The Mood Meter Negative Reviews

The Mood Meter App Complaints & User Negative Comments 2024

The Mood Meter app received 44 complaints, negative comments and reviews by users. Have you ever had a bad experience using The Mood Meter? Can you share your negative thoughts about the mood meter?

The Mood Meter for Negative User Reviews

✓ Helpful app, but could be improvedI got the app because I was reading Permission to Feel. I find it vey helpful for checking into my feelings and labeling them. It was particularly helpful because I have the Kindle version of the app, which does not show the Mood Meter clearly. I have the following suggestions for improvements: 1) Double the character limit on explanations to 300 or eliminate it entirely. It’s frustrating to be cut off after just a few sentences. 2) If you choose to shift your mood, make sure the quotes and suggestions are relevant to the emotion. I said I was feeling anxious and got a quote about anger. 3) After you identify your mood, where it asks if you want to stay or shift, add a prompt to explore the resources accessed through an icon at the bottom of the screen 4) Add to the resources an explanation of the different regulation strategies (mindful breathing, forward-looking strategies, attention-shifting strategies, and cognitive-reframing strategies). It would be helpful to add more articles and videos, the resources were sparse..Nh1776433Version: 2.1.4

✓ Hacking threat...DO NOT DOWNLOADRelaying on Yale University, download the app... used it for 3 months ... was hacked and mucked by developer from Philippines!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!.Bambak-e-sahelVersion: 1.5.5

✓ Also a mechanism for collecting data for researchThe mood meter is used by schools in my area so I thought I’d check this app out. It raises some privacy concerns for me. Even if you opt out of providing any personal info, you are still required to provide your [a] birthdate to use this paid app. You may want to read the privacy policy before paying for it! I know I am not comfortable with a paid-for app tracking family members’ emotional states and then using it for research purposes without more information on the specific research questions being addressed and ability to opt out. Not sure how this passes IRB requirements... Uses of ‘aggregated’ data include “We may use and disclose aggregated and/or non-personal information about users of the Service for research and measurement purposes. No such use of disclosure will identify or be able to identify any individual user. For example, we might want to know how many people in Texas are feeling in the “Blue” at a particular time. If you are from Texas, your data may be included in this analysis, but we will not include any of your personal information. “.ChocolaculaVersion: 1.5.7

✓ Love it but there are bugsLove this app when it works, but frustrating to use as it is constantly crashing. Waiting for an update because it's difficult to use an app multiple times a day when it won't even open most of the time. Please fix before I get tired of waiting as this has been going on for a long time now.AweSam79Version: 1.4

✓ Awful. Crashes all the time.Such a shame as if it worked it could be a really good app. Removed & reinstalled 4 times after purchase to try to get it to work. Gave up in the end..Bracken-BooVersion: 2.1.4

✓ Lacking featuresThis app needs to be updated and expanded. You must have your apple mail turned on for you to be able to send reposts to your doctors. I use spark mail and it said my email wasn’t setup. I think the mood ranges could be expanded even more. There needs to be more explaining in the shifting mechanism. When I shift does it record what I chose or does it record the shift? I think the reports feature could be expanded and made into an actual pie graph that is circular. I think there should be a mood range over calendar trend option so you can see patterns. The shifting mechanism could also be expanded with meditations, or a workable CBT mechanism to reframe negative thoughts towards a specific area. I use this everyday I just wish it was updated..Mark1221Version: 1.5.7

✓ More moods, pleaseI’m feeling vulnerable but that isn’t on the mood meter, nor are shame or humiliation embarrassed. The app would be better if I could enter these emotions as these are the ones I really need to comment and reflect on..ZxzxzxcfrVersion: 2.1.4

✓ Great app - disappointing updateThis was a wonderful app which I was using daily and as a psychologist regularly encouraged my clients to use. However the new update has been extremely disappointing. The feature to select location ie work or home is great. Please bring back the function to select from a number of strategies and enter your own strategies rather than automatically allocating one specific one and also bring back the option to select which quadrant to shift to with tailored strategies for each quadrant..BecPsychVersion: 2.1.4

