Quick answer
Made by Reco Jefferson's team, Mipkin pairs optional mood check-ins with your own journal and a virtual pet’s separate adventure journal. Record your inner weather, energy and needs, then write from a prompt you can change or skip. Your pages stay on your phone by default, with AI reflections enabled only by consent.
Mipkin gives you two distinct places to return to: your pages hold your words, while your companion’s journal tells their stories. Check-ins help select the day’s writing prompt, and you can choose another question or write without one. Your page is saved before any optional AI reflection is requested.
What Mipkin adds to a mood journal
| Feature | Mipkin | Why this helps you write |
|---|---|---|
| Check-ins | Optionally record your inner weather, energy and needs. Heavier check-ins favour smaller activities and select prompts for heavier days. | The day you describe shapes the starting point for care and writing. |
| Writing prompts | Begin with a question, tap for another or write without one. | You can choose how to start each page. |
| Companion journal | Your Mipkin writes about where they went and what they found, separately from your pages. | A companion story accompanies your routine while your own writing keeps its own space. |
| Storage | Personal pages are stored on your phone. Optional account backup excludes journal text. | Account backup keeps journal text outside the cloud copy. |
| Optional reflections | Reflections are an optional part of Plus. When enabled by consent, each page you keep and your selected support areas are sent to an AI service for a short response. | You choose whether to use reflections; your page is saved before the request is made. |
Keep your words alongside a companion’s story
Choose Mipkin for personal writing with flexible prompts, mood check-ins and a separate companion story. You can keep the journal without AI reflections. The privacy page explains the optional reflections feature and the data it sends when enabled.
Read the privacy policy for optional features and data use.
Frequently asked questions
Are my journal and my Mipkin’s journal the same?
No. Your journal holds your own writing, with a question you can change or skip. Your Mipkin keeps a separate journal about where they went and what they found.
Does my journal stay on my phone?
By default, yes. If you turn on optional reflections, each journal page you keep and your selected support areas are sent to an AI service for a short response. Optional account backup excludes journal text. The privacy page explains these choices.
Do I need AI reflections to use the journals?
No. You can save personal pages with reflections off, and your Mipkin’s journal uses stories written in advance. Reflections require separate consent and are an optional part of Plus.
Meet your Mipkin
Download Mipkin for iPhone or Android, or explore the app on our home page.
For questions about the app, visit support. Mipkin is not medical care or a crisis service; read our safety page for details.