Your private
mood journal

No. Your entries are stored on your device, not on a BrightLog server, and we never see what you write. Your words leave your device only for a feature you choose to use — an AI insight or a therapy preparation (only the words of your entries, sent to Google’s Gemini, never your photos, voice notes, documents or files), a backup to your own iCloud or Google Drive, or dictation, which Apple’s or Google’s speech recognition may turn into text online.

Yes. BrightLog is free on the App Store and Google Play, with no in-app purchases, no subscription and no paid tier. Every feature described on this page is included.

Yes. Your diary, mood check-in, the Gratitude Pot, goals and Your week, daily nudges, thought records, the meditation timer and the Feelings Wheel all work with no connection at all. Only the optional AI features — insights and therapy preparation — and cloud backup need the internet and a sign-in; finding professionals nearby needs the internet but no account.

Not to write. Install BrightLog and start journaling right away. A sign-in is only needed for the optional AI features — insights and therapy preparation — and for backup to your own iCloud or Google Drive. Many people never sign in — then everything stays on the device and the AI is never involved.

Short, kind reminders to look after yourself through the day — a glass of water, a stretch, a minute of daylight, a kind word. Five a day to start with, spread across your waking hours; you choose how many (up to twelve), when, and which of the twenty kinds. Tap Done and it counts as a moment of care; Later brings it back in half an hour; Not today keeps that kind quiet. After a bad day only the gentlest kinds come. Every line is written by hand, never generated, in all 20 languages — and you can mute today or pause for a week at any time.

Yes. Start from ten Goal ideas — better sleep, small actions that lift mood, reshaping thoughts, stepping toward what scares you, staying in touch, taking your medication and more — or build your own with a when-then plan and an if-then plan for the days something gets in the way. Each task has its own rhythm, including any three days a week you like, and a check-in takes one tap. Rate how a task felt and BrightLog shows what lifts you; This week and Your week show a ring per goal, twelve weeks side by side and next week’s plan — keep, adjust or pause. Take a break whenever you need one: nothing counts as missed.

BrightLog gives you a three-level feelings wheel — 7 core emotions, 41 shades, 82 precise words — so you can move from “bad” to the word that actually fits: powerless, anxious, overwhelmed, hopeful. A gentle wizard walks you there if you’re not sure.

Yes. Back up to iCloud on iPhone and iPad or to Google Drive on Android with a single tap; once you’re signed in, a monthly automatic backup runs the first time you open the app each month, and if one can’t run, BrightLog tries again and tells you plainly what to do. Restore your entries, photos, goals, gratitude, streak and badges on a new iPhone or iPad from iCloud, or on a new Android device from Google Drive; insights are written fresh.

Only anonymous usage statistics — for example how often a screen is opened — so we can see what to improve. Never the content of your entries, your photos or your voice notes, and you can switch it off in Settings. You can read exactly what is collected in the privacy policy.

Yes. BrightLog builds a six-part summary over any period of up to 60 days — your mood and emotion trend, what kept coming up, triggers, thought patterns, what shifted and points to discuss — as a PDF or copied text, written only when you ask and clearly labeled as AI-suggested patterns, not a diagnosis. Still looking for someone? The Experts tab lists psychologists, psychotherapists and counselors near you, nearest first.

Yes, at any time, from inside the app — your entries, your media, your backups and your BrightLog sign-in. Nothing is kept behind, and the app returns to first setup. The delete-my-data page walks through every step.