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ToolGPAOctober 2026

Daylio

The Insider’s Guide

Mood tracker and micro-diary you fill in with a couple of taps

Daylio, as pictured on daylio.net

Every plan, grade, refund rule and rival among journaling apps, read from Daylio’s own pages.

Made by Relaxio s.r.o. and Habitics s.r.o. · checked Oct 5, 2026 · toolgpa.com

2.4GPA

Contents

  1. 01WelcomeWhat it is, who it suits, its grades and the ten things to know first
  2. 02Insider tipsWhat most people miss: ways to pay less, settings worth changing and the catches
  3. 03What it costsEvery plan, the free plan, ways to pay less and how prices have moved
  4. 04What it doesIts main features, where it runs, what it works with and who makes it
  5. 05Where it standsIts grades against its category, and whether to keep it or make your own
  6. 06The alternativesThe tools it is most often weighed against, side by side
  7. 07Quick answersThe questions people ask about it, each answered in a line or two
  8. 08About ToolGPAWho made this guide, what else is on the site, and how to cite it

ToolGPA put this guide together from Daylio’s own pages, its app-store listings and our grades. Every fact in it is on Daylio’s page too, where it is kept up to date. Checked Oct 5, 2026.

Part 01 · Overview

Welcome

What it is, who it suits, its grades and the ten things to know first

2.4

GPA, above 7 of the 35 other journaling apps we grade

Daylio is a mood tracker and micro-diary for iPhone, iPad and Android. A daily entry takes two taps, a mood and the activities you did, and can be extended with notes, photos and voice memos. The app turns entries into charts, correlations and a Year in Pixels view, and adds goals, reminders and a lock. Data stays on the device with optional backups to iCloud or Google Drive; there is no desktop or web version and no real-time sync between devices.

To get you started, here are 9 things to know about Daylio, taken from its own pages and our grades.

Over time it charts which activities go with which moods, and entries stay on your phone, not on Daylio's servers.
From our report card of Daylio
  1. 1

    Best for tracking your mood in two taps

    Daylio is a mood diary you fill in with two taps: how you feel and what you did.

  2. 2

    What it costs

    Paid plans start at $4.99 (lowest US App Store in-app purchase; billing period not shown).

  3. 3

    There is a free plan

    Free version with no time limit: the core mood and activity diary, with caps on moods, goals, reminders and important days. Advanced stats, automatic backups and PDF export need Premium.

  4. 4

    It runs on 2 platforms

    iOS and Android.

  5. 5

    Two-tap entries

    A daily entry is a mood plus the activities you did. Notes, writing templates, photos and voice memos can be added, and moods and activities are customizable.

  6. 6

    Stats and correlations

    Entries feed weekly, monthly and yearly charts, from simple mood lines to correlations between moods and activities. Advanced stats are a Premium feature.

  7. 7

    Year in Pixels

    A single chart shows the whole year with one dot for each day. It can be exported as a picture and shared with other people.

  8. 8

    A 2.4 GPA, above 7 of 35

    That is against the other journaling apps we grade, on value, the free plan, features, ease of use and platforms.

  9. 9

    Your call

    A journal at its plainest is dated entries of text and photos.

Daylio at a glance

Pricing
Free plan, from $4.99 (lowest US App Store in-app purchase; billing period not shown)
Free plan
Yes
Free trial
Free 7-day trial of the Premium features.
Runs on
iOS, Android
Made by
Relaxio s.r.o. and Habitics s.r.o., since 2015
Category
Journaling Apps
Our grade
2.4 GPA, fair
Store rating
4.8 on the App Store, 61,892 ratings

The report card

Best for tracking your mood in two taps

Daylio is a mood diary you fill in with two taps: how you feel and what you did. Over time it charts which activities go with which moods, and entries stay on your phone, not on Daylio's servers. But there's no sync, so a second device means backing up and restoring by hand, there's no computer version, and the price list is unclear.

