💛 Mood
Done today ✓How are you feeling right now? There's no wrong answer.
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Your pet and your notes are still saved on this device.
Meet your Rootling
This little friend grows when you take small moments to care for yourself — a glass of water, a stretch, an honest check-in. No pressure, no guilt. Just gentle growing, together.
Welcome to Rootling
Rootling is a small pet that lives on this device. It helps you take small steps to care for yourself. A glass of water counts. A short rest counts. There is no score. Your pet is never sad if you miss a day.
Your information, in short
Kept on this device:
- Your pet and its name
- Your check-ins
- Your settings (your choices for how the app looks and acts)
- Things your pet learns, if you let it learn
- Words you write in lists or journals in the app
Optional, off unless you turn it on:
- Reminders (alerts from your pet)
- Connected helpers, if any are added later — each one will ask first, in plain words, before it touches anything
You choose
These are the real switches. What you pick here is what happens.
Reminders: off. Rootling does not send reminders unless you turn them on later, in the app, in the Alerts card.
Analytics: Rootling collects none. There is no switch, because there is nothing to switch off. (Analytics means counting how people use an app. Rootling does not do that.)
You do not need to share private things
You do not need to share medical diagnoses, financial information, passwords, or anything private for Rootling to help you. Write only what you are comfortable keeping on this device.
A diagnosis is the name a doctor gives to a health problem. You never need to write one here.
Your choices
Your choices will be listed here.
Your pet, check-ins, and anything it learns stay on this device. Your account lives on this device too — it is never sent anywhere, and signing in just opens your own space here. Optional connected helpers are off by default, are labeled where they appear, and each one explains exactly what it touches before you turn it on.
Rootling is a self-care companion — not a medical device, not therapy, and not a substitute for professional care. If things ever feel like too much, you deserve support from a person: in the US, call or text 988 — the Suicide and Crisis Lifeline — any time, day or night.
Help
What is this app? Rootling is a small pet on this device. You do small kind things for yourself. Your pet grows a little as you do.
Tap a line below. Then tap Show me. Rootling will take you to that part.
Check-ins: Tap one small card. That is all. One is enough.
Today card: It shows your one thing for today. It also shows what is next.
Focus: Sit with your pet. Work on one thing. A timer shows the time. You can stop at any time.
Plans and reminders: Your pet holds your plans for the day. Reminders stay off until you turn them on.
Grounding tools: These help in a wobbly moment. Pick one. You can stop at any time.
Settings: Change how your pet helps you. You can change things back at any time.
Support now — if things feel like too much, tap this. It has calm tools and your own list of people to call or text.
Need help?
It looks like this might be frustrating. Would you like me to show you?
Put Rootling on your home screen
Rootling can be installed on this phone. Then it opens like an app, right from your home screen.
Rootling Seed stage
- Day streak
- 0
- Total days cared
- 0
- Today
- 0 / 4 check-ins
Adventures
Training, but make it a story. Tap one to go there.
Draw your pet
Draw your companion, or add a picture you made. Any lines count. You can show it on Home.
Your drawings
Play Together
Short games you and your pet play together. No timer, no penalties — stopping is always okay.
Play with your pet
Short, calm games you play with your pet. Nothing counts down. Nothing is lost. Stop any time.
Tend: care, focus, and calm games
Routines become pet care. Focus naps, a Pebble path for big tasks, a calm corner, and gentle games for worry, low mood, and easier breathing. Your pet earns XP, badges, and rare items as you play.
Open TendYour companions
Your collection. Bringing a companion to Home is free, and your main companion stays yours until you pick a new one.
0 sunshine to the next stage
One day, companion packs and extra slots may be offered as extras. Nothing here is locked today: every companion you adopt is fully yours.
Choose a new main companion
Your main companion is the one who greets you on Home and speaks for your check-ins.
Only want a new name? You do not need a new companion for that — renaming is free and takes one tap.
