iMoodJournal - Mood Diary

Спасибо!

Деньги бы за нее я не платил, а бесплатно фигней пострадать оч даже ничего.

This app randomly marks my moods based on a chart I created and displays the data in simple charts that give me insight into my mood patterns and how to respond with where I may be in one of those patterns. I know I sound like a paid advertiser, but this simple app has improved my quality of life. Knowledge is power.

I have been using iMoodJournal since 2012. That’s 13 years. If this tells you anything about an app and how well it works. I highly recommend it!!!

This app has been an essential part of tracking my mood. The random reminders for making an entry are an amazing way to get data from all different times of day/night, thereby getting info on all my activities (or lack there of). I can’t praise this app enough. Thank you! I use the collected data and charts every time I meet with my doctor. It’s so useful, to be able to see my mood swings and to be able to show them to my doctor. I’m better at coping when I can see patterns emerging.

I love this app! I’ve been using it since 2018 to track my mental health. It’s been wonderful to help me understand my natural rhythms through the day, week, and different seasons. My only complaint is that it seems like it’s no longer being updated, otherwise I’d give it 5 Stars.

Been using this app since 2019 and have to say, it’s the only journaling app I have been able to keep up with. It’s a one time app purchase leading to perfect mood tracking without added stress of monthly fees. It’s simplistic nature also allows for complete customization that works for you. I set up a template of questions and hashtags that I answer/fill out at least once a day. I always include a picture to capture a moment of reflection to later appreciate where I was, and where I am today. The app is perfect for someone like me who wants to journal but cannot conform to regular pen and paper- this app has been a welcomed addition to my every day routine for years now.

Love this app, used it for 2 kids. So if I look at the history you see my stepdaughter then years later, my son. I wish I could enter who it’s for. Anyway it’s sweet to look back and see the pictures of them growing up and when they were happy or sad.

Solid app helps with seeing what’s important

I tested this alongside similar apps Moody and iMoodJournal. I was looking for an app that let me record my moods several times a day as I’ve recently begun taking medication that can cause mood swings and my doctor recommended keeping a journal so we know if the dose needs to be adjusted in a few months. iMoodJournal is more open-ended which seems a little daunting, but I can log everything the way I want to, even medication if I’m so inclined. The analysis functionality is by far the best of the three apps. Any moods or factors that you’ve entered have a running score for the time period you’re viewing so if you’ve tagged an emotion or factor multiple times, it shows you what the average feeling score you had when you selected it. The heat map quality makes it very easy to understand how you were feeling at a glance and I appreciate how it was implemented. However, it was a dumb decision to have the best feeling represented as red and the worst as green by default. That’s not how those colors are used in the real world and it’s unintuitive. Fortunately it’s easy to adjust the color scale in Settings, but it would be even easier for users if there were a few default color scales to choose from or even an invert option. The only other gripe is that it isn’t clear where the edit button is. When you first start using the app, there’s a break in period due to it’s open-endedness and I wanted to go back through the first week of entries to standardize how things were entered for analysis reasons. I had to open the FAQ because never in a million years would I have expected the edit option to be hidden in the share button. Similarly to adult websites, no one wants to go near the share button for privacy reasons so I really wish they’d move it. Just the idea of clicking the wrong thing in there makes me anxious. I prefer the guided ease of Moodlight to start with as there’s so many emotions already available to choose from, but similarly to Moody, the analysis function of the app is terrible. It gives you very little grouping and it’s much harder to view trends - an option which is only available through subscription. I purchased Moody at the reduced subscription rate of $5.99/year and tbh even that was too much. They only let you have 15 entries a week in trial mode. Maybe if it was for a direct purchase vs subscription, but the analysis tools aren’t great. If you prefer viewing mostly everything via emojis, maybe Moody is for you. I would never pay