ToolGPA report cardDaylioGraded Oct 10, 2026
SubjectGradeComment
Value for moneyCThere's no price to judge. Daylio's site publishes no price list, and the US App Store shows Premium at $4.99, $17.99, $23.99, $35.99 and $59.99 without saying which is a month, a year or forever. A one-time purchase exists too, priced in the app.
Free plan and trialCThe free version never expires and covers the core mood and activity diary, but the caps are real and unstated: how many moods, goals, reminders and important days you get. Advanced stats, automatic backups, PDF export and the iOS PIN lock are Premium, after a 7-day trial.
FeaturesCIt does the mood diary fully: two-tap entries, notes, photos and voice memos, charts, mood and activity correlations, Year in Pixels, goals with achievements and CSV export. But that's a smaller job than journaling, and its own FAQ rules out any real-time sync.
Ease of useA4.77 from about 61,900 App Store ratings. An entry is two taps, a mood and what you did, and the moods and activities can be changed to fit your life.
Platforms and integrationsCPhones and tablets only: iPhone, iPad and Android, and Daylio says plainly it isn't building for computers or the web. It backs up to iCloud or Google Drive and reads Apple Health, but there's no real-time sync between devices at all.
Grade point averageFair, out of 4.02.4

An A is worth 4 points, a B 3, a C 2, a D 1 and an F nothing. The GPA is the average of the five.

Who Daylio is for

  • Fits if you'd rather tap a mood than write a paragraph
  • Works for people who want entries kept on the phone, not on Daylio's servers

Who it is not for

  • Skip it if you want to type entries at a computer, as there's no desktop or web version
  • Not for you if you switch between two devices, since that means a manual backup and restore each time
  • Tight if you're staying free on iPhone, where the PIN lock and PDF export are Premium
  • Tight if you're staying free, as moods, goals, reminders and important days are capped by amounts it doesn't state
  • Watch out: the site has no price list, and the App Store shows five Premium prices from $4.99 to $59.99 with no periods

Good to know

Good for

  • People who want to log a mood in a couple of taps instead of writing
  • Seeing which activities go with better or worse moods over time
  • Privacy-minded users who want entries kept on the phone, not a vendor server

Worth knowing

  • No desktop or web version: Daylio says the app is not being developed for computers or the web.
  • There is no real-time sync; using a second device means a manual backup and restore each time you switch.
  • Advanced stats, automatic backups, PDF export and, on iOS, the PIN lock require Premium.
  • Daylio's site publishes no price list; Premium prices appear in the app and on app store listings.

Part 02 · Tips

Insider tips

What most people miss: ways to pay less, settings worth changing and the catches

7

Things most people miss, each from its own help pages

The things about Daylio that are easy to miss until they cost you: ways to pay less, settings worth changing and the catches at renewal or when you leave. Each one is from Daylio’s own pages, linked beside it.

Read on Oct 17, 2026. Read from Daylio's help pages (stats, moods, backups, moving between iPhone and Android, a forgotten PIN, purchases and refunds) on 17 October 2026. Not tried out: these tips are what its own pages say.

  1. 1

    Easy to miss

    Tap an activity in Stats to see what it does to the next day

    Influence on Mood compares days with and without an activity, including the day before and the day after. Something fun on the day can drag the next one down. Watch the confidence label too: Daylio says not to take Low at face value.

    daylio.net
  2. 2

    Setting

    Archive a mood instead of deleting it

    Deleting a custom mood swaps it for the default mood of its group in every past entry. Archiving just hides it from new entries and leaves your history alone. You can also fold one mood into another with Replace.

    daylio.net
  3. 3

    Setting

    Switch on backups before you set a PIN

    Daylio can't reset a forgotten PIN, since only you have access to your data. The way back is fingerprint unlock, or reinstalling and restoring a Google Drive or iCloud backup. With no backup, its help page says support can't help.

    daylio.net
  4. 4

    Leaving

    Moving between iPhone and Android takes a backup file, not the cloud

    Its help says iCloud and Google Drive backups can't cross platforms. Go to More, Backup & Restore, Advanced Options, Export, email yourself the .daylio file and open it in Daylio on the new phone. Update the app on both first.

    daylio.net
  5. 5

    Pay less

    Android says Premium expired? Don't pay again

    Daylio's help says this usually means it's reading the wrong Google account, and Lifetime Premium doesn't expire. Find the account that bought it under Payments & subscriptions in Google Play, then use Restore purchases on the Premium screen.

    daylio.net
  6. 6

    Renewal

    Uninstalling Daylio doesn't cancel a Google Play subscription

    Its help page says so plainly, so cancel it in Google Play under Payments & subscriptions, then Subscriptions. A lifetime purchase works differently: Daylio says it doesn't expire with time.

    daylio.net
  7. 7

    Leaving

    A refund locks the moods and goals past the free limit

    Purchases are between you and Apple or Google, so refunds go through them. Daylio lists what you lose: moods and goals over the free limit get locked, along with extra reminders, automatic backups, PDF export, Premium themes and editing note templates.

    daylio.net

Part 03 · Pricing

What it costs

Every plan, the free plan, ways to pay less and how prices have moved

$4.99

To start. There is a free plan too

Daylio has a free plan. Paid plans start at $4.99 (lowest US App Store in-app purchase; billing period not shown).

