Moodnotes - Mood Tracker 12+

Can’t rate highly enough

I’ve struggled with anxiety and depression for many years. When I’ve tried to create a mood diary in the past it has always been forgotten and ignored as it’s a pain to do during a busy day (work, family life etc). I’m honestly able to do this when I make a cup of tea, pop to the loo, or even whilst walking around as it’s on my phone and watch. Now that I’ve been doing it a few weeks, which is a personal record, I’m completing the insights and identifying the patterns that cause my anxiety. I’m also being forced to acknowledge when my mood is good, which I think we are all guilty of doing! I adore this app and have recommended it to several friends already. Well done to the creators for making something that has clearly been thought through carefully and then created in as sympathetic a way as possible. Well done

Pointlessly gendered articles

Why depression is more common in women than men? Seriously? Gendered articles are not only pointless but also toxic. This is not a competition. All people have it hard. Everyone struggles and everyone is abused to some degree. Mental health resources shouldn’t differentiate between people or invalidate them. I open the app to be vulnerable, hoping it will bring a positive change. I don’t open it to have the attention shifted away from me and my personal hell. No therapist would do that. Can we please stop fighting, victimising, and blaming genders? Instead, let’s work on solutions or at least present objective scientific content? Outside of that, the app is the best of it’s kind that I tried and there were a few I tried. Too bad I open it for 2 weeks a year - I can’t stick to using it daily. It feels like a job and I’m already tired without it. Watch app could have more options. Like picking feelings and their intensity, and possibly dictation. I’d rather speak my mind then type it out. 1 star review, just because this one suggested article ruined my already negative mood. And those thinking traps… I wish I could skip them. I’m overthinking too much without it.

Developer Response ,

Hi! Thank you for taking time and leaving the review. We're sorry to learn about the bad impression you've got after reading the article. We'll look through our materials and will take all your comments into account for future, thank you. We appreciate your input.

Good but not free

Tl;dr: Unless you buy the premium version of this app you are unable to use it after 14 days.

I downloaded this app and have been using it regularly for two weeks. I don’t wish to pay for the premium app and was happy with the minimum features of the free version. However, now I am unable to add any more mood notes without purchasing premium which I think is really underhand and unethical of the developers. I refuse the purchase premium now on principal and so have downloaded an alternative. It’s very frustrating because I’ve really tried to make use of this app regularly on advice from my therapist and now everything that I have done will be deleted as I delete the app. A complete waste of my time and effort.

The developer response is prof of how they disregard their customers. Not only does it seem as though they have completely disregarded my response but they couldn’t give a flying pig. It doesn’t even make sense. Unless you buy the premium version of this app you are unable to use it after two weeks.

Developer Response ,

Hi! Thanks for your feedback and sorry for the trouble. This functionality limitation in the app is compensated by the fact that it’s free. You can upgrade the app to get rid of limitations or continue to use it on a free basis. We appreciate your understanding!