Today
01
Set today’s energy.
One slider, 1 to 10. The lantern dims or brightens with you. That single number is the spine of every pattern Lantern will eventually surface.
A new way to make each day happier
The
happiness tracker
built for noticing.
A two-minute evening check-in that captures your daily energy, the activities behind it, and four mindful lenses on why the day felt the way it did. Over a few weeks, the patterns become a map for designing more happy into your life on purpose.
Tue · May 26
Today
warming
EMPTYSTEADYLIT UP
Quick log
What just happened?
ACTIVITY
Dinner w/ friends
Who
Sam, Maya, Jordan
Where
the kitchen
What
what I was doing
Things
the tools
NOTE
|
14 days in
Get to know yourself
6.4
30-DAY AVG
▲ rising
✷ PATTERN
Mornings with a run land +2.4 higher. Do more of those.
Set today’s energy
One slider. The lantern glows with you.
The basics
What is a happiness tracker?
A happiness tracker is a small daily ritual. You log how the day landed, capture what made it that way, and let the patterns surface over time. The good ones aren’t asking you to summarize your mood with a single emoji. They’re capturing four small things (energy, activities, why, and how each one felt) in under two minutes.
Lantern is the happiness tracker designed for the day you’re actually having. No streaks. No badges. No advertising-driven nudges. Just a quiet evening check-in, and after about two weeks, a patterns view that reveals what really fuels you, and what really drains you.
How it works
How the happiness tracker works.
Four small steps every evening. The first time takes two minutes. After that it’s faster.
What just happened?
ACTIVITY
Morning run
WHY DID IT FEEL THIS WAY?
Who
alone
Where
the river path
What
running, podcast off
Things
fresh air, sunrise
NOTE
First quiet morning all week. Sun came up over the bridge.
02
Log what made the day.
Add the activities that mattered, mark each as a giver or drainer, then tag four mindful lenses (Who, Where, What, Things) so the tracker can later see what really moved you.
How’s the engine?
SLEEP
7h
good rest
MOVEMENT
Mod.
60+ min cardio
FOOD
Opt.
mostly whole
Optional daily body check-in. Off by default. Enable it in Settings to see how sleep, movement, and food line up with your energy.
03
Track the engine, if you want.
An optional daily body check-in for sleep, movement, and food. The three biggest predictors of your daily energy. Off by default; enable when you’re ready.
Your shape
30-DAY AVG
6.8
✧ PATTERN
Mornings with a run land +2.4 higher.
04
Watch the patterns emerge.
After about two weeks, your tracker has enough data to surface the patterns: top givers, top drainers, your best day of the week, the cues that actually predict a great one.
The fields
What a good happiness tracker actually records.
Four small fields, captured in the moment, in under a minute. That’s the recipe.
01
Energy
A 1–10 sense of how alive the day left you. Plus a −3 to +3 score per activity that moved it.
02
Activity
What you actually did. Autocompletes from your past, so re-logging the recurring stuff takes one tap.
03
Lenses
Who, Where, What, Things. Four mindful angles on why the day felt the way it did.
04
A one-line why
The sentence you’ll thank yourself for noting. Specifics live here, not in tag taxonomies.
The patterns view
The happiness tracker that talks back.
After two weeks, Lantern starts surfacing patterns automatically. Not because you asked it to, but because they were always there in your data.
- 30-day heatmap Each day a square. Warmth maps to energy.
- Top givers and drainers Ranked by average impact across all your logs.
- Day-of-week shape Saturday isn’t actually everyone’s best day. Find yours.
- Pattern cards “Mornings with a run land +2.4 higher than days without.”
- Cues, not nudges A quiet suggestion when the data is strong enough. Never push.
By weekday · last 30 days
Saturday wins.
8.2
✧ PATTERN
Your Saturdays average a full point higher than Thursdays. The big driver: time outdoors before noon.
Different on purpose
Why Lantern is a different happiness tracker.
Most wellbeing apps are built for the wellbeing app’s metric. Streaks, opens, daily nudges. Lantern is built for one thing: helping you see your own life more clearly.
Streaks
No. Compliance is not wellbeing.
✓ Most apps
Badges
No. The reward is the data.
✓ Most apps
Notifications
One quiet evening reminder.
✓ Many
Advertising
None.
✓ Many
Daily journaling
Two minutes. Four lenses plus a note.
? Variable
Pattern view
After two weeks, automatic.
? Varies
Export your data
Markdown and CSV, any time.
? Rare
Body trio (opt-in)
Sleep, movement, food.
? Rare
FAQ
Common questions about a daily happiness tracker.
Is Lantern a mood tracker or a happiness tracker?
Both, but the framing matters. Mood trackers tend to ask "how did you feel today?" which is useful but lossy. A happiness tracker, in our sense, captures the activities and lenses behind the feeling, so the patterns can tell you which parts of your life are actually fueling you.
How long does the daily check-in take?
About two minutes for a full entry: energy, four lenses, a one-line why. Re-logging an activity you already have on file takes seconds because the field autocompletes from your past.
How is this different from journaling?
A journal is a story. A happiness tracker is a dataset. Lantern is built to give you both: the small note for the narrative, the structured fields so the patterns can surface over time.
When will I actually see patterns?
Around day 10 to 14 of regular logging. Some patterns surface earlier if they’re strong (a recurring activity that always boosts or drains you). Real day-of-week and time-of-day signal needs about a month.
Do I have to track sleep, movement, and food?
No. The optional body check-in is off by default. Turn it on in Settings if you want to see how those three predictors line up with your daily energy.
Is my data private?
Yes. Lantern is private by default. We never sell, share, or train on your data. Export to Markdown or CSV any time.
Try the happiness tracker tonight.
Two minutes. One slider, four lenses, a one-line why. Free during early access.
Start tracking your happiness