About Linden
Linden is an emotion-logging app for building self-awareness over time. You record how you feel using an interactive emotion picker, and over days and weeks, your entries build into a personal emotion map — a beautiful flowing visualization of your emotional life.
The map serves two purposes: private reflection (journaling prompts, patterns over time) and social sharing (shareable images and short videos for Instagram and TikTok).
What Linden is not
Linden helps you notice your feelings — it is a self-awareness tool, not a substitute for professional support. It does not diagnose, treat, or provide therapeutic advice. When showing reflections or prompts, the language is observational and never prescriptive.
How it works
Linden is built on established emotion categorisation research. The default model is the Willcox/Junto Feelings Wheel — a rich 3-level hierarchy that helps you move from "I feel bad" to "I feel isolated" or "I feel pressured."
Willcox/Junto Feelings Wheel
DefaultA 3-level hierarchy starting from 7 core emotions, branching into ~40 secondaries and ~80 tertiaries. The most detailed model for building emotional vocabulary.
Structure: 7 cores, ~40 secondaries, ~80 tertiaries
Plutchik's Wheel of Emotions
Coming soon8 primary emotions with 3 intensity tiers and dyad blending. Simpler for quick logging, elegant for understanding how emotions combine.
Structure: 8 primaries, 3 intensity tiers, dyad combinations
Geneva Emotion Wheel
Coming soon20 emotions in a single ring with 5 intensity levels. No drill-down needed — the fastest circular picker for experienced users.
Structure: 20 emotions, 5 intensity levels
Built by Skadi Oy
Linden is made by Skadi Oy, a small software company based in Finland. We believe self-awareness is a daily practice, and that the tools we use for it should be beautiful, private, and respectful.