Shmoody: Mood & Habit Tracker Ratings and Reviews

So helpful for my adhd and emotional responses

I’ve had scmoody for just a few weeks and it really has helped me so much already.
I hope to be able to use the organizational options as part of helping combat my ADHD symptoms when I can’t get my medication, but the chat feature and responses has been a LIFE SAVER
Sometimes I just need reassurance and someone to give me a gentle push, small pieces of advice, or to just tell me that it’s ok to be feeling this way. I feel that being able to turn to the chat feature has helped me to unburden my friends and family from always having to handle my intense emotional responses to things throughout the day. The different superpowers are really helpful to get me focused on what advice it is that I need. I also love that it learns more about me as I talk and can bring back moments of joy that I shared to life me up in low moments. The chat is able to give me great advice, walk me through breathing exercises, and give me that validation I was looking for that I’m not overreacting and that my response is normal and that I’ll be ok. It might just be a little AI yoga cat, but I’m shocked at how I’ve responded to it.
Thanks so much to the creators of this app, you’ve really been helping me navigate through some tough life adjustments and feelings these past few weeks!

Developer Response ,

Thank you so much for your positive review, Momo12347898! We're so happy to hear that Shmoody is helping you. Our mission is to help people like you to live their best lives, and your feedback motivates to keep doing what we do! - The Shmoody Team ✨

Has potential, but very buggy

This app has so much potential to be an amazing app, but has so many bugs and not fully functional features that it’s just not worth the very high price they charge. I love idea of this app so much and would gladly pay the yearly subscription IF it actually worked well. But it’s like the app is stuck in some kind of beta testing version — there are feature requests/bug reports listed inside the app by other members, with absolutely no response from the developer. Features and bug fixes will be marked as “in progress” for months on end, with no fix or update actually pushed out. I’ve only been using this app for a couple of days and am still in my trial period, but I am extremely disappointed in how poorly this app functions. The features it offers are so innovative and are like no other app I’ve seen, but I just wish the developer would fix the glitchy issues and make the features function better so that the app was actually usable. For example, when you create a routine and save your plan, you’re not able to edit the plan. It would be nice to add, delete, and drag-and-drop items in your saved plan, but you can’t. You have to delete the whole plan and start from scratch. Lots of other features don’t work, or glitch, or are cumbersome to use. It makes me really sad, as I really wanted this app to work out. I likely won’t be subscribing, given all the issues, which is such a shame because the app has such great potential.

Developer Response ,

Hi! We wanted to follow up on your review and let you know that our team has since fixed the bugs you helped bring to our attention :) We are also on the cusp of finishing the "Edit Plan" feature that you and others have requested. Thank you for such helpful feedback and helping us improve Shmoody!

Surprisingly wonderful

i got this during a very low point, I was procrastinating and unable to do anything because my mind was so overcrowded with tasks I knew I needed to complete. I know it sounds cliché but I really feel like this app slows down my day. I can get more done taking it little by little (with the organizational help of shmoody) and feel more comfortable knowing i have a place to write what im feeling privately. the little “describe how youre feeling” feature is literally like the notes app with a few more steps. you can add little tags and theres so many descriptive emojis, its super useful but also satisfying to look at. the schedule thingy makes me feel so achieved when i complete all the tasks or most of them and get points. another thing i like is that i can use it to document my mood swings because it shows you the exact time you made each entry. i feel like ive come to a better understanding of the fact that sometimes its not that the world is falling apart and im rotting its just 3am and im sleep deprived. for some reason i didnt think about that pattern before lol. i love this app i never forget to write in it at least once a day because i genuinely enjoy using it. i think it rlly is helpful to ppl w adhd.

