# Essgefühl: Emotional Eating — Cravings, triggers, patterns

> Cravings, triggers, patterns (iPhone/iPad app by Anton Romanyuk.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/essgefuhl-emotional-eating/id6802021891 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [Anton Romanyuk](https://appshunter.io/developer/1890559223)
- Category: Health & Fitness, Lifestyle
- Price: Free with in-app purchases
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 16.0 · 86 MB
- Languages: American English
- Released: 2026-09-26
- Data updated: 2026-10-31

## What is Essgefühl?

Essgefühl helps you understand emotional eating — without diets, restrictions, or calorie counting.

Every moment clears a little fog from your personal map. Sleep Mountains, Stress Gorge, Routine Plains, Social Coast, and Mood Forest reveal connections without judging them. Bo, your small expedition companion, stays beside you along the way.

WHAT MAKES ESSGEFÜHL DIFFERENT

• No calorie counting — awareness over control
• No guilt — every moment is judgment-free
• No diet program — you learn to understand yourself
• Private by design — your moments stay on your device

HOW IT WORKS

Before eating: Today asks “What is this hunger about?” A small ink mark records what your body said.

After eating: Reflect on how eating affected your mood.

In the moment: When an urge appears, choose from 32 evidence-based coping strategies, including breathing, movement, and connection prompts.

THE INNER EXPEDITION

• An illustrated map, a whole-land view and a quiet night by the fire
• The Atlas shows landmarks with drawings and findings; from there you can fly to them on the map
• Altitude stages celebrate consistency, never restriction
• Gentle natural ambience and light haptic feedback in Explore
• iOS widget for your moments and charted progress

THREE PLACES, A SEAL, AND MORE

• Today: the hunger question, your ink mark and Bo beside you
• Patterns: your week in words and the Atlas with drawings and findings
• Logbook: your history with one mark per moment, day by day
• More: Explore, with your illustrated map, the camp and Bo, plus Findings, the journal, the reading, gratitude and every setting

The wax seal at the centre of the strip opens a new moment — one tap away, from any screen. The strip stays with you wherever you are reading.

Essgefühl does not grade what you eat: no points, no daily score, no streak that punishes you. It describes what you recorded — “Relaxed appeared in 4 of 9 moments” — and says plainly that this is not a diagnosis or a cause. Findings state their counts and time period; they give no scores.

A GUIDED JOURNEY (ONE-TIME PURCHASE)

"A pause in Stress Gorge": seven short stages about noticing what you need, with reflections that stay on your device. The first stage is free; the rest unlock once, with no subscription. A separate reading pack ("Growth") goes deeper and is likewise a one-time purchase.

MORE FEATURES

• 32 Coping Strategies: Step-by-step guides for different emotions
• Daily Journal: Reflect with guided writing prompts
• Psychoeducation: 18 science-based articles — 14 free; four belong to the two one-time purchases
• Weekly View and Monthly Reports: Notice changes over time
• Gentle Reminders: morning and evening nudges, a weekly recap, and occasional quiet prompts — all local, all optional
• Daily Provisions: a research-grounded thought for each day, as a card on Today and in the optional morning reminder — shown there when you turn off discreet notifications (on by default)
• Dark Mode: Easy on the eyes at any time of day

PRIVACY

Your moments, notes, and findings stay locally on your device. No advertising analytics, cloud accounts, or sale of personal data. You stay in control, including export and complete deletion.

Essgefühl draws on research into emotional eating, intuitive eating, mindfulness, and self-compassion. It is not a medical device and does not replace professional advice or treatment.

## Pricing and in-app purchases

Base price: Free.

**One-time purchases**

| Purchase | Price | Type |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Stress Gorge | $3.99 | one-time |
| All Expeditions | $6.99 | one-time |
| Mood Forest | $3.99 | one-time |


## Is Essgefühl safe?

Not enough ratings yet to assess Essgefühl.

## Is Essgefühl legit?

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


## Version history (last 4 releases)

### 1.0.3 — 2026-10-11

Today opens like a small field journal, with your camp or explored map, an invitation to pause, and your moments. On iPad, the content sits side by side when there is enough room. Progress toward your first finding now states its 14-day window. The check-in seal can again be activated with VoiceOver, alongside improvements to text flow and appearance.

### 1.0.2 — 2026-10-06

A calmer, clearer Essgefühl.
• Today asks one question: what is this hunger about? A small ink mark records what your body said before eating.
• Findings describe what your moments show, in plain sentences with their counts. No scores.
• The Atlas shows each landmark's drawing and finding; tap it to fly there on the hand-drawn map.
• A new illustrated map, a whole-land view and a quieter night by the fire.
• Bo keeps you company on Today.
• Calmer wording throughout: every entry is now simply a moment.

### 1.0.1 — 2026-09-28

1.0.1 brings a new look to every screen: serif headings, earth-ink colors, pages that read like paper — and in dark mode, that paper sits under a lamp. Logbook and the reading under More carry the same look now. Sealing a check-in ends with a wax seal: it presses into the page, lands with a tap and the stamp sound (it follows your silent switch), and the fog over that region lifts. Today, More and Patterns are restyled too: a trend line in ink, your emotions ranked, and milestones as seal impressions. Today now carries a short line of today's provisions. In your first week, a check-in may be followed once by an offer of an evening reminder — no is a fine answer. Breathing respects Reduce Motion. Settings → About Essgefühl now lists the font licenses. Still: no calories, no points, no daily grade. Everything stays on your device.

### 1.0 — 2026-09-26

No release notes.

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