Hourly Journal — Time & Mood Tracker Mobile App

Duration: 6 Weeks

Client: Hourly Journal

Category: eCommerce

Platform: Android

Here to Know About This Project

Hourly Journal helps users capture real-time reflections of their day: every hour (or at a user-defined interval) the app prompts a quick entry or emoji to track mood, activity and tags. play.google.com+1 The goal was to create a lightweight, intuitive app that supports daily wellbeing and journal-style reflection with minimal friction, enabling users to log thoughts and moods seamlessly throughout the day.

The Challenge of the Project

The challenge was to build an app that strikes a balance between being unobtrusive (so users will consistently use the hourly prompts) yet rich enough to provide meaningful insights over time. Additional hurdles included:

Designing a prompt system that isn’t annoying but encourages regular check-ins.
Supporting quick entry (emoji + tag) alongside more traditional free-text journaling.
Ensuring data is handled smoothly across sessions while preserving performance on varied Android devices.
Creating an architecture that allows future export of entries, mood analytics and expandability.

Our Solution & Approach

Our team initiated the project with user interviews and flow mapping to understand how users engage with micro-journaling and mood tracking. We then developed a clean, minimal Android experience:

- Built a modular reminder engine allowing users to set hourly prompts, or custom intervals, with simple dismiss or log flows.
- Designed the UI with quick-tap emoji + tag entry, while still providing optional free-text input for deeper reflection.
- Implemented lightweight local caching to ensure app responsiveness even if the user is offline or in a low-connectivity area.
- Structured backend analytics hooks so that, in future phases, the client could surface trends or export data for deeper insights.

Key Deliverables & Implementations

Result & Impact

The Hourly Journal app launched as a sleek, intuitive micro-journaling tool that encouraged regular check-ins without overwhelming the user. It allowed users to log their moods/activities hourly in a way that feels natural and light — increasing potential for habit formation. Internally, the client gained a platform that is ready for further enhancements around analytics, export and data-driven insights. The foundation now empowers sustainable user engagement and sets the stage for future growth.