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Emochi

Launching today

Voice journal to understand yourself through art and science

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Voice journal to understand yourself through art and science

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Emochi turns your voice notes into a living, generative character that reflects your emotional world. Vent about your day, untangle a thought, or check in with yourself. Your words are transcribed instantly, helping you notice patterns in how you feel. Built by a doctor, a designer, and two AI engineers, Emochi brings affective science and playful art to private, non-clinical self-reflection. Start with a voice note. Meet your Mochi.

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Hey Product Hunt! 👋🏻

Excited to introduce Emochi, a voice journal that turns your thoughts and feelings into a living “Mochi” character.

I’m hunting it for Cynthia, Mawuli, and their team. I love how it makes self-reflection feel approachable and creative.

I’ll let Cynthia share the story behind it below!

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1d ago

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Maker

A bit of a personal anecdote.The last few months, while building Emochi, have been some of the toughest from an emotional perspective. It was our hunch that journalling at the beginning that it’s important to journal as an outlet and way to recognise patterns. My use of Emochi confirmed this without a doubt. Every heavy journalling session was easier to manage with Emochi because I could name my feelings with granularity. And I could see them in a third person and accept or distance myself from negative emotions. The biggest thing was those days where my journals seemed to lean negative, and that made consider leaning a little more positive as a result. And the periodic reports helped me tease the patterns going on that I couldn’t piece together before. There are many journalling apps out there, but we still feel strongly there’s still space to help more people. We tried to make it easy to use, and our artist poured a LOT of visual taste and beauty into Emochi. I’m sure you’d enjoy it. Let us know what you think!

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5h ago

can you look back at older entries to see hoe your feelings have change over time?

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4h ago

Tellus

Maker

@ill_robyn yes! You can. There are 3 ways this can happen. There’s a calendar view that lets you see how emotions are trending over time. But more directly for your question, as each entry is added, Emochi puts related entries in “Threads” which show how your heart and mind on a given topic in your life has changed over time. After a month, you also get a personalized report that shows the broader picture of how entries, emotions and topics in your life have unfolded in a creative way, that leads to further reflection and self-acceptance. All backed by the research the team has done 😊

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4h ago

Journaling has never been this fun! 🥹 I’ve had the opportunity to try Emochi early, and the mochi character is a super cute and helpful way to visualize my emotional day. I also like that the app helps me see trends and encourages me to journal more and be positive while also being accepting of what I may be feeling. Highly recommended!

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2h ago

Emochi

Maker

@justinling thank you so much for being one of our early adopters!! Emochi is all about introspecting in a kind and gentle way. We’re so grateful for your support in helping Emochi grow, and we hope Emochi can continue to be a cute companion to witness your personal growth too 💛

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2h ago

Emochi

Maker

Hey Product Hunt! 👋

I'm Cynthia, a doctor and researcher in psychiatry. With my co-founders Mawuli, Vanessa, and James, I built Emochi, a voice journal grounded in affective science.

As a doctor, I've always recommended journaling. Expressing our feelings helps us make sense of them (Pennebaker & Beall, 1986), and talking may work at least as well as writing (Esterling et al., 1994). But after a long shift, a blank page felt exhausting, and a 1–10 mood scale felt shallow.

Emochi is built on three ideas from research:

1️⃣ Naming emotions calms the noise. Putting feelings into words is linked to a calmer brain and body response (Lieberman et al., 2007).

2️⃣ Specifics help. People who can tell their emotions apart tend to regulate them more readily (Barrett et al., 2001).

3️⃣ Noticing matters. Regular mood check-ins boosted self-awareness in young people (Kauer et al., 2012). Emochi turns your entries into shapes so you can see your patterns.

Non-clinical, private, and judgment-free. Emochi supports your personal growth.

We'll be here all day reading your feedback! 💙

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6h ago

Hey Product Hunt! 👋

I'm Cynthia, a doctor and researcher in psychiatry. With my co-founders Mawuli, Vanessa, and James, I built Emochi, a voice journal grounded in affective science.

Emochi is built on three ideas from research:

1️⃣ Naming emotions calms the noise. Putting feelings into words is linked to a calmer brain and body response (Lieberman et al., 2007).

2️⃣ Specifics help. People who can tell their emotions apart tend to regulate them more readily (Barrett et al., 2001).

3️⃣ Noticing matters. Regular mood check-ins boosted self-awareness in young people (Kauer et al., 2012). Emochi turns your entries into shapes so you can see your patterns.

Non-clinical, private, and judgment-free. Emochi supports your personal growth.

We'll be here all day reading your feedback! 💙