Train me
Your pet asks one small question at a time. You can answer, skip, or stop. Nothing is forced.
Pick a topic
See what you saved
Your saved words
Hello 🌱
Next best thing
Nothing picked yet. Any tiny thing counts.
Your pet noticed
Recovery ideas
I Can't Start
No problem. Let's shrink it.
What feels easiest?
Ask your pet
Helper level 1Tell me what you need. Try “Check my email”, “Remind me to take my meds at 8”, or “What does research say about ADHD?”
0:00
Your pet works on this device. It shares research with sources, but it never diagnoses and is not medical advice. In a crisis, call or text 988. For a medical emergency, call 911.
Move with your pet
0 / 6,000 steps today
0 / 150 active minutes this week
0 / 2 strength days this week
0 steps
Walks, workouts, and step goals give your pet growth points. A website cannot read your phone’s health app, so type in your steps or walk with me and I will count while Rootling is open. Goals follow CDC activity guidelines.
Mood care
Last 14 days. Darker green is a better day. Empty circles mean no check-in.
Tap a mood face in your check-in each day, and your pet will gently notice if things get heavy for a while.
This is not a diagnosis. The mood check uses the PHQ-2 and PHQ-9 questions doctors use. If you are thinking about hurting yourself, call or text 988 any time.
Talk to your pet
Your pet answers on this device.
Move & steps
Steps today: 0
A goal is a friendly target, never a test. Rest days count as care.
Today
What is this? This card shows what matters most right now. Just this. Nothing else.
New here? Pick one check-in below — that is all Rootling asks. Your pet grows a little each day you do any one of them.
My one thing for today:
No one thing yet. You can add one below.
Now: Nothing scheduled. A gentle day.
Here's what today looks like
The same four check-ins as always. Nothing new will appear later.
Most check-ins take less than a minute. Today is finished when these four are done — or when you decide to stop. Both count as the end of today.
Focus, plans and big tasks
What is this? This part holds your plans for today. It helps you work on one thing at a time.
Sit and focus
How long? Tap one, or write your own number of minutes.
Plans for today
Your pet holds these plans. You do not have to hold them in your head.
No plans yet today.
Break a big task into small steps
What is the very first tiny step?
Make it small. Small enough to do in about 15 minutes or less.
This step:
Your saved tasks
Parked thoughts
🕊️ Grounding tools
For wobbly moments. Pick whichever tool helps you — they are listed in no special order, and none of them is the "right" one. Slow, quiet, and you can stop at any point — leaving is always allowed, and stopping changes nothing.
About paced breathing: it focuses on your breath. If that ever feels worse, stop straight away and pick a different tool.
Today's gentle check-ins
Any one of these is enough. Small counts. Each check-in gives your companion a little sunshine — once a day each.
💧 Water
Done today ✓A glass of water is a small kindness to yourself.
0 of 8 glasses today
🚶 Movement
Done today ✓A walk to the mailbox counts. So does dancing in the kitchen.
🌙 Sleep
Done today ✓Roughly how long did you sleep last night? A guess is fine.
🎉 All four check-ins done — what a lovely day of care. Rootling is glowing.
Support now
You are here. Take your time. Pick one thing.
I am an AI support tool and not a medical professional. If you are experiencing a crisis, contact emergency services, a healthcare provider, or a trusted person immediately.
In the US, call or text 988 — the Suicide and Crisis Lifeline — any time, day or night.
A quick check-in first
I am concerned about your safety.
Are you safe right now?
Support: Support contact details will appear here once they are set up.
Help right now
In the US, call or text 988 — the Suicide and Crisis Lifeline — any time, day or night.
Before anyone is contacted
The note says, word for word:
A short wait, so you can stop this
30
I am preparing to contact your emergency contact.
A notification will be sent in 30 seconds unless cancelled.
One last check
I am about to notify your emergency contact.
Do you want me to continue?
