tracking alone rarely helps strong
mood monitoring on its own barely changes symptoms; adding brief skills does (Astill Wright et al., 2026; Everitt et al., 2021)
so tabula: never claims tracking treats anything.
closed beta · v0.2.1 · gypsum
one app to track them all.
the nearly-everything app.
habits, mood, sleep, water, workouts, books, medication, and more, together in one calm place on mac and iphone.
- no account
- no ads or tracking
- ai that stays on your device
- your own private icloud
a blank slate, on purpose
tabula is latin for a writing tablet: the wax kind that could be smoothed clean and written on again. that idea is the heart of the app. every day opens blank, and you decide what goes on it.
it's shaped by stoic philosophy too: pay attention to what's in your control, look back honestly on the day, and let the rest go. the daily log, the mood check-ins, and the annals are all built for that small evening habit of reflection.
the other reason is practical. there are so many apps that track just one thing: one for habits, one for water, one for sleep, one for mood, one for workouts, one for books. i got tired of juggling fifty of them, so i built a single app that does all of it, and does each part properly. you only need one.
private by design
no server on our side, so your journal has nowhere to go.
no account
nothing to sign up for
your own icloud
sync only to your private icloud
ai on your device
and you can turn it off
no ads, no selling
anonymous counts, if you opt in
only lookups leave your device (weather, books, shows), never your journal. full privacy policy.
intelligence that stays home
both run on your device, never a server. turn either off if you'd rather not.
oratio
say your day, and it sorts it into trackers, tasks and events
the oracles
pythia, hestia and diogenes read your tarot and i ching (aurum)
oratio never logs a question or something you didn't do. if a reading mentions self-harm, tabula stops and shows where to find help.
built on research
how studies shaped tabula. it's a journal, not a treatment.
small skills help moderate
small planned activities, reappraisal and breathwork can help, though single techniques are mixed (Bralee et al., 2025; Fincham et al., 2023; Morello et al., 2023)
so tabula: offers one optional skill after a heavy check-in.
streaks and points don't help moderate
gamification doesn't make mental health apps work better or keep people longer (Liu et al., 2025; Six et al., 2021)
so tabula: no streaks, points or red "missed".
stepping away is normal moderate
people lapse and come back as part of normal tracking (Epstein et al., 2015)
so tabula: welcomes you back, with nothing to catch up on.
effort makes people stop strong
check-ins drop off as logging takes more effort (Astill Wright et al., 2026; Liu et al., 2025)
so tabula: one tap or one sentence, and only the reminders you choose.
adhd needs scaffolds early
adults with adhd want quiet, flexible support over pressure (Chen et al., 2026; Deshmukh, 2025)
so tabula: focus helpers: fewer choices, one thing at a time.
references
- Astill Wright, L., Shajan, G., Purewal, D., Stone, J., Majid, M., Guo, B.-L., & Morriss, R. (2026). Mood monitoring, mood tracking, and ambulatory assessment interventions in depression and bipolar disorder: Systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials. JMIR Mental Health, 13, Article e84020. https://doi.org/10.2196/84020
- Bralee, E., Mostazir, M., Warren, F. C., Newbold, A., Hulme, C., Cranston, T., Aas, B., Bear, H., Botella, C., Burkhardt, F., Ehring, T., Fazel, M., Fontaine, J., Frost, M., García-Palacios, A., Greimel, E., Hößle, C., Hovasapian, A., Huyghe, V. E., . . . Watkins, E. R. (2025). Brief use of behavioral activation features predicts benefits of self-help app on depression symptoms: Secondary analysis of a selective prevention trial in young people. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology. https://doi.org/10.1037/ccp0000917
- Chen, J.-R., Meng, Y.-B., & Nie, K.-X. (2026). "Not just me and my to-do list": Understanding challenges of task management for adults with ADHD and the need for AI-augmented social scaffolds. Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction, 10. https://doi.org/10.1145/3816978
