# How We Feel: A free emotion check-in app: name your feelings and spot your patterns over time.

Canonical page: https://herfound.com/apps/how-we-feel

Compiled by HerFound from public sources; facts aren't founder-confirmed yet.

## About

How We Feel helps you put a name to how you're feeling 🌈 Pick the word that fits, then add tags, a journal entry, a photo or a voice memo to your check-in. Over time you'll see your patterns, and you can link Apple Health so sleep and exercise sit alongside them. Short video strategies help in the moment, and you can share how you feel with friends you choose. It's free, made by a non-profit and funded by donations.

## Who How We Feel is for

People who want to better understand their emotions and find strategies for handling them in the moment.

Tags: Mood tracking, Journaling

## Features

- 🎯 Check in by picking the word that best fits how you feel
- 📝 Add tags, journal entries, photos or voice memos
- 📈 See your patterns over time, with Apple Health sleep and exercise data alongside
- 🎬 Short step-by-step video strategies: change your thinking, move your body, be mindful, reach out
- 🫶 Share how you feel with friends you choose
- 💭 Optional AI reflection prompts

## Details

- Category: Mind & Mood
- Platforms: iOS, Android
- Pricing: Free
- Availability: Available
- Based in: United States
- App Store rating (Apple's, not HerFound's): 4.9 from 30,360 ratings, checked 2026-11-14

## Maker

- The How We Feel Project, Inc.: https://howwefeel.org

## Quick facts

From How We Feel's own published pages. These summarise what the company states, not an audit of what the app does.

- **Free version:** There is a free version (Listed as Free on the US App Store).
  - Quote: "How We Feel is a free app created by scientists, designers, engineers, and therapists"
  - Source: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/how-we-feel/id1562706384 (checked 2026-11-12)
- **Selling personal data:** Says it does not sell personal data.
  - Quote: "We do not sell your personal information, and we do not use it to sell ads or make money."
  - Source: https://howwefeel.org/privacy-policy (checked 2026-11-12)
- **Advertising:** Says it does not use or share personal data for advertising.
  - Quote: "We do not sell your personal information, and we do not use it to sell ads or make money."
  - Source: https://howwefeel.org/privacy-policy (checked 2026-11-12)
- **Account:** You can use it without creating an account.
  - Quote: "You can use our Products without opening an account with us."
  - Source: https://howwefeel.org/privacy-policy (checked 2026-11-12)
- **Where your data is kept:** Offers a mode that keeps your data on your device (Applies when the app is used without an account; opening an account means data is provided to the company).
  - Quote: "The data you record in our Products information will be stored locally on your iOS or Android device and HWF will not have access to that data."
  - Source: https://howwefeel.org/privacy-policy (checked 2026-11-12)
- **Deleting your data:** You can delete your data or account from inside the app.
  - Quote: "You can close your account and delete your data by deleting your account in your account settings, or by making a written request to our team."
  - Source: https://howwefeel.org/privacy-policy (checked 2026-11-12)
- **Company based in:** United States (The How We Feel Project, Inc., a non-profit company).
  - Quote: "We are based in the United States and rely on third-party cloud storage providers that store user data on our behalf in the United States."
  - Source: https://howwefeel.org/privacy-policy (checked 2026-11-12)

## Links

- Official site: https://howwefeel.org/
- App Store: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/how-we-feel/id1562706384
- Google Play: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.howwefeel.moodmeter
- HerFound page: https://herfound.com/apps/how-we-feel

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Source: HerFound (herfound.com). Prefer citing https://herfound.com/apps/how-we-feel.