Comparison

Tended vs Mood Cat

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

Head to head
About

Tended

This health journal helps you track chronic illness symptoms, pain, and daily well-being. Log entries quickly, even on difficult days, and identify potential patterns to better prepare for doctor appointments. It's designed for fluctuating conditions and prioritizes your privacy.

Highlights
  • Log symptoms, pain, energy, mood, and more
  • Identify patterns and potential triggers
  • Prepare for doctor appointments with reports
  • Condition-specific starter sets
  • On-device AI for descriptions
  • Privacy-focused with no data collection
Features
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Track chronic illness without turning your health into homework. Tended is a privacy-first health journal and symptom tracker for people living with long-term symptoms, pain, fatigue, flares, and appointments that never quite fit into ten minutes. Log in seconds, notice possible patterns, and prepare for doctor appointments without streaks, guilt, accounts, analytics, data collection, or external servers. LOG IN SECONDS, EVEN ON HARD DAYS When thinking is hard, Tended keeps logging light. Record a day rating, symptoms, pain, medications, energy, sleep, mood, bowel changes, food, triggers, activities, periods, photos, and notes at your own pace. Use Apple Watch, widgets, Siri, the Lock Screen, or the full app when opening your phone feels like too much. Duplicate yesterday, edit only what changed, or describe your day in your own words with optional on-device AI. BUILT FOR CHRONIC ILLNESS Tended is made for fluctuating conditions where a normal habit tracker does not fit. Use it as a chronic illness journal, symptom tracker, pain tracker, medication tracker, flare tracker, energy tracking tool, sleep tracking companion, and body map. Condition starter sets help you begin with relevant symptoms and triggers for fibromyalgia, ME/CFS, lupus, endometriosis, PMOS / PCOS, POTS, EDS, migraine, MS, IBD, PMDD, and many more. SEE PATTERNS IN YOUR OWN DATA Your journal can become more useful over time. Tended may help you notice possible links between symptoms, medications, food, sleep, activity, weather, Apple Health averages, menstrual cycle phases, flares, and better days. Insights are based on what you log yourself. They are self-reported observations, not clinical findings, so you stay in charge of what feels useful. PREPARE FOR APPOINTMENTS When brain fog arrives before your appointment, Tended helps you bring the important parts with you. Use Doctor Mode, appointment notes, body map history, medication adherence, symptom trends, focused visual reports, and PDF health reports to explain what has been happening. Tended+ unlocks longer history, deeper pattern insights, trigger experiments, appointment-ready PDF health reports, focused evidence and care PDFs, and CSV export for people who want to go deeper. STAY CONNECTED, WITHOUT OVERSHARING If you choose, Tended can help you share small practical updates with someone you trust through Supported, the carer companion app. Send a quiet check-in, a quick need, or a regular summary without exposing your whole private journal. FREE FOREVER. NO GUILT. Every tracking feature is free and unlimited. There are no streaks, no shame, and no "you missed a day" messages. Tended+ is for people who want longer-term insight and appointment-ready reports. The free journal stays useful on its own. PRIVATE BY DESIGN No account. No analytics. No data collection. No external server. Your journal lives on your device or in your personal iCloud. Apple Health data is read only when you allow it. Optional on-device AI features run on your device where available; your journal is not sent to Cocoacorn servers. Use Tended gently, at your own pace. Bring what helps. Leave the rest. MEDICAL DISCLAIMER Tended is a personal health journal, not a medical device or clinical tool. It is not a substitute for medical advice or emergency support. Content is based on what you log yourself and may be incomplete or inaccurate. Always consult a qualified healthcare professional for medical decisions. Tended does not monitor journal entries for distress. If you are in crisis, contact local emergency or crisis support. Terms of Use: https://www.cocoacorn.com/tended/terms Privacy Policy: https://www.cocoacorn.com/tended/privacy

About

Mood Cat

Features
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MoodLog is a local-first mood journal that helps you capture how you feel, understand your patterns, and revisit your emotional journey over time. Record your mood in seconds, add context with activity tags and notes, then explore your history through a calendar, insights, mood cards, and your own private mood library. Whether you feel happy, sad, angry, anxious, neutral, afraid, tired, or relaxed, every feeling has a place here. You do not need to write a long entry or analyze everything at once. A simple check-in is enough to start seeing your emotions more clearly. QUICK MOOD CHECK-INS • Choose from 8 core emotions: happy, sad, angry, anxious, neutral, afraid, tired, and relaxed. • Rate emotional intensity from 1 to 10. • Add preset or custom activity tags to capture what may have triggered the feeling. • Write an optional note for more context. • Keep check-ins lightweight and easy to complete throughout the day. RECORDS AND CALENDAR • Browse all entries in reverse chronological order. • Edit or delete entries whenever needed. • Review your month in a visual mood calendar. • Open daily timelines to see mood, intensity, tags, and notes together. INSIGHTS AND MOOD PATTERNS • Review today, this week, this month, this quarter, or the full year. • See total entries, average intensity, dominant mood, and mood distribution. • Discover your most frequent activity tags. • Identify recurring triggers, emotional cycles, and changes over time. MOOD CARDS • Create shareable mood cards for different time ranges. • Save cards to your photo library or share them through the system share sheet. • Cards use aggregated data and do not include your original notes, helping protect your privacy. YOUR MOOD LIBRARY • Unlock your personal Mood Library after 200 entries. • Your moods are organized into 8 emotion collections. • Open each collection to view summary information and daily journal pages. • Revisit intensity, tags, notes, and timing in a calm, book-like reading experience. PROFESSIONAL EMOTION FRAMEWORK The 8 emotion categories are informed by Paul Ekman's basic emotion theory, James Russell's circumplex model of affect, and the PANAS framework, then adapted for everyday mood logging. For example, anxiety and fear are both negative, high-arousal states, but anxiety tends to relate to future uncertainty while fear responds more to immediate threats. LOCAL FIRST AND PRIVATE BY DESIGN • Your mood records stay on your device. • No account registration is required. • No third-party analytics, advertising, or tracking services are used. • Export your data as CSV or JSON whenever you want. • Photo Library access is only used when you choose to save a mood card. MoodLog is designed for anyone who wants to build a journaling habit, improve self-awareness, and understand emotional changes over time. It is not a medical or psychotherapy tool. If you are experiencing ongoing distress, consider seeking support from a qualified professional. Start recording today and make every emotion easier to understand.

Screenshots

Tended4 screens
Mood Cat4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Mood Cat at none against Tended's 1. Mood Cat also leads on iOS requirement (16.0 vs 18.0). Tended's advantage is update cadence (every 5 days vs fortnightly) and device support (3 vs 1). On price and ads 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. Tended sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Mood Cat asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Tended ships an update every 5 days, Mood Cat fortnightly. Both last shipped on October 31, 2026.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Tended versus Mood Cat: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTendedMood Cat
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.3 (7 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings7 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 5 days — betterFortnightly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — betteriPhone
Requires iOS18.016.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size79 MB6 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperGeoff Davis婷 李

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Tended

One-time1
  • Lifetime$34.99
None

Mood Cat

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Tended free?
Tended is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Mood Cat free?
Mood Cat is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Tended or Mood Cat have ads?
Neither Tended nor Mood Cat shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Tended or Mood Cat?
Tended ships an update every 5 days, and Mood Cat fortnightly. Most recently, Tended was updated on October 31, 2026 and Mood Cat on October 31, 2026.

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