Mood & symptom journals

Looking for a Diaro alternative?

Diaro is a multi-platform diary with folders, tags and encrypted entries that sync across phone, tablet and desktop. MoodSwings is a different shape of app — and this page is an honest comparison rather than a pitch, so the table starts with what Diaro does better.

Diaro vs MoodSwings, side by side

Diaro MoodSwings
Known for Diaro is a multi-platform diary with folders, tags and encrypted entries that sync across phone, tablet and desktop. A calm period tracker built around how you actually feel: next-period and cycle-phase estimates, mood and symptom logging in a few taps, PMS patterns over time, and optional partner sharing.
Genuinely better at Organisation and reach — folders, tags and real cross-platform sync, in a lot of languages. MoodSwings has one place for everything and no folders, because the organising principle is your cycle rather than a filing system.
Day to day it feels like A general mood or symptom journal: you record how you feel day to day, with no cycle underneath it unless you add one yourself. One screen, a few taps a day. Dates, mood and symptoms in the same place — and if you want, a partner view where you choose what is visible.

Stay with Diaro if…

…you write across devices and the folder structure is how you keep it usable.

We would rather you kept an app that fits than switched and stopped logging after a fortnight. A half-used tracker cannot show you a pattern.

What you get if you do switch

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MoodSwings is a wellness tracker, not a medical device — predictions are estimates, not guarantees, and nothing here is medical advice. Diaro and other product names belong to their respective owners; this comparison reflects each app's publicly described focus and our own honest read of it. We deliberately quote no ratings, review counts or prices for other apps, because those change — check the App Store for current details.

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