Year in Review vs Daylio
Daylio is a micro-diary: pick a mood, tap your activities, and see the year as “Year in Pixels”. Year in Review starts from the other end. You decide what to track — a habit, a number, a mood slider — and each tracker gets its own year heatmap.
| Feature | Year in Review | Daylio |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free to use | Free, with a paid Premium upgrade |
| Built around | Any tracker you define | Your daily mood and activities |
| Year view | A heatmap for every tracker | Year in Pixels |
| Web app | Yes, in any browser | Not in its listing |
| Backup and sync | Sign in to sync phone and web | Backups to Google Drive or iCloud |
| Export | JSON | PDF and CSV |
| Ask Claude or ChatGPT (MCP) | Yes | Not in its listing |
| Languages | English, Spanish, Portuguese | 47 languages |
Choose Year in Review if…
- You track several separate things and want each one’s year at a glance.
- You log amounts: pages, minutes, glasses of water.
- You want to check in from a browser, or ask an AI about your year.
Choose Daylio if…
- Mood journaling is the main thing you want.
- You want printable PDF or CSV exports.
- You need one of its 47 languages.
What’s actually different
One heatmap per tracker
Daylio’s Year in Pixels shows your mood. In Year in Review, reading, workouts, sleep and anything else you track each get their own year view.
Mood can be one tracker among many
Add a mood slider or mood tags in Year in Review and it sits next to your other trackers, each with its own history and streaks.
Phone, web and AI
Check in from the iPhone or Android app or from a browser, or connect Claude or ChatGPT and ask how your month went.
Questions
Is Year in Review a good Daylio alternative?
Yes, if you want to track more than mood. If a daily mood diary is all you need, Daylio is built for exactly that.
Does Year in Review have a Year in Pixels view?
Yes, in spirit: every tracker has a year view where each day is one square, so you can see your whole year at once.
Can I import my Daylio data?
Not directly — there is no Daylio importer yet. You can set up a mood tracker in a minute and backfill past days from the calendar.
Try Year in Review free
No account needed to start tracking. Your data stays yours.