✓ Strongly dislike the new versionAll my data is gone from prior years, I can see more in version history this would happen but who’s phone isn’t on auto-update? Also lost the ability to add a note along with the mood. There’s a multiple choice for work, home other.. why can’t there also be a short text field to enter exactly what is going on?? And a true upgrade would be showing the user to add their own tags. The design isn’t even that much better, it’s not that intuitive, I’m clicking around expecting more. It’s a lump of design updates at the expense of enhancing the product. I prefer the simplicity of the original. I liked the 4 quadrant view and the tutorial was helpful and I was able to share the concept with many people with that tutorial alone..CamaCaraMariaVersion: 2.1.1

✓ I want my money back.It seems the creators sold out and now only offer the full scale app as part of a package that costs $350. The app used to allow us to customize our strategies for shifting our moods. My students loved that feature. They had photos and quotes from family members that helped them. All of that is now gone. The app just seems like a data collection tool for Yale’s research. I can’t even see what I noted for each check in. I understand you need to make money but this project started as a benefit for schools and kids. At least offer the full app alone at a seperate price for schools to use..Agon89Version: 2.1.4

✓ FrozenHad it two days Can’t get it to move last page two. 🤦‍♀️😩.Thar11111Version: 2.1.4

✓ UnhappyI purchased the Mood Meter months ago. When I went to use it recently I was prompted to create a new account. What happened to my account that I purchased?.HdidbdevehVersion: 2.1.1

✓ Recent updateI have really enjoyed mood meter in the past, but with this new update, I was very disheartened to see that all of my previous entries were completely erased. Not only that, there is no longer an option to record the “why” behind each mood. Isn’t this a key aspect of RULER? To understand causes behind one’s emotions? I look forward to a future update of the app in which this feature is reimplemented. I also hope there is someway my data can be restored..Kitty6004Version: 2.0

✓ Don't buy this app, it is working any moreI want my money back, this app is not functional. No response after mailing error and printscreen..AussiemaniVersion: 1.4

✓ I want to load strategiesIt would be great if I could load pictures and quotes as strategies to shift emotions.Emotion scientist NickVersion: 2.1.3

✓ Why did it delete my entries?!I loved mood meter. I used it every day and it has been a big help. Then the app updated automatically to the new version and several things enraged me: - All of my months of entries were completely deleted! I have been logging so I can see patterns in my thinking and they are just gone! - The new version doesn’t even let you write down why you are feeling how you are feeling. How are you supposed to find patterns in your life now? For example, if you are typically upset around a particular friend, or because you stay up to late. This was the biggest benefit of the app. Now it just lets your mark if you are home, work, other. What’s the point of that? I just can’t believe all my entries have just been wiped. I loved this app and now I have no use for it. Can I switch back to the old version and get my entries again?.GameHunksFabVersion: 2.0

✓ Extremely useful tool. Not a good redesignI’ve been using the mood meter for a few years, and I’ve found it to be a simple, but powerful tool. The old version not only helped you identify and name the emotion, but it prompted you to identify the source of the emotion, and allowed you to save strategies that work for you. The new version took away the prompts and personal strategies. They do ask for feedback, and recently put back in the prompt to identify the source, I’m hoping they will also replace the option to save your own strategies. Hopefully they will keep responding to user feedback..SLP ipaduserVersion: 2.1.2

✓ Don't buy this app!It's not working. They are apparently trying to fix the problem. I don't think you should have an app available for purchase when it's not working. My feelings are red now, I think, because I haven't had a chance to try the app yet :(.CassysmomVersion: 1.4

✓ Horrible nowI found this app horrible ever since it updated please change it back to how it was before it updated. DO NOT BUY THIS ITS A WASTE OF MONEY!.ImahelperVersion: 2.0

✓ App was great...I recently got a new phone and with it came the new version of this app. I am incredibly disappointed with the new version. I regularly recommend this app to patients and I had one warn me not to upgrade. I wish I had listened. The older version of this app was so much better. Please bring back the old model and features. I want to be able to keep recommending this app but this version is no where near as helpful..SJJ82Version: 2.1.3

✓ Don’t buy!I did not receive the activation code when creating my account which means the app is useless. Had to pay for the app too so basically they just steal your money..CgoodreviewsVersion: 2.1.4

