Essgefühl: Emotional Eating

Cravings, triggers, patterns

Free · In‑App Purchases · Designed for iPad. Not verified for macOS.

Explore your inner landscape: moments clear the fog around eating patterns and emotions. No diets, calories, or guilt. Essgefühl helps you understand emotional eating — without diets, restrictions, or calorie counting. Every moment clears a little fog from your personal map. Sleep Mountains, Stress Gorge, Routine Plains, Social Coast, and Mood Forest reveal connections without judging them. Bo, your small expedition companion, stays beside you along the way. WHAT MAKES ESSGEFÜHL DIFFERENT • No calorie counting — awareness over control • No guilt — every moment is judgment-free • No diet program — you learn to understand yourself • Private by design — your moments stay on your device HOW IT WORKS Before eating: Today asks “What is this hunger about?” A small ink mark records what your body said. After eating: Reflect on how eating affected your mood. In the moment: When an urge appears, choose from 32 evidence-based coping strategies, including breathing, movement, and connection prompts. THE INNER EXPEDITION • An illustrated map, a whole-land view and a quiet night by the fire • The Atlas shows landmarks with drawings and findings; from there you can fly to them on the map • Altitude stages celebrate consistency, never restriction • Gentle natural ambience and light haptic feedback in Explore • iOS widget for your moments and charted progress THREE PLACES, A SEAL, AND MORE • Today: the hunger question, your ink mark and Bo beside you • Patterns: your week in words and the Atlas with drawings and findings • Logbook: your history with one mark per moment, day by day • More: Explore, with your illustrated map, the camp and Bo, plus Findings, the journal, the reading, gratitude and every setting The wax seal at the centre of the strip opens a new moment — one tap away, from any screen. The strip stays with you wherever you are reading. Essgefühl does not grade what you eat: no points, no daily score, no streak that punishes you. It describes what you recorded — “Relaxed appeared in 4 of 9 moments” — and says plainly that this is not a diagnosis or a cause. Findings state their counts and time period; they give no scores. A GUIDED JOURNEY (ONE-TIME PURCHASE) "A pause in Stress Gorge": seven short stages about noticing what you need, with reflections that stay on your device. The first stage is free; the rest unlock once, with no subscription. A separate reading pack ("Growth") goes deeper and is likewise a one-time purchase. MORE FEATURES • 32 Coping Strategies: Step-by-step guides for different emotions • Daily Journal: Reflect with guided writing prompts • Psychoeducation: 18 science-based articles — 14 free; four belong to the two one-time purchases • Weekly View and Monthly Reports: Notice changes over time • Gentle Reminders: morning and evening nudges, a weekly recap, and occasional quiet prompts — all local, all optional • Daily Provisions: a research-grounded thought for each day, as a card on Today and in the optional morning reminder — shown there when you turn off discreet notifications (on by default) • Dark Mode: Easy on the eyes at any time of day PRIVACY Your moments, notes, and findings stay locally on your device. No advertising analytics, cloud accounts, or sale of personal data. You stay in control, including export and complete deletion. Essgefühl draws on research into emotional eating, intuitive eating, mindfulness, and self-compassion. It is not a medical device and does not replace professional advice or treatment.

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Today opens like a small field journal, with your camp or explored map, an invitation to pause, and your moments. On iPad, the content sits side by side when there is enough room. Progress toward your first finding now states its 14-day window. The check-in seal can again be activated with VoiceOver, alongside improvements to text flow and appearance.

The developer, Anton Romanyuk, indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy .

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    The following data may be collected but it is not linked to your identity:

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    • Diagnostics

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Seller
Anton Romanyuk
Size
90 MB
Category
Health & Fitness
Compatibility
Requires iOS 16.0 or later.
  • iPhone
    Requires iOS 16.0 or later.
  • iPad
    Requires iPadOS 16.0 or later.
  • Mac
    Requires macOS 13.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later.
  • Apple Vision
    Requires visionOS 1.0 or later.
Languages
English
Age Rating
9+
In-App Purchases
Yes
  • Mood Forest $3.99
  • All Expeditions $6.99
  • Stress Gorge $3.99
Copyright
© 2026 Anton Romanyuk