Would you share the pages of your journal with a bunch of strangers, as a result of that’s the concept behind social wellness app Exist.
The brand new iOS social wellness app needs to show journaling right into a social expertise. Initially designed with Gen Z in thoughts, Exist unexpectedly discovered its viewers amongst middle-age customers, with the typical sign-up age touchdown at 40. Seeing this, the founders pivoted to deal with this group, creating an area for actual, uncooked conversations about life’s challenges.
Exist calls itself the edgier cousin of Calm and Headspace, however as an alternative of solo meditation, it places social journaling on the middle of its mission. The app is constructed on the concept therapeutic occurs greatest collectively, not alone. Customers can observe their moods day by day, discover guided meditations, and interact in audio workout routines, however the actual draw is its neighborhood.
By way of its interface, Exist features like a TikTok for psychological well being, providing a swipeable feed of movies and text-based public journal entries. Customers can reply to day by day prompts, share their ideas, and work together via feedback, creating an area for help and actual conversations.
“The largest characteristic that makes us totally different is the neighborhood facet,” cofounder Alicia Waldner told TechCrunch. “Headspace and Calm proved that there’s this audio-based market, however individuals nonetheless really feel very alone in these experiences and in actual life, individuals meditate after which they journal, however that’s a solo expertise. And what we did was make {that a} social expertise. So as an alternative of journaling all of your ideas and emotions at dwelling and placing it beneath your mattress at evening, you’re sharing it with the world, and persons are commenting again.”
Exist additionally presents an AI-powered query characteristic designed to push customers to dig deeper into their ideas and emotions. This instrument encourages a extra reflective and thorough journaling expertise. Whereas the neighborhood and social journaling options are free, customers on the lookout for guided audios and meditations can unlock them with a $5.99/month subscription.