A one-time purchase exists too, priced in the app.
From our grade for value for money

  • Free

    $0

    The core mood and activity diary with no time limit, and caps on the number of moods, goals, reminders and important days.

  • Daylio Premium

    $4.99 to $59.99

    billing period not shown on the US App Store listing

    Unlimited moods and goals, advanced stats, automatic backups, PDF export and custom note templates. The US App Store lists $4.99, $17.99, $23.99, $35.99 and $59.99.

The free plan

Free version with no time limit: the core mood and activity diary, with caps on moods, goals, reminders and important days. Advanced stats, automatic backups and PDF export need Premium.

Trying it first

Free 7-day trial of the Premium features.

Read from apps.apple.com on Oct 5, 2026.

Ways to pay less

  • Lifetime license

    One-time purchase instead of a subscription

    Daylio's terms describe a One-Time Purchase that grants access without a time limit, alongside monthly and yearly Premium subscriptions. The price is shown in the app.

    Stated on daylio.net

  • Other savings

    Apple Family Sharing for Premium

    On iOS, a Daylio Premium purchase can be shared with family members through Apple Family Sharing once it is set up in Apple settings.

    Stated on daylio.net

What the app costs elsewhere

Each country’s App Store price for “Daylio Premium”, against $4.99 in the United States, in dollars at the day’s rate. The four cheapest and the four dearest of 11.

CountryPrice thereIn dollarsAgainst the US
Turkey₺99,99$2.0359% less
BrazilR$ 14,90$2.9840% less
United Kingdom£3.99$5.276% more
India₹ 699$7.2345% more
South AfricaR539.99$32.66555% more
Canada$47.90$33.67575% more
Germany35,99 €$40.33708% more
Australia$59.99$41.88739% more

Part 04 · Features

What it does

Its main features, where it runs, what it works with and who makes it

2

Places it runs: iOS and Android

Mood tracker and micro-diary you fill in with a couple of taps. Here is what it does, as its own site describes it, and what it covers: local-first, daily notes, templates, habit tracking, goals, mood tracking.

But that's a smaller job than journaling, and its own FAQ rules out any real-time sync.
From our grade for features
Two-tap entries
A daily entry is a mood plus the activities you did. Notes, writing templates, photos and voice memos can be added, and moods and activities are customizable.
Stats and correlations
Entries feed weekly, monthly and yearly charts, from simple mood lines to correlations between moods and activities. Advanced stats are a Premium feature.
Year in Pixels
A single chart shows the whole year with one dot for each day. It can be exported as a picture and shared with other people.
Goals and reminders
Daily, weekly or monthly goals sit alongside the diary, with achievements for habits. The free version limits the number of goals and reminders.
On-device storage and backups
Entries are stored on the phone and are not sent to Daylio's servers. Backups go to iCloud on iOS or Google Drive on Android; automatic backups need Premium.
Lock and export
The diary can be locked with a PIN, fingerprint or Face ID, and entries export to PDF or CSV. The PIN lock on iOS and PDF export are Premium features.

Where it runs

  • iOS
  • Android

What it works with

  • Apple Health
  • iCloud
  • Google Drive
  • Siri

Who makes Daylio

Daylio is owned by two Slovak companies, Relaxio s.r.o. and Habitics s.r.o., which its terms of use name together as the owner; Relaxio publishes the iPhone app and Habitics the Android app. It earns money from Daylio Premium subscriptions, and the basic app is free.

Based
Bratislava, Slovakiaapps.apple.com
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Read on Oct 18, 2026 from the company’s own pages and from news reports. What is not stated there is left out.

Part 05 · Standing

Where it stands

Its grades against its category, and whether to keep it or make your own

7/35

Other journaling apps it is graded above

Daylio's GPA of 2.4 is higher than 7 of the 35 other journaling apps we grade, and level with 7.

