InnerPulse is a mood-tracking app for iOS. You log your mood each day, mark influence factors and watch patterns emerge over time. The app complements daily mood tracking with clinically established questionnaires like PHQ-9 and GAD-7. This combination is the real difference compared to apps like Daylio or Bearable: subjective perception plus objective screening scores in one place.
InnerPulse works fully offline. All data stays on your device. There is no account, no server and no analytics. Anyone who uses InnerPulse remains anonymous, even to us.
Who InnerPulse is for
The app is designed for three groups:
- Self-observers: people who want to know what influences their mood. What drags them down, what lifts them up.
- Therapy companions: anyone working with a therapist or psychiatrist brings structured data into the next session instead of trying to remember the last two weeks.
- Medication trackers: anyone adjusting an antidepressant or other psychiatric medication has an objective record of how well it's working.
What InnerPulse is not: not a diagnosis, not a therapy replacement, not an emergency system. For acute crises you'll find hotlines in the chapter Help in Crises.
The four areas of the app
InnerPulse has four tabs. Each tab has one clear job.
- Journal: where you log your daily mood.
- Questionnaire: where you answer clinically established questionnaires.
- Analysis: where the app shows you trends, top influence factors and statistics.
- Settings: where you manage reminders, factors, theme and data export.
Onboarding
The first launch runs you through a seven-step walkthrough of the core features. You can skip it at any time. It only appears once.
The slides show no video and no ads. You see real app mockups animated with sample data. That makes clear what the app does, without abstract terms.
Your first entry
Open the Journal tab and tap the plus icon. Drag the color slider to your current mood. Pick one to three factors. Add a short note if you want. Tap Save. Done.
More details and the smart suggestions can be found in the chapter Mood Journal.
Your first check-in
Switch to the Questionnaire tab. Pick a questionnaire from the list. Answer the questions page by page. At the end you'll see your score with an interpretation. You can repeat any test as often as you want.
If you're screening for the first time and don't know where to start: the PHQ-4 takes less than a minute and gives you an initial picture of depression and anxiety components. More on this in the chapter Check-in Questionnaires.
What to know
- You don't have to track every day. The app counts no streaks and doesn't penalize pauses.
- There is no account and no cloud sync. If iCloud Backup is active on your iPhone, InnerPulse will be backed up along with every other app. How to actively exclude it is explained in the chapter Privacy & Security.
- Everything you enter stays on your iPhone.
- The app is available in German and English. The language follows your iOS system language.