Mental Health Tracking & Therapy Tools That Actually Work
MoodStead combines mood tracking, CBT thought records, behavioral activation, medication management, breathing exercises, and AI-powered insights into one app — designed with clinicians for real mental health conditions.
Track Your Mental Health Every Day
Build a complete picture of your mental health with daily check-ins, mood logs, sleep data, and medication tracking. MoodStead turns your daily entries into patterns you can act on — all in under 2 minutes a day.
Morning & Evening Check-ins
Start and end your day with structured check-ins. Track mood, energy, sleep quality, stress, appetite, medication adherence, and set daily intentions — all in under 2 minutes.
Morning check-ins capture your mood, energy level, and sleep quality as you start the day. Evening reflections help you review what went well, practice gratitude, and note any triggers or stressors. Over time, these daily snapshots reveal powerful trends in your wellbeing.
- Morning mood & energy scores
- Evening reflection & gratitude
- Activity & self-care tags
- Cognitive clarity tracking
Mood Tracking
Rate your mood on a 1-5 scale, add notes and activity tags, then watch your patterns emerge over time with beautiful trend charts and calendar heatmaps.
Whether you are tracking bipolar mood episodes, depressive lows, or anxiety levels, MoodStead's mood tracking adapts to your needs. Add contextual notes about what triggered a mood shift and tag activities to identify what helps and what hurts.
- 1-5 mood scale with emoji indicators
- Optional notes & activity tags
- Trend charts & calendar heatmap
- Weekly and monthly summaries
Sleep Tracking
Log bedtime, wake time, sleep quality, and awakenings. See your sleep consistency patterns and how sleep quality correlates with your mood and symptoms.
Sleep quality directly impacts mental health. Poor sleep can trigger manic episodes in bipolar disorder, worsen depression, and increase anxiety. MoodStead helps you see these connections clearly.
- Bedtime & wake time logging
- Sleep quality rating
- Awakening tracking
- Sleep consistency charts
- Nap duration tracking
Medication Management
Track daily, weekly, or periodic medications (like monthly injections). Set reminders, log doses, track injection sites, and monitor adherence rates.
For conditions like schizophrenia (monthly depot injections), bipolar disorder (mood stabilizers), or ADHD (stimulant schedules), consistent medication adherence is critical. MoodStead supports daily, weekly, and monthly medication schedules.
- Multiple frequency options (daily, weekly, monthly)
- Injection site tracking
- Dosage history
- Adherence rate calculation
- Next dose countdown
Health Monitoring & Physical Wellness
Track symptoms across five categories, monitor weight changes from psychiatric medications, log side effects for your psychiatrist, and record exercise to see how physical activity impacts your mental health.
Symptom Tracking
FreeTrack psychotic, cognitive, emotional, behavioral, and physical symptoms. Use preset or custom symptoms, rate severity over time, and identify triggers.
Weight Tracking
ProMonitor weight changes — especially important for those on antipsychotics or mood stabilizers that can affect weight. Visual trend charts show progress.
Side Effects Tracking
ProRate physical, metabolic, cognitive, and emotional side effects daily. Share detailed reports with your psychiatrist to optimize your treatment plan.
Exercise Logging
FreeLog breathing exercises, grounding sessions, and physical activity. Track duration and see how exercise impacts your mood and sleep.
Smart Notifications
Personalized reminders for medication, check-ins, breathing exercises, and planned activities. Gentle nudges that keep you on track without being intrusive.
CBT Thought Records & Evidence-Based Therapy
Practice therapeutic exercises between sessions with your therapist. MoodStead's therapy tools are built on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), behavioral activation, and dialectical approaches used by mental health professionals worldwide.
CBT Thought Records
Premium FeatureChallenge negative thinking with structured thought records. Document the situation, automatic thoughts, emotions before & after, and develop rational alternatives.
CBT thought records are one of the most effective therapeutic tools for depression, anxiety, OCD, and PTSD. By writing down the situation, identifying automatic negative thoughts, rating the intensity of your emotions, examining evidence for and against those thoughts, and developing balanced alternatives, you train your brain to respond more rationally to distressing situations. Research shows that regular thought record practice reduces symptoms of depression and anxiety by 40-60% over 12 weeks.
- Situation description
- Automatic thought capture
- Emotion intensity rating (before & after)
- Rational alternative development
- Visual emotion change charts
How It Works
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Describe the Situation
What happened? Where were you? Who was involved?
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Identify Automatic Thoughts
What went through your mind? What were you thinking?
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Rate Your Emotions
How intensely did you feel each emotion? (0-100%)
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Examine the Evidence
What supports this thought? What contradicts it?
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Find a Balanced Thought
What is a more realistic way to see this situation?
Behavioral Activation
PremiumPlan and schedule meaningful activities across 7 categories. Track completion, rate mood before & after, and measure pleasure and mastery — a core treatment for depression.
Behavioral activation is a first-line treatment for depression that works by breaking the cycle of avoidance and withdrawal. Schedule activities across 7 categories — physical, social, creative, self-care, productive, leisure, and routine — then track how each activity impacts your mood.
- 7 activity categories (physical, social, creative, self-care, productive, leisure, routine)
- Recurrence scheduling
- Mood before/after ratings
- Pleasure & mastery scores
- Weekly completion stats
Reality Check Tool
PremiumA guided tool to test whether your thoughts and perceptions match reality. Particularly helpful for managing psychotic symptoms and intrusive thoughts.
