How Yaavi works

Yaavi is a private journal that remembers the people and plans in your life, and checks in on them later, when it matters. Here is what happens between writing something down and Yaavi asking about it.

1. You leave your day

Open Yaavi and write whatever is on your mind: one line, or a long page. Hold the mic and talk instead, or add a photo with a caption. There are no forms to fill in, no daily prompt, and no streak to keep.

Write the way you talk, in whatever language you write in, and Yaavi answers in that language. Voice notes are written down the way people type, so Hinglish stays Hinglish.

Under the note you just wrote are two quiet links: Talk about this, to think it through with Yaavi, and Ask the circle, for your friends' takes.

2. Yaavi remembers

From each note, Yaavi picks out the people you mention, the places, what keeps coming up, and the plans and worries that are still open, such as an interview on Thursday, a parent's appointment, or a trip you're planning. You see them as small tags under each note.

• The You tab shows everything Yaavi knows: open plans, people, places, themes, and how you like to be talked to. Change or remove anything, and it's forgotten.
• A page for each person: what you've told Yaavi about them, and every note that mentions them, month by month.
• Your weeks: on Sunday evening, after a week you wrote in, Yaavi writes a short note about the week.
• Search your notes by what they mean, not just the words, within any dates.
• Keep a note out of memory with one switch: Yaavi keeps the note but learns nothing from it.

3. Yaavi checks in

Later, Yaavi comes back to something specific: "The interview with Rahul's team was yesterday. How did it go?" Never a generic "how are you feeling?"

• When: after the date of something you mentioned has passed, when something heavy hasn't come up for a while, or when you asked it to with Check in on this (this evening, tomorrow morning, or a day you pick).
• Whether: a model weighs what is going on in your life and decides whether a message is worth sending at all. A quiet day stays quiet.
• What time: Yaavi learns when you usually write and comes around then, never in your quiet hours.
• Goals like "5K by March" get a gentle word now and then, with no tracker, score, or streak.
• You stay in charge: tap "Don't follow up on this", tell Yaavi "less advice, just listen" or "nothing about work on weekends", and every check-in has a "Why am I seeing this?"

Talk it through

From a note or a check-in, you can talk something over with Yaavi. When you're done, it saves a short summary to your journal in your own voice, and can offer to check in on it later. There's no blank chat box on the home screen: talking always starts from something you wrote.

Your circle

When you start, you pick three friends, each with a personality and the topics they care about. They share what Yaavi knows about you, chat with you one-on-one, and give their takes when you ask the circle about a note. More about your circle.

Bring your history

Already journal somewhere else? Bring in a Day One export, or paste what ChatGPT knows about you. Yaavi learns from it, and doesn't send you messages about old entries.

Little things

• Pick a look: Dusk, Garden, or Paper.
• Screens in English or Hindi.
• On your phone: lock Yaavi with Face ID or your fingerprint, write offline, and share a photo or text straight into your journal.
• A reminder to write, only if you turn it on, at a time you pick.
• A note from a year ago, now and then, if you'd like to see one.