Bloom: CBT Therapy & Journal Ratings and Reviews

Incremental change will lead the way

I am so glad then I came across bloom, I’ve read about CBT , but much like physical therapy , mental exercise is similar . Its not effective unless you practice. Bloom helps you practice in incremental as well as larger steps. The beautiful thing about Bloom , is that you are in control of when and how you develop that beautiful relationship with yourself. Every time I log on and have a session I feel better . I may feel good when I log on or I may feel another emotion , not as good. But I always feel better and have gotten a few steps closer to knowing myself on a deeper level . I can look back and chart my progress as well as feel it. Bloom gives you more tools to deal with life and all the anxieties and stressful events as well as let you know just how often you feel really good or not and why . Through journaling you work out and work through the many triggers for emotions and relearn new , more healthy ways to deal with them . Even if you know what the problem is , and we all have a good idea what it is , we may not know how to implement the solution . By incremental change we can do it , by owning your responsibility for your own happiness and making the changes …. with a little nudge from the wonderful real people at Bloom …

To the Bloom team
Thank you so much , you can take a bow for all you do for you , and the ripple effect it causes in so many lives ….

Developer Response ,

Each time I read this review I smile so much my face hurts. Thank you so much Susanslvnlife! Have an amazing day.
With love and care, your Bloom app team 🌸

Commit to Bloom

I can’t say enough good things about Bloom CBT. I’ve been struggling with intense panic attacks/ panic disorder for several years as well as depression to the point where I have not been able to drive my own car. Like many, 2020 brought out more of these symptoms and it was difficult to cope. I did not have immediate access to a good psychologist and so I started drowning in work, family, marriage and health problems.

That said. I started using Bloom and it has greatly helped in all aspects of my life. I’ve been able to start my day with CBT and I also write my takeaways from Bloom in a journal. I use this time in the mornings to set my intentions for the day and start on a positive note. The writing exercises have helped me realize my thought patterns and how I can make small adjustments in many areas. Also, the breathing exercises have helped me to re-learn how to breath properly and remind myself to breath when experiencing any anxious thoughts/feelings. After I finish my Bloom session, I exercise via bike riding or something else. A combination of cardio and strength training.

If you are drowning in depression, anxiety and daily pressure, use Bloom each day to stay positive and work on yourself. Put in the work and watch how much progress you can make in a short time.

Developer Response ,

This review is lighting up our day! We are blushing at the praise.
We at Bloom are grateful for you. With love and care, your Bloom app team 🌸

I want to use this app your lifetime payment is overboard.

I’m new to the app and want to use for self care, and take control of my mental health. Unlike people who can’t take care of themselves it may be tough doesn’t mean it’s the end of the road for them, and as for myself I want to take control of my mental health, depression, and take care of my self, especially during these hard times in the middle of the pandemic.

I want to get access to using this app and I have to pay unfortunately. What’s up with developers making people pay monthly or yearly? No offense, could you make the app one time payment instead of different payment options? No one is going to buy $399 app when it’s purpose to use for mental health, self care, and taking control of your mental illness in healthy ways. The price is ridiculous. At least make the in app purchase for this app a one time payment than monthly, yearly payment. Make it $25 or $30. Wouldn’t it be fair if it’s not overpriced and something people can afford? People wants to use mental health apps for self care, their mental health, and their overall well being not pay a lot of money.

I want to get lifetime access and don’t want to pay yearly or monthly. Seriously…think of the real purpose for people using the app. Don’t make it overly expensive and make it affordable as I mention $25 or $30. You can do better than having to pay $399.

Developer Response ,

Wow, what a thoughtful review. Thank you so much for putting thought into this review. It helps us at Bloom and it helps other users learn from your experiences. We have carefully noted down your thoughts and will reflect on those up next.
With love and care, your Bloom app team 🌸

I love love this app!

So, I came across Bloom because of an Instagram ad. I have been going to therapy since towards the end of 2020. Since going, I’ve been into learning more about therapy and circling becoming a therapist myself. My therapist has done some cbt techniques and was curious to learn more about it and find an app that would work for me when I want to take a break from therapy and come back for check ins with her. I’ve also shown her the app which and how I used a prompt to help me process losing a friend.

Not only does bloