Phase I is Live

Private Social Journaling.

A private practice for the relationships you already carry. It's not therapy. It's not social media. It's the thing that comes before both.

Enter the App

Free to start. No credit card required.

Ledger Screen
Activity Heatmap
Home Screen

The Missing Category

Journaling Apps

Private, but not social

You write alone, into a void.

Social Apps

Social, but not private

You perform for an audience.

DunbarrioSolo

Creates the missing category

It is private—nobody sees what you write. It is social—every entry is directed at a specific person in your life.

Practice caring for people you already have, until you're ready to show up for real.

Core Mechanics

The Elements of Practice

Four interlocking features designed to turn abstract emotional intentions into a concrete, daily rhythm.

The Embrace Screen

The Embrace

Write a private journal entry directed at someone you carry. Set your emotional register using the Plutchik mood dial, charge your entry with the fingerprint energizer to demonstrate investment, and send.

  • Grounded in expressive writing research
  • Trains emotional granularity

Your Mascot Companion

Assign an animated character to hold the emotional weight of a relationship. Choose from 20 characters with distinct AI voices. They don't try to fix you or give advice; they receive your embrace and reflect a small piece back.

  • Acts as a digital transitional object
  • Unique AI voice profiles
Mascot Selection Screen
Weekly Weave Screen

The Weekly Weave

Every Sunday, our AI synthesizes your past seven days of journal entries, mood selections, and circle activity into a narrative portrait. Discover your dominant archetype, connection style, and a personalized growth edge.

  • Longitudinal relational self-awareness
  • Tracks where your energy naturally flows

The Ledger & Circles

Organize your relationships into 3 to 16 named circles (Family, Friends, Work). Log acts of connection beyond the journal—a text sent, a coffee shared. View your relationship heatmaps to see not just who you know, but who you actively tend to.

  • Built on Robin Dunbar's social layer research
  • Visualizes your actual relational energy
Circle Switcher

Five Research Domains. One Practice.

DunbarrioSolo assembles five independently validated psychological mechanisms into a single integrated experience.

1

Expressive Writing

Based on 300+ studies since 1986 showing measurable improvements in psychological health from structured emotional writing.

2

Emotional Granularity

Utilizing Plutchik’s emotion science to train your ability to distinguish specific feelings—a known protective factor for mental health.

3

Transitional Objects

Applying Winnicott’s object relations theory to create digital mascots that safely hold emotional weight without judgment.

4

Dunbar's Layers

Structuring your connections across concentric circles to track where your relational energy actually flows, not just who you know.

5

Therapeutic Alliance

Establishing a lightweight bond through character-voiced AI responses that receive and reflect your entries without directing.