Share where you are
Location sharing should help you feel safer, never watched. Rootling asks first, each time.
Would you like to allow location sharing during emergency situations?
Who sees it: only the contact you pick.
When: only when you share it.
How long: the time you pick.
How to stop: turn the Location sharing switch off, or tap Stop.
Share your location?
Would you like to share your location with your emergency contact?
Check before you share
Location is only as exact as your phone reports. It can be a few streets off.
New location notes go out only while Rootling is open.
How long will you share?
People you trust
What is this? Add a person you trust. Then you can call or text them with one tap.
Rootling never calls or texts anyone for you. These buttons are here so you can reach someone fast.
Emergency contact dashboard
What is this? You choose if alerts are on, who gets them, and the exact words of the note. Nothing goes out unless you tap each step yourself.
No emergency contact picked yet.
Your alert note, word for word:
Location sharing dashboard
Location sharing is off unless you turn it on. It is never asked for when you first meet Rootling.
Sharing history
This list says when you shared, who with, and for how long. It never keeps the place itself.
Delete the whole sharing history? This cannot be undone.
Time with Rootling and breaks
What is this? This page shows your time with Rootling, and gives you calm break ideas.
Rootling can only count time while Rootling is open. This page never counts time on other apps.
Technology should improve life, not replace it. Breaks are a good part of a day.
Today
This week
This month
Break reminders
Reminders ask. They never force. There is no sound and nothing flashes.
How often should Rootling ask?
A break idea
How is your energy right now?
Small steps for hard days
Pick one small thing. One is enough.
Today you nourished
Movement
Water
Rest
Learning
People
Outside
This picture only grows. Nothing here goes down.
A new day starts empty. Empty is fine.
Sticker shelf
Stickers you earn stay on this shelf. They never go away.
No stickers yet. Your first break or challenge will add one.
Pick an activity
Tap the big button. Rootling shows one activity at a time.
How should Rootling pick?
Pick one kind:
Did you complete this activity?
Any attempt counts as success. The goal is participation, not perfection.
My favourites
Real-world challenges
These are offers, not jobs. Pick one only if you want to.
Pick a time, if you like:
Pick a size, in your own words:
Your challenges
My aims
Pick any aims you like. You can pick more than one, or none.
For grown-ups helping
A grown-up using this phone or tablet can see this same page. Nothing here is hidden, and nothing extra is shown to them.
There is no other page for grown-ups. This panel shows the same reminder settings and the same aims as above.
Get the Rootling app
Put Rootling on your home screen. It opens like an app, and it works with no internet too.
Rootling is on your home screen. Tap its icon to open it.
On iPhone or iPad:
- Tap the Share button in your browser.
- Tap “Add to Home Screen.”
- Tap “Add.” Rootling is now on your home screen.
How should your pet support you?
Change one choice at a time, any time. Nothing here resets on its own, nothing is recorded about why you changed it, and you never have to explain a change.
Your companion's shape and senses
Your companion
Your main companion greets you on Home.
Renaming is free and takes effect at once, everywhere. Choosing a new main companion never removes the old one — they stay in your collection with everything they have grown.
Your account on this device
Accounts live on this device only.
Your account keeps your companions in their own space on this device, away from anyone else who uses it. Nothing about your account is sent anywhere. Cloud accounts — with Google, Apple, or Microsoft sign-in — arrive with the connected version of Rootling.
Ask your pet: helper settings
Everything here is off or on-device until you change it. Each connected helper says exactly what it touches.
Connected helper: Gmail and Google Calendar (off until you connect)
Tap “Connect Gmail + Calendar” on Home. Google shows its own window and asks you to allow access. Then your pet can: show unread email and the newest senders, read your newest email to you, search your email, save drafts (it never sends), read your calendar, and add events you confirm. The access pass stays in memory only (about 1 hour) and is never saved. Disconnect any time by asking “disconnect Google”.