Designed specifically for people living with schizophrenia, schizoaffective disorder, and other conditions that involve distorted perceptions. The reality check tool guides you through a structured process to evaluate whether your current thoughts and perceptions align with observable reality, helping you make informed decisions about when to reach out for support.
- Guided reality testing
- Thought examination
- Reality check summaries
Journaling
PremiumWrite freely or use guided templates for structured reflection. Multiple journal templates help you process emotions, set goals, and practice gratitude.
Research consistently shows that expressive writing reduces symptoms of depression and anxiety. Whether you prefer free-form writing or guided templates for gratitude, goal-setting, or emotional processing, MoodStead's journal adapts to your style.
Voice & Sensory Journal
PremiumLog auditory, visual, tactile, or olfactory experiences. Rate intensity, duration, identify triggers, and track which coping strategies work best.
Specifically designed for people who experience auditory hallucinations, intrusive thoughts, or sensory disturbances. Track the type, intensity, duration, and triggers of each experience. Over time, identify which coping strategies are most effective for you.
Breathing Exercises for Anxiety & Panic Relief
Access box breathing (4-4-4-4), diaphragmatic breathing, and the 5-4-3-2-1 grounding technique. Animated guides help you follow along in real-time.
When anxiety spikes or a panic attack begins, your body enters fight-or-flight mode. Controlled breathing activates the parasympathetic nervous system, slowing your heart rate and reducing cortisol levels. MoodStead provides animated visual guides and optional haptic feedback to help you follow along, even when concentration is difficult.
- Box breathing (4-4-4-4 pattern)
- Diaphragmatic breathing guide
- 5-4-3-2-1 grounding technique
- Session history tracking
Box Breathing
4-4-4-4Inhale 4s, hold 4s, exhale 4s, hold 4s. Used by Navy SEALs for stress reduction.
Diaphragmatic Breathing
Deep bellySlow, deep breaths engaging the diaphragm. Activates the vagus nerve for calm.
4-7-8 Breathing
4-7-8Inhale 4s, hold 7s, exhale 8s. Developed by Dr. Andrew Weil for anxiety relief.
5-4-3-2-1 Grounding
SensoryName 5 things you see, 4 you touch, 3 you hear, 2 you smell, 1 you taste.
Crisis Safety Planning & Early Warning Signs
Prepare for difficult moments before they happen. MoodStead's safety tools help you build a crisis plan, track early warning signs of relapse, and access help when you need it most.
Safety Plan
Build your Stanley-Brown safety plan: warning signs, coping strategies, distraction contacts, help contacts, professional contacts, and environment safety steps.
The Stanley-Brown Safety Planning Intervention is an evidence-based approach used in emergency departments and clinics worldwide. Having a safety plan in place before a crisis means you already have a roadmap when clear thinking becomes difficult. Your plan is always accessible in MoodStead, even when offline.
- 6-step Stanley-Brown model
- Personal warning signs
- Coping strategies list
- Emergency contacts
- Professional contacts
- Crisis helpline integration
Warning Signs
PremiumTrack early warning signs across 5 categories: sleep, mood, thinking, behavior, and perception. Recognize relapse indicators before they escalate.
Early intervention is key to preventing relapse. Track warning signs across five categories — sleep disruption, mood changes, disordered thinking, behavioral changes, and perceptual disturbances. MoodStead helps you and your care team catch early warning signs before they escalate into a full crisis.
- 5 warning sign categories
- Active/inactive tracking
- Last checked dates
- Custom warning signs
AI-Powered Insights, Reports & Day Planning
Turn your daily tracking data into actionable insights. MoodStead's AI finds patterns you might miss, generates shareable reports for your care team, and helps you structure each day with intention.
AI-Powered Insights
Premium FeatureSmart analytics that find patterns you might miss. See how medication adherence affects your mood, which activities improve your sleep, and which side effects correlate with dosage changes.
MoodStead's AI analyzes your tracking data to surface connections you might not notice on your own. Does your mood dip two days after missing medication? Does exercise in the morning correlate with better sleep? Are certain side effects more pronounced at higher dosages? These insights give you and your care team data-driven guidance for treatment decisions.
PDF Reports
PremiumGenerate comprehensive health reports to share with your therapist or psychiatrist. Include mood trends, medication adherence, sleep patterns, and symptom data.
Share comprehensive health reports with your therapist, psychiatrist, or GP. Reports include mood trend charts, medication adherence rates, sleep pattern analysis, and symptom frequency data — giving your care team a complete picture between appointments.
Day Planning
PremiumStructure your day with a visual timeline. Schedule activities, set priorities, and build the routine that supports your mental health.
Structure is especially important for conditions like ADHD, bipolar disorder, and depression. The day planner helps you build a routine that supports your mental health — scheduling medication times, therapy exercises, physical activity, and rest in a visual timeline.
Free vs Premium: What You Get
MoodStead is free to use with powerful core features. Upgrade to Premium to unlock the full therapy and analytics toolkit.
| Feature | Free | Premium |
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| Daily Check-ins | ||
| Mood Tracking | ||
| Sleep Tracking | ||
| Medication Management | ||
| Symptom Tracking | ||
| Exercise Logging | ||
| Breathing & Grounding | ||
| Safety Plan | ||
| Smart Notifications | ||
| Cloud Sync | ||
| CBT Thought Records | — | |
| Behavioral Activation | — | |
| Reality Check | — | |
| Voice & Sensory Journal | — | |
| Journaling | — | |
| Warning Signs | — | |
| Day Planning | — | |
| PDF Reports | — | |
| AI-Powered Insights | — | |
| Weight Tracking | — | |
| Side Effects Tracking | — | |
| Priority Support | — |
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