Building Elutee in public

Quiet progress, shared openly

We’re building Elutee in public: a calmer way to keep track of your life without streaks, guilt or pressure. Here you can see what we’re working on, what we may explore next, what we’ve already released and what we are learning along the way.

Last updated 15 July 2026Independent project

Now

What we’re building now

Only work that is genuinely active belongs here. The list stays short on purpose.

02 In progress

Improving weekly memory covers

Helping each cover feel more connected to the moments that actually shaped the week.

03 Researching

Researching new cover styles

Testing visual directions that can give each week a different character without losing the moments behind it.

Exploring next

Questions worth following

These ideas are being considered, not promised. Some may change shape or never become part of Elutee.

  1. 01

    Mood as context, not a score

    Could a simple mood help you understand a moment without reducing the week to a chart or a performance?

    Researching
  2. 02

    A dialogue that helps you go deeper

    Could Elutee ask one thoughtful follow-up when you want to continue, without speaking for you or turning reflection into a chatbot?

    Prototyping
  3. 03

    Guided templates for moments

    Question-based templates could offer a starting point for a memory, decision, relationship or difficult week, one prompt at a time.

    Shaping
  4. 04

    Exporting the moments worth keeping

    Exploring private exports of selected moments in PDF, CSV and other useful formats.

    Open question

Released

What has already changed

A small, chronological record of shipped work and the reason behind it.

  1. Version 1.1.1

    Improved drafts, moment creation, audio recording and several smaller interactions.

  2. Version 1.1

    Introduced drafts and audio recordings, so a moment could be started when it happened and completed later.

  3. A place to explore cover styles

    Added a styles page where people could browse visual directions, understand what makes each one distinct and choose how future covers should feel.

  4. Elutee arrived on Google Play

    Brought weekly moments, visual covers and the life-in-weeks archive to Android.

  5. Elutee launched on the App Store

    The first public iOS release made the weekly diary available beyond its earliest test group.

Decisions and lessons

The thinking behind Elutee

The reasons behind a feature can matter more than the feature list itself.

Decision 01

Why Elutee doesn’t use streaks

Missing a week shouldn’t erase your progress or make you feel that you failed. Returning is always more important than being consistent.

Decision 02

Why life is shown in weeks

Individual days blur together. Weeks create enough distance to notice patterns without turning life into statistics.

Decision 03

Why AI creates the cover

AI turns separate moments into a visual metaphor for the week. That small distance can make familiar events easier to see differently and return to later without replacing what happened.

Decision 04

Why the originals stay underneath

The cover can interpret a week, but the photos, words and voice notes behind it remain the source. The memory stays yours rather than being rewritten by the image.