Nuance: Name Your Emotions

Nuance is the emotion tracking app for people who want more than a smiley face. Instead of picking from 5 generic emoji, you navigate a 3-level Emotion Wheel built on Plutchik's model and Yale's Mood Meter research — drilling from a primary emotion all the way down to one of 42 precisely named feelings. Every leaf emotion includes a one-line body-felt description so you can identify what you actually feel, even when the words don't come easily.

Your check-ins build a Year in Pixels — a calendar grid where each day fills with the color of your dominant mood. Multiple entries per day? Each cell splits to show them all. No data hidden, no scroll-past-a-paywall required.


No account needed. Your data lives on your device.
Your full history, search, and exports are free forever.

KEY FEATURES

Emotion Wheel with 42 Named Emotions
Navigate Primary → Secondary → Tertiary across Joy, Love, Peace, Sadness, Anger, Fear, and Disgust. Each tertiary leaf includes a plain-language description to help you distinguish "disappointed" from "disheartened" — a first in the category.

Year in Pixels Calendar
Every day is one colored pixel. Log multiple moods per day and the cell splits to show each one. See patterns across months and years without subscribing to see your own data.

Mood Diary with Context + Notes
Add context chips (Work, Sleep, Exercise, Social) and open-ended notes to each entry. Full-text search across every entry by emotion, tag, date, or keyword — free.

No Paywall on Your History
Every entry you have ever made stays visible and searchable — free. Export everything as JSON or CSV in one tap from Settings. No subscription required to see last month.

No Ads, Ever
containsAds: false. Not "no ads in premium." No ads in free either. No banner, no interstitial, no ad after you save. Documented in-app and on this page.

No Account Required
Open the app, pick your first emotion. No Google sign-in, no email, no account wall. Your entries live on your device. Cloud backup to Google Drive is opt-in in Settings.

Flutter-Built: True Android Parity
Nuance is built with Flutter — one codebase, identical features on Android and iOS. No "Android version is worse" complaints here. Same wheel, same pixels, same sync.

Large-Screen Ready
Tablet, foldable, and Chromebook layouts ship from day one. The Year in Pixels grid uses your screen's extra space — show two years side by side on a Galaxy Tab or Fold.

Privacy-First
Biometric lock (fingerprint or face) ships free. Every Android permission is explained in plain language before you are asked to grant it — and listed in Settings so you can see exactly what Nuance uses and why.

Fair, Transparent Pricing
Free tier is genuinely free. Premium adds themes, advanced pattern insights, and voice notes. One-time lifetime purchase available alongside monthly and yearly options. Cancel anytime in two taps — Settings links directly to the Play Store subscription manager.

PERFECT FOR
- Anyone frustrated that mood apps only offer 5 emoji
- People building emotional literacy or vocabulary
- Users switching from Daylio, Moodflow, or Pixels who lost data or hit a paywall
- Journalers who want both quick logs and long-form notes
- Anyone who values privacy and will not accept ads in a mental health app

WHAT MAKES NUANCE DIFFERENT
Most mood trackers give you a sliding scale or a handful of faces. Nuance gives you language. The 3-level wheel teaches you the difference between "anxious" and "overwhelmed," between "content" and "serene" — and then shows you which emotions you reach for most, and which 42 you have not named yet.

Your data stays yours: local-first, exportable, never paywalled.

Download Nuance and start naming how you actually feel.

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