PureCBT
CBT for Anxiety & Depression
Free · Designed for iPad. Not verified for macOS.
PureCBT brings the full power of cognitive behavioral therapy to your iPhone. Whether you're working through anxiety, depression, sleep difficulties, or everyday stress, PureCBT gives you the same evidence-based tools used in clinical practice — structured, guided, and completely private.
CORE TOOLS — FREE
- Thought Records — The gold standard CBT exercise. A guided 7-step wizard walks you through identifying automatic thoughts, examining evidence, spotting thinking traps, and building balanced perspectives.
- Mood Tracking — Daily check-ins with emotion tagging, notes, and trend charts so you can notice patterns and track progress over time.
- CBT Journal — Reflect on your day with clinically-informed prompts tailored to your focus area. Tag entries by emotion and revisit them anytime.
- Progress Dashboard — See your mood trends, emotion patterns, thinking trap insights, and consistency streaks at a glance.
- Introductory Lessons — Learn the foundations of CBT with 10 illustrated lessons covering the Five-Part Model, identifying moods, goal-setting, and more.
- Dark Mode & App Lock — Protect your most private thoughts with Face ID and a personal PIN.
UNLOCK PREMIUM (one-time purchase)
Go deeper with the full CBT toolkit:
- Guided Multi-Week Programs — Structured courses for anxiety, depression, social anxiety, and sleep, designed as progressive weekly curricula.
- Full Lesson Library — Unlock all 49 illustrated lessons spanning thinking traps, behavioral experiments, core beliefs, and long-term strategies.
- Behavioral Activation — Schedule meaningful activities and track how they affect your mood. A core technique for overcoming depression and low motivation.
- Sleep Log — A CBT-i style log that calculates sleep efficiency and shows your 7-day trends.
- Core Beliefs Work — Use the downward arrow technique to uncover and reshape the deep beliefs beneath your automatic thoughts.
- Anxiety Hierarchies — Build exposure ladders and log your progress through feared situations, step by step.
- iCloud Sync — Keep your data in sync across iPhone and iPad through your private iCloud account.
- CSV Data Export — Export your mood entries, thought records, and journal for review with your therapist.
PRIVACY BY DESIGN
All data stays on your device. No servers, no accounts, no sign-ups. No analytics, no ads, no tracking. Optional iCloud sync uses only your private iCloud container — we never see your data. Your mental health journey is yours alone.
BUILT ON SCIENCE
PureCBT is grounded in cognitive behavioral therapy as developed by Aaron T. Beck and refined through decades of clinical research. The sleep tools follow CBT-i principles established by Charles Morin. Every lesson, exercise, and program is based on peer-reviewed evidence.
PureCBT is not a substitute for professional mental health treatment. If you are in crisis, please contact the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline by calling or texting 988.
Ratings & Reviews
Everyone gets PureCBT Premium for free! Every tool, guided program, lesson, iCloud sync, and data export is unlocked for everyone — no purchase required.
The developer, Yazeed Alaudah, 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 Collected
The developer does not collect any data from this app.
Accessibility
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Information
- Seller
- Yazeed Alaudah
- Size
- 200.4 MB
- Category
- Health & Fitness
- Compatibility
Requires iOS 18.0 or later.
- iPhone
Requires iOS 18.0 or later. - iPad
Requires iPadOS 18.0 or later. - Mac
Requires macOS 15.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later. - Apple Vision
Requires visionOS 2.0 or later.
- iPhone
- Languages
- English and Arabic
- Age Rating
13+
- 13+
- Infrequent
Medical Treatment information
Contains
Health or Wellness Topics
- Copyright
- © 2026 Yazeed Alaudah