Journaling, without the work

Live more. Journal less.

An invisible journal. You share a moment — a line, a voice note, a photo — and MetaLife does the journaling: it organizes everything, surfaces the patterns you'd miss, and reflects your life back to you. No blank page, no daily upkeep.

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metalife — Today
Good morning, Ninh
Tuesday, June 16
Synced
Mood
+2
Great
Sleep
7h 20m
Solid
Habits
5 of 6
This week
Mood · this week↑ trending up
Today · 2 of 3
Morning walk
Deep work block
Read 20 minutes
training2 min ago · via Telegram

Morning 5k, felt strong. 24:30 — best pace in weeks.

You do the work. But something's missing.

You've read the books. Set the goals. Downloaded the apps. But you still feel like you're guessing. The problem isn't discipline — it's that no one is connecting the dots for you.

Why do I always lose momentum in week 3?
I was doing so well — what changed?
Am I actually making progress, or just staying busy?
I know what I should do. So why don't I do it?
There has to be a pattern here I'm not seeing.

WHY METALIFE

Most trackers measure. MetaLife understands.

You can't improve what you don't track — but tracking shouldn't be another chore you have to decode. The difference isn't more data. It's whether anything reads it back to you.

The old way

Passive trackers

You measure — then you're on your own.

  • Fill in forms & checkboxes
  • Siloed apps that don't talk
  • Charts you interpret yourself
  • You do the analysis

The MetaLife way

You talk. It understands. It coaches.

Everything you say lands in one connected picture — and reads itself back to you.

  • Just talk — text or voice
  • One place, everything connected
  • Patterns surfaced for you
  • An AI coach that acts on them

HOW IT WORKS

Effortless by design

The less you have to think about tracking, the more consistently you'll do it. That's the whole point.

  1. 01

    Track effortlessly

    Just say what happened — by text or voice. No forms, no dropdowns. Two seconds and you're done.

    “slept badly, nailed the pitch”
  2. 02

    AI connects the dots

    MetaLife structures every capture and links it across your whole life — mood, sleep, work, workouts, money. A real picture of you, not just a pile of notes.

  3. 03

    See yourself clearly — and act

    “Your focus doubles when you sleep before 11.” Jarvis surfaces the patterns you'd never spot and coaches one small change. Clarity you can actually use.

Your AI coach

Meet Jarvis — the coach that knows you.

It remembers your goals, notices what you don't, and connects the dots across everything you track.

  • Remembers your goalsEvery intention you set, held in context.
  • Connects the dotsPatterns across everything you track.
  • Coaches one small actionOne lever at a time, never overwhelm.
metalife — Jarvis
Jarvis
Your AI coach

Effortless capture

Just talk. It structures everything.

Capture a workout, a meal, an expense, an idea, a mood in plain words — by text or voice — and MetaLife turns it into clean, structured data automatically. No forms. No tagging. Watch it happen:

metalife — Capture
AI assistant

SECOND BRAIN

Save everything. Find anything.

MetaLife isn't just for your days. Save articles, links, and ideas — AI extracts the key insight and cross-references it with your life, so you can ask “what do I know about X?” and get a real answer.

hbr.org
The Science of Building Lasting Habits
Key takeaways
  • Anchor a new habit to an existing routine.
  • Make the cue obvious; shrink the first step.
What do I know about deep work?

You protect mornings for it, lose focus after 90 minutes, and rate sessions highest on days you slept 7h+

Synthesized from12 entries4 articles2 habits
Spaced repetition
Front
What anchors a new habit?
Back
An existing routine — stacked onto a cue you already hit.
Next review · in 3 days93% retention
Connected
#focus#sleep#routine

What you save actually sticks — surfaced right when you'd forget it, and woven into everything else you've lived.

TIMELINE

Your life, as a story worth revisiting.

MetaLife turns the moments you capture into a beautiful, AI-generated timeline — weekly, monthly, quarterly, yearly chapters — using your real photos. The reflective payoff that makes tracking feel worth it.

  • Weekly → yearly memory timelines

    Generated for you, automatically, as your life unfolds.

  • Your real photos, woven in

    The moments you actually lived, composed into a designed keepsake.

  • A reason to look back

    The reflective payoff that makes tracking feel worth it — and keeps you going.

metalife — Timeline · Autumn 2025
Chapter ElevenAutumn · 2025

The autumn I learned to slow down

Mornings turned amber and the runs got quieter. Between the long walks and the slow coffees, something settled — a year of small entries gathered into a season I could finally see whole.

Golden hourSep 14
First frostOct 02
TrailheadOct 19
The long walk homeNov 07
14 moments · woven by MetaLife114

One place for everything

If it matters, you can track it.

29 categories — mood, sleep, workouts, food, money, work, ideas, books — captured the same effortless way and connected into one picture of you.

GratitudeReflectionLearningTrainingLife eventPersonal growthNoteBusiness metricAchievementTaskHabitMilestoneDreamFoodSocialCreativeExpenseHealthTravelReadingEntertainmentWorkFamilySpiritualityMoodSleepKnowledgeIdea

Capture it all by text, voice, photo, or Telegram — wherever you are.