Developer Response ,

Hey! Thank you so much for your feedback, our small team really appreciates your positive review! We hope you love the app and continue to use it. - The Shmoody Team :)

Wow

Actually a helpful app. The text helper is genius. It has a lot of great features to help you tack not only goals but things that make you happy(it’s called joy time on the app). It has a whole playlist of relaxing music and sounds that automatically plays while using the app(you can keep it on even when not on the app but can also turn it off as well). Like I said w the text helper, there’s basically a feature that allows you to plug in the person you’re messaging to, what you want to text them about, and the tone you want the message to be in. Really helpful when you are at a loss for words but still want to text someone back. It also has a chat guru thing where it has an ai advice giver that you can talk to for advice. There’s also a community section where people will post mental health related questions and stuff that’s nice because it’s honest and anonymous. From what I’ve seen, no one uses the community feature to post weird or disturbing stuff. It’s just a positive safe place to voice stuff. Rlly good app.

Developer Response ,

Hey! Thank you so much for your feedback, our small team really appreciates your positive review! We hope you love the app and continue to use it. - The Shmoody Team :)

Not recc for already motivated people with ADHD

First of all for someone (high functioning) with ADHD, this interface is absolutely overwhelming and kind of useless IMO. How can you expect someone with focusing issues to answer millions of questions? And the way it is visually organized is too messy. Would like to see a cleaner interface to help with focus, it’s just confusing. The check mark thing left for the next day was mentioned in a previous comment and I saw the creator replied - more food for thought- it’s not useful to leave the list for the next day. Try something like “let’s start over/let’s try to get these all accomplished today” and refresh them. Lastly, I am already very motivated and was merely looking to make a more structured daily routine // and implement better habits into my daily life 6 months post partum. I love positive energy, I am empathetic and very wary of mental health sufferers (as someone who has personally experienced these issues in the past). The community board was a turnoff, there was so much negativity and somber messages I had to cancel my subscription, not a place giving positive energy and light- was very sad to see some of the posts of others suffering from such things: “I am feeling so ugly today and everyday, what can i do, seeking help” etc. These people with severe emotional distress should be offered to speak to a counselor on your app. Just some ideas…

Developer Response ,

We appreciate your feedback! Our small team is continuously improving the app based on user input, and we have already implemented some of your suggestions. Thank you for helping make the app better :)

Important Problems

There are three main problems I have with this app, one that I noticed before I even downloaded it. First, near constant paywalls. Plans are 3.33$ a month or 40$ a year, and even though that’s not a ton, it’s still too much for one app out of tons and tons of the same mental health apps with the same paywalls. Secondly, tying in with the first problem, you can’t “create your own routine”. You can add specific tasks they’ve listed but you can’t make your own without paying for premium. Third, as I was reading other reviews for the app, I found that a lot of the responses from the company itself are copied and pasted, trying and failing to portray a friendly attitude toward the reviewer. This may be a problem with other apps too or even a majority, this is just the first time I’ve noticed. And of course, if they see this they’ll write a personalized response, but take a look at the other critical reviews and you’ll see what I mean. All in all, this seems like just another mental health app that wants your money; most of them are almost the exact same, just with a different UI.

I found a free alternative if you don’t want to pay called Feelmo. I haven’t downloaded it or tried it out but there are no in app purchases that I can see, and it’s free to install.

Developer Response ,

Hello hello! We keep as many features free as possible but we do need to support ourselves, so some of the features are premium.

I'm mainly a programmer at Shmoody, but I've been personally responding to all reviews and support requests for the last several months. Sometimes I re-use a phrase, yes. But I'm listening to your feedback and trying to respond quickly so I can continue building features and fixing bugs.

Hope you enjoy!

