Dadditude shut down in March 2025. DadGuts is the replacement dads are actually sticking with — daily emotional intelligence check-ins, delivered through humor. Free to start. No account needed.
3 minutes. No account. Just honesty.
What happened
Dadditude was a popular app designed to help fathers build stronger connections with their kids through daily prompts, challenges, and emotional growth exercises. Dads relied on it for years. Then, in early 2025, the servers went dark.
The shutdown left tens of thousands of dads without the daily routine they'd built. Some lost their streaks. Many lost their check-in history. All of them lost the habit that was actually working.
The app goes offline. No new sign-ups, no existing sessions. The service is discontinued.
The final window for any user data export ends around May 2026. After that, data is gone permanently.
20,000+ former Dadditude users are searching for a replacement that doesn't suck. DadGuts is it.
The gap
The daily habit of checking in with yourself as a father doesn't disappear when an app does. Here's what former Dadditude users say they miss most.
Short, meaningful check-ins that keep emotional awareness sharp without turning into homework.
Serious topics are easier to approach when there's a laugh involved. Most apps forgot that part.
That quiet pressure of keeping a streak going. Simple, but it works better than any notification.
Dad stuff is personal. No account required, no data sold, no "insights" shared with advertisers.
Not "5 tips to connect with your teen." Actual emotional intelligence exercises that rewire how you show up.
No 20-minute onboarding. No paywall before you can see anything. Just open it and start.
Side by side
Here's an honest comparison. One of these apps still exists.
| Feature | Dadditude | DadGuts |
|---|---|---|
| Still works | RIP | ✓ |
| Daily emotional check-ins | — | ✓ |
| Humor-first approach | — | ✓ |
| Streak tracking | — | ✓ |
| No account required | — | ✓ |
| Zero data collection (free tier) | — | ✓ |
| Deep-dive EQ modules | — | ✓ Pro |
| Personalized growth tracks | — | ✓ Pro |
| Community of dads | — | ✓ Pro |
| Pattern-breaking exercises | — | ✓ |
| Free tier available | — | ✓ |
| Price | N/A | Free / $9.99 mo |
How it works
Same mission — help dads show up emotionally — but with a tone that actually gets dads to do it. Here's what the daily experience looks like.
One prompt per day. Could be a scale question ("Rate your patience 1–10 on a scale from Buddha to that guy in traffic"), a multiple choice, or a short reflection. Three minutes max. Always honest, often funny.
Over 30 days, prompts are designed to surface patterns — reactivity triggers, communication habits, the stuff you inherited from your own dad. Awareness is the first rep.
Go deeper with structured modules on emotional regulation, active listening, and breaking generational cycles. Personalized tracks based on what your gut checks reveal.
FAQ
The ones you're actually thinking about.
Dadditude ceased operations in March 2025. The exact reasons were not publicly disclosed. The service went offline and is no longer available. Former users have until approximately May 2026 to retrieve any stored data before it's permanently deleted.
Same core mission: help dads show up emotionally for their families. DadGuts is more humor-forward and doesn't require an account to start. It's built around daily gut checks — short prompts that mix emotional intelligence exercises with a tone that dads actually want to engage with. Think of it as what happens when you build a fatherhood app for dads who aren't quite ready to call it therapy.
Not currently — DadGuts is a fresh start. Your history and streaks from Dadditude can't be migrated. But honestly? Starting a new streak is part of the process. Day 1 of DadGuts isn't a step backward from where Dadditude left you.
We're actively building DadGuts, growing a subscriber base, and are not planning to go anywhere. The free tier requires no account — so even if something changes, you're not locked into a data relationship with us. But the honest answer is: no app can guarantee forever. What we can guarantee is that we're here now, we're shipping, and dads are sticking around.
Actually free. One daily gut check per day, streak tracking, check-in history — no credit card, no trial countdown, no dark patterns. The free tier exists because we want dads to try this before they commit. Pro unlocks unlimited gut checks, deep-dive EQ modules, growth tracks, and community. That's $9.99/month or $79.99/year.
Dadditude is gone but the reason you were using it isn't. Start your first DadGuts gut check today — takes 3 minutes, requires nothing but honesty.
Get notified when we launch migration tools to help bring over your Dadditude data and streaks.