Introducing “Nightself”

“Nightself” is a mobile app (iOS for now) that helps you understand your every day better. A calming space for self-reflection at the end of your day.

It all started from me. I wasn’t into daily journaling but wanted to start, to keep track of my days. I found it hard to focus though, and I didn’t find any app that would create a routine for me. So I created an app for self-reflection that works only in the night, to “force” you create that habit.

Opening only after 8pm in the evening, it lets you capture the main highlight and challenge of the day, track your feeling with an emoji and explore a random meaningful growth question. After midnight, the app is closed so you need to stay focused on your answers, which stay always locally on your iPhone.

Why this timing “rule”? Because the app is intended to force you build a mindful habit of nightly self-reflection, instead of endless social media scrolling, and stay focused on the present day. This way, you can understand better the most important things that happened today.

Also, as data scientist, I couldn’t have left Machine Learning out of the game. In the Premium mode, you get Insights about the topics that you usually write about, and how these topics correlate with your overall happiness or struggles. For example: “you are most happy when you write about relationships”. The model has been built entirely by me, using Apple’s native CoreML system, so there are no external APIs attached such as ChatGPT. This means 100% offline and secure analysis of your data, for top privacy and safety.

For more details, check the landing page: https://nightself.app

Overall, “Nightself” can help you identify the most important elements of your day, and understand yourself in a completely new way. When you feel ready, download it here free on iPhone:

https://apps.apple.com/gr/app/nightself/id6745080865?l=el

Thanks for reading and I am looking forward for any comments!