MoodSyncMoodSync for sleep and mood tracking
Sleep apps and mood apps rarely talk to each other — so the connection between a bad night and a hard day stays invisible.
Why MoodSync for people tracking sleep alongside mood
A short night and a hard day are not always the same day. Sometimes the bad night comes three days before the bad day. A sleep tracker by itself cannot show you that. A mood tracker by itself cannot either. MoodSync puts both on the same chart.
Why sleep belongs in a mood tracker
In bipolar disorder, changes in sleep often appear days before a mood episode2008. A 2015 meta-analysis found significant sleep-wake disturbance even between episodes2015. Plante and Winkelman argue that targeting sleep is a therapeutic lever, not a side note2008.
If you only track mood, you can find the day you felt off. If you track sleep too, you can sometimes find the night that caused it.
What MoodSync logs
- Hours of sleep per night, typed in by you
- A 1–5 mood for the same day (with optional 0–3 clinical scales)
- A daily "meds taken" yes/no, plus notes for context
The three sit on the same view. Smartphone monitoring like this has been studied in randomized trials in bipolar disorder2015 — and the apps people stick with are the ones that take seconds to use.
Adjacent topics
Sources
- Harvey AG (2008). Sleep and circadian rhythms in bipolar disorder: seeking synchrony, harmony, and regulation, American Journal of Psychiatry. link
- Ng TH, Chung KF, Ho FY, Yeung WF, Yung KP, Lam TH (2015). Sleep-wake disturbance in interepisode bipolar disorder and high-risk individuals: a systematic review and meta-analysis, Sleep Medicine Reviews. link
- Plante DT, Winkelman JW (2008). Sleep disturbance in bipolar disorder: therapeutic implications, American Journal of Psychiatry. link
- Faurholt-Jepsen M, Frost M, Vinberg M, et al. (2015). Smartphone-based self-monitoring in bipolar disorder: an RCT, JAMA Psychiatry. link