A journal that remembers what helps you
Write a line when something happens. Talk the day through in the evening. Auserene, your AI journal, keeps what matters, and the next time a hard day comes around, it knows what helped the last one.
How it works
One day with Auserene
A few seconds during the day, a few minutes in the evening.
01During the day
Write a line as things happen
A thought, a mood, half a sentence. It takes seconds, and skipping a day costs you nothing.
02In the evening
Talk it through
A short conversation about how the day actually went. Auserene reads your notes first, asks about the parts that matter, and remembers what you said last week.
03Before bed
Meditate on your day
The conversation becomes the day’s journal entry. Then Auserene makes a meditation from it, with your own words woven in and your name said the way you say it.
Memory
It gets to know you, and shows its work
Every note and every chat adds a little to what Auserene knows. What calms you down. What keeps coming back. The people you mention and how things are with them.
All of it sits in the You tab in plain sentences. If something is wrong or out of date, edit it or delete it, and Auserene adjusts.
Meditation
Meditations made uniquely for you
Most meditation apps give everyone the same twelve tracks. Auserene writes a new one from what you talked about, so the part about letting go is about the thing you actually need to let go of.
There are longer guided journeys too, a day at a time.
Talk
Someone to talk to, day or night
The evening chat is the heart of it, but hard moments don’t keep office hours. Open a chat whenever you need one. Auserene remembers what you’ve talked about, so you never start from zero.
If you wish to continue an old chat, it carries a summary into a fresh one, so nothing you said gets dropped.
Also in the app
Habit goals
Pick one small thing to practice. Auserene brings it up when it fits, never as a nag.
People
The people you talk about, with the moments you’ve shared, in one place.
Photos, not just words
Keep a photo with a note as a memory, share one in a chat and talk it through, or scan a handwritten page into a note.
Write with your voice
Speak your notes and Auserene transcribes them for you.
Lines worth keeping
Save a line from a chat that stayed with you. Your quotes wait on the Home screen for the days you need them.
Guided sessions
Purpose-built guided journaling for the days you’re willing to explore your thoughts without any triggers.
Privacy
Your journal is not a data source
No person ever reads your journal. The AI sees it just long enough to reply, and doesn’t keep it.
Your key, your words
Your entries are encrypted at rest with AES-256, using a key tied to your account.
Nothing trains a model
Our AI providers work under zero-data-retention contracts: they keep nothing after replying, and they’re contractually barred from training on your words.
No ads, ever
No ads, no ad trackers. No crash or usage analytics touches your journal data, ever.
Gone when you say so
You can delete your account and everything with it, permanently, from inside the app, any time.
Pricing
Free to start. Premium when you want it to know you.
Free
$0 forever
A private place to write, and a way to look back over the day without anyone else in the room.
- Notes, as many as you like
- An evening walk through your notes, on your own
- Three “Help me write” nudges a day
- Habit goals and reminders
- People you add yourself
- Guided meditation journeys
Premium
$8.83 a month, billed yearly
Everything in Free, plus the part that listens and remembers. Every plan starts with 7 days free.
- Evening conversations, and a chat any time of day
- Memory across every note and chat
- A meditation made from each day
- Journal entries written from your conversations
- Voice notes
- Remembers the people you mention, on its own
$105.99 a year, $11.99 a month, or $4.99 a week. Cancel any time in your iPhone’s subscription settings.
From the blog
What the research says
Journaling, worry, sleep and meditation, with every claim linked to its study. All the numbers in one place.
- The daily loopDoes journaling actually help? What the research showsForty years of writing studies say yes, quietly and slowly, and only when the page is used to make sense of a day rather than to relive it.
- Quick notesJournaling for anxiety: write it down, then check itGetting the worry out of your head is the first half. The half that changes things is coming back to see what actually happened.
- Bedtime meditationRacing thoughts at night: what actually quiets themThe 2 a.m. mind is trying to finish the day's work in the only quiet slot it gets. Here is how to give that work somewhere else to go.
Questions
Is Auserene therapy?
No, and it doesn’t replace a therapist. It’s a quiet place to notice how you’re doing and what helps, whether or not you’re seeing someone.
Who can read what I write?
Only you. The AI reads it just long enough to reply, and doesn’t keep it. Your writing is encrypted with a key tied to your account, and no one on our team reads it.
Do I have to write every day?
No. The app shows how many days in a row you’ve checked in, but missing days is completely okay. Come back whenever you’re ready. One line is plenty.
What happens if I stop Premium?
Everything you’ve written stays yours. Notes, goals and guided journeys keep working. Chats and daily meditations will be waiting if you come back.
What does it run on?
iPhone, for now.
What if things feel like too much?
Please reach out to someone. If you’re not safe right now, call your local emergency number. Our crisis page lists free, confidential helplines by country. Crisis resources
Set the day down tonight
Auserene is in beta on iPhone. It’s made by a very small team that cares a lot, and it gets better every week.
Join the beta