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Daylio vs DailyBean (2026): Which Mood Tracker Is Right for You?

Daylio vs DailyBean (2026): Which Mood Tracker Is Right for You?

The short answer: choose Daylio if you want insights — charts that show which activities line up with your good and bad days. Choose DailyBean if you want the most charming, low-effort daily diary, with cute mood characters and photos.

Both let you log a day in a few taps with no writing required, and both are free to start. The difference is what you get back: Daylio is built for patterns; DailyBean is built for the habit of checking in.

Daylio vs DailyBean at a glance

Daylio DailyBean
How you log Pick one of 5 moods, then tap activity icons Tap a mood "bean", activity icons, and add a photo
Insights Mood–activity correlations, charts, Year in Pixels Monthly calendar and mood overview
Free version Core logging is free Free, but shows a video ad when you save an entry
Premium Subscription (see note below) Premium Pass subscription (see note below)
Platforms iPhone and Android iPhone and Android
App Store rating 4.8 from about 58,000 ratings 4.8 from about 68,000 ratings
Google Play rating 4.7 from about 450,000 ratings 4.5 from about 73,000 ratings

Ratings from the App Store and Google Play in September 2026. Premium prices vary by country and change often — reported figures are around $35.99 a year for Daylio Premium and around $39.99 a year for DailyBean's Premium Pass in the US, so check the store listing for your region.

Daylio: for spotting patterns

Daylio's logging is famously quick: choose one of five moods, tap the activities that filled your day, and optionally add a note. Where it stands out is what it does with that data.

  • Correlations between your activities and your mood — for example, whether days with exercise or time outdoors tend to be better days.
  • Year in Pixels, mood calendars and trend charts that make months of entries readable at a glance.
  • Private by default: your entries are stored on your device, with optional backup to Google Drive or iCloud.

Choose Daylio if you want to learn something from your tracking — to see what actually moves your mood, or to bring patterns to a conversation with a therapist.

DailyBean: for making check-ins a habit

DailyBean turns the daily check-in into something you look forward to: each mood is a small bean character, and you can attach a photo so the calendar doubles as a visual diary.

  • Some of the friendliest logging around — tap a bean, tap a few icons, done.
  • Photos per day, so your month reads like a scrapbook as well as a mood record.
  • The free tier trade-off: it shows a video ad when you save an entry. If that bothers you, the Premium Pass removes ads.

Choose DailyBean if the biggest risk is that you'll stop tracking after a week, and a playful, visual app will keep you coming back.

Which should you choose?

  • Want answers about your mood? Daylio.
  • Want a cute daily habit and a photo diary? DailyBean.
  • Can't stand ads? DailyBean's free tier shows an ad per entry, so budget for its Premium Pass — or start with Daylio's free version.
  • Tracking to share with a clinician? Daylio's mood–activity charts are the easier thing to bring to a session.

Still deciding? Our comparison of the best mood tracking apps covers the wider field, and the best journaling and diary apps are worth a look if you'd like to write more than a tap.

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