My Own Compass
A private thinking partner that asks the right questions
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My Own Compass - A private thinking partner that asks the right questions

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Most reflection apps live in the cloud and monetize your data. My Own Compass does the opposite. It runs fully offline, with the AI on your device, so there's no server and no channel for your data to leave. It asks you the right questions instead of giving answers. No account, no subscription, no tracking. Everything you write stays encrypted on your own device. One-time purchase, seven languages, Android first. Your thoughts belong to you.

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Hi Product Hunt 👋 I'm the maker of My Own Compass. I spent over two decades performing under pressure with serving my country, and learned that even a good life needs maintenance. What helped me back on my feet wasn't advice, it was the right questions, in a place where nobody was watching. So I built exactly that: a thinking partner that asks you the right questions instead of handing you answers. Fully offline, no account, no subscription. Your words never leave your device, they stay encrypted right there. It's live now on Android, in seven languages. The full story and a look inside are on the site (linked above). I'd love to hear what you think, and I'll be here all day. Your thoughts belong to you.

Congratulations on the launch! I like that it asks rather than advises. Any plan for an iOS version? 

Maker
Thank you, Anastasiia! "Asks rather than advises" is exactly the idea, so that means a lot. iOS is on my mind and I'm not ruling it out, but I only want to promise what I can truly deliver, so Android comes first, and done well. Follow along and you'll be the first to know. 🧭

 That's the disciplined call - better to do Android properly than split focus across two. I'll follow along, and I'll be first in line when iOS comes :)

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i am already planning it right now. i got the fundamentals right to create it so i am already running for you.

Really love the offline-first angle here, that alone makes it stand out from the usual suspects. One thing though, it would be great if you could export your encrypted journal entries as a backup file, basically so people can move them to a new device without losing years of reflections.

Maker
Thank you, Cemil, that means a lot. And good news: this already exists. You can create an encrypted backup, secured with your own password, and restore it on any other phone that has the app. So your years of reflections move with you, and nothing gets lost when you switch devices. 😉

Love the offline-first approach and the question-over-answer philosophy. One thing that would make it stickier for me: a simple weekly export to PDF so I can revisit older entries without keeping every year's data living on a device that might fail.

Maker
Thank you, Yeşim, that really means a lot. You've touched on exactly why it's built this way: your reflections shouldn't be trapped on one device. Right now you can create an encrypted backup, protected by your own password, and restore it on a new phone, so nothing lives at the mercy of a single device. A simple PDF export to revisit older entries is a lovely idea though, and I'm noting it for the roadmap. Really appreciate you taking the time.

Tried it for a couple of evenings and the offline angle feels like the actual point, not a marketing checkbox. The questions nudged me to dig deeper than I expected, and I appreciated that nothing asks for an account.

Maker
Thank you, Esma, that means a lot. Offline being the actual point and not a checkbox is exactly what I was after, and the no-account part is deliberate: the moment something asks who you are, you tend to answer a little less honestly. Glad the questions took you deeper than you expected. That is exactly what they are there for.

The offline-first approach and on-device AI are a big reason I'd actually trust this kind of app. One thing I'd love to see is a simple export to plain text or PDF, since keeping all my reflections locked on one device makes me nervous about losing years of entries if I switch phones.

Maker
Thank you, Sedat, that trust is the whole reason it is built this way. On the switching-phones worry: there is already an encrypted backup you can move to a new device, so your years of entries do not have to live on one phone, they travel with you, still locked behind your own key. A plain, readable export to text or PDF is a different thing, and you are not the first to ask, so it is firmly on my list. The one honest caveat is that a readable export means you consciously take a copy out of the vault, so I want to build it in a way that keeps that a deliberate choice, not an accident. Noted, and thank you for saying it so plainly.