# Ebbwatch: Life Observer — Private journal, on-device AI

> Private journal, on-device AI (iPhone/iPad app by 欢 刘.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/ebbwatch-life-observer/id6789786873 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [欢 刘](https://appshunter.io/developer/1892614343)
- Category: Lifestyle, Productivity
- Price: Free with in-app purchases
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 18.0 · 106 MB
- Languages: American English, Chinese (Simplified, China)
- Released: 2026-08-10
- Data updated: 2026-10-28

## What is Ebbwatch?

Ebbwatch is a quiet instrument for your life. It records your days, learns your routines, notices when you drift from them, and projects what is likely to follow.

Everything happens on your device. No account, no ads, no tracking.

The name is what it does: it watches your days ebb and return. Its Chinese name, 观复, is from the Tao Te Ching: all things rise together, and I watch them return.

Observe
The home screen is a single ink ring. When something departs from your usual pattern, a red mark appears on it, with a plain explanation.
• Divergences: you log something less or more often than usual, a value runs high or low, an activity moves earlier or later, or something you used to log goes quiet
• Your own past is the baseline, never anyone else's

Projections
• Trend: where a tracker is heading over the coming weeks, with a likely range
• Goal odds: the chance you reach a goal at your current pace
• Habit continuation: the chance a habit carries on next week
Projections are statistical estimates from your own entries, not advice.

Log
• Chat to log: write "ran 5 km this morning". The on-device AI drafts the entry and saves when you confirm
• Ask about your own data: "How did I sleep last month?"
• Photos, videos, Live Photos and voice notes
• Trackers for anything, grouped into life areas such as Health, Work and Mood

Automations
• Time: daily, weekdays, weekends or chosen days
• Place: when you arrive at or leave a place you set up
• Motion: when you start or stop walking, running, cycling, driving or a workout
• Calendar: when an event starts or ends
• Charging: when you plug in or unplug while Ebbwatch is running

Data sources
Apple Health steps (read-only), calendar, reminders, motion, visits and Journaling Suggestions. Each is optional.

Memory
Facts, preferences and habits learned from your entries. View, edit or delete any of them.

Review
• Timeline of every entry and its source
• Stats with charts and breakdowns by area
• Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets: life-area map, activity heatmap
• Siri and Shortcuts: "Log with Ebbwatch"

Encouragement in two languages
Write your own lines in English and Chinese, delivered as notifications and in a widget that switches language with one tap.

Privacy
• On device by default. No account, no analytics, no developer servers
• The AI model is downloaded once from Apple, then runs offline
• Optional iCloud sync, off by default, between your own iPhone and iPad. Data goes only to your private iCloud database, which we cannot access
• Apple Health data is never stored in iCloud. While sync is on, Health import pauses and imported Health entries stay on this device
• App lock with Face ID or Touch ID
• Full backup and restore, plus CSV and JSON export

Requirements
AI features need a one-time download (about 3.4 GB; the optional enhanced model is about 5 GB) and a device with 6 GB of memory or more, such as iPhone 13 Pro, iPhone 14 or later. Without the model, Ebbwatch still logs, runs automations, detects divergences and makes projections, with built-in text in place of AI narration.

Ebbwatch Pro
Try every Pro feature free for 30 days, with no subscription and no automatic charge. Free: logging, timeline, stats, divergences, automations, widgets, backup and 10 AI messages a day. Pro adds unlimited AI chat, projections and AI observations, memory, iCloud sync, photo AI, AI life story and all themes. Then choose monthly, yearly or a one-time lifetime purchase. Subscriptions renew automatically unless turned off at least 24 hours before the period ends; manage them in your Apple Account settings. Users of earlier versions keep Pro for life.
Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
Privacy Policy: https://rednotenews-rgb.github.io/SmartAlarm-Privacy/privacy_policy_guaji.html#en

Ebbwatch is not a medical device and does not give medical advice.

Ebbwatch keeps no score and no rankings. It observes, and tells you what is likely to follow.

## Pricing and in-app purchases

Base price: Free.

**Subscriptions**

| Subscription | Price | Period |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Ebbwatch Pro Yearly | $19.99 | per year |
| Ebbwatch Pro Monthly | $2.99 | per month |

**One-time purchases**

| Purchase | Price | Type |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Ebbwatch Pro Lifetime | $49.99 | one-time |
| 30-day Trial | Free | one-time |


## Is Ebbwatch safe?

Not enough ratings yet to assess Ebbwatch.

## Is Ebbwatch legit?

Ebbwatch: Life Observer appears legitimate, with a few gaps. The AppsHunter Legitimacy Score for Ebbwatch is 65 out of 100 points across 7 verification signals from App Store and developer data.


## Version history (last 4 releases)

### 1.3 — 2026-10-26

Ebbwatch now speaks English.

This version renames 挂机人生 to Ebbwatch and redesigns the app around observation instead of games.

New
• English interface. The on-device AI reads and replies in English or Chinese, following what you write
• Observe: a home ring that marks divergences from your own baseline
• Projections: trends, goal odds and habit continuation, narrated by on-device AI
• Memory: facts, preferences and habits learned from your entries. View, edit or delete any of them
• iCloud sync, optional and off by default, between your own iPhone and iPad. Data goes only to your private iCloud. Apple Health data is never synced
• A new backup format: photos, videos, voice notes and memory are included, and you can restore by merging or replacing
• Ebbwatch Pro, an optional subscription or lifetime purchase. New users can try every Pro feature free for 30 days, with no subscription and no automatic charge. Everyone who installed an earlier version keeps every Pro feature for life

Removed
• Levels, XP, streaks, achievements, the mascot and game-style skins

Kept
• Manual, chat and automatic logging, places, and imports from Apple Health, Calendar and Reminders
• Timeline, stats, goals, attachments, widgets and CSV/JSON export
• All your existing entries, unchanged. Nothing to do after updating

All data and AI stay on your device unless you turn on iCloud sync.

### 1.2 — 2026-09-02

支持英文鼓励文字和优化智能记录

### 1.1 — 2026-08-20

fix bug

### 1.0 — 2026-08-11

No release notes.

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