✓ ConfusedI’ve search online and tried to find the answer here without success. How do you find the past entries you written after you’ve selected an emotion??.SoraSusukiVersion: 2.1.4

✓ Random Charges to my AccountToday I got charged $1.52 CND out of no where by this app. I didn’t approve ANYTHING and yet they were able to just steal right out of my pocket..Zach5577Version: 1.5.3

✓ It USED to be somewhat OK…now it’s a wasteI heard about this app a few years ago while I was in a meeting at work. They recommended everyone to try this mindful activity, so we downloaded this app. Back then, if you wanted to shift mood, it would give you ways in which to do that. The concept was pretty OK, but could use work. However, since updating it, as others have mentioned, they removed the old information and took away the ways to shift mood to replaced it with a quote. Before, they had calming scenes and sounds. Now-NOTHING. The update was a downgrade, and this app has become far surpassed by other apps in the same category..LIsMeVersion: 2.1.4

✓ No notesI used an older version in which you could add short notes explaining why you’re feeling a certain way. In the updated version this feature is not available anymore. Could you please bring it back because it really makes the app much more useful, especially in pinpointing the reasons behind different emotions? Thank you very much..SbesmiVersion: 2.1.1

✓ Good tracking app but buggyEvery time I try to open this from the notification I set up it crashes. It usually takes three attempts before I can successfully record my mood. About three days before I give up on it entirely.AlgenontuVersion: 1.4

✓ FrustratingLatest upgrade lost all my data 😔 and now crashes about 10 times before it opens. Thinking I would have been better not upgrading. Hopefully the crashing will be fixed soon.PaulainperthVersion: 1.5

✓ USELESS, WASTE OF MONEY!USELESS! GARBAGE CLICHE ‘SOLUTIONS’!.Mazdak MafiaVersion: 2.1.4

✓ Mood changing bugsGreat premise ruined by constant crashing, causing mood to plummet before I get a chance to record it..Cognitive behave yourselfVersion: 1.5

✓ English onlyI love this app but I feel like it would be even more accurate if it was possible to set it in my first language!.Good-2854Version: 2.1.4

✓ Good App with LimitationsI love this tool and think it is incredibly useful to understanding your emotions and getting a larger vocabulary to name your emotions. I have two critiques. One, I would like to be able to delete entries. I had trouble submitting an entry and accidently added it five times. Two, the recommendations that are given at the end of each entry are not varied..SubziwallaVersion: 2.1.4

✓ Don’t like the updateI loved the previous version of this app, particularly the ability to log details about your mood and reasons for it. I find this new interface choppy. It’s more difficult to get to the resources to “shift” your mood, where in the last version it was intuitive and led you straight to the resources. I will revert to the old interface if I can figure out how, because the I am definitely not a fan of the new one..GretchMVersion: 2.1

✓ New versionHello, I don’t like the new version. There is no reminders. I can’t motivate my feelings et finally, I lost all my datas from the oldest version. Really not happy 🤬.Frim QuébecVersion: 2.1.1

✓ Helpful tool for bringing mood to consciousnessI found the Moodmeter to be a helpful tool for bringing my mood into consciousness, and carrying that awareness into the rest of my day and interactions. Possible improvements: option for (at least somewhat) random prompting to enter users mood, rather than setting the times up myself - it'd be good to see how they vary with time of day/situation. It'd be great to have options for different users (eg my kids) and to be able to view on a time line etc... Overall useful and fun place to start understanding my moods.SA house hunterVersion: 1.3

✓ Privacy Policy is shamefulSucks paying for the app AND get tracked with ip adress plus collection of personally identification information. All processing should be on the phone without going through your servers. All of it is quite unnecessary It’s a shame... current mood : bad :P.Mickey KingVersion: 2.1.4

✓ Fun but losing a streak negatively impacts meI get why ... but if you have a busy day, travelling etc. It’s so annoying and directly negatively impacts my mood and makes me not want to use the app anymore if I lose a streak.AntarkVersion: 2.1.4