There is nothing to set up here. The app owner set the Google helper up once, for everyone. Tap the button, and Google asks you to allow access — that is all.
Connected helper: smarter AI brain (advanced, off)
Commands and research notes always work on this device. With a smarter brain, open questions (ones your pet does not know) are sent to the AI service you pick, with your pet’s research notes and your last few messages. Your key is saved only on this device and is left out of memory backups. The service you pick may charge you for use.
To see or wipe what your pet learned about helping you, ask it: “What have you learned?”
Connected accounts
Email is not connected. Rootling works fully without it.
Connect Gmail and Calendar?
Next, Google will open. Google will ask if you say yes.
If you say yes, your pet can read your email and your calendar. It can only look — it cannot send email, and it cannot change your calendar.
You can disconnect at any time. Nothing is shared until you say yes on Google's page.
Sign in with Google?
Next, Google will open. Google will ask if you say yes.
Signing in is only your name badge. It does not read your email. You can connect email later, only if you want to.
Or sign in with email and a password:
What your pet noticed
- Nothing yet. When email is connected, what your pet finds shows up here — every item, in plain words.
Suggested from your email
- No suggestions yet.
AI Access Controls
Having your email connected does not give any AI your email. Each AI needs its own yes, for each kind of data. Memory book and wellbeing can never be given to outside AIs.
Things you live with (your choice)
Tell your pet only if you want to. It offers matching help more often. It never guesses, and you can change this any time.
Words, colours and motion
Companion form (your name, sunshine and history stay exactly the same):
What your companion has learned
Everything below lives only on this device. Your companion adjusts its support style — it never diagnoses you and never gives you a label you didn't choose.
Your chosen support style always comes first — learning only fills in where your style is silent, and every adjustment is listed here as it happens. Turning learning off in settings stops anything new being learned; what is already here stays until you forget it below.
Your pet's memory
Memory details load with this view.
Rootling asks your browser to keep its storage persistent the first time it runs, and nothing your pet remembers is ever deleted automatically. A browser can still clear site data — if you clear it, or under heavy storage pressure — so the backup below is the copy you control. It is also how your pet's memory moves with you if Rootling later becomes an app-store app: same file, restored, nothing starts over.
Memory Book
The purpose of memory is to provide better support, not surveillance.
This book keeps your good moments and the things your pet remembers. You can see each one. You can change each one. You can delete each one.
'Right now' memories fade after 30 days unless you keep them. 'Kept for later' memories stay until you delete them.
Your pet's memory is off. When you turn memory on, this book will keep your keepsakes and the things your pet remembers, where you can see them.
Your memories
Each line says what it is, why it is here, and when it last changed.
Right now
Nothing here right now.
Kept for later
Nothing kept for later yet.
Your pet noticed these
Your pet noticed these. While memory is on, they are kept here where you can see them. You can Forget any of them any time. Tap Keep to file one with your kept memories.
Nothing here yet.
You could tidy these
These have not changed in a long time. Keep them, or forget them. It is your tap, always.
Things your pet noticed
Nothing here yet. As you use Rootling, gentle notes like these may appear — only when your book backs them up.
Your pet only says these when your own book backs them up.
Keepsakes
Good moments, kept safe. Rootling never takes a keepsake away. Only you can delete one.
No keepsakes yet. Your first ones will show here.
Ask your pet's memory
Privacy & your data
This page shows what Rootling keeps, and gives you the switches to download it or delete it.
Reminders: off.
Pet memory (learning): off.
What Rootling keeps on this device will be listed here.
Your Rootling account lives on this device only, and it is never sent anywhere. Signing in just opens your own space on this device — your information stays here.
Support: Support contact details will appear here once they are set up.
This deletes your pet, check-ins, and everything Rootling keeps on this device. It cannot be undone. Your downloaded backup file, if you made one, is yours to keep or delete.
Privacy Policy, in plain words
Last updated: October 15, 2026. This page is the whole policy. There is no longer version hidden somewhere else.
