Convert your conversations with Bud, our AI, into a first-person journal entry that tracks your mental health over time.
1,000+ journals written by our users
The problem
It's not a willpower problem. The format is broken.
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"What do I even write?" — you close the app before typing a single word.
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After a full day, writing for 20 minutes feels like homework. So you skip it.
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Miss one day. Feel guilty. Decide it's not for you. Repeat next January.
Mindleaf removes every excuse.
Chat for a minute. Your journal writes itself.
Why AI journaling
At its core, a journal entry is nothing more than the thoughts and events you'd tell a close friend. The problem has never been what to say — it's been sitting down to write it.
Find time. Stare at the screen. Pick the right words. Format it. Give up. Try again next week — until you stop trying at all.
Talk to Bud like you'd text a friend. The AI reads your entire conversation and writes a real, first-person journal entry — automatically.
The Mindleaf philosophy
Journaling shouldn't feel
like homework.
Your journaling companion
Bud isn't a therapist or a life coach. Bud is a warm, honest, texting-style friend who helps you think things through — no judgment, no pressure, no blank page.
Just start talking. Bud remembers past entries, notices patterns in how you're feeling, and adapts to match your energy. When you're done — tap Generate and watch your conversation become a beautiful journal entry written in your own voice.
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How It Works
Chat with Bud, answer prompts, free write, practice gratitude, log your dreams, or do a day dump — choose what fits your mood.
One tap turns your conversation, prompts, or free write into a beautiful first-person journal entry — in your voice.
Mood tracking, streak, and a Life Summary grow with every entry — helping you understand yourself over time.
6 Ways to Journal
Whether you're a talker, a writer, or somewhere in between — there's a mode built for you.
Talk freely about your day. Bud asks thoughtful questions, remembers past entries, and helps you actually think things through.
Not sure where to start? Get curated reflection questions that guide your thinking on what matters most.
A blank canvas. Just you and your thoughts — no interruptions, no questions, no format.
Guided prompts that shift your focus to what's going right — even on the hardest days.
Capture what you dreamt before the details fade. Revisit patterns, symbols, and stories from your sleep.
Drop notes and moments as your day unfolds, then come back later to reflect and turn it all into an entry.
Every mode ends the same way.
Tap Generate and get a beautiful first-person journal entry — written in your own voice, as if you wrote it yourself.
Themes
Choose a visual atmosphere that matches when and how you reflect, from soft daylight to a quiet night mode.
A warm, familiar home for daily reflection.
A softer space when reflection wants gentleness.
A calm dark mode for evening journaling.
Reflection Spaces
Mindleaf now includes focused spaces for text reflection, voice reflection, and conversations with historically grounded figures, with saved session memories that can inform Bud and your insights.
A private space to slow down, name what you feel, and explore one topic with care.
Speak through what you are carrying and stay with one topic in a calmer, guided way.
Reflect with AI-guided interpretations of influential people from history, grounded in their work and world.
Features
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Chat with AI and tap Generate to get a first-person journal entry written in your own voice. No blank page, no pressure — just start talking.
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AI reads your entries and surfaces specific things you can do to improve your wellbeing. Small, doable, and personalized to your life.
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Every entry is analyzed so your mood is tracked automatically over time. No tapping, no logging — it happens in the background.
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An AI-generated portrait of your life, built from everything you've written. A mirror that helps you understand yourself better.
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Nudged around your usual bedtime if you haven't journaled yet that day. Not annoying — just the right reminder at the right time.
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Earn Leaves as you journal and reach milestones. Spend them on stickers, music, and extras that make your journal feel like yours.
Track your mental health
Every entry you write teaches Mindleaf more about you. Over time, patterns emerge — moods, triggers, growth — turning your words into real self-understanding.
No tapping sliders or selecting emoji. Every journal entry is analyzed so your mood is logged automatically — in the background, every single day.
Weekly and monthly mood graphs show you how you've really been feeling — not how you think you have. Spot the triggers. Celebrate the good stretches.
Based on what you write, Mindleaf suggests small, specific things you can actually do — not generic advice, but steps tailored to your life right now.
An AI-generated portrait of your inner life, built entirely from what you've written. Who you are, what you value, how you've grown — all in one place. A mirror that knows you.
Generate a real mental health report from your entries — a structured document that gives your therapist actual context before you even open your mouth. Journaling as pre-therapy prep.
Why it matters
There are apps for every part of your health. Until now, none for the one that affects all the others.
Until now.
See what actually affects your mood
Is it sleep? Work stress? Social time? Tracking reveals the real patterns — not just your gut feeling.
Catch bad stretches before they spiral
A week of entries tells you something is off before you even consciously notice it. Early awareness changes everything.
Build self-awareness that compounds
The more you track, the better you understand yourself. 30 days of entries gives you a level of insight years of guessing never would.
Work through your issues with Actions
Mindleaf reads your entries and surfaces small, specific things you can do to feel better — no vague advice, just real next steps tailored to your life.
Not a replacement for therapy — the missing piece between sessions.
Tests
Research-backed personality and relationship assessments — built into the app, connected to your journal.
Reveals how you think, make decisions, and engage with the world across 16 personality types.
Uncovers the core motivations, fears, and desires that shape your personality across 9 types.
Reveals how you seek closeness and bond with others — secure, anxious, avoidant, or disorganized.
Discover how you most naturally give and receive love — words, acts, gifts, time, or touch.
The gold standard of personality science — measures Openness, Conscientiousness, Extraversion, Agreeableness, and Neuroticism.
More tests coming
We're adding more research-backed assessments — all connected to your journal and insights.
Results are saved in the app and used to personalize your journaling prompts and insights.
Reviews
"I've tried journaling for years but never stuck with it. With Bud, I just start talking and it handles the rest. I've journaled every single day for 3 months now."
Maria C.
90-day streak
"I never thought I'd actually stick to journaling. Bud makes it feel like texting a friend — I don't even realise I'm journaling until the entry is already written."
James K.
Using Mindleaf for 4 months
"I brought my Mindleaf Report to my therapist and she said it was the most useful summary she'd ever received from a patient. Game changer."
Priya L.
Using Mindleaf for 6 months
Privacy & Security
Your entries are protected with industry-standard security. We're transparent about how your data powers your AI experience — and you're always in control.
How we handle your data
"Today I felt grateful for the small things — a quiet morning, a good conversation..."
Your private journal entry
TLS + AES-256
in transit + at rest
"Gratitude turns what we have into enough." — Aesop
Quote of the Day, picked just for you
Personalized insights, just for you
Encrypted in Transit & at Rest
Your data is protected with TLS encryption while traveling between your phone and our servers, and AES-256 encryption while stored — the industry standard for security.
Powers Your AI Experience
Your entries are processed to power your personalized AI features — Quote of the Day, insights, and conversations with Bud. Your data is never used to train AI models or sold to advertisers.
You're in Control
Delete your account anytime and your entries are permanently removed. We never sell your data, and you can review our full Privacy Policy for everything we do — and don't do — with your information.
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