✓ Less Effective NowI have been a huge advocate of using Mood Meter personally and in schools, and have incorporated the app in Professional Development trainings and curriculum for the past 3 years. This update has not only deleted past history, it has removed the exercise of writing down the WHY of the emotion and the HOW to shift. This step is critical in teaching self-reflection and sense of self-agency. Additionally, this new version is highly text heavy which creates an unnecessary barrier for individuals with low or resistant literacy skills. And now individuals are required to add an email address that could easily be used to find the identity of the user. The other option is to have no history for reflection. The app now feels simply like a data collection tool for Yale, and I can no longer ethically promote it in schools. Very disappointed in Yale and the researchers..Leit55Version: 2.1.4

✓ Old version had fewer clicksAlso was easier to see historical notes. The redesign lost this.Brianfo2lVersion: 2.1.4

✓ Disappointing change by developerLatest version to make the “UX experience easier” ruined this app. I really liked the original version which had calming visuals and gave users the option to add in their own coping strategies. I’m not going to use this app any longer..Razzzy123Version: 2.0

✓ Great for mood mindfulness but not for mood managementI love the idea of this app but I think there is need for improvement. I appreciate the color chart for practicing awareness of my moods and feelings. However once I’ve logged my feelings I find this app fails to deliver meaningful advice or direction, particularly if I want to “shift” my mood, as the app prompts. If you choose to shift your mood you are brought to a page that has two sentences on it. One is a quote, and the other is a piece of direction for how to help shift your mood. Nice...except the sentence of direction is not especially helpful, and some of the directions are actually frustrating or help emphasize my bad feelings. For example, it is not helpful at all when I am feeling depressed to hear the advice “put a smile on your face”. In fact not only is it not helpful or substantial in any way, it’s also a little insulting. When I tried to refresh for more meaningful advice I found that the sentence rotated between 5 or 6 short directions, some of which might be effective, like calling a loved one, and some that were not especially inspired, like “do something fun”. This app helps me with recording and noticing moods but it does not help with shifting or managing moods. At least not directly. I feel that work needs to be done to make that part of the app more robust and meaningful..Ninanina9Version: 2.1.4

✓ Feeling crabbyWithout warning, Mood Meter has totally changed its interface and - yuck! Now I can’t see my history (where is it?!?) and all the cool tips I’d saved for myself. Plus the interface is ugly compared to the awesome dots that were in the prior version. I wish I had been warned that I needed to create an account so I wouldn’t lose my history. Can’t say whether I’ll keep using this or not. But I have loved it for the past few years and recommended it widely!.Gaming mammaVersion: 2.0

✓ Very limitedAs a therapist, I was hoping this app could be something I could recommend for clients. Unfortunately, with much of the work I do helping clients unlearning familial and cultural rules around emotions, this app sets up it’s own problems in trying to rank order emotion words along two axis. This is a useful tool for those looking to increase their emotional vocabulary and take a moment to look inward, but for those with even a bit more more emotional awareness, the challenge of feeling more than one way at the same time, and the challenge of defining your own unique relationship with your emotions and internal state are not only not addressed, but ignored entirely. I would like the app to give space to explore somatic sensations, and allow for more exploration of what an emotional is like for the individual. Separating the choosing of arousal state, good or poor valance, and emotion words (‘do one of these words apply?’ with an if not option), while adding somatic awareness (where do you feel this in your body) could be a great start. I like the work being done here, but there is so much more potential, and the app, perhaps great for some, would likely leave others feeling lost when they don’t fit into this cookie cutter approach..ImagogamiVersion: 2.1.4

✓ Helpful but needs workI find it useful to name my mood but the support tools/strategies to make a shift are basically non-existent. Would be helpful to have a glossary of all of the moods.Rbnz38Version: 2.1.4

✓ Please consider undoing this new update!I've been using this app for about a year now. I really enjoyed the old version of it, and used it multiple times every day. But since this update, I have lost access to my account. That data was very sensitive and very important to me and I don't appreciate losing access to it. Additionally, not being able to write the reason for a feeling in this update is disappointing. It would be better if the old version was made available again..Bee BorealisVersion: 2.0

The Mood Meter works most of the time. If it is not working for you, we recommend you excersise some patience and retry later or contact The Mood Meter.