What Rootling keeps
Rootling keeps things on this device only. It keeps:
- Your pet, its name, and how much it has grown.
- Your account on this device: your name, your email, and your password kept scrambled — never as plain words.
- Your companions collection: every companion you adopt, and which one is your main companion.
- Your check-ins (your mood, water, movement, and sleep notes).
- Your settings — the choices you make for how the app looks and acts.
- Things your pet learns about how you use the app, but only if you turn learning on.
- Anything you write in the app, such as lists or journal words (a journal is a place where you write your own notes).
Some memories in your Memory Book are marked "Right now". After 30 days, Rootling points at them and asks if you want to keep them for later. Nothing is deleted unless you tap Forget.
These things are kept in your browser's storage, on this device. A browser is the app you use to open web pages, like Chrome or Safari.
Why Rootling keeps it
So your pet can be your companion. That is the only reason. Your pet needs its name, your check-ins, and your choices so it can greet you and keep growing with you.
What Rootling never does
- Rootling never sells your information.
- Rootling never uses your information for advertising (ads).
- Rootling never shares your information with anyone, unless you say it may.
- Rootling has no hidden tracking. Tracking means secretly watching what you do. Rootling does not do that.
- Rootling never sends your account, or anything else, from this device to anyone. Your sign-in works on this device only.
- As Rootling works today, the app sends nothing from this device to anyone. Your pet, check-ins, and learning stay here, on this device.
Your choices
- Learning on or off: in the adoption form, and later in Settings under "Learning". The first time you turn it on, Rootling asks once more, in plain words, so you can be sure.
- Reminders on or off: in the Alerts card on the main screen. Reminders are off until you turn them on.
- Download your data: tap "Download my data" at the top of this page, or "Download my pet's memory" in "What your companion has learned". You get one file that is yours to keep.
- Delete some of your data: buttons at the top of this page can delete one part at a time, when that part exists.
- Delete all of your data: tap "Delete my data" at the top of this page. It asks you to be sure first. Then it deletes everything Rootling keeps on this device.
- See what your pet learned: tap "What your companion has learned" in Settings. You can forget what it learned there, too.
How long things are kept
Things are kept until you delete them. Rootling does not delete your pet or your check-ins on its own.
One thing is not in Rootling's control: your browser can clear site data. Site data means the things a web page stores on your device. If you clear it, or if your device runs very low on space, your browser may remove what Rootling keeps. That is why the backup file matters: the backup file is the copy you control. Keep it somewhere safe if you want a copy that no browser can take away.
Safety note
Rootling is a self-care companion. It is not a medical device, not therapy, and not a substitute for professional care. It does not diagnose or treat any condition. Diagnose means to name a health problem; Rootling never does that.
If things ever feel like too much, you deserve support from a person: in the US, call or text 988 — the Suicide and Crisis Lifeline — any time, day or night.
Who Rootling is for
Rootling is made for adults and older teens. If you are under 18, please use it with a parent or guardian who knows you are using it. A guardian is an adult who cares for you and is in charge of your safety.
Your account, and what changes with the connected version
Today, your account lives on this device only. It holds your name, your email, and your password kept scrambled — never as plain words. It is never sent anywhere, and your email is never checked or written to.
- A connected version of Rootling is planned. It would add sign-in with Google, Apple, or Microsoft, email checks, and moving your companions between your devices — only if you choose it.
- This policy would be updated first, and shown to you before any connected sign-up, so you could read it and choose.
- The things Rootling keeps on this device today stay on this device, unless you choose to move them.
Before your pet starts remembering
The AI can remember details you choose to share in order to provide better support. You remain in control and can view or delete memories at any time.
What has changed in Rootling
If anything about how Rootling looks or works ever changes, it will be written here first, in plain words: what will change, when it will change, and what will stay the same.
- Your settings are never reset by an update.
- Seasonal pictures or new features are never added without being listed here first.
