Comparison

My Inner Cat vs SymLog

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

Head to head
About

My Inner Cat

Features
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Track your mood in seconds. My Inner Cat is a gentle mood tracker and daily journal that helps you notice how you feel and see patterns over time, without writing long entries. A DAILY CHECK-IN, NOT A WRITING TASK Choose your mood, add the main emotion, and mark what shaped your day. Add a note if you want to, or let the check-in speak for itself. A mood journal can be a small moment of self-care, not another task to finish. SEE YOUR WEEK AND MONTH MORE CLEARLY Revisit your mood calendar and explore trends, frequent emotions, and daily factors. Notice which feelings keep coming back and what you recorded alongside them. Your inner cat adds a gentle reflection you can save or share. YOUR MOODS ON YOUR HOME SCREEN With the new widget, view your moods without opening the app. Choose a week or month view and a small or wide size to fit your Home Screen. FEATURES - Fast daily mood tracking for mood, emotion, daily factors, and optional notes - A visual mood calendar for spotting changes over the month - Week and month summaries with mood trends, top emotions, and top factors - Home Screen widget in small and wide sizes: choose a week or month of moods to view without opening the app - Gentle inner cat reflections you can save or share - Reminders to help make mood journaling a small daily habit - CSV export when you want a copy of your journal entries - Local-first journal storage, with privacy choices for optional analytics and ad attribution My Inner Cat is designed for personal reflection and general wellness. It is not medical, psychological, psychiatric, crisis-response, or treatment advice. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

SymLog

Log symptoms privately and track your health patterns. This app saves data to Apple Health, offers insights, and allows PDF report generation. It's designed for quick logging and detailed review without servers or subscriptions.

Highlights
  • Quick symptom logging with severity
  • Detailed history and pattern insights
  • On-device AI symptom recap
  • Customizable PDF Doctor Reports
  • Data export and import options
  • Apple Watch and Siri integration
  • Customizable widgets
Features
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SymLog is a private symptom log for iPhone and Apple Watch. Tap a symptom to record it, and it is saved to Apple Health on your device. No accounts, no servers, no subscription. Keeping a clear record helps you remember what happened and when. SymLog logs symptoms. It does not diagnose, treat, or give medical advice. LOG QUICKLY - Tap a symptom to log it instantly, with severity where it applies - Add a start time and an optional end time, or log something after the fact - Choose favorite symptoms for one-tap access - Edit any entry in History. Changes carry through to Apple Health SEE YOUR PATTERNS - Review your full history, with no cap on how much you can keep - Insights show top symptoms, trends, severity, timing, and how long symptoms last - An optional AI Recap summarizes patterns using Apple's on-device model. It runs only when you tap it, and you can hide it in Settings SHARE WHAT YOU CHOOSE - Create a PDF Doctor Report to bring to an appointment - Export Data saves your symptom logs and Apple Health data as a JSON, CSV, or PDF file. Pick a date range and exactly what to include, and an info button on each row explains what it covers. The PDF report opens with a summary, then adds charts and daily detail - Import Data brings a SymLog CSV back in and saves each entry to Apple Health - Files are made on your device and go only where you send them with the iOS share sheet REMINDERS - Gentle reminders to log, plus optional follow-up nudges, scheduled locally on your device. They also work on Apple Watch APPLE WATCH, WIDGETS, CONTROLS, AND SIRI - Log from your wrist, from Control Center or the Lock Screen, with the Action button, or by voice with Siri - Design your own widgets. Choose what they show, from Health metrics and symptom buttons to charts of a symptom or Health metric over 7, 14, or 30 days, then pick a color theme - Today's Summary, Weekly Trends, and Metric Chart widgets for your Home Screen ACHIEVEMENTS - 28 optional achievements for tracking over time and trying features. They stay on your device unless you turn on Game Center sharing in Settings, which is off by default PRIVACY - Your logs stay on your device and, with your permission, in Apple Health - We do not operate servers that receive your data, and we never collect your health data - No third-party analytics, advertising, or tracking - Game Center sharing is optional and off by default. Only which achievements you earned is sent, never your symptoms or Health data - You control Health permissions at any time in iOS Settings FREE AND PREMIUM SymLog is free to download, with up to 3 favorite symptoms. Premium is an optional one-time purchase. Pay once. No subscription. It unlocks unlimited favorites, Smart Symptom Suggestions, Insights and trend charts, widgets and controls, including the custom widget designer, the Apple Watch app and complications, and Siri voice logging. If you already bought it, use Restore Purchases in Settings. Made by GadgetHeads LLC.

Screenshots

My Inner Cat3 screens
SymLog4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: SymLog at none against My Inner Cat's shown. SymLog also leads on update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 2 months) and device support (3 vs 1). My Inner Cat's advantage is iOS requirement (17.0 vs 26.5). On price and in-app purchases 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. My Inner Cat sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $6.99 per month and SymLog sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

My Inner Cat ships an update every 2 months, SymLog every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 31, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 5 level
My Inner Cat versus SymLog: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMy Inner CatSymLog
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Number of ratings—2 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 2 weeks — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
Monetization—Freemium
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS17.0 — better26.5
Further details — not scored
Size35 MB13 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperIgor NeunyvakinGadgetHeads LLC

In-app purchases

2 purchases

My Inner Cat

Subscriptions2
  • MyInnerCat Premium (Monthly)$6.991 Month
  • MyInnerCat Premium (Annual)7 Days trial$34.991 Year
1 purchases

SymLog

One-time1
  • SymLog Premium$4.99

Questions

Is My Inner Cat free?
My Inner Cat is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is SymLog free?
SymLog is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do My Inner Cat or SymLog have ads?
My Inner Cat shows ads; SymLog does not.
Which is updated more often, My Inner Cat or SymLog?
My Inner Cat ships an update every 2 months, and SymLog every 2 weeks. Most recently, My Inner Cat was updated on October 31, 2026 and SymLog on November 5, 2026.

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