iMoodJournal - Mood Diary Reviews

by Casilemental

Been using iMoodJournal since 2016. It’s always been simple to use but around the beginning of this year it simply stopped working entirely. Reminders don’t work, backup file is constantly corrupted, synchronize toggles on but a minute later, it’s grey again. Even the sounds don’t work (wasted enough time looking through my phone’s settings - it’s iMoodJournal ).

What brought me here now is that even the fitted graph isn’t working properly, and this might be the most valuable tool iMoodJournal offers... but now, something is all screwed up; the data is all there, but the graph is different. Somehow the line totally changed without the data changing & now the graphing tool doesn’t mean much anymore, since it’s no longer reflective of the data points as a frame of reference. This only became a problem a couple months ago, as well.

And, for whatever the developers say about getting back to you quicker using their website... I contacted support twice - once in January and again the first week of April - in January, I was asked to confirm my phone make & model (even though all that info is in their own support email template from iMoodJournal ) & the second time, no response. I never received a reply in January after re-submitting my make and model again.

It’s too bad it’s gone this way, I used this tool with my doctor.

by Phoenix162

I love this mood app. It works for exactly what I need without all the unnecessary bells and whistles. HOWEVER; it seems like almost every update kills the notification function, which I heavily rely on. They did it again this last update and there is no way to contact the developer to tell them it’s broke again. Otherwise, it’s a great app.

by CH535

This is the first app like this that I've tried, and so far, I'm finding it extremely helpful. I especially like that one has a limited amount of space for each entry -- it doesn't feel quite as overwhelming as an ordinary diary.

It's mildly annoying that the reminder to back up pops up right when you have just created an entry and are about to record your mood. It would be nice if it appeared when you opened iMoodJournal or something -- but not while you're in the middle of creating a record! Thanks!

UPDATE 8/9/17: It would be really great if there were some way to search for tags on the positive / negative screens (to access them without having to scroll through all the tags)! Thanks!

by GirlyGirl615

The other free app I was using didn’t give me reminders, so this is super helpful. Worth the $3 (and I rarely pay for apps). Much easier to use than a journal. You can customize almost everything in iMoodJournal from colors to your mood ratings. I wish it were possible to search words that you didn’t hashtag so you could find trends in people or situations that were affecting your mood. And I wish it were social so that if your friend noticed you were down, they could send you a message. If the search and social parts were improved, I would give it 5 stars.

by Hopefullskywatcher

I use iMoodJournal everyday to check-in with myself. The mood tracking, using hashtags and a few notes in the journal help me identify what I'm feeling and why. It's been enlightening. I have unipolar depression and GAU, and it helps.

My therapist appreciates it too because I use it to record my meds, and because we can see how I've been feeling over time. The export to PDF and email work well.

by Ecka6

I really like the ease of use. It would be great if we could search/save named locations. For example search for A business and saving locations I go to regularly. Saving “Home” & “Work” things like that. Also, if we could scroll through all the “#” on both the phone and the watch. Or a short list of “#” based on the mood chosen. Love iMoodJournal !

by Tomharrisonjr

This is a perfect app. I have it set to ping me once a day and I record my mood. Takes about 10 seconds, so it's simple to use. As a direct result, I now have several years of trends accumulated so can easily see a period in my life when mood was slipping. This is often not quite so obvious in the moment, which is why this tool is so useful for me.

by Chi0083

My healthcare professional suggested mood journaling and handed me a big sheet of paper. I knew that wasn't going to work! I've been using iMoodJournal a week so far and I'm very impressed with how robust and helpful the summaries are. Getting to hashtag feelings that map with moods has been especially helpful!

by &y H

I evangelize iMoodJournal more than any other. Simple to use. It has helped me through the most difficult time in my life. Keeps me honest about how I’m feeling and aware of the causes

Easy to use with good visualizations. I like the ability to see the overall trend and different analyses like day-of-week and time-of-day

by Lambda86

I have cyclothymia, and this has been one of my main tools (in addition to medication and therapy) toward wellness. I needed an app where I could identify trends in my mood, and track my progress over time. iMoodJournal does exactly that, with some extra features that I appreciate.

It’s simple to use, and iMoodJournal looks great. I like the custom colors and reminders. I record my mood three times a day, sometimes with notes and sometimes without. It’s so quick to just log how I’m feeling that I don’t forget or put it off until later (unfortunately, I also have adult ADHD, and this happens a LOT!)

The data it gives me is extremely valuable. I’ve been able to identify a lot of trends in my mood shifts with the hash tagging and notes, and then use that knowledge to help myself. I’m very clearly able see the progress I’ve made over these last couple of years with the graphs.

