Nuance: Name Your Emotions
Mood Tracker · Year in Pixels
Only for iPhone
Free · Designed for iPhone. Not verified for macOS.
iPhone
42 precisely named emotions on a 3-level wheel — finally go beyond happy/sad. Free history, no ads, no paywall. Your emotional vocabulary starts here.
Nuance gives you language for what you feel — not just a face or a number.
Instead of picking from 5 emoji, you navigate a 3-level Emotion Wheel: 42 precisely named emotions, each described so you can tell anxious from overwhelmed, content from serene.
Every check-in adds one pixel to your Year in Pixels: a calendar grid colored by your dominant mood. Log multiple entries in a day and the cell splits to show them all. Months of emotional patterns, visible at a glance — no subscription required to scroll back.
YOUR DATA STAYS YOURS
- Full history visible and searchable, free forever
- One-tap export to JSON or CSV in Settings
- No account required to start — your entries live on your device
- iCloud backup is opt-in, never mandatory
KEY FEATURES
Emotion Wheel — 42 Named Emotions
Joy, Love, Peace, Sadness, Anger, Fear, Disgust — each branches into 3 secondary emotions and 2 tertiary leaves. Every leaf includes a one-line body-felt description to help you identify what you actually feel. A first in this category.
Year in Pixels
A calendar grid where each day fills with the color of your dominant mood. Multiple entries per day split the cell. See your emotional patterns across months without a paywall.
Mood Diary with Context + Full-Text Search
Add context chips and notes to each entry. Search across your entire history by emotion, tag, date, or keyword — free, always.
No Ads, Ever
Not a premium promise. Free and paid tiers both: zero banners, zero interstitials, zero ads after saving.
Face ID / Touch ID Lock
Biometric lock ships free. Your journal stays private, even on a shared device.
WHAT MAKES NUANCE DIFFERENT
Most mood trackers offer a scale or a handful of faces. Nuance offers vocabulary. It teaches you the difference between disappointed and disheartened, then shows you which of the 42 emotions you reach for most — and which ones you have never named yet.
PERFECT FOR
- Anyone who has felt limited by 5 basic emoji
- People building emotional literacy or practicing mindfulness
- Journalers who want both quick logs and long notes
- Anyone who values privacy and will not accept ads in a mental health app
Download Nuance and start naming how you actually feel.
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The developer, Adrian Cabala, indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy .
Data Not Linked to You
The following data may be collected but it is not linked to your identity:
- Usage Data
- Diagnostics
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Information
- Seller
- Adrian Cabala
- Size
- 28.3 MB
- Category
- Health & Fitness
- Compatibility
Requires iOS 13.0 or later.
- iPhone
Requires iOS 13.0 or later. - iPod touch
Requires iOS 13.0 or later. - Mac
Requires macOS 11.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later. - Apple Vision
Requires visionOS 1.0 or later.
- iPhone
- Languages
- English
- Age Rating
16+
- 16+
- Contains
Health or Wellness Topics
- Copyright
- © 2026 Remotion Adrian Cabala