Self Awareness Yields Change – Moodtrack Social Diary Review

The custom nature of mood tracking, with the graph and colors, is helpful for seeing patterns in moods and deciphering objective mood changes versus other kinds. It makes self reflection a little more objective. Also seeing other people’s moods (1) helps decrease focus on myself (which can be excessive in extreme moods like depression or mania),(2) increases gratefulness when seeing other people doing worse and (3) reminds me constantly that I’m not alone in the feelings I experience and there’s support and people that can relate. I really like it. Not 5 stars because while the technical design is well-designed and clearly thoughtful, the aesthetic design is a little weak. And even if that’s to remove extra stimulation for an audience that may be overly stimulated or stimulus-sensitive - I think there’s a way to still accomplish that with a better aesthetic experience. It’s not a necessity but desirable. Overall the app is exceptional though because I don’t even do reviews usually, and this app - affecting people in such a vulnerable area - demanded one.
Review by Def Alexi on Moodtrack Social Diary.