Mood Button vs KnitNote
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Mood Button
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Mood Button is a private voice mood journal for iPhone. Apple MLX runs Qwen3 on device to shape short voice notes into a journal, summary, mood signal, and searchable keywords. No account and no ads. Recording, review, search, and export stay free. One button for quick notes · Hold to record, release to save · Apple Speech is used to turn recordings into text · The day gradually becomes a readable journal draft On-device AI journal shaping · Qwen3 model weights are bundled with the app · Journal generation runs locally on supported physical iPhone devices · Useful for moods, small moments, ideas, tasks, and things you want to find later Calendar, search, and review · Review recent days on a simple calendar · Find small things you mentioned with keyword search · Export local records for backup or personal organization Privacy and optional skins · Recordings, diary text, search terms, and skin preferences stay on this iPhone · Optional weather uses Open-Meteo after Location permission · Hamster Heart is included by default; more home skins are available as a one-time purchase This app is for personal journaling only and does not provide professional advice. It simply helps turn everyday voice notes into a private journal you can revisit.
KnitNote
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Keep your attention on the yarn in your hands. KnitNote puts Apple Watch counting, project progress, six counters, and PDF patterns in one calm, readable workspace. Try every feature free for 7 days • Browsing does not start the trial • The trial begins with your first data change, including edits to existing or restored work • After the trial, your projects, patterns, and backups remain available to read • One lifetime purchase unlocks editing on iPhone, iPad, Mac, and the paired Apple Watch Stay focused and count simply • Give every project six counters with names you can customize • Tap a counter to add one; touch and hold to subtract, reset, or rename it • Completing a project locks its counters and journal until you resume it Let the pattern take center stage • Import PDF or image patterns for clear reading on iPhone, iPad, and Mac • Highlight the current row, or combine horizontal and vertical highlights • Keep page-specific notes, handwritten marks, and independent reading positions • Use all six synchronized counters beside the pattern Keep every step of the journey • Add a shared note for each row • Build a knitting journal with photos and text • Manage project photos, tool details, and completion status Organize yarn and make practical calculations • Track yarn brand, color, quantity, and photos • Calculate gauge, evenly spaced increases or decreases, and adjustments across rows Count from your wrist • Check projects and all six counters on Apple Watch • Offline changes sync back to iPhone when the connection returns Use KnitNote in your language • Choose English, Traditional Chinese, Simplified Chinese, German, French, Japanese, Norwegian Bokmål, Swedish, Finnish, Danish, Korean, Greek, or Dutch in Settings • The app and Apple Watch use your choice • sharing screens follow the language selected in KnitNote Settings • Your project names, notes, journal entries, and imported patterns stay exactly as you entered them Export a complete backup and restore from the backup package you select. No account required. KnitNote 1.8.0 and later is ad-free for everyone. One lifetime purchase unlocks editing. Existing lifetime purchases and eligible legacy paid access remain permanent; purchases can be restored in Settings. Project data stays on your device; external backups are created only when you export them.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Mood Button at none against KnitNote's shown. KnitNote's advantage is device support (4 vs 2). On price, in-app purchases 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
Both are free to download. Mood Button sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and KnitNote sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
| Parameter | Mood Button | KnitNote |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | — | Every 4 days |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 1.1 GB | 47 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | 渊博 胡 | Chen Chung Lung |
In-app purchases
Mood Button
- Unlock Home Skins$1.99
KnitNote
- KnitNote Lifetime Unlock$4.99
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