The Feelings Wheel
The Feelings Wheel is a guided emotional reflection app for iOS and Android that uses a visual wheel interface to help users identify and track their feelings.
The App DNA
What makes this app unique?
It removes the cognitive friction of naming emotions by providing a structured, multi-layered vocabulary tool that displaces generic, unguided journaling apps.
For Individuals seeking to improve emotional intelligence, including neurodivergent users and those in therapy who need to track moods between sessions.
What does it look like?
Key features
Visual, multi-layered wheel interface for identifying emotions from core to nuanced states.
Structured journaling flow capturing triggers, physical sensations, needs, responses, and patterns.
Automated analysis of logged emotional data to identify trends and connections.
How much does it cost?
The app utilizes a freemium model, leveraging broad accessibility to build a user base while reserving advanced features for potential monetization.
Velocity
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The Feelings Wheel currently ships at an active cadence, averaging two releases within the last week. Development is focused on internationalization, as evidenced by the recent addition of Czech language support. The release history shows a stable, recent output with no signs of stagnation. The publisher provides clear, feature-specific notes for the latest release, while the preceding update contained no descriptive information.
Who built it?
Roman Paprotskyi
2 apps tracked · Health & Fitness
The Feelings WheelUser Sentiment
What do users think recently?
The recent review mood reads mixed. Users appreciate the emotional check-in tool provides clear insights that help users understand and calm their nervous systems.
How are ratings & reviews evolving?
What users say, by theme
- The emotional check-in tool provides clear insights that help users understand and calm their nervous systems
- The selection wheel interface behaves erratically by spinning or misselecting emotions during user interaction attempts
10 of 10 recent reviews analyzed · moderate confidence · Mixed overall
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Competitive landscape for The Feelings Wheel
How's the Health & Fitness market?
The Feelings Wheel maintains a niche presence in the Health & Fitness category, recently entering the Grossing charts at #29 (EG). The combination of a specialized visual tool and internationalization efforts suggests a focus on global user acquisition over immediate monetization density.
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Key takeaways for The Feelings Wheel
Where is it heading?
Users report: The emotional-support market is consolidating around tools that offer low-friction entry and high-reliability data persistence. The Feelings Wheel is currently exposed by its technical instability, which risks alienating the very therapy-focused audience that requires consistent, reliable tracking between sessions.
- The latest release added Czech language support, signaling a focus on international market expansion over core UX stability.
- Persistent reports of data-save failures (reflections and AI insights) threaten to erode the trust required for a subscription-based health tool.
The SWOT
- Visual wheel interface establishes category authority
- 5-step reflection loop builds long-term retention
- Localized pricing in non-English markets
- Premium tier expansion via AI insights gating
Next best moves
Rebuild wheel interaction logic because users report erratic scrolling/selection → improve interaction success rate
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The Feelings Wheel's mandatory account gating is a…
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The Feelings Wheel holds a unique position via its visual vocabulary tool, but the current data-save failures and interface friction undermine the subscription value proposition, risking churn before the app can scale its premium AI-insight tier.
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- [1] App Store
- [2] Play Store
- [3] Developer website, source
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