause sells 3 one-off in-app purchases and Mood Check sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
i.pause versus Mood Check: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
Parameteri.pauseMood Check
PriceFreeFree
Positive reviews100.0% of reviewsโ€”
Update frequencyEvery 10 daysโ€”
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesโ€”
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod โ€” betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS14.0.0 โ€” better15.1
Further details โ€” not scored
Size54 MB77 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developeri.pause Software ServicesIaroslav Morgunov

In-app purchases

3 purchases

i.pause

One-time3
  • Mood Journal$29.99
  • Deep Work Lifetime$29.99
  • Tiny Wins$29.99
2 purchases

Mood Check

Subscriptions1
  • Plus Monthly7 Days trial$3.991 Month
One-time1
  • Mood Check-In Plus Lifetime$19.99

Questions

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

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