Vibe Check: Share Mood Widget

Share how you feel right now. Vibe Check is a mood widget that lets you share mood with friends straight from the home screen — no feed, no likes, just the feelings you actually have today.

Vibe Check lets you pick your current mood from expressive emoji and share it with your closest friends through a home screen widget. There is no feed and there are no likes. Just what you are feeling today.

■ The widget is the product
Most social apps only show you something after you open them. Vibe Check works the other way round. Your friends' moods sit on the home screen, so you know who is having what kind of day without launching anything. Unlocking your phone is the whole interaction.

■ What is inside
• 16 mood emoji plus a short line to say where you are at
• A private circle of up to 12 friends
• A friends widget that keeps their status on your home screen
• Entries expire automatically after 24 hours
• A chemistry score showing how your moods line up with each friend
• A dark interface built on vivid gradients

■ Twenty-four hours is enough
Whatever you post disappears after a day. Yesterday's mood still hanging around today stops being a mood tracker and becomes a weight. Because you pick fresh every day, there is no decision about what to keep. This is not an archive — it is a way to share mood while it is still true.

■ Twelve people, deliberately
A circle holds a maximum of twelve. This is not an app for growing a following. The number of people you would genuinely update every day is about that anyway. A small circle is what makes it safe to post an unflattering feeling, and that is exactly when the widget earns its place.

■ Why there are no likes
The moment reactions exist, people start choosing feelings that perform well. Then it stops being honest and becomes a show. Vibe Check has no reaction button. Post that you are low and nothing happens — your friends simply know.

■ A mood tracker that points outward
Most mood tracker apps are private diaries: you log a feeling and nobody sees it. Vibe Check keeps the logging just as light but points it at people. The friends widget means your status reaches the twelve people who would actually do something about it. If you want a long-term mood tracker with charts, this is not that. If you want the people close to you to know you had a rough Tuesday, this is exactly that.

■ Built for the home screen first
The mood widget comes in sizes that fit next to your calendar or below your dock. Because a friends widget updates in place, there is no notification to dismiss and no badge to clear. Nothing about it asks for your attention — it just sits there being true until the status expires.

■ Who it is for
• Anyone who finds photo apps exhausting but still wants to stay connected
• People who feel awkward checking in daily but want to know how someone is
• Anyone who wants close friends only, without the noise
• People who love home screen widgets
• Anyone who wants to log short feelings without ceremony
• Anyone looking for a quiet way to share status

Unlike photo sharing or daily prompt apps, Vibe Check focuses on emotional connection rather than broadcasting. Stay close to how your people are actually doing, without the rest of it.

Pick a mood and put it on the widget.