- Deshmukh, R. (2025). Toward neurodivergent-aware productivity: A systems and AI-based human-in-the-loop framework for ADHD-affected professionals. In Proceedings of the 16th Biannual Conference of the Italian SIGCHI Chapter. Association for Computing Machinery. https://doi.org/10.1145/3750069.3750114
- Epstein, D. A., Ping, A., Fogarty, J., & Munson, S. A. (2015). A lived informatics model of personal informatics. In Proceedings of the 2015 ACM International Joint Conference on Pervasive and Ubiquitous Computing. Association for Computing Machinery. https://doi.org/10.1145/2750858.2804250
- Everitt, N., Broadbent, J., Richardson, B., Smyth, J., Heron, K. E., Teague, S. J., & Fuller-Tyszkiewicz, M. (2021). Exploring the features of an app-based just-in-time intervention for depression. Journal of Affective Disorders. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jad.2021.05.021
- Fincham, G. W., Strauss, C., Montero-Marín, J., & Cavanagh, K. (2023). Effect of breathwork on stress and mental health: A meta-analysis of randomised-controlled trials. Scientific Reports, 13, Article 432. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-27247-y
- Liu, C., Torous, J., Fuller-Tyszkiewicz, M., Messer, M., Anderson, C., Soliman, O. I., & Linardon, J. (2025). Uptake, adherence, and attrition in clinical trials of depression and anxiety apps: A systematic review and meta-analysis. JAMA Psychiatry. https://doi.org/10.1001/jamapsychiatry.2025.3439
- Morello, K., Schäfer, S., Kunzler, A. M., Priesterroth, L., Tüscher, O., & Kubiak, T. (2023). Cognitive reappraisal in mHealth interventions to foster mental health in adults: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Frontiers in Digital Health, 5, Article 1253390. https://doi.org/10.3389/fdgth.2023.1253390
- Six, S. G., Byrne, K., Tibbett, T. P., & Pericot-Valverde, I. (2021). Examining the effectiveness of gamification in mental health apps for depression: Systematic review and meta-analysis. JMIR Mental Health, 8(11), Article e32199. https://doi.org/10.2196/32199
found with consensus. in crisis? please contact a local crisis line or emergency services.
how it works
say it, and it's sorted
"spent 12 on lunch, and add a tracker for headaches." oratio turns it into lines you tick, then logs them in one tap.
pick your stone
six stone themes. drag to see them all.
every tracker you'd otherwise download
all free. turn on only what you use.
daily log
tasks, events and notes, day by day
trackers
any kind, by tap or by voice
mood & energy
the full feelings wheel, charted
health & medication
symptoms and doses on a calendar
gym
programs, workouts, progress
work & study
projects, focus and zotero
books
your library and pages read
notes & pages
markdown, tables, templates
tarot & oracles
rider-waite and i ching
chores
what's due, and since when
budget
spending at a glance
make it yours
six stones, widgets, opendyslexic
aurum
your tabula is a blank slate, and aurum gilds it. everything you need stays free. aurum adds a few extras and helps keep tabula going. monthly, yearly, or once for good.
- five profiles: up to 5 separate tabulas (for work, school or someone else), each syncing to your devices. free tabula has one.
- a year of backups: every week's automatic backup kept for a year, instead of the last four, in your icloud drive
- make it your own: themes of your own, saved and named; fonts you add; your own accent colour; a photo behind the page; a see-through window
- community widgets: bring in widgets other people have made and shared, each previewed before it goes on your page
- the oracles: pythia, hestia and diogenes read your tarot spreads and i ching hexagrams with your question in mind. 5 obols a day (one per question), and a handful, a pouch, a sack or a chest more if you need them
- the annals: your year in one place: every day you wrote, your moods month by month, habits and best runs, books finished and the cards that kept turning up
- aurum decks: tarot decks drawn for tabula, only with aurum, as each one arrives. artist decks are separate: anyone can buy those
- smart deck upload: turn a folder of card images into a tarot deck of your own
- a year in the trash: deleted things wait a year instead of 30 days
monthlyyearlylifetime · a founding pillar
the people behind it
salt
founder · admin
Katherine Lin-Chen
concept artist · logo and art
nick
finance · logistics
pyu
manager
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