What you'll uncover

The patterns hiding in your everyday life

A few examples of the connections MetaLife surfaces once you start tracking. These are illustrations, not real people — yours will be entirely your own.

Work & energy
The situation

Busy every single day, but no idea which work actually moved the needle.

!The pattern MetaLife surfaces

Your best revenue weeks all follow your Tuesday deep-work blocks.

Mood & movement
The situation

Blaming late nights for feeling flat and irritable.

!The pattern MetaLife surfaces

Your mood dips on days you skip a morning walk — not on the late nights.

Focus & creativity
The situation

Some weeks flow, others stall — and you can't tell why.

!The pattern MetaLife surfaces

Your creative output peaks when you journal before bed, not after coffee.

You live it. We write it down.

No blank page. No daily streak. You share the moment — the journaling happens on its own.

PRICING

Simple, honest pricing

Start free for 30 days — full access, no credit card. Keep tracking for free forever, add the AI coach with Starter, or go all-in with Pro.

Free

Everything you need to start tracking.

$0/forever

Free for life · no card, ever

  • Full life tracking — entries, habits, tasks & goals
  • 29 categories · text, voice & photo capture
  • Up to 10 habits & 25 active tasks
  • 1 GB storage · export everything (JSON/CSV/PDF)
  • AI coach
  • AI patterns, briefings & Timeline
Start free

Starter

Your AI journal + AI assistant.

$5/mo

30-day free trial · no credit card

  • Everything in Free, unlimited habits & tasks
  • AI assistant — chat & smart capture
  • AI auto-classification & weekly summaries
  • Voice transcription (120 min/mo)
  • AI patterns, briefings & Timeline
  • Second Brain — save, recall & synthesize
Start your free trial
Most popular

Pro

The full AI coach + second brain.

$14.90/mo

30-day free trial · no credit card

  • Everything in Starter, plus:
  • AI patterns, briefings & summaries
  • Timeline chapters from your real photos
  • Second Brain — save, recall & synthesize
  • AI memory & deep coaching insights
  • 10 GB storage · most generous AI limits
Start your free trial

Compare plans

Everything MetaLife includes, tier by tier.

MetaLife plan feature comparison
FeatureFreeStarterPro
Full life tracking — entries, habits, tasks & goals
Text, voice & photo capture
Keep & export your data, forever
AI assistant — chat & smart capture
AI auto-classification & weekly summaries
Voice transcription
AI patterns, briefings & Timeline
Second brain — save, recall & synthesize

WHY I BUILT THIS

Built by someone who needed it.

No team, no investors — just a tool one person wished existed.

MetaLife is built by Ninh, a solopreneur who got tired of journaling apps that just stored his words and habit trackers that just drew charts — none of them connected the dots. So he built the tool he wanted: one place to capture life by just talking, with an AI that actually helps him see and act on the patterns.

It's early, it's improving fast, and early members shape where it goes. If that sounds like something you've been looking for too, you're exactly who this is for.

NinhFounder & sole maker, MetaLife
Privacy-first, by design
Your data is yours — never sold
Encrypted in transit and at rest (AES-256)
Export everything, anytime

FAQ

Questions, answered.

The honest answers to what people ask before they start.

Is this just another journaling app?

No. Journaling apps store your words. MetaLife structures what you capture, connects it across everything, and an AI coach surfaces patterns and coaches you to act.

Do I have to write every day?

No — and that's the point. There's no blank page and no streak to protect. Share a moment whenever you want — a sentence, a voice note, a photo — and MetaLife turns it into your journal. The daily discipline that makes other journals fail isn't required here.

What do I actually have to do?

Just capture moments naturally — by text, voice, or photo, on the web or in Telegram. That's your only job. MetaLife does the rest: organizing it, reflecting your life back to you, remembering everything, and coaching you on it.

What can I capture?

Anything — moods, workouts, meals, expenses, ideas, books, work wins, gratitude, and more, across 29 categories. By text, voice, or photo.

Does the free plan really stay free?

Yes. Free is free forever — capture, organize, and keep or export your data with no time limit. Paid plans add the AI: coaching, automatic summaries, and pattern detection.

How does the free trial work?

30 days of full access to everything, no credit card. After that you can stay on a free plan (keep and export all your data) or upgrade to Starter or Pro.

What does it cost?

Free forever for tracking and export. Starter is $5/month ($48/year) for the AI assistant, auto-classification, weekly summaries, and voice transcription. Pro is $14.90/month ($119/year) and adds daily briefings, pattern detection, Timeline, and the second brain.

Is MetaLife ready, or still in beta?

MetaLife is in early beta — we're building in the open with our founding members. The core is stable and your data is encrypted, exportable, and never sold, but you'll see us ship improvements often.

Is my data private?

Yes. It's encrypted in transit and at rest, never sold, and you can export or delete it anytime.

Can I get my data out?

Anytime. Export or delete all of it whenever you want, in standard formats. Your data is yours.

Who is MetaLife for?

People who want what journaling promises — self-knowledge, reflection, seeing their own patterns — without the daily ritual. Founders, builders, and anyone intentional about their life.

Start today

Start tracking. Start improving.

Two minutes a day — the AI does the rest. In a few weeks you'll see patterns you've been missing for years.

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