Pixy vs. 30 Mood Tracker Apps
Pixy is a mood tracker for iPhone and Android. See how its features compare with 30 popular mood, journal, and self-care apps.
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Mood Trackers
DaylioDaylio is a popular mood diary where you pick a mood and the activities of your day.Pixy vs Daylio
DailyBeanDailyBean is a cute mood journal with bean characters.Pixy vs DailyBean
MoodflowMoodflow is a mood tracker with a year in pixels view.Pixy vs Moodflow
MoodistoryMoodistory is a privacy-focused emotion tracker.Pixy vs Moodistory
MoodyMoody is an iPhone mood tracker and journal.Pixy vs Moody
EMMOEMMO is a mood diary with cute stickers and characters.Pixy vs EMMO
How We FeelHow We Feel is an emotion check-in app from a nonprofit, built around naming feelings on a mood meter.Pixy vs How We Feel
PixelsPixels is an Android mood tracker (Pixels: Mood Tracker and Journal) with a year in pixels view.Pixy vs Pixels
DayBloqDayBloq is an Android year in pixels journal. Entries stay on the phone, with no account.Pixy vs DayBloqHealth and Symptom Trackers
CBT and Mental Health Apps
MoodnotesMoodnotes is an iPhone mood journal built on ideas from cognitive behavioral therapy.Pixy vs Moodnotes
MindDocMindDoc is a mental health app (formerly Moodpath) with daily questions and programs.Pixy vs MindDoc
ClarityClarity is a CBT thought diary (Clarity: CBT Self Help Journal).Pixy vs Clarity
WysaWysa is an AI chatbot for mental wellbeing.Pixy vs WysaSelf-Care Apps
Journaling Apps
ReflectlyReflectly is a guided journaling app with AI features.Pixy vs Reflectly
stoic.stoic. is a guided journal (stoic. journal and mental health) with prompts and AI features.Pixy vs stoic.
Day OneDay One is a full-featured journaling app with photos and sync.Pixy vs Day One
JourneyJourney is a diary and journal app (Journey: Diary, Journal).Pixy vs Journey
DiariumDiarium is a private diary app.Pixy vs Diarium
DiarlyDiarly is a private journal for Apple devices.Pixy vs Diarly
GratitudeGratitude is a self-care and gratitude journal (Gratitude: Self-Care Journal).Pixy vs Gratitude
Five Minute JournalFive Minute Journal is the app version of the Five Minute Journal (5 Minute Journal).Pixy vs Five Minute JournalAI Journals
Built-In Journal Apps
Why Pixy
What Every Comparison Has in Common
Reviews
Loved by People Who Tried Other Apps
“Finally, a mood app that isn’t overwhelming! The app design is visually pleasing, it’s simple and not crowded or too busy. … You can choose what things you track.”“Out of all the mood tracker apps I’ve tried, Pixy is by far the best. I love the simple and easy to use design, it also has a very neat layout and aesthetic.”“It’s minimal, feature-rich and very user friendly. This one genuinely deserves way more downloads.”“I needed a good tracker that was simple, effective, and useful. … It has everything you need and it doesn’t overwhelm you with unnecessary ads or functions.”“I love its simplicity and I love its flexibility. Pixy lets me note how I’m doing without overthinking it. A quick selection of a colored box and I’m on my way!”“Pretty colors, helpful statistics, customizable, and a bigger variety of moods to choose from than most apps. Just overall a very simple and the perfect mood tracker.”“You could choose your feeling more precisely with words. The other apps were generally based on 5 smileys. In addition, each adjective which you can choose as your current feeling has a short description.”“Very simple and very nice mood tracker. … You simple pick your mood, add some tags, add some emotions that you’ve felt and write about your day.”“Absolutely superb app with the right balance of functionality and simplicity. I tried a couple of other tracker apps but they were too complex and time consuming to fill in. Pixy’s biggest strength is that it can be used quickly.”“Tested a bunch of tracker apps. This UX is perfect and intuitive. And customizable!”“This app has been huge in helping my psychiatrist and I determine what’s going on with my brain. … It’s extremely easy to use and provides invaluable insight.”“I’ve been testing this, the How We Feel app, and the Gratitude app simultaneously for the past couple weeks. This is my favorite and the one I’ve kept using consistently.”“I downloaded five or six apps before this and deleted them all within ten minutes. This is absolutely everything I was looking for.”“I started using a mood tracker at the request of my therapist. I have found Pixy to be really great. It’s simple and beautiful and easy to use.”“Exactly what I’m looking for! No ads, No forced sign-up, … nice and basic, really easy to use.”“Super clean and minimalist app that gets the job done. Really love that it’s open source which makes it truly transparent.”FAQ
Frequently Asked Questions
- Your mood on a color scale
- Emotions from a long list with short descriptions
- The people you were with
- Tags for activities and places
- A note
You decide which steps show up, and you can log several entries per day.
Your entries stay on your phone. Pixy needs no account and no sign-up. You can export a JSON or CSV file or delete your data at any time.
To keep a copy automatically, turn on Backup in Settings > Data > Backup. Pixy then saves one backup file in your own iCloud or Google Drive. It is off until you turn it on.
In Pixy, open Settings > Data > Backup, turn off the switch, and tap Turn Off.
- Pixy deletes the backup file from your iCloud or Google Drive.
- On Android, Pixy also signs out of Google Drive.
- Your entries on the phone stay.
Delete All My Data does not delete the cloud backup, so turn off the backup first.
Lost your phone or deleted Pixy?
- On iPhone or iPad, open Settings > [your name] > iCloud > Manage Account Storage (older iOS: Manage Storage) > Pixy > Delete Data from iCloud.
- On a Mac, open System Settings > Apple Account > iCloud > Manage > Pixy.
- For Google Drive, open drive.google.com on a computer, click the gear, then Settings > Manage apps > Pixy > Options > Delete hidden app data.
Not at the same time. Pixy does not sync entries between devices. The iCloud or Google Drive backup holds the entries of one phone.
- To move to a new phone, restore the backup there. Restore replaces the entries on that phone.
- When two phones use the same backup, the phone that wrote it last keeps it. The other phone pauses its backup.
Yes. Pixy is on the App Store for iPhone and on Google Play for Android.
Yes.
- On iPhone, touch and hold the Pixy icon and choose Require Face ID.
- On Android 15 and later, move Pixy into your Private Space.
Your phone then asks for Face ID, a fingerprint, or your passcode before Pixy opens.
Yes, on iPhone. Pixy widgets show your last 4 weeks, the current month, or your whole year in pixels. Tap a widget to open your calendar. Android has no Pixy widget yet.
A year in pixels is a calendar where each day is one small square, colored by your mood. After a few weeks you can see good and bad stretches at a glance. Pixy builds it for you as you log.
No. Pixy shows no ads, so nothing interrupts you while you reflect on your day.
Yes. The code of the Pixy app is public on GitHub under the MIT license, so anyone can check how it works and how it handles data.
You can export your entries as a file and show the calendar on your phone. Pixy has no PDF report. Pixy is a self-tracking tool, not a medical device.
Yes. Pixy is free on iPhone and Android, with no subscription, no ads, and no account. The source code is public under the MIT license.
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