Emotion Wheel
For iPhone · in English and French

Find the right word for what you feel.

Mad, or rather irritated, offended, exasperated? A wheel of 138 emotions takes you from a broad family down to the exact shade, with a one-sentence definition for each.

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The wheel: 8 families at the center, 37 emotions around them, 93 shades on the outside.

How are you feeling?

Three ways to find the right word.

Screenshot: after a filter, 20 of 138 emotions stay in color on the wheel.

Start from what you feel

Pleasant or not, restless or calm, about yesterday or about tomorrow: with each answer, the wheel thins out and tells you how many emotions are left.

Screenshot: the list of emotions by family, with its search.

Search in your own words

“Low,” “on edge,” “over the moon”: the search understands everyday words, in English and in French.

Screenshot: the map, where each dot is an emotion placed by how pleasant and how agitated it is.

Find yourself on the map

Full version

Rather unpleasant or pleasant? Calm or restless? Tap the spot that feels like you and read the words you find there.

The card

Every emotion has its own card.

A one-sentence definition, the other words people use, then a profile: how pleasant, how stirred up, how much in control it feels; what sets it off; what it pushes you to do. Enough to tell apart two emotions that look alike. Each marker rests on a recognized model from the psychology of emotion.

Sadness Painted illustration of the Sadness family.
Sadness Emotion

Pain felt after a loss or a letdown, slowing one down.

Also said
  • unhappy
  • sorrow
  • blue
Profile
PleasantnessVery unpleasant
ArousalCalm
ControlLittle control
Markers
Orientation Past About what has happened
Target Situation An event or a state of the world
Appraisal Loss Something of value is lost, for good
Action tendency Withdraw Pull back, keep one's distance
Opposite Joy

Eight families, 138 emotions.

Each family has its color, each emotion its painted illustration and its definition.

Painted illustration of the Fear family.

Fear

4 emotions · 14 shades

An intense, unpleasant reaction to a perceived danger that readies the body to flee or protect itself.

Painted illustration of the Anger family.

Anger

8 emotions · 18 shades

A strong reaction to an obstacle or a wrong that pushes one to confront its cause.

Painted illustration of the Disgust family.

Disgust

2 emotions · 5 shades

Strong repulsion toward something perceived as foul or unworthy.

Painted illustration of the Sadness family.

Sadness

9 emotions · 19 shades

Pain felt after a loss or a letdown, slowing one down.

Painted illustration of the Peace family.

Peace

5 emotions · 13 shades

A settled, quiet well-being in which nothing presses and one feels connected and secure.

Painted illustration of the Joy family.

Joy

3 emotions · 9 shades

A bright, pleasant state when things go well, inviting one to share it.

Painted illustration of the Strength family.

Strength

3 emotions · 8 shades

The felt ability to act on one's life and to stand one's ground.

Painted illustration of the Surprise family.

Surprise

3 emotions · 7 shades

A brief reaction to something unforeseen that stops one to take it in.

The journal

Your notes stay on your iPhone.

Note the emotion of the moment, with a sentence if you like. Later, read your journal back or export it, as text or as a spreadsheet, to show the person who supports you.

  • No account to create.
  • No data collected, no analytics.
  • No ads.
  • Your journal only leaves your iPhone if you export or share it.
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Free, with a subscription to go further.

Without a subscription

Free

  • The whole wheel: 8 families, 37 emotions, 93 shades
  • The list and its search
  • Each emotion's card: definition, “Also said,” profile, markers, relations
  • Two filters: Pleasantness and Arousal
  • The illustrations of the 8 families and about twenty emotions

Full version

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One-week free trial · your country's price is shown in the App Store

  • Everything that's free
  • Six more filters: what sets off the emotion, what it pushes you to do, what it's about…
  • The map of emotions
  • Writing in the journal
  • Sharing a card as an image
  • All the illustrations
Coming soon to the App Store

The price is shown in the App Store, in your country's currency, before you buy, and that price prevails. The subscription renews automatically and can be cancelled at any time in your Apple Account settings. Without a subscription, a journal already written stays readable, exportable and deletable. Terms of Use

This app doesn't diagnose anything.

It helps you put a word on what you feel; it doesn't replace a professional.

If you're not okay

Don't wait to ask for help: talk to someone you trust or to a health professional. In an emergency, call your local emergency services.