When you reach for social media, Mulu gently pauses your distracting apps and asks what’s really on your mind. Write a short check-in to unlock them.
one honest moment a day →
Open Mulu to write your journal entry and unlock this app
One notification leads to the next. An hour later you feel more tired, more anxious and further from yourself than before you picked up the phone.
Mulu adds one small step in between: a moment to notice what you feel, and to write it down, before the feed takes over.
Set it up once. From then on, every day runs on its own.
Choose the social, news or entertainment apps that distract you most, and when Mulu should step in.
powered by Screen TimeAt that time the apps pause. Instead of the feed, you get a quiet nudge to check in.
a pause, not a wallMulu asks how you feel and a gentle question or two. Type, or just talk.
about two minutesYour apps open again, and your mood before and after is saved with the entry.
see you tomorrowReal screens from Mulu 2.0 on iPhone.
Pick the apps that pull you in and when Mulu should step in. At that time iOS pauses them behind a calm Mulu screen. Write your check-in and they open again.
Open Mulu to write your journal entry and unlock this app
Mulu starts with your mood, lets you pick what to reflect on and asks a question with a gentle hint. Each answer becomes a bubble in one calm thread.
Your week at a glance, one clear card for today and a small celebration when you’ve shown up, with how your mood moved.
Every month becomes a calendar coloured by how you felt. Mulu also brings back a page from a few weeks ago, so you can see how far you’ve come.
Watch your check-ins add up, see your average mood and how much a few lines lift it. If you like, send your daily mood to Apple Health.
An optional guided conversation that uses techniques from cognitive behavioral therapy to help you untangle what came up. It’s a supportive conversation, not therapy.
Swipe through Mulu 2.0.
Small, honest writing has a long research trail. Here’s the short version.
Putting feelings into words helps quiet the anxious loop in your head.
Psychology Today, 2020Short reflective writing builds emotional resilience and helps with stress.
Frontiers in Psychology, 2021Expressive writing has measurable effects on physical health, not just mood.
Baikie & Wilhelm, Adv. Psychiatr. Treat., 2005Journaling helps you notice patterns in your mood and behavior.
University of Rochester Medical CenterMulu turns the scrolling reflex into a small moment of reflection. Before you disappear into a feed, you write a few honest lines about how you actually feel.
You choose the apps that distract you and a time. From then on those apps pause each day until you do a short check-in with Mulu. Finish it and they unlock.
Yes. Your journal lives on your iPhone and, if iCloud is on, in your own private iCloud. We don’t run a server that holds your journal and we can’t read it. Details are in the Privacy Policy.
Mulu asks a gentle question with a hint. You can talk instead of typing, and you choose in Settings how much writing is enough.
Yes. You can snooze twice a day for 15 or 30 minutes, and an emergency unlock is always there for the days you truly need it. It doesn’t erase your progress.
No. Mulu is a wellness journal. It can help you pause and reflect, but it doesn’t replace professional help. If you’re in crisis, call your local emergency number.
Mulu Premium is a subscription through the App Store, monthly or yearly. You’ll see the price for your country before you subscribe, and you can cancel anytime in your Apple ID settings.
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Your mind deserves at least one honest moment with you each day.
Mulu is not therapy and doesn’t replace professional help.