If you’re debating about whether or not to give it a try, please do. It’s been amazingly helpful and I’m very appreciative to the developers. It’s been a valuable and important tool in a difficult journey.

by (((Kurt)))

I love everything about iMoodJournal. It lets you create posts with so many elements. A little journaling, add a picture, a location tag, even hashtags that are grouped into positive and negative. They also offer a wide range of moods to pick from when you start the entry. It tracks trends and shows overall patterns which is super helpful for tracking my moods.

by Mrsmischief

My therapist recommended I get an app to help track my mood patterns. This one is great, user friendly, you can customize a few things, you can use hashtags and it will count how often you use them. There is room to make notes, and you can take selfies with each mood entry to track how your looks change with your moods. You can easily send copies of your journal to your mental health professional if need be.

by Flamingjellyfish

This is a very high-quality, useful app. I love being able to customize the colors, I like being able to do my own labels, and the tags feature is inspired. I've been tracking my mood on paper on and off for years, but iMoodJournal is extremely convenient, makes the data easy to interpret, and is just fun to use. It covers all the basics you'd expect, including reminders, plus a lot of nice extras that you can use or ignore.

I've been trying out two other apps that contain mood journals, Pacifica and MoodKit, and while those apps have additional features their mood trackers aren't nearly as customizable or enjoyable to use (although Pacifica's is a 6 point scale rather than 10, which some may prefer.) MoodKit's in particular only lets you record one mood per day (who only has one mood all day?), which is not a problem with iMoodJournal.

Update: well, not a whole lot has changed. The map feature is kind of neat. I have reminders set to random and sometimes I get two in one day and sometimes I don't get any, but otherwise iMoodJournal works so well I don't care. I've been using it for two years and am still quite happy with it.

by Undothis

Truth be told I’m lazy when it comes to journaling. I have wasted a lot of mo eh on mood apps in the hopes that one would take. I have journaled everyday since I have purchased iMoodJournal for one year straight!
It alerts you to push a button how you feel and collects data that you can review. If I’m feeling like it I will add hash tags and notes. I can see cause and effects and it has changed my life behaviors dramatically. Thank you!

by PonyUp1980

Really useful for quickly tracking your general mood. The journal part let's you keep more detailed notes about what was going on in that moment.
The graphing feature is neat. If you use it regularly you can really see your ups and downs.
I’ve been using it to see if medications are helping or making things worse, and am finding it really useful for that.
Nice that you can back it all up with Dropbox.
Would be awesome if you could track physical symptoms of depression/anxiety, too.

by Glosmenagerie

I’ve used the iMood Journal for over a year now. I really like it. I use another Bipolar app along with it. What I like about this one is I can see how my moods ebb and flow over the course of the day. It also allows me to add moods and information that effects my moods so I’m not stuck with what iMoodJournal maker thinks is important and should effect my moods. I recommend it greatly. My psychiatrist is also able to check my graphs for each month and determine if a change in medications are needed and to see how I’m doing at a glance.

by FerrisThe2nd

I can’t say enough good things about iMoodJournal. It’s not life changing, but it can give you the information about your life to make those changes. It gives you the ability to customize the colors of the different numbers on the mood scale. This may seems like a small interface thing, but for me it’s really a really important feature. Moods are tied to feelings and it’s critical those colors feel right to me.

The latest updates have also fixed some bugs with the reports and graphs.

Thank you so much for iMoodJournal. Please keep it coming.

by Jillian51894

I am so glad I paid the small price for iMoodJournal, iMoodJournal is AMAZING! Everything about it is incredible. As someone with type 1 bipolar disorder, this is what I've needed for a long time. My doctors encourage me to do mood journaling and this is the easiest way for me to do just that. I think the choosing your mood part is the most important part but being able to journal that specific feeling makes me more likely to keep up with journaling because I can type out my feelings. Being able to back up your info I think is a great bonus. Thank you for an app that works!

by Wild Gunman

This is a great, great app. Very compact and streamlined, does everything you want and doesn’t clutter it with things you don’t. Very non-intrusive and very good at making mood tracking second nature. The Apple Watch companion is similarly well thought out and minimalist. Being able to very simply and easily dump the database to Dropbox and analyze it however you want is awesome.

Seriously, buy iMoodJournal! No social media connections to monetize what you’re doing, no crufty “ecosystem” hooks designed to upsell. This is a model paid iPhone app. Don’t mess around with the freemium junk. Pay a few bucks for this one, own it, use it, and get on with your life.

by DollyChild

I've used a few different mood tracking apps, and I like this one best. It lets you add tags to your entries and see which tags are associated with lower or higher moods, and it has some great options for viewing trends. You can customise the moods and even the colours (which is good, because for some reason the default colour scheme has higher moods as red and lower moods as green, which I find incredibly unintuitive). It's also very easy to quickly record a mood.

by Gilnim

Love iMoodJournal. Been using it since December 2016 and have recommended it to multiple people. I love the 10 scale system, photo, and # feature. iMoodJournal has helped me get through hard times and reflect on where things went wrong in the past. The recent improvements to the summary graphing feature are great, but I would like it seen taken further to be able to view and export graphs of exact time frames instead of just limiting to full period, quarter, current month, and last 30 days. Even a “Last x days” feature. And it would be nice to export high quality graph images instead of only being able to export them with the whole PDF.

If this feature becomes more robust this would be 5 Stars hands down.