Safety

Effective July 28, 2026 · This page describes what Ikikata actually does when writing mentions self-harm. It is kept in sync with the product and will be updated as the product changes.

Get help right now

If you are thinking about harming yourself, please reach out to someone who can help. It is free, confidential, and available at any hour.

• 988 — call or text the Suicide & Crisis Lifeline (United States)
• Text HOME to 741741 — Crisis Text Line (United States)
• Outside the US — contact your local emergency number or crisis line.

What Ikikata is not

Ikikata is a journaling app with AI features. It is not therapy, not medical or mental-health care, and not a crisis service. Nobody is reading your entries as they arrive, and nothing you write here reaches a human on call. If something is urgent, use the resources above rather than the app.

You are talking to AI

The mentor that responds to your journal, Master Shen, and the writing assistant are all AI — not people. Every message they write is labeled as AI-generated, and a notice appears when you start a session and again after every few hours of continued use. They are instructed never to claim to be human, never to diagnose anything, and never to present themselves as a therapist or counsellor.

What happens when writing mentions self-harm

Two checks run on what you write: a fixed list of phrases, and an AI classification. If either one flags a passage, a card appears alongside your entry with the crisis resources listed above.

That is the whole of it. Specifically:

• Your entry is never blocked, changed, or deleted. It saves normally and earns the same points as any other entry.
• No diagnosis is made and no condition is named. The app is offering resources, not an assessment.
• No human is alerted and no emergency service is contacted. There is no one monitoring entries.
• Nothing extra is stored. The flag is calculated as your entry is processed and is not saved to your record; re-reading an old entry does not bring the card back.

The limits of this

The checks will miss things, and they will sometimes appear when nothing is wrong. They are a safety net, not a monitoring system, and they are not a reason to wait before talking to a person. Please do not rely on the app noticing.

Age

Ikikata is for adults. Creating an account requires confirming that you are 18 or older, and the app is not directed at children.

Questions

Email contact@ikikata.app. See also our Privacy Policy for how your writing is stored and how to delete it.