Features

Everything you need.
Nothing you don't.

Gusana is built on one idea: give people the simplest, most effective tools for mental wellness—then get out of the way.

How Gusana works for you

Deep Insights

Gusana analyses your entries over time to surface patterns in your mood, energy, and emotional wellbeing—giving you meaningful self-awareness you can act on.

  • Weekly & monthly mood summaries
  • Emotion frequency charts
  • Trend detection over 30, 60, 90 days
  • Personalised reflection prompts

Three Journaling Experiences

Whether you prefer a freeform daily diary, a structured gratitude practice, or tracking specific symptoms, Gusana has a mode made for you.

  • Free-write daily journal
  • Guided gratitude journal (3-entry format)
  • Symptom & wellbeing tracker
  • Voice-to-text entry support

Beautiful Analytics

Visualise your mental wellness journey through elegant charts and heatmaps. Watch your streaks grow and celebrate consistency.

  • Mood heatmap calendar
  • Journaling streak counter
  • Word cloud from your entries
  • Exportable data (PDF, CSV)

Choose your mode

Three journaling experiences

Not everyone processes their thoughts the same way. Gusana meets you where you are.

Your thoughts, unconstrained.

Normal Journal

Open-ended daily diary with rich text formatting, photo attachments, custom tags, and mood rating. Write a sentence or ten pages—there is no right amount.

  • Rich text editor
  • Photo & voice attachments
  • Mood + energy rating
  • Tag & search everything

Three things. Every day.

Gratitude Journal

Rooted in positive psychology. Write three things you are grateful for and why. Studies show 21 days of this practice measurably shifts your brain towards optimism.

  • Structured 3-entry format
  • Daily streak tracking
  • Reflection prompts
  • Monthly gratitude summary

Data for you and your therapist.

Symptom Tracker

Log sleep quality, anxiety level, energy, appetite, and custom health markers. Export a clean report to bring to your next therapy or doctor appointment.

  • 10+ built-in markers
  • Custom symptom creation
  • Trend charts over time
  • PDF export for clinicians

Built for your whole journey

Three Journal Types

One app, three powerful ways to express yourself.

  • Normal Journal – open-ended daily diary with rich text, tags, and photos
  • Gratitude Journal – structured three-item gratitude practice to rewire positivity
  • Symptom Tracker – log sleep, anxiety, energy, and custom health markers

Actionable Insights

Turn your words into wisdom with AI-assisted pattern recognition.

  • Monthly mood summaries delivered every 1st
  • Correlation analysis (e.g., sleep vs mood)
  • Emotion identification from free-text entries
  • Weekly review nudges to reflect and adjust

Smart Reminders

Build the journaling habit without feeling nagged.

  • Customisable daily, weekly, or event-based reminders
  • Gentle, non-intrusive push notifications
  • Adaptive timing that learns when you usually journal
  • Quiet hours respect your focus and sleep

Privacy First

Your journal is yours alone—we built the architecture to prove it.

  • On-device encryption by default
  • Optional end-to-end encrypted cloud backup
  • No data sold to third parties—ever
  • Biometric / PIN lock for extra security

Tags & Search

Find any memory or theme in seconds.

  • Custom tag system with colour-coding
  • Full-text search across all entries
  • Filter by date, tag, mood, or journal type
  • Pin important entries to the top

Dark Mode & Themes

Journal comfortably at any hour with multiple visual themes.

  • System-synced light / dark mode
  • Warm sepia theme for a paper-like feel
  • Adjustable font size and typeface
  • AMOLED-friendly pure black option

Your journal is yours alone.

Gusana was built with a privacy-first architecture from day one. Your entries are encrypted on your device by default. We cannot read them. We do not want to.

Optional cloud backup uses end-to-end encryption—meaning even our servers cannot access your content. Your thoughts stay yours.

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On-device encryption
No data selling
E2E cloud backup
Biometric lock

Ready to start your practice?

All core features are free. No credit card. No trial period. Just download and write.