Short answers

Why did you make this?

I was writing in Word, one long doc per month. That part worked. But my photos got buried, and when I wanted to find a Rollo May quote I'd written about, I had to dig through a hundred pages and guess the month. Meanwhile my quiet moment timer was in one app, my voice notes in another, my habits in a third. I didn't want a productivity system. I wanted one place for my life, where the good stuff doesn't get lost, and something that could go through the seasons of life with me: the good years, the hard ones, and every version of me in between. So I made it.

Is it free right now?

Yes, all of it, while Haumm is in early access. After that, writing stays free forever, and Haumm is $60/year for the rest. See pricing.

What's limited on the free plan?

Only the heavy things. Writing is unlimited, forever. On the free plan you add one photo or video and one voice note a day, turn two voice notes a week into text (they start again Monday, and a try that fails never counts; dictation has ten minutes a day of its own), and keep ten pieces in Commonplace. Media gets 1 GB. Patterns and the Claude connection are open for your first 30 days, old journals come in one page per file, and shared posters carry a small haumm.com mark.

Why is transcription capped, even with Haumm?

Voice notes in Haumm are notes on the run: a thought on a walk, a few minutes after a long day. Most people leave fewer than five a day, and the longest run ten or fifteen minutes. So with Haumm, up to 30 voice notes and 30 minutes of voice a day turn into words, dictation's minutes counted too (on free, two voice notes a week and ten minutes of dictation a day). Turning voice into words costs real money every time, and the cap keeps that fair: nobody can run up a bill that everyone else ends up paying for. If you need more, write to support@haumm.com and tell us what you're recording. We'll raise yours.

Can I import old journals from Word or Google Docs?

Yes. Word files (with their formatting, headings, lists, and tables), Google Docs straight from your Google Drive, and plain text or Markdown files, several at once. Haumm finds the dates in your writing and splits it into dated entries for you to check before importing. On the free plan, each file comes in as one page, dated by the file: one document per day becomes one page per day, and one long document becomes one long page. With Haumm, each file is read and split into its dated entries. An export from another journaling app can come in too. So far that’s Day One’s: export your journal as JSON, then bring in the .zip it makes, just as it is. It comes in whole on every plan: each entry as a dated page, then its photos and voice notes where they were (on the free plan, until your room is full; its videos come with Haumm). The .zip is opened on your own device and never kept.

Can I export my journal to PDF or Word?

Yes — Word, PDF, plain text, or print. Your writing is never locked in.

Is it private?

Yes. Your writing and Commonplace are encrypted where they're stored, and no one else using Haumm can see your journal. Nothing in it is public unless you share it. Claude reads it only if you connect it yourself. We can open it, so here's our rule: we look only if you ask us to, or if the law requires it. The privacy policy has the rest, AI included.

Does it work on my phone?

Yes. Haumm works in your phone's browser, and you can add it to your home screen.

Does it work on a Mac?

Yes. Haumm runs in your browser on a Mac or a PC, so there's nothing to install. Your journal is the same wherever you sign in.

Is there a dark mode?

Yes. Every look has a light and a dark side: White and Night, and every theme in both. In Settings → Preferences → Appearance, choose Light, Dark or Match my device, which turns with your phone or computer.

Does it score me?

No, by design. There's nothing to unlock and nothing to protect. Insights keeps a little data (how much you wrote, what keeps coming up, which habits stuck) to help you notice things, quietly. No streaks, no badges, no confetti on day thirty. Miss a week and nothing changes except the date.

Will Haumm remind me to write?

No. You won't get a “did you write today?” or a question about how you're feeling. Write when you want to. If you need a week, take it. We're just holding the space.

Does Haumm have journal prompts?

Only the ones you pick. Haumm never sends you a question, and nothing is waiting for you in the morning. If you'd like somewhere to start, choose + then Prompt beside your page. Your own come first: write your questions once and they're there whenever you want them. Beside them are the questions Benjamin Franklin, Seneca and Marcus Aurelius asked themselves, a few deeper ones of our own, and moments like a dream, a hard day or an unsent letter. Pick one and its questions drop onto your page as plain lines. Answer them, change them or delete them. Nothing checks whether you did, and you never have to use one. On the phone, the + is on the bar above the keyboard while you write.

Will I ever see my old pages again?

Yes, without digging. Insights shows what you wrote a week, a month and a year ago, and at the start of each month it hands the last one back in your own words. Anything you kept hangs on your Commonplace wall, ready to go back on today's page. Bookmarks hold the days you marked. It's there whenever you go looking.

Can I hide habits, tasks, or gratitude from Insights?

Yes, in Settings. Each section can be switched off.

Can I tag my entries?

No, on purpose. Tags are a filing system you have to keep up while you write, and Haumm shouldn't ask for any setup. Every entry already has its date, search finds any word you wrote, Bookmarks mark the days worth coming back to, and Insights notices the themes you keep circling.

When you want to follow one thread across years, like every time you wrote about moving, connect Claude and ask. It can search your whole journal and pull up the entries, with their dates. No filing, before or after you write.

Can I keep separate journals for work, dating and the rest?

No, one journal, on purpose. Your work week and the rest of your life happen in the same days, so they live in the same pages, and nothing ever asks you where something goes. A voice note recorded on the go lands on today's page like everything else.

To read one part back, just write the way you'd say it. Search finds any word you remember, and when you don't remember the words, connect Claude and ask what you've written about work, or dating. It finds it by what you meant, with the dates. Keeping it together also shows you how the parts of your life pull on each other. Compartmentalize your day if it helps. Keep one journal, so you can see what it costs.

Does Haumm use AI?

Only to save you busywork. When you import old journals with Haumm, AI reads them to find the dates and split them into entries, and you check every date before anything comes in. When you record a voice note or dictate, AI turns your words into text. That's it. Haumm won't write for you, push you to write, or tell you how to feel. Your journal is where you do your own thinking.

But if you'd like an outside view of your own life, you can connect Claude. It can read and search your journal, so you can ask things like "what was I worried about a year ago that worked itself out?" It reads. It can never change or delete anything you've put in Haumm.

What can a connected AI see?

Your entries and their dates, plus your Commonplace and Insights unless you keep them private. Photos, videos and voice recordings only if you choose to share them. Never letters you've sealed until a later date. You connect it yourself by signing in with your Haumm account, and you can disconnect it anytime in Settings → Connections. We never use your writing to train AI.

Is Haumm therapy?

No. Haumm is a journal, a place to write and notice things about your own life. Insights and Patterns observe; they never diagnose or treat anything, and Haumm doesn't run an AI that talks with you. Patterns just offers questions you can choose to ask Claude about your own journal. If you're struggling, please reach out to someone you trust or a professional. In the US you can call or text 988, any time. More in our Terms.

What happens if I stop paying?

Write forever on the free plan. If you stop paying, nothing's locked: you drop back to free and keep writing, reading and exporting everything.