Comparison

Tinge vs Cycle Sync

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

Head to head
About

Tinge

Log your daily emotions by tapping colors, which visually represent your mood like weather patterns. Your day is displayed as a flowing river, and days stack into a wall for a monthly overview. All data is stored privately on your device.

Highlights
  • Color-coded mood logging
  • Visual 'river' of daily feelings
  • Monthly mood overview 'wall'
  • Home screen widget logging
  • On-device data storage
  • Optional Face ID lock
  • Apple Health integration
Features
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Tinge is a mood tracker and emotion diary for iPhone and iPad. Tap one of twelve colors whenever you feel something, and your day draws itself as a river of feelings — no typing, no questionnaires, no account. It's for anyone who wants to see how their days really feel, without the homework: no streaks, no scores, no prompts asking you to reflect. Color is the only voice. HOW IT WORKS Twelve feelings, twelve colors: joy, gratitude, surprise, love, calm, anger, fear, anxiety, loneliness, sadness, disgust and guilt. Each one lives in a small glass vial that fills as you tap it. Every tap becomes a drop in today's river — joy pools gold, anxiety runs indigo, calm settles teal. Tap once for a passing mood; tap again and again when the feeling is big. By evening, your day reads like a weather report. THE RIVER Time is the water, your feelings are the ink. Your day flows left to right, from 4 AM to now, as a thin stream that keeps running even through the hours you felt nothing. Each feeling lingers downstream for a while, and the river rises with lighter feelings and sinks with heavier ones, so a day that leans upward literally looks lighter. Tap a moment to add a feeling you forgot; drag to scrub back through your day. THE WALL Days stack into a wall of little rivers, with a 30-day curve of your ups and downs. Pinch to zoom out to a month grid, each day tinted by its strongest feeling. A PAGE FOR EVERY DAY Share any day as a page from a tear-off calendar: its river, the date, its strongest feelings and a line of classic literature chosen for its mood. Wordsworth, Dickinson, Shakespeare, Austen and more, quoted word for word from public-domain editions; in every language the lines come from that language's own writers. QUICK LOGGING Log from the Home Screen widget, with Siri ("Log Joy in Tinge"), the Action button, or straight from the daily reminder — long-press the notification and tap a color without opening the app. APPLE HEALTH Optionally save every tap to Apple Health as a State of Mind entry (write-only), so your feelings sit next to your sleep and activity. Off until you turn it on. AI RECAP, WRITTEN ON YOUR DEVICE A few lines about your last 30 days, written on your iPhone or iPad by Apple Intelligence (on devices that support it). No cloud AI: your diary is never sent to a server. NOTES, PHOTOS AND DAY NAMES Long-press a color to attach a note or a photo. Name your days — or let Tinge name them for you: Still Water, Spiral, Honeyed, Mixed Weather. PRIVATE BY DESIGN Your diary stays on your device, synced only through your own iCloud if you want it. Optional Face ID lock. Export everything as CSV or JSON, anytime. No account. No ads. No analytics. Only anonymous crash reports, which you can turn off. Free, for iPhone and iPad. In English, Dutch, German, French and Spanish — pick the app's language in Settings. Tinge — tap a color, read your day.

About

Cycle Sync

Features
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CYCLE-AWARE CALENDAR CycleSync helps professional women align their work schedules with their natural menstrual cycle phases. Instead of fighting through low-energy days, you get smart suggestions to move demanding meetings to days when your focus and energy peak. WORK WITH YOUR RHYTHM, NOT AGAINST IT Your cycle isn't an obstacle. It's a compass. Menstrual Phase (Winter) Rest and recovery. Reschedule high-stakes meetings. Follicular Phase (Spring) Rising energy. Schedule creative work and planning. Ovulation Phase (Summer) Peak performance. Take on negotiations and leadership. Luteal Phase (Autumn) Focused wind-down. Finish projects and organize. SMART RESCHEDULING CycleSync connects to your calendar and automatically detects: • Events on heavy-flow days • Events on rest-phase days • Dense meeting days during focus phases (3+ events) One tap on a conflict card opens the Time Slot Picker. Your available slots on better days are pre-calculated. Reschedule in seconds. An undo option gives you 10 seconds to reverse. RULES, NOT GUESSWORK. The recommendation engine is rule-based: 1. Your cycle history predicts your phase for any date. 2. Your phase preferences determine focus or rest classifications. 3. Your calendar events are flagged when they conflict with your classifications. 4. Available slots on recommended-phase days enable one-tap rescheduling. EVERYTHING IN ONE SUBSCRIPTION An active CycleSync Pro subscription unlocks the whole planner: • Cycle logging, phase prediction and a 14-day cycle outlook • Dashboard with today's phase and a 7-day week view • Calendar sync with Apple Calendar and Google Calendar • Conflict detection and unlimited reschedule suggestions • One-tap rescheduling with a 10-second undo • Five notification types: reschedule alerts, phase transitions, period predictions, tomorrow's preview and re-engagement nudges • Insights: energy curve, seasonal capacities and full cycle history • Cycle import from Apple Health • Export your cycle history as JSON or CSV • Light, Dark and System themes BEFORE YOU SUBSCRIBE Onboarding and the plan comparison are free, so you can see how CycleSync works before you pay. The planner opens once your subscription is active, and everything you have already logged stays on your device. Weekly, monthly and yearly plans are available in the app. PRIVACY FIRST • All cycle data is stored locally on your device • No cloud sync and no tracking • Health data is read-only from Apple Health • Export your data anytime as JSON or CSV HOW TO START 1. Open CycleSync and log your last period start date. 2. Connect your calendar using Apple Calendar or Google Calendar. 3. Set your typical cycle length (default: 28 days). 4. Review your dashboard. Suggested reschedules appear automatically. Download CycleSync and work with your natural rhythm. By subscribing, you agree to our Terms of Use (EULA): https://cyclesync.tunnxo.com/legal/eula.html Privacy Policy: https://cyclesync.tunnxo.com/legal/privacy.html

Screenshots

Tinge4 screens
Cycle Sync4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Tinge at none against Cycle Sync's 3. Tinge also leads on ads (none vs shown). Cycle Sync's advantage is iOS requirement (18.2 vs 26.0). On price, update cadence 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Cycle Sync sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per 7 days. Tinge asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Tinge ships an update every 8 days, Cycle Sync fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 31, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 6 level
Tinge versus Cycle Sync: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTingeCycle Sync
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 8 days — betterFortnightly
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS26.018.2 — better
Further details — not scored
Size3 MB82 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperTIT B.V.Amit Kairon

In-app purchases

None

Tinge

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

Cycle Sync

Subscriptions3
  • CycleSync Pro — Weekly3 Days trial$4.997 Days
  • CycleSync Pro7 Days trial$9.991 Month
  • CycleSync Pro14 Days trial$59.991 Year

Questions

Is Tinge free?
Tinge is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Cycle Sync free?
Cycle Sync is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Tinge or Cycle Sync have ads?
Cycle Sync shows ads; Tinge does not.
Which is updated more often, Tinge or Cycle Sync?
Tinge ships an update every 8 days, and Cycle Sync fortnightly. Most recently, Tinge was updated on October 31, 2026 and Cycle Sync on November 5, 2026.

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