Not a Bad Life

Not a Bad Life daily-rating and journaling app

Record a good day or bad day, write a private daily journal entry, and see patterns over time with Skippy.

Version 1.1.166 is now available. Release Notes

Not a Bad Life at a glance

Purpose
Track good days and bad days and review them in block or calendar views.
Journal
Write one private daily entry of up to 5,000 characters.
Storage
Use the app locally or choose a cloud subscription for backup and use across devices.
Availability
Available for iOS in the Apple App Store and for Android on Google Play.
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?
Skippy, a black and white cat, indoors

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

Auspex Labs Inc. does not sell Not a Bad Life personal information or use journal content for advertising or artificial-intelligence training. Cloud providers process information only to operate and protect features you choose, as described in the App's policy.

Read the Not a Bad Life Privacy Policy →

Delete a Not a Bad Life cloud account →

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.

We only use your details to reply. No lists, no noise.