Building Happiness
A collection of stories, stumbles, and successes from building an app that attempts to actually make you a happier person.
Video Memories on Android
To celebrate the equinox, and the spirit of all things equal, we’re launching video uploading support for Happyfeed on Android.
11 Years of Digital Journaling
Reflections on spending more than a decade building a digital journaling app focused on gratitude.
Hold On - Apple Vision Pro Timer
Launching a new app built for the Apple Vision Pro designed to help you spend time mindfully with simple timers.
Throwbacks: iPhone Photo Widget
Bring daily gratitude to your iPhone home screen with the new throwback pic widget with interactive day toggling.
Weekly Photo Tracker
Keep track of your journaling goals with weekly summaries displaying picture tiles. Zoom out on your life… but just a little.
Pods 3.0: Private Social Network
Introducing a redesigned group sharing experience and improvements to how you connect with your close friends through memories.
Product Updates: March 2023
Major updates to the performance and usability of videos on iOS as well as an assortment of little fixes and features on both apps based on your feedback.
Product Updates: February 2023
February was photos month: Read about significant improvements to photos & video on iOS, Android and even Web. Plus, what’s next for Pods and sharing.
Monthly Recap Movies
Generate mashup movies from your journal photos and videos at the end of every month, available on iOS only
Clips: Add Video to Your Memories
Create and share your life movie with by adding videos to your daily journal entries. Clips bring a new dimension to journaling.
Product Updates: September 2022
Improving cross-platform subscription support, building new promotional options, and adding small enhancements to group sharing in Pods.
Product Updates: August 2022
Exploring photo-only memories, focusing on improving performance for group sharing, and fixing bugs caused by larger groups with direct followers.
Product Updates: July 2022
Adding user profiles, following, and major optimizations to Android as well as photo updates and experiments on iOS
Product Updates: Spring 2022
Moving quickly and releasing all sorts of wonderful journal features including commenting in Pods and Android subscriptions
Follow Friends & Share Comments
Growing beyond group sharing to provide a meaningful social experience that fits all kinds of relationships and friendships.
Announcing Android Subscriptions
Try our monthly or annual subscription to access new features like the calendar and get more out of your daily journaling app.
Product Updates: Winter 2022
We've been busy all January, February, and March building and launching features such as following and broadcasting on Happyfeed for iOS.
Product Updates: December 2021
Improving our updates to photo storage, intelligent streak repair, and encouraging more activity in your Random Pods.
Private Instagram Alternative
How a group photo sharing app based on journaling can be used as a private social network
Product Updates: November 2021
Smarter photo storage, daily goals on Android, an Apple Watch app, and some smarter ways to handle content in Random Pods. November was busy!
Apple Watch Journal
Explore your happy memories with the new Happyfeed Apple Watch app. Shuffle through your Happiness Jar or tag the current day before reflecting more in-depth.
Product Updates: October 2021
Focusing on the fundamentals by improving the photo experience in Happyfeed and ensuring the app looks great on any device.
Product Updates: September 2021
An overview of updates made to our apps over the past month, including new layouts options and a mood picker
Spread Happiness with Share Links
Create a secret URL for your memories on Happyfeed to make them easier to share with friends and other social platforms like Facebook or Twitter.
What is Toxic Positivity?
Learn how our never-ending search for happiness and a "good vibes only" culture can be harmful, and explore ways to seek out healthy positivity.
Monthly Joy Recaps
Introducing a way to create a snapshot of your memories from past months in the Happyfeed app.
Dark Mode Journaling
Introducing full support for iOS Dark Mode to make it easier to journal in the evening and reduce the strain on your eyes.
Pods: Shared Gratitude
Reintroducing Pods as a new way to share your journaling progress and happy moments with friends
Pods: Journaling Together
Small, private groups to share progress and help build your journaling habit.
Spots & Location Updates
A new way to update and manage the locations of your memories in Happyfeed with unique Spots.
Journal Exports
Finally, an option to download your journal and truly make it yours.
Feeling Thankful
A new way to spread gratitude by sending thanks to your friends.
Offline Mode
Reworking our app so you can use it anywhere, really.
Happiness Jar
Introducing a novel way to explore your past memories and spark a little joy everyday.
Introducing Happyfeed 2.0
One of our biggest updates and redesigns since launching in 2013
Breaking the Streak
Why we stopped counting days in a row and started focusing on the big picture.