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Insights with research citations (Pro)

  • 2-week mood trend, best/hardest day, sleep patterns, medication impact
  • Prodrome warning when low sleep meets rising elevation
  • Each card cites the paper it rests on — tap to open the source
MoodSync screenshot: Insights with research citations (Pro)

Most mood apps tell you what your data means. Few show their work. MoodSync's Insights tab does both.

The cards

In the Stats → Insights tab (Pro), MoodSync surfaces a small set of pattern cards from your own data:

  • 2-week trend — is your mood moving up or down across the last fortnight?
  • Best day / hardest day — which weekday averages best and worst for you
  • Sleep patterns — your weekday vs weekend hours, side by side
  • Medication impact — average mood on days you logged meds taken vs days you didn't
  • Prodrome warning — flags when low sleep starts coinciding with rising elevation

What's behind each card

Each card carries a research citation you can tap to open the paper on PubMed. The cards lean on:

  • Harvey 2008 — sleep–circadian coupling in bipolar disorder2008 for the sleep-pattern card
  • Colom et al. 2003 — group psychoeducation and bipolar prophylaxis2003 for the medication-impact card
  • Wehr et al. 1987 — sleep reduction as a final common pathway to mania1987 for the prodrome warning

Weekly reviews

Since version 2.0, MoodSync also writes you a short weekly review: a plain-language narrative of your last seven days — how your mood moved, how sleep tracked alongside it, what stood out. It is built on your device from a fixed set of rules, the same kind of logic behind the insight cards. No AI, no network call; your entries never leave your phone to produce it.

The citation approach carries over too. When a review points at a pattern — say, a run of short nights ahead of a rough stretch — it rests on the same published research the cards cite, not a black box.

See also

Sources

  1. Harvey AG (2008). Sleep and circadian rhythms in bipolar disorder: seeking synchrony, harmony, and regulation, American Journal of Psychiatry. link
  2. Colom F, Vieta E, Martinez-Aran A, et al. (2003). A randomized trial on the efficacy of group psychoeducation in the prophylaxis of recurrences in bipolar patients whose disease is in remission, Archives of General Psychiatry. link
  3. Wehr TA, Sack DA, Rosenthal NE (1987). Sleep reduction as a final common pathway in the genesis of mania, American Journal of Psychiatry. link