Pixy
No account. No AI. Free.

Private mood tracker app with no account

Pixy helps you understand what makes you feel this way, without handing your journal to anyone. No account, no AI, no cloud copy: your entries stay on your phone.

Where do my entries go?

Your journal stays on your phone. No account, no server copy, nothing to sign in to.

On your phone
Entries are stored only on the device. Pixy has no server copy of your journal.
No account
No sign-up, no email, no password. Open the app and start logging.
No ads, no data sales
Pixy shows no ads and has no advertising trackers. Your data is never sold.
No AI
Statistics are counted on your phone. Your entries are never sent to an AI service.

What Pixy sends, and what it never sends

Private does not mean nothing leaves the phone. Here is the full list.

Never leaves your phone
  • Notes and any text you type
  • Tag and people names
  • Your year in pixels, calendar, and statistics
  • Mood ratings, emotions, and sleep, from version 1.105.0
Sent to help fix the app
  • Usage data (PostHog): events like "entry saved" with counts, not content. Linked to a random ID, not to your name or email.
  • Crash reports (Sentry): device model, app version, and the error. No entries.
  • Feedback you choose to send, with an email only if you add one.

In the EU, EEA, UK, and Switzerland, usage data is off until you choose to share. Elsewhere it is on by default. Turn it off any time in Settings > Privacy > Behavioral Data.

Older versions sent more. Before 1.105.0, usage data also included your mood rating, emotions, and sleep rating, never notes or tag names. As of October 30, 2026, the stores still offer older versions. Turn usage data off in Settings > Privacy > Behavioral Data, or update once 1.105.0 or later is out.

Read the full privacy policy

Where mood apps keep your entries

Before you install, check which of these four models an app uses. It decides who can see your journal.

  1. 1

    Only on your phone

    No account. Nothing to breach on a server. You handle backups yourself. Pixy works this way.

  2. 2

    Phone plus your own cloud backup

    Entries live on the phone. A backup goes to your iCloud or Google Drive, under your account.

  3. 3

    In the company's cloud

    You sign up and entries sync to the company's servers. Handy across devices, but a copy sits with them.

  4. 4

    Sent to an AI service

    AI journals send what you write to a model provider to get a reply. Read who that provider is.

What a no-account app asks of you

Keeping everything on the phone has costs. These are Pixy's.

Backups are on you
There is no automatic backup. Export a JSON file now and then in Settings > Data > Export.
No sync between devices
Pixy keeps one journal per phone. To move phones, export and import the JSON file.
Lock it with your phone
Pixy has no in-app PIN. Use your phone's app lock: Require Face ID on iPhone, Private Space on Android 15 and later.
Encryption comes from the phone
Entries are protected by the phone's storage encryption when it is locked with a passcode. Exported files are not encrypted.

How to check any mood app's privacy

Five checks, two minutes, before you write anything personal.

  1. 1

    Read the privacy label

    Open "App Privacy" on the App Store or "Data safety" on Google Play. Look for "Data linked to you" and health data.

  2. 2

    See if it asks you to sign up

    A sign-up screen usually means your entries sync to a server.

  3. 3

    Find where backups go

    Your own iCloud or Google Drive is under your control. A company server is not.

  4. 4

    Check for AI features

    AI summaries and chat send your text to a model provider. Check if you can turn them off.

  5. 5

    Make sure you can leave

    Look for free export to JSON or CSV. If export costs money, your history is locked in.

Private, and built to help you understand

See what shapes your mood
Add tags and sleep to your entries, then see which ones show up on your good and bad days.
How to find what affects your mood
Name what you feel
Pick from 72 emotions, each with a short description. Your year in pixels shows the bigger picture.
See the list of emotions
Open source
The code is public on GitHub under the MIT license. Anyone can check what the app sends.
See the code on GitHub

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