Moodcell

Moodcell gives your iPhone a mood about its battery, and a face to show it. Plug it in and it perks up. Unplug it at 8% and it gets anxious. Change your mind five times in an hour and it gets dizzy, says so once, and then goes quiet — because an escalation should end, not get louder. A FACE, NOT A PERCENTAGE Twelve moods, each with its own face AND its own name, so the drawing and the label never tell you two different things. It blinks, it breathes, and its eyes follow your finger around the screen. IT TALKS, AND IT ANSWERS Ask how it feels, how its night went, why it is quiet, or what its level is — by tapping, by typing a question, or by asking Siri. Each of those answers is built from what iOS actually reported, and when the battery cannot be read it says so rather than inventing a number. POKE IT Tap the battery and it reacts — pleased, then delighted if you keep fussing. Push past…