Moodie: Change your Mood - Interview with the developer of a fantastic app

Did you have any prior development or coding experience?

Yes.

What was the most challenging aspect of developing mobile app?

Getting a better flow, UX/UI flow for users. Creating something that helps users and doers it with an evidence-based process. We needed validation and were approached with a partnership by the Mood Disorders Society of Canada.

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Moodie was created by a small group of people who care about others' well-being. We built a product and released it for free so that people all over the world can access our services.

Name a few of your favorite apps and reason you love them.

Daylio for its minimal and clean flow. It's effective in getting in getting people into the app to track themselves.

How long have you been working on this app?

4 years.

What need of the user did you have in mind when developing this app?

Our process of creating a habit combined with a full-tracking diary of daily events, moods, and actions and visually displaying the correlation in a visually with confirmation of what makes them feel better.

In what way do you think your app is better than similar apps on the market? Please describe in detail what innovation you think you bring and what you are proud of in your app.

We separate ourselves from other apps on the market in the following ways:
▪ Our process of creating a habit combined with a full tracking diary of daily events, moods, and actions and visually displaying the correlation in a chart that provides the user a visual confirmation of what is making them feel better.
▪ The Mental Health Professional Platform is a visualization, data collection, and reporting tool all in one, which is what will make the largest impact on the mental health process in our country.
▪ We have a User Platform that is similar to the Mental Health Professional Platform, but will contain peer support functionality, goals setting, and a few other options to help people be more engaged and feel supported.
▪ We will be able to summarize a patient's physical and mental health through our proprietary software.
▪ Using AI we are able to provide medical alerts to prevent harm and provide a unique user experience.
▪ Display the historical actions of the patient leading up to each appointment.
▪ Prevent a decline in users health.

What are your future plans and expected features of the coming new versions of this app?

We have some very leading-edge AI that will be introduced over the next 3 to 4 months to help engage users in a unique way.

Assuming new users of your app are reading this page. What do you want to ask them to do (contact you about X, Share the app, etc.)?

Share the app and send us feedback by completing the survey under the + button > Settings > Feedback.