Luci Press Kit

“I've always been fascinated by how closely what we feel is tied to what we do. Sometimes I'd notice I was in a bad stretch mood but unable to say why, and by the time I figured it out the moment had passed. Luci is the thing I wish I'd had back then.”

“I started Luci in 2019, on evenings and weekends, alongside freelancing for various companies in the Netherlands. It's still just me: design, code, copy, support. Four major versions in, that's slower than a team would be, but nothing gets watered down on the way to shipping. Every choice in the app is one I can explain. If it helps someone put words to why they feel the way they do, that's the whole point.”

“This is the biggest update I've done so far. Earlier versions were very much about the charts, and I kept hearing that not everyone wants to dig through charts to get an answer. So with Luci 4.0 the app reads the patterns for you and tells you in a sentence or two what seems to lift your days, usually things you're already doing. You shouldn't need to be a data scientist to get something out of your own journal.”

“The one that surprised me was the plain-language summary. Luci pointed out a pattern in my own weeks that I hadn't noticed myself — I love nature walks with my dog — and I rearranged part of my schedule because of it. But the feature that makes the rest work is how fast an entry is: about ten seconds. That's small enough to survive a busy day, and it's the entries that add up to anything worth reading.”

“Luci isn't designed to replace professional help. If you're struggling, I'd encourage you to talk to someone. But the reality is that help isn't always available when you need it, and waiting lists can be measured in weeks. So I built the export: your days, feelings and progress in one easy-to-read document. This way when you do get to talk to someone, hopefully insights can come sooner.”

“Luci is your journal, not mine. It stays on your phone unless you switch sync on yourself, and it's never sold, never used to train anything, and never handed to advertisers.”