Comparison

Mood Forest vs JiaNote

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

Head to head
About

Mood Forest

Features
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Mood Forest is a healing, privacy-focused app for emotional expression. Here, you can: Grow Your Mood Tree Each day’s emotion becomes a unique tree — blooming with joy, shedding leaves in sorrow. Your mood forest is the landscape of your inner world. Keep a Private Diary Write freely, add images, no login required. All your personal entries stay on your device and your private iCloud. We never see your content. Track Your Emotions View weekly, monthly, or yearly mood trends. Discover patterns in your emotional journey with beautiful charts. Privacy First Personal diary: stored locally + your private iCloud (if enabled) Healing Tree: stored locally on your device (no cloud sync, no public database) No account system, no third‑party servers — your secrets stay yours Calming Design Forest‑themed visuals, gentle animations, frosted glass cards, and full Dark Mode support. Every session feels like a breath of fresh air. Perfect for you if… You want to log your emotions in a safe space You need a place to release your feelings freely You love cozy, nature‑inspired aesthetics You care about privacy and hate data collection Mood Forest — a place for your emotions to call home.

About

JiaNote

Features
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JiaNote is a beautiful sticky note app for your Home Screen and Lock Screen. It is more than a simple notes app. JiaNote helps you place important words, to-dos, countdowns, checklists, and reminders directly where you see them every day. You can create standard notes, quote notes, checklist notes, and countdown notes, then place them on your iPhone Home Screen or Lock Screen with widgets. Whether it is a study plan, work task, anniversary, exam countdown, shopping list, or a sentence that keeps you motivated, JiaNote helps you remember it in a more visible and beautiful way. JiaNote includes multiple carefully designed note themes. Each note feels like a little sticky note on your screen. Choose from warm gold, mint, sakura, sky blue, ocean breeze, lavender, peach, dark themes, and more to make your screen both useful and beautiful. Main features: - Home Screen sticky note widgets - Lock Screen note widgets - Standard notes - Quote notes - Checklist notes - Countdown notes - Beautiful note themes - Note reminders - iCloud sync - Trash recovery - Pin, favorite, and archive notes - Sign in with Apple - Pro unlocks unlimited notes The free version is enough for most daily needs: you can create one note of each type. If you want to create more notes, you can upgrade to Pro and unlock unlimited note creation. JiaNote is perfect for: - People who want important reminders on their screen - Students preparing for exams - People who use checklists to organize daily tasks - Anyone who wants a motivating sentence on the Home Screen - Users who love beautiful widgets - People who want notes synced across iPhone and iPad Put important words where you will see them every day. 使用条款(Terms of Use): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ 隐私政策(Privacy Policy): http://www.jdarray.com/privacy/privacy.html

Screenshots

Mood Forest3 screens
JiaNote4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: JiaNote at Free against Mood Forest's $0.99. Mood Forest's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 3). On ads, device support and iOS requirement 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

JiaNote is free to download; Mood Forest costs $0.99 up front. JiaNote sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Mood Forest asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard2 real differences · 4 level
Mood Forest versus JiaNote: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMood ForestJiaNote
Price$0.99Free — better
Update frequency—Fortnightly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad — better
Requires iOS16.6 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size7 MB6 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer小燕 陈Beijing Boshujia Technology Co., Ltd

In-app purchases

None

Mood Forest

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

JiaNote

Subscriptions2
  • JiaNote Pro Monthly$0.991 Month
  • JiaNote Pro Yearly$3.991 Year
One-time1
  • JiaNote Pro Lifetime$7.99

Questions

Is Mood Forest free?
Mood Forest costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is JiaNote free?
JiaNote is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Mood Forest or JiaNote have ads?
Neither Mood Forest nor JiaNote shows ads.

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