I like it but not enough to pay for it

I really do like this app, but as other people mentioned $40 is a lot of money. I also do agree with a past review that the community aspect isn’t something that everyone is looking for. The ability to turn this on or off would be amazing. It would also make the app look less complicated. The cat ai is truly my favorite thing in the app, but since I ran out of my free messages, I’ve stopped using the app completely since that’s the main reason I used it for. This app has a lot of great features, but I’m also not a fan of immediately being asked how I feel and how my day was. This feels overwhelming for an app that’s marketed to do the opposite, but again I do agree that it’s nice to see progress. So, a simple how do you feel would be better in my opinion, instead of having to ALSO elaborate every time, “elaborate on day” should just be an on app separate task. So, if someone wants to do it then they can, because sometimes ppl don’t have the mentality capacity to talk about their day. But overall I do like the general concept of the app and if it was cheaper I’d consider purchasing it

Developer Response ,

Thank you for your honest review. We appreciate that you see some good in the app, and we're sorry to hear about the areas where we fell short. Your feedback helps us identify what needs improvement, and we're committed to making Shmoody better. If you have specific suggestions, we'd love to hear them! - The Shmoody Team

A bit depressing… text builder needs different perspectives

To start, the whole thing kind of felt like data mining… and maybe I’m just not ready to share my personal feelings with an app. However, some of the features seemed cool. I, too, am a worker bee but I’m the owner of a small business. I’m also autistic and was hoping to use the text helper as a support creating texts and emails… but the messages all focused on emailing/texting co-workers, HR, or management. I couldn’t figure out a way for the AI text helper to help me create messages to send to folks who work with me or for my business, which is something I really struggle with - especially when it’s about something difficult. I’d also love to see daily goals instead of goals that extend out to a future date. IDK, maybe I missed something. Reading the feed of depressing messages posted by other people made me really sad. We really are living in a terrible timeline but I guess I’m glad people have an outlet like this app. Bonus for super soothing music. I wish I found a way I could benefit from using this app simply for the background music!

Developer Response ,

Thank you for your honest review. We appreciate that you see some good in the app, and we're sorry to hear about the areas where we fell short. Your feedback helps us identify what needs improvement, and we're committed to making Shmoody better. If you have specific suggestions, we'd love to hear them! - The Shmoody Team

Very Buggy

I really like the concept of a lot of the tools, like the customizable Action Plans, Life Goals & Mood Journal, but the app has majorly bugs with every tool I’ve used. Trying to organize and use the app just ends in frustration. One of the customized action plans I made has disappeared on the app, but I still get notifications about it (and the notifications stay on the icon on your Home Screen, adding up). It will not let you build a routine schedule for an Action Plan without having access to your calendar - I don’t want my to-do lists on my calendar, it’s why I got the app! Any daily action plans should simply reset each night at midnight, but half the time when I open the app during the day all my action plans have reset again, so I’m consistently checking off the same tasks to try and keep track of the items / goals I’ve completed for the day. I’m honestly shocked at the number of bugs I’ve encountered during my trail & don’t understand how this app is so highly rated. It’s not usable and feels like it’s STILL in Beta mode years after it launched.

Developer Response ,

Hi SummersRL, we're sorry to hear you've experienced bugs while using Shmoody. We're committed to improving the app and fixing any issues. We'd love it if you could email us about the bugs you hit! This will help our team address them faster. Thanks for your patience and understanding. - The Shmoody Team

SCAM

When starting the trial, the bot said “I bet I can change your mood in five days (referring to the trial) and if so, would you like to continue using Shmoody (referring to subscription)” I clicked the answer option box “we’ll see” that did NOT mean I wanted to subscribe. Immediately after the conversation with the bot, I went into my apple subscriptions and the “Shmoody” subscription did not appear, so I assumed since I said “we’ll see” and there was no subscription, it wouldn’t charge me. Come to find out my account was charged $70, it only allows you to manage your subscriptions and trial in the actual app depending on what plan you chose, which I didn’t choose a plan, so I can’t manage the subscription in the app due to the plan they chose for me and since it does not appear in my apple subscriptions, I can’t cancel it there either. So basically, they’re scamming people, because I never stated I wanted a subscription and I even saved screenshots of the conversations with the bot, and it clearly shows that I NEVER agreed to any such thing. SOOO I had to report it to apple, the app, and my bank. My card has been cancelled and my account is locked all because the makers of this app are scam artists.