Frequently asked questions

It's a mind-care app where you log your mood, shake off stress with your hands, and draw the life you want with a manifestation journal and vision board. Each session goes check in, let it out, breathe, put it away.

Mood check-in, several stress relief modes, breathing and the mood log are free. Pro unlocks every mode, the full mind toolkit and more vision board photos.

No. Pro passes are one-time purchases for 1, 6 or 12 months and never auto-renew. When a pass ends you go back to the free version and keep all your entries.

Yes. There's no sign-up or login. Install it and log today's mood right away.

Every entry and photo stays on your phone. Nothing is sent to a server, so no one else can read it.

Save a backup file in Settings and import it on the new phone. You can protect the file with a password.

Yes. It's on the App Store and Google Play with the same features.

The free version may show a small banner at the bottom. Pro has no ads.

Yes. Lock it with a passcode or Face ID in Settings so no one else can open your journal.

Choose light or dark mode, background colors, fonts including handwriting styles, and text size in Settings.

Use your body. Tearing, tapping and a long exhale release tension quickly. Emotion Vault's let-it-out modes are built to do this in about two minutes.

The motion, sound and vibration of smashing something give built-up tension a way out. Logging how you feel afterward makes the effect last longer.

Tear paper, hit a pillow, make a loud sound or walk fast. In the app you can smash plates and glass, crush a can or pop bubble wrap safely.

Breathe in for 4 seconds and out for 6 for one minute at your desk. Silent bubble-wrap popping works too.

Tight shoulders and jaw, shallow sleep, and snapping over small things. They're signals to take a break.

A loud shout deepens your breath and drains tension. The shout mode reacts to how loud you are and never records.

Acute tension usually settles in 2–5 minutes. Adding a short breathing session afterward helps your mind settle too.

Log your mood once a day and let it out briefly on hard days. Over time you'll see the patterns that wear you down.

Pick a reason along with your mood each time. After a week the common causes, like work, people or sleep, start to show.

Yes. Some people need to smash, others need quiet breathing. Emotion Vault compares your mood before and after to show what works for you.

Pause for ten seconds before you speak or send anything, and breathe out slowly. Then let the anger out physically so you say less you'll regret.

Bottling it up makes it explode later. Let it out somewhere safe, physically, instead of at a person.

Start by noticing the moment it rises. The SOS button skips every question and takes you straight to breathing.

Your body is getting ready to fight, so your heart speeds up and muscles tense. Long exhales calm that response.

Name it first: 'I feel wronged.' Naming a feeling softens it and gives you room to decide what to do.

Lack of sleep, hunger and exhaustion make irritation easy. If it happens a lot, your mood log can show when.

Wait if you can. Written after you've calmed down, the same words hurt far less.

You might feel drained or guilty afterward. Log how you feel and take a short breath to settle it.

It happens to everyone. Apologize briefly once you're calm, and choose a pause signal for next time.

If it disrupts daily life, talk to a professional. The app is for everyday stress and doesn't replace therapy.

Breathe in for 4 seconds and out for 6 for one minute. A longer exhale tells your body it's safe.

Inhale for 4 seconds, hold for 7, exhale for 8. About four rounds calm your mind and make sleep easier.

Inhale 4, hold 4, exhale 4, hold 4, like the sides of a square. It's great before a presentation or interview.

Two short inhales followed by one long exhale releases tension fast. One or two minutes is enough.

Feel your feet on the floor and name five things you can see. It brings you back to the present.

Write the worry down and pick one thing you can do right now. Leave the rest for tomorrow.

One to three minutes, several times a day, beats one long session. Tie it to morning, lunch and bedtime.

Do two minutes of box breathing and drop your shoulders once. The SOS cards include three things to do when nervous.

Breathing too deeply can cause dizziness. Slow down and return to a comfortable pace.

If it disrupts life for weeks, reach out to a doctor or counsellor. You don't have to handle it alone.

Write your thoughts down to get them out of your head. The bedtime wind-down helps you let the day go in three minutes.

4-7-8 breathing is especially good at bedtime. Lights off, lie down, four rounds.

Bright screens and stimulating content delay sleep. Keep the last ten minutes for calm things like journaling or breathing.

Don't check the clock; do slow exhale breathing. Setting aside time to write worries during the day reduces them at night.

Do the same short steps every night, like washing up, one line about your mood, and one minute of breathing.

Release the tension in your body first. A quick let-it-out session and some breathing make it easier to fall asleep.

Recalling one good thing tilts your mind toward calm, which makes sleep easier. It doesn't need to be big.

