Not a Bad Life

Not your standard journaling app.

Are you having a good day? A bad day? Skippy would like to know.

Version 1.1.166 is now available. Release Notes

Not a Bad Life running on an iPhone, showing Skippy and a month of good and bad days

What You'll Get

Good Days and Bad Days

Good Days get green dots (default) and Bad Days get red dots (default), which can be viewed as a block or in calendar view.

Daily Journal

Use up to 5,000 characters to describe your Good or Bad Day.

Cloud Backup

Cloud subscription option to back up content and journal across devices.

Color Customization

Choose your own colors for Good Day and Bad Day dots.

Meet Skippy

Skippy is a scruffy little black and white rescue cat who lives a good life indoors, now, and loves to be talked to.

Privacy and Security

Deep down, we're cybersecurity people. We do still care about this. This app's level of security makes it unavailable in France.

Inside the App

Overview screen in light mode, showing a month of good and bad days as green and red dots — Overview — Light Mode

Calendar view in light mode with each day marked good or bad — Calendar — Light Mode

Calendar view in dark mode showing June 2025 with green and red day markers — Calendar — Dark Mode

New journal entry in light mode asking how was your day, with Good and Bad buttons — New Journal Entry — Light Mode

New journal entry in dark mode — New Journal Entry — Dark Mode

Frequently Asked Questions

Is Skippy a real cat?

He is. Skippy started his life out as Spatz Troublepuffs of The Furrals, a colony of feral cats which came about after two households in a rural neighborhood abandoned their cats outside when they moved away. The Furrals are now lovingly tended cats, but Skippy was an outsider who lived in a groundhog hole, regularly picked fights with bigger, stronger cats, and kept getting injured. Rachel offered to adopt him.

Now, he lives indoors with Xanthe and Clementine, and spends his days enjoying pets, snuggles, treats, and upholstered furniture. (He really loves cushions of any sort.)

He's shy around new people, but he listens when being talked to with rapt interest and affection.

GDPR and other privacy regulations

User information in Not a Bad Life is not shared by Auspex Labs Inc. unless we are legally compelled to do so. For information on what personal information is stored by Auspex Labs Inc., please contact us.

Read the Not a Bad Life Privacy Policy →

Where can I get it?

Not a Bad Life is available in the Apple App Store and on Google Play.

Feedback?

Use the form below, or contact us. We would like to know.

Send a Note to the Real Skippy

Illustration of Skippy, a fluffy black and white cat, looking up

Messages written to Skippy in the Not a Bad Life app are private. If you would like to send a note to the actual cat, please use this form. We do read his mail to him.