onemood

Onemood is a term used in digital mental health technology to describe a simplified, single-dimensional representation of a user's emotional state. In practice, onemood refers to a mood-tracking tool, feature, or platform that aggregates inputs into a concise mood index, intended to provide a quick overview of how a person feels over time.

Typically, implementations ask for daily mood prompts, optional diary notes, and may integrate data from wearables, calendars, or activity trackers to provide context. The core idea is a mood index—often a numeric score from 0 to 100 or a small set of descriptive labels—that summarizes fluctuations and longer-term trends.

Privacy and data ownership: reputable onemood tools emphasize user control, with options for local storage or encrypted cloud backups and clear data export controls.

Benefits and use cases: personal self-management, early detection of mood shifts, clinical pilots, and workplace well-being programs.

Limitations: the one-dimensional representation may oversimplify complex emotional states; reliance on self-reported data; privacy and data-use concerns.

Relation to broader models: onemood is contrasted with multi-dimensional mood models such as PANAS or Circumplex models, representing a trade-off between simplicity and nuance.

See also: mood tracking, digital health, privacy.