The real questions
Frequently asked
If this is your first visit, start with How Chimesong works for the complete reflection, Chime, History, and optional-sharing flow.
What is Chimesong?
A private journal that reflects your days back to you. Write about your day — as a guest or with an account — and receive a Chime: an AI-generated 1-10 score and a short written reflection. Keep writing with an account, and Chimesong shows how your days are changing over time, may gently point out patterns in what tends to come with your better or harder days (never as causes), and lets you ask questions about your own recorded history. Entries are private by default; sharing a moderated post with other signed-in users is always your choice.
What is a Chime?
A Chime is an AI-generated response to a completed day reflection: a 1-10 score and a short written reflection about that day. It is not a clinical assessment, medical advice, or an objective measurement of mental health.
Is it free?
The current core reflection, Feed, and small-game experience is free. A paid subscription service is not currently offered.
Do I need to sign up?
No. You can write about your day and receive a Chime as a guest — your history is saved only in this browser, and Chimesong never silently uploads it. Creating a free account adds cloud backup, so your days are kept safely and available on any device you sign in from. An account is also needed for the Feed, including shared-post pages, sharing to Public Echo, and the features built on your saved history: your Trend, patterns, and Ask Chimesong. The landing, legal, FAQ, and safety information pages are always available without an account.
Is my day private by default?
Yes. Publishing requires an explicit sharing action and moderation. Posts display a generated pseudonym, not your account email. Anything identifying that you write yourself can still identify you, so review it before sharing.
Does the AI keep my day text after scoring?
A stateless request does not mean zero retention. Anthropic's published API policy describes deletion within 30 days by default, with exceptions for some services, agreements, safety enforcement, and law. Chimesong also stores your entry in your private history until deletion.
Do you train AI on my content?
Chimesong does not run model training on your entries. Provider processing is governed by its commercial terms and the applicable agreement; do not treat that as a promise of zero provider retention.
Can the AI be wrong?
Yes. Scores and reflections can be mistaken. They are not clinical assessments, medical advice, or a verdict on your life.
What happens if I write about something serious?
When the safety flow detects a crisis, the entry is not scored or shared. Crisis guidance appears in the flow, with safety resources also available at /safety. Chimesong is not an emergency service.
Can other users see who I am?
Other signed-in users see your shared content and pseudonym, not your account email or private entries. A pseudonym does not make identifying details in your writing anonymous.
Why was my post or comment blocked?
Public contributions are moderated. The application shows available reasons and recovery or appeal options. Automatic delivery of an explanatory email is not guaranteed by this release.
Can I export my data?
Settings provides a JSON export of supported account, entry, and interaction records. It is not a complete export of every security audit record or provider log; contact the operator for a privacy request.
Can I delete my account?
Yes, through the confirmation flow in Settings. Account and dependent user records are deleted. Security audit records can remain with the profile link cleared, and provider backups and logs have separate handling. The Privacy Policy explains these limits; no fixed backup expiry is promised.
Do you sell my data?
No. Chimesong does not sell entries or use advertising trackers. Optional analytics is separately controlled through Manage cookies.
Can I install Chimesong on my phone?
Use Chimesong in a browser. The release is online-only and is not certified for PWA installability or offline use. A browser shortcut is not a native mobile app.
Does it work offline?
No offline support is promised. An internet connection is required for the supported experience, including account access, entries, Feed, and AI processing.
Which browsers have been tested?
Selected automated flows have been checked in Chromium, Firefox, and WebKit. This is not certification for every browser, real mobile device, or screen reader; human and assistive-technology acceptance remain open.
Read the Privacy Policy for current retention and deletion behavior, the Cookie Policy for browser storage, and Safety for crisis resources.
Provider retention is described in Anthropic's API retention policy. Chimesong does not claim a zero-data-retention agreement.