Short naps under 20 minutes are fine. Long late-afternoon naps can push bedtime later.

An hour or two extra is fine, but sleeping in too late makes Sunday night harder.

Talk to a doctor or sleep clinic if poor sleep lasts more than a few weeks.

Feelings become manageable once you notice and name them. Over time you see what wears you down and what restores you.

Pick your mood and write one line about why. Writing daily matters more than writing a lot.

One word or one color counts. In Emotion Vault, tapping a mood face is already an entry.

How your mood shifts by weekday, time of day and reason, and how this month compares with last.

Use the feelings dictionary to find the closest word. The more precise the name, the faster the feeling settles.

Writing a feeling down is different from dwelling on it. Most people feel lighter afterward.

Yes. A month later you can see that the hard days passed, which is comforting in itself.

The Log tab colors each day by mood. Tap a day to reread what you wrote.

Entries stay on your phone and you can lock the app. Nothing goes to a server.

A diary records what happened; a mood journal records how you felt. It's a short, easy way to follow your emotional changes.

The idea that what you often think and feel shapes your reality. You picture what you want clearly and live as if it's already yours.

Write one line a day in the present tense as if it already happened, like 'I drink my morning coffee in a house by the sea.'

It isn't a proven scientific law. Still, regularly writing and picturing goals can sharpen focus and prompt action.

Often the worry that it won't happen is louder than the wish. Release built-up feelings first, then write again with a lighter mind.

Write one line in the morning and picture the scene for one minute before bed. Streaks help you keep the habit.

Wishing from anxiety amplifies lack. The key is to feel calm, as if you already have it.

Gratitude for what you have shrinks the feeling of lack and makes room to receive more.

Write a specific amount and the scene of enjoying it, then choose one step you can take today. Action matters as much as thought.

Clinging to outcomes breeds impatience. Choose the result and loosen your grip on how it arrives.

One that combines a journal, vision board and visualization is easiest. Emotion Vault includes all three plus stress relief.

A board of photos and words showing the life you want. Looking at it daily keeps your goals in mind.

Pick photos that capture your dream home, travel, work and relationships, and add a short line to each. In Emotion Vault you can decorate them with frames and pins.

Ones that excite you the moment you see them. Choose what you truly want, not what others expect.

Three to six to start. Too many blur your focus.

Yes. Add the Emotion Vault widget and your vision board photos rotate on your home screen.

At least once a day, even briefly. A widget keeps it naturally in view.

Paper is fun to make by hand; digital is always with you and easy to update. On your phone, you'll see it every day.

Emotion Vault turns your board into a short video with a guided voice, so you can practice feeling yourself inside those scenes.

Yes. Keep it matched to who you are now, and save achieved goals somewhere to celebrate.

The board sets direction. Pairing it with one small action a day brings it much closer.

Present-tense statements of who you want to be, like 'I'm doing enough today.'

Keep it short, present tense and positive. Write 'I am calm' instead of 'I am not anxious.'

Add a process, like 'I'm becoming calmer,' or turn it into a question: 'Why am I so lucky?'

Right after waking and just before sleep, when your mind is most open.

Close your eyes and picture the day your wish comes true, including sounds, smells and feelings. One minute is enough.

A guided feature in Emotion Vault where a calm voice walks you through your wished-for scene for one minute. Choose a male or female voice.

Look at a photo first, then close your eyes. Or start with the feeling rather than the image.

Saying them aloud feels stronger, but reading or writing them works too. Use whatever feels natural.

An Emotion Vault feature for mapping the qualities you want to grow into, which you can turn into daily affirmations.

Yes. Gratitude fills the present and affirmations shape the future, so they reinforce each other.

Sleep, meals and short breaks first. Then say one kind thing to yourself today.

Finish one tiny task and acknowledge it: 'I did it.' Small wins change how you see yourself.

Imagine what you'd say to a friend in the same spot, then say it to yourself. That's where self-love begins.

Everyone has their own pace and timing. Compare yourself with yesterday's you, not with others.

Their view is their lens, not the whole of you. What you control is your response.

Drop one task you don't strictly need and simply rest in that time. If it persists, seriously consider rest and counselling.

Grief doesn't need to hurry. The letting-go cards walk through that time slowly with you.

A short course with one step a day, from naming feelings to building self-care habits.

No. You care for others better when you're okay. Looking after yourself is responsible.

You don't have to. In the US call or text 988, in the UK call Samaritans at 116 123, or contact your local crisis line.