πŸ§ͺ Currently in iOS beta via TestFlight β€” free to join and shaped by community feedback

For when you don't have the words now, but will later.

guidEase is an AI journaling app designed with neurodivergent users in mind. A tool built from lived experience.

guidEase welcome screen with Bun Bun mascot
🧠 Built for neurodivergent minds
Meltdown tracking tags
πŸ”’ Private journaling
Your Journal

A journal without the pressure to perform.

Write when your thoughts make sense. Voice journal when they don’t. Leave half-finished entries. Come back days later.

No streaks. No guilt. No β€œfalling behind.”

Main journal screen showing entries
Understanding Happens in Layers
Revisit, revise, and reanalyze your entries as your understanding deepens. Perfect for when you don't have the words now, but will later.
✍️ Write in car after shopping:

"I was at the grocery store, standing in the produce section and staring at the apples. It wasn't that I didn't know which kind to pick…my body just stopped moving. It felt like my brain had frozen. There was too much happening at once, and I couldn't sort through it all. Even holding my shopping list didn't help, because my brain felt stuck how to do the next thing."

πŸ”„ Return when you've recovered:

Add details. Reanalyze. Get insights that understand the full experience. Your journal grows with you β€” entries are never locked after saving.

Journal entry with first analysis
Editing entry with added context
Entry being reanalyzed with V2 analysis
Voice Journaling

When words won't come, just speak.

Typing through overwhelm isn't always possible. Open the app, hit record, and let it out. guidEase transcribes and analyzes your voice entries just like text β€” no extra steps.

Sometimes the most honest entries are the ones you don't have to type.

Voice journaling with transcription
✦ Key Feature

Meltdown & Shutdown Tracking

Most journaling apps don't even know what a shutdown is. guidEase does. Track sensory overload, meltdowns, and shutdowns with tags that actually match your experience β€” not generic mood scales.

Over time, spot the patterns. Identify triggers. Understand your own rhythms instead of forcing yourself into someone else's framework.

πŸ”₯ Meltdown 🧊 Shutdown ⚑ Sensory Overload 😢 Alexithymia πŸ”‹ Burnout
Meltdown tracking with chart and averages
Meltdown symptom tags like burnout, dissociation, masking exhaustion
AI Analysis

Insights that grow with you.

Each entry can receive an AI-powered analysis that understands neurodivergent experiences β€” not generic self-help advice (10 analyses/month on free, unlimited with Premium). Update your entry? Get a fresh V2 analysis that reflects your deeper understanding.

guidEase uses long-term memory to connect patterns across entries, recognizing themes you might not see yourself.

AI analysis showing V1, V2, and V3 versions with key insight
✦ Key Feature

Coping tools, built right in.

You shouldn't have to switch apps mid-crisis. Breathing exercises, digital fidgets, and a drawing canvas are always one tap away β€” right inside your journal.

These aren't afterthoughts. They're designed for the moments when you need grounding most.

🌬️ Breathing exercises 🎯 Digital fidgets 🎨 Drawing canvas Always accessible
Coping tools menu showing Create, Relax, and Fidget categories
Features that support the whole journey
Not just writing. Understanding.

Pattern Recognition

AI spots recurring themes, triggers, and emotional patterns across your entries over time.

Thoughtful Prompts

AI-generated prompts based on your history β€” not generic questions. Personalized to where you are.

Weekly, Monthly & Quarterly Insights

Big-picture summaries that connect the dots β€” patterns you can't see entry by entry.

Export Your Data

Download your entries as TXT, CSV, JSON, or PDF. Your data, your way.

Make Your Journal Yours

Choose from background colors, gradient presets, and text colors. Write in the space that fits your mood.

Journal entry with Violet background
16 backgrounds
Journal entry with Slate background
11 gradients
Journal entry with Rose gradient background
16 text colors
Your Privacy, Your Choice
Sign up with email or just a username and PIN β€” your choice. No account requires more than you want to share.

Sign In Your Way

Use email or just a username and PIN. No account type requires more than you want to give.

No Email Required

Prefer more privacy? You can sign up with just a username and PIN.

Encrypted Cloud Backup

Your entries are encrypted before they leave your device.

Your Data Stays Yours

We never sell, share, or train on your journal entries. Period.

Made by Someone Who Gets It
"I built guidEase because every journaling app I tried was made for a brain that works differently than mine."
β€” Shirley Crenshaw, PhD

guidEase was built by a neurodivergent creator who knows what it's like to struggle with traditional journaling apps β€” the ones that expect you to label your emotions on command, that lock your entries after saving, that treat a meltdown like a bad mood.

This app is made for real people, real emotions, and real neurodivergent experiences. It's part of the Burnout Project β€” a mission to build tools that accommodate rather than challenge how your brain works.

Carefully refining the experience

πŸ§ͺ guidEase is currently in beta testing β€” community feedback is helping shape the app.

Frequently Asked Questions
guidEase is an AI-powered journaling app built specifically for autistic, ADHD, and AuDHD individuals. It combines journaling with AI analysis, voice recording, meltdown and shutdown tracking, and built-in coping tools β€” all in one place.
Most journaling apps are one-size-fits-all. guidEase is built differently. You can revisit and reanalyze entries as your understanding changes. You can track things like sensory overload, shutdowns, and patterns over time. And there’s no pressure to β€œfix” your feelings β€” just understand them.
Yes. Your journal entries are encrypted using AES-256 before being stored. You can sign in with email or with just a username and PIN β€” no email required. We never sell your data or use your journal entries to train AI models.
Yes β€” guidEase has a free tier with unlimited journaling and 10 AI analyses per month. Premium unlocks unlimited analyses, voice journaling, PDF export, advanced insights and more.
guidEase will be available on iOS (iPhone and iPad). A web app version is on the roadmap β€” if you'd like to be notified when it launches, join the waitlist at the top of this page.
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Contact Us
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