A masking and unmasking tracker
Masking is a survival skill, never a flaw. This is a soft way to see where it lands heaviest, what it costs, and whether you got to unmask.
Free · Log in a few taps · A report from 7 to 90 days, with a PDF
Sample reportLast 14 days
Masking by day
- Check-ins
- 14
- Avg mask level
- 3.1 of 5
- Unmasking moments
- 6 of 14
There was a moment of getting to unmask in 6 of 14 check-ins.
01 · What you'll notice
What it keeps track of.
- How much you masked today, from barely to fully masked
- What it cost: the exhaustion, shutdown, or fog that often arrives later
- Where and with whom masking was heaviest
- Any moment of getting to unmask, however small
02 · Why it helps
Something firmer than a hunch.
The cost of masking is real but invisible, and it usually arrives long after the room you masked in. Logging it makes that load something you can see instead of only carry. Over weeks the pattern becomes clear: the contexts that demand the most, the cost that keeps showing up, and how often you got to unmask. Seeing it is the first step to protecting your energy, and to knowing the tiredness has a reason and a name.
03 · How it works
Three steps.
- Check in once a day: how much you masked, where, and what it cost.
- Catch any moment of unmasking, since those are the ones worth holding onto.
- Open your report to see where masking lands heaviest and how often you got to unmask.
04 · The thinking behind it
What it's built on.
Grounded in the growing understanding of autistic and neurodivergent masking, the effort of hiding or performing to fit in, and its cumulative cost to energy and wellbeing. It is an affirming noticing tool, not an assessment, and it holds masking as a survival skill, never a flaw.
Specthrive's trackers are developed with a licensed clinical counselor (LPCC) on our founding team.
05 · Questions
Asked before starting.
What is masking?
Masking is the effort of hiding or performing to fit in: suppressing stims, scripting conversations, or holding it together in public. It is common for autistic and neurodivergent people and it carries a real cost.
Is this masking tracker free?
Yes. Create a free account and start your daily check-in right away.
Will it tell me if I am autistic?
No. It does not diagnose autism or anything else. It is a gentle tool for noticing your own masking patterns and the load they carry.
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