How We Feel

How We Feel

An emotional wellbeing journal

30K ratings
1559 reviews
#109 in free Health & Fitness
📚 Education
💪 Health & Fitness
Free

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Released
April 18, 2022
Updated
October 21, 2026

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This app helps users understand and manage their emotions with science-based strategies. It tracks sleep, exercise, and health trends to identify patterns and offers guided exercises for stress, anxiety, and relationship building. Share your feelings with trusted friends to strengthen connections.

✓Emotion identification and tracking
✓Sleep, exercise, and health trend monitoring
✓Science-based emotional regulation strategies
✓Guided video exercises (mindfulness, movement, cognitive)
✓Real-time emotion sharing with trusted friends
✓Pattern identification for emotional wellbeing
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What's New in How We Feel

1.17.16

October 21, 2026

Some bug fixes, a social campaign.

Charts

Top Free

📈 109+25

Health & Fitness

This app rose +25 positions in Health & Fitness chart.

Last updated on October 28, 2026.

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User reviews

Such a great app when you are trying to help identify/recognize/label feelings/experiences

Love love love…my only disappointment is I wish it would share to Apple Health or make the data accessible in an automated way so I can build or use it in addition to other things I work with…keep up the great work!

Amazing app but it’s broken after the last iPhone update.

Unable to check in. Or check my history. This is such an amazing app I hope it can be fixed

Still NO iPad app

It’s wild there’s STILL no iPad app. I do most of my journaling on iPad. Really wish there was an actual full screen iPad app, with pencil support to have the option of actual hand writing.

Visually, the black background feels heavy. It’d be great to swap it for a blurred color, a gradient, or even a blurred photo. Random writing prompts would also help spark ideas on days when it’s hard to start.

I’d love the option to upload more media like 5–10 photos and up to a minute of video per entry. Integration with Apple Music and Spotify would also be huge, letting us tag what we’re listening to (songs, genres, or podcasts).

Finally, an emotion check-in slider would be amazing customizable with 3–5 choices, colors, and emojis. It’s way easier to capture how I feel with a slider than by selecting preset words. Would be specially most fun and useful to use this for checking on from my watch or phone/iPad widget, specially if I don't have time or the energy to journal.
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No ads! Simply Amazing!

I’m so, so grateful for the developers and contributors for this app! It has helped me so much and I’m appreciative of the simple design and lack of ads or begging for money. This truly encapsulates what I believe technology was made for. Thank you!

The Best App!

I never write reviews but this app I had to. This app is actually fully free - no hidden fees, no hidden things you can’t unlock until you pay - it’s FREE. The app itself has tools that have genuinely helped my anxiety and overall wellbeing. It’s easy to use - sometimes I do the bare minimum when tracking and sometimes I dive into all the little things it has to offer - both help me tremendously. My only thing is that, I am a teacher and I wish there was a desktop version that my students could use!
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Reported Bugs

4 issues

App crashes when accessing the 'Tools' section

Bug

Exercise and sleep data incorrectly applied to past entries

Bug

Editing past entries leads to a blank screen

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Inconsistent behavior when adding friends

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Requested Features

6 requests

Add ability to log multiple emotions at once

Feature

Implement a body map to identify physical sensations

Feature

Allow users to customize emotion categories

Feature

Provide an option to export data or sync across devices

Feature

Add a widget for quick mood check-ins

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Integrate with health/fitness tracking apps

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FAQ

What does How We Feel do?

How We Feel is a free app designed to help users understand and manage their emotions. It provides tools to identify how you feel, track health trends like sleep and exercise, and offers science-based strategies for emotional regulation. The app aims to help users navigate emotions, reduce stress and anxiety, and improve relationships.

What are the key features of How We Feel?

Key features include emotion identification and tracking, monitoring of sleep, exercise, and health trends via HealthKit to spot patterns, and access to step-by-step video strategies for cognitive, movement, mindfulness, and social approaches. It also allows users to share their feelings in real-time with trusted friends.

Is How We Feel free to use?

Yes, How We Feel is a free app. It is a science-based nonprofit made possible by donations. There are no in-app purchases or advertisements.

What kind of strategies does the app offer?

The app offers various guided video strategies, each taking about a minute to complete. These include 'Change Your Thinking' for cognitive strategies, 'Move Your Body' for emotional release through movement, 'Be Mindful' for gaining perspective, and 'Reach Out' for building intimacy and trust through social strategies.

How does the app handle user data privacy?

The app's data privacy terms are clear and easy to understand. All your data is kept on your device unless you explicitly opt-in to send an anonymized version of your check-ins for research purposes. This research helps to advance mental wellbeing for a wider audience.