Frequently Asked Questions

Mochi Zen is a weight loss app that combines clinically-inspired hypnotherapy audio sessions with a full nutrition toolkit. The hypnotherapy sessions reprogram subconscious patterns around food—reducing cravings, breaking emotional eating cycles, and building lasting healthy habits. Alongside the sessions, you get an AI meal scanner, macros calculator, food logging with the USDA database, weight tracking, and a daily journal—all in one app.

Mochi Zen is designed for anyone who has struggled with traditional diets and wants a more holistic approach to weight loss. It's especially effective for people who experience emotional eating, sugar cravings, stress eating, or negative self-talk around food. If you've tried calorie counting or restrictive diets and found them unsustainable, Mochi Zen's mind-body approach addresses the root causes rather than just the symptoms.

Most weight loss apps focus only on calorie tracking or meal plans—they tell you what to eat but don't address why you overeat. Mochi Zen is the only app that pairs guided hypnotherapy sessions (targeting the subconscious drivers of overeating) with a full nutrition suite including AI meal scanning, a macros calculator, and food logging. It's the combination of mindset work and practical tracking that makes it uniquely effective.

Mochi Zen works on iPhone, iPad, Android phones and tablets, and in any modern web browser on your computer. Your account and progress sync automatically across all your devices. There's nothing to install for the web version—just visit app.mochi-zen.com and sign in.

Research supports hypnotherapy as a complementary tool for weight management. A meta-analysis published in the Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology found that participants who used hypnotherapy lost significantly more weight than those who didn't, and maintained those results better over time. Hypnotherapy works by accessing the subconscious mind to change deeply ingrained behaviors—like emotional eating, sugar cravings, and negative self-talk—that traditional diets can't address.

Each hypnotherapy session is 10–15 minutes long, making them easy to fit into any schedule. Most users listen before bed, during a lunch break, or first thing in the morning. Each session unlocks after you've completed the previous one for 7 consecutive days, building a strong habit and deepening the hypnotic effect over time.

The 11-session program covers the full spectrum of weight loss psychology: an introduction to hypnotherapy, nutrition basics and mindful eating, movement motivation, identifying and releasing emotional eating triggers, ending food cravings, portion control, building a healthy identity, coaching your inner dialogue, self-love and body acceptance, breaking unhealthy patterns, visualization of your ideal self, and long-term maintenance strategies.

Yes. With a paid subscription, all sessions are available for unlimited replays. Many users find that repeated listening deepens the hypnotic effect and reinforces the new mental patterns. The app tracks your streak and session history so you can see your consistency over time.

No prior experience is needed. The first session is specifically designed as an introduction to hypnotherapy—it explains what to expect, how to relax into the experience, and what hypnosis actually feels like (hint: it's not like the movies). Most people find it feels similar to a guided meditation or a deeply relaxed daydream. All you need is a quiet space, headphones, and a willingness to try something new.

The AI meal scanner uses advanced image recognition to analyze a photo of your food. Simply take a photo or upload one from your gallery, and the AI identifies every food item on your plate, estimates portion sizes, and calculates the full macro breakdown—calories, protein, carbs, fat, and fiber—in seconds. You can review the detected items, select which ones to log, and add them to your food diary with a single tap. No manual entry required.

The macros calculator uses the Mifflin-St Jeor equation—the gold standard for estimating Basal Metabolic Rate (BMR)—combined with your activity level to calculate your Total Daily Energy Expenditure (TDEE). Enter your age, gender, weight, height, activity level, and goal (lose, maintain, or gain weight), and the calculator generates personalized daily targets for calories, protein, carbs, fat, and fiber. These targets are automatically saved to your food log so you can track progress against them every day.

Mochi Zen uses the USDA FoodData Central database—one of the most comprehensive and accurate nutrition databases available, with hundreds of thousands of foods. You can also search a curated local database of common foods for quick logging. If a food isn't in either database, you can create a custom food entry with your own nutrition information, which is then saved for future use.

Saved meals let you store a combination of foods as a named meal template. For example, if you eat the same breakfast every day, you can save it as "My Morning Bowl" and add all those foods to your log with a single tap—no need to search and add each item individually. You can save meals from any meal type (breakfast, lunch, dinner, snacks) and reuse them on any day.

Absolutely. Mochi Zen includes a dedicated weight tracker where you can log your weight daily and visualize your progress over time with charts and trend insights. The food logging feature shows real-time macro progress bars and a weekly summary with daily calorie breakdowns and averages, so you can see how your nutrition habits are trending week over week.

Yes, Mochi Zen has a free tier that includes the first 2 hypnotherapy sessions, the macros calculator, weight tracker, and daily journal—no credit card required. To unlock all 11 hypnotherapy sessions, AI meal scanning, food logging with the USDA database, and saved meals, you can subscribe for $15/month or $120/year (just $10/month). Both paid plans include unlimited replays and lifetime updates.

Both plans include exactly the same features: all 11 hypnotherapy sessions, unlimited replays, AI meal scanning, food logging with the USDA database, saved meals, weight tracker, daily journal, macros calculator, and lifetime updates. The only difference is price—the monthly plan is $15/month, while the yearly plan is $120/year (equivalent to $10/month), saving you 33%. Both plans can be cancelled at any time.

Yes, you can cancel your subscription at any time with no penalties or fees. After cancellation, you'll retain access to your paid features until the end of your current billing period. Your account data—including your food log history, weight entries, and journal—is preserved even if you downgrade to the free tier.

Absolutely. Your personal data—including your weight, food logs, journal entries, and health information—is stored securely and never sold or shared with third parties. All data is encrypted in transit and at rest. You can review our full Privacy Policy for complete details.

Getting started is simple. Visit app.mochi-zen.com, create a free account (no credit card needed), and complete a short onboarding questionnaire about your age, weight, height, and goals. The app will automatically calculate your macro targets and unlock your first hypnotherapy session. The whole setup takes less than 2 minutes.

For best results, listen to your current session once daily. Each session is designed to be repeated for 7 consecutive days before the next one unlocks—this repetition is intentional. Hypnotherapy works through neuroplasticity: the more you reinforce a new mental pattern, the stronger it becomes. Think of it like going to the gym—one session helps, but consistent daily practice creates lasting change.

Yes. Mochi Zen includes a built-in daily journal where you can reflect on your journey, track your emotions and eating patterns, and celebrate wins. Journaling is a powerful complement to hypnotherapy—writing about your experiences helps reinforce the mental shifts from the sessions and builds self-awareness around your relationship with food. The journal is available on the free tier.