It stands best on ease of use (A, above 19 of 35) and worst on features (C, above 0).

Each grade against the category

Every bar is all 36 journaling apps we grade, cut by the letter each got. Daylio’s own letter is outlined.

  • CValue for moneyAbove 4 of 35
  • CFree plan and trialAbove 2 of 35
  • CFeaturesAbove 0 of 35
  • AEase of useAbove 19 of 35
  • CPlatforms and integrationsAbove 2 of 35

Keep it, or make your own?

Whether this is something you could build for yourself with an AI app builder, and what you would give up.

Your call

A journal at its plainest is dated entries of text and photos.

You could make the core of Daylio for yourself: mood tracking, daily notes, habit tracking, goals and templates. What you would give up is listed below. Whether that is worth the price is your call.

What you could make

  • Mood tracking, daily notes, habit tracking, goals and templates: an app builder makes these well.

What you could not

  • A real app for iOS and Android. Something home-made would be a web page.
  • Sharing with other people, which means accounts and invitations.

What this rests on. Daylio’s listing: what it does, where it runs, what it plugs into and what it costs. It is a judgement about the kind of software this is. We have not built a replacement for it, and making your own means looking after it too. How we decide, and every tool’s verdict.

Part 06 · Alternatives

The alternatives

The tools it is most often weighed against, side by side

DailyBean, Moodflow, Moodistory, How We Feel and Bearable

The 5 tools Daylio is most often weighed against, with where each one differs from it.

Part 07 · Questions

Quick answers

The questions people ask about it, each answered in a line or two

14

Questions, each answered in a line or two

The short version of everything above, for when you only need the answer. Each one is told in full in its part of the guide.

Is Daylio free?

Daylio has a free plan. Free version with no time limit: the core mood and activity diary, with caps on moods, goals, reminders and important days.

How much does Daylio cost?

Daylio lists 2 plans. Free: $0.

What platforms does Daylio work on?

Daylio is available on iOS and Android.

Does Daylio offer any discounts?

Daylio publicly lists the following: One-time purchase instead of a subscription; Apple Family Sharing for Premium.

How is Daylio rated?

Daylio's iPhone and iPad app averages 4.8 out of 5 from 61,892 ratings on the App Store in the United States, as read on Oct 5, 2026.

Does Daylio have a Windows app?

No Windows app was listed when its pages were read on Oct 5, 2026. Daylio is listed for iOS and Android.

Does Daylio have a macOS app?

No macOS app was listed when its pages were read on Oct 5, 2026. Daylio is listed for iOS and Android.

Is Daylio open source?

Daylio is not described as open source on its own site, as read on Oct 5, 2026.

What does Daylio integrate with?

Daylio's listing names Apple Health, iCloud, Google Drive and Siri. A listing names up to eight integrations, so it may connect to more.

Does Daylio have a free trial?

Yes. Free 7-day trial of the Premium features.

Who makes Daylio?

Daylio is made by Relaxio s.r.o. and Habitics s.r.o. It dates from 2015.

What are the alternatives to Daylio?

The closest alternatives to Daylio in our directory are DailyBean, Moodflow, Moodistory, How We Feel and Bearable.

How does Daylio compare with other journaling apps?

Daylio's GPA of 2.4 is higher than 7 of the 35 other journaling apps we grade, and level with 7.

Could I make my own version of Daylio?

A journal at its plainest is dated entries of text and photos. You could make the core of Daylio for yourself: mood tracking, daily notes, habit tracking, goals and templates.

Where this guide comes from

The prices, plans, platforms and features were read from Daylio’s own pages on Oct 5, 2026, and the grades were given on Oct 10, 2026. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from Daylio's own pages on 5 October 2026, and its App Store rating. Also tested with a demo account on 2026-05-27.

Every tool we list gets five grades, A to F, each with its reason, and a GPA that averages them. How each is decided is at toolgpa.com/grades. This guide is ToolGPA’s own work; it is not made, paid for or approved by Relaxio s.r.o. and Habitics s.r.o. Prices change, so check daylio.net before you buy.

Part 08 · About

About ToolGPA

Who made this guide, what else is on the site, and how to cite it

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Tools graded, in 94 categories

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Every grade, review and ranking on ToolGPA is our own judgement. No company can pay for a grade or change one. Every tool on the site has a guide like this one, free to download and pass on. It all lives at toolgpa.com.

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