Simple CBT is a minimalist cognitive behavioral therapy journal to help people become aware and break free of negative thought patterns.
Simple CBT main features at a glance:
• Minimalist design
• Quick mood check-ins to track how you feel throughout the day
• Custom feelings and situation tags to make your journal truly personal
• Mood calendar to visualize your emotional patterns over time
• Interactive micro exercises to practice identifying and challenging cognitive distortions
• On-device AI perspective to get feedback on your journal entries (requires Apple Intelligence)
• Earn fun badges for hitting milestones
• View your top distortions and trends
• Quick thought dumps for when you need to get thoughts out fast
• Share your entries as PDFs
• Custom themes to personalize your experience
• iCloud sync to keep your data across devices
• Supports dark mode (and light mode)
• Available in English, Spanish, French, German, Japanese, and Simplified Chinese
• All your journal entries and app data are stored locally on your device
Simple CBT was built with a clear design to help you worry less and live more. By using a simple 6-step process, you will quickly be on your way to being more mindful. This will help you to become mentally prepared to overcome daily anxiety, depression, and stress. Track your mood with quick check-ins and see your patterns on a calendar view. Practice spotting cognitive distortions with interactive micro exercises. To assist you to stay motivated and build a healthy habit, you will earn badges for hitting milestones. These badges also help to promote gratitude which can improve happiness. The more entries you add, the more insights you can gain from seeing which cognitive distortions you are commonly falling into. To make the process easier when you are pressed for time or too caught up in the moment, there is a draft feature which allows you to start creating an entry and save it at anytime to be completed later. For those times when you just need to get your thoughts out quickly, use the thought dump feature to write freely without going through the full CBT process. You can also create your own custom feelings and situation tags to organize entries in a way that feels natural to you. In the event that you are working with a therapist, and they would like to have a copy of your entries, you can export each entry as a PDF to share. Your privacy is a priority. All your journal entries and app data are stored locally on your device, with optional iCloud sync to your private account.
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) is an evidence-based practice. While CBT is most effective in treating people with anxiety or depression it could also help with:
• Panic
• Stress
• Phobias
• Schizophrenia
• Sleeping Disorders
• Eating Disorders
• Post-Traumatic Stress Disorders (PTSD)
• Obsessive-Compulsive Disorders (OCD)
• Bipolar Disorders
• Sexual Disorders
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy is something that everyone can benefit from and can be done without this Simple CBT app such as by using a diary and following the steps. With that said, if you believe you can benefit from using this app but don't have the money to afford it, please reach out to us at simplecbtapp@gmail.com.
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I haven't actually used this yet but after opening and exploring around the app I could not be more pleased, it has everything I was looking for to be included and more 🥹 in addition to the thorough and clearly guided entries I was excited to see a thought dump feature as well, and the explanations of all the thought distortions are amazing and extensive. I never write reviews but I am so happy with this app and I can't wait to put it to use :)
Developer Response
Love the feedback! ❤️ After you start using the app if there is anything you would like added please reach out and I’ll see what I can do to add it 😁
pls add account save feature ! great app
Samluvsjustin
great app! i just wish there was an option to create an account and attach ur entries to it. or to bookmark or star entries that may be helpful to revisit later. I’m not sure if these things are an option but i looked around all the features and couldn’t find the optionㅜㅜ dev pls consider adding
Developer Response
Thanks for the honest review! If you happen to still be using this app. These features have been added 🥳
Great app, just missing one thing
mmp1026
This app is great! It has all the necessary functionality for a thought diary while still being simple and clear. The only request for the developer I have is to please include a feature to export multiple entries at once! This could be based on multi-select or, ideally, time frame.
Developer Response
I’m glad you are enjoying the app. 😊 I’ll see what I can do about exporting multiple entries at once!
Amazing app
Alu_lu1996
This app has been extremely useful in helping me write out my thoughts and also showing me what in my thought process is distorted and how to effectively break that cycle of distortion. This is such an amazing tool to provide to people and the fact its completely free and not half locked behind a paywall is really amazing.
Developer Response
Thanks for your review! I’m glad my skill set is able to provide useful tools 🛠️😊
What's new in Simple CBT - Mental Health App v2.5:
Reminders that went quiet are back. I fixed a bug where checking in
could switch off that weekday's reminder for good. Open the app once
after updating and your schedule repairs itself.
Log your mood from the daily mood card and that day's reminder now
stays quiet, same as any other check-in.
Distortion trends are accurate again after a quiet week or month. A
distortion that's showing up less often no longer gets marked as
appearing more.
Plus a round of smaller fixes.
Version 2.5
The developer, Kevin David Tanner, indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy .
Data Not Linked to You
The following data may be collected but it is not linked to your identity:
Usage Data
Diagnostics
Privacy practices may vary, for example, based on the features you use or your age. Learn More
The developer indicated that this app supports the following accessibility features. Learn More