Satoru - Journal & Mindfulness

Dave Howard

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About this app

Your mind deserves a place where you can be completely honest, where your thoughts are both understood and protected.

Satoru pairs you with guides drawn from philosophy, contemplative traditions, and therapeutic practice. Marcus Aurelius on discipline. Seneca on resilience. A CBT Guide on reframing your thought patterns. A Pragmatic Buddhist on seeing clearly without judgment. Each responds to your journal entries with the honest, nuanced perspective they're known for.

Guides With a Point of View
Choose from philosophers (Marcus Aurelius, Seneca, Albert Camus), contemplatives (Shunryu Suzuki, Lao Tzu, Pragmatic Buddhist), and practitioners (Carl Jung, CBT Guide), or create your own custom guide. Each one responds to what you actually wrote, grounded in the perspective they're known for.

Guided Journal Sessions
Start your day with a Morning Intention or wind down with an Evening Reflection. Dive deeper with Reflect mode: have a real conversation with your chosen guide during any journal session.

Pattern Intelligence
Over time, Satoru identifies patterns across your entries: what triggers your worst days, what precedes your best ones, what you keep avoiding, and what's quietly changing for the better.

Track What Matters
Log mood, energy, anxiety, sleep, meditation, medication, and more. See trends with interactive charts, track your streak, and discover how different factors correlate with your emotional state.

Meditate & Breathe
Built-in meditation timer with customizable durations. Five breathing exercise patterns including Box Breathing, 4-7-8 Sleep, and Coherent Breathing.

Private by Design
Built by an application security professional. Your entries are encrypted at rest and in transit, accessible only to you. No third-party analytics. No training on your data. Your data is never sold or shared.

Premium Features
• AI-guided reflections during journal sessions
• All 18 AI guide personas, plus a custom guide you create
• Advanced mood analyses, including shifts and signals
• Appointment prep PDF export
• Higher monthly usage limits

This is a daily practice of honest reflection, guided by the best minds in human history, in a space that's truly, verifiably yours.

Find your clarity.

What’s new

Welcome to Satoru, a private space for daily reflection.

- Quick daily check-ins for mood, energy, sleep, and more
- Guided morning and evening journaling
- Talk things through with a guide, or hear replies read aloud
- Insights and trends that grow with your history
- Meditation timer, breathing exercises, and calming audio
- Syncs with Health Connect
- What you write is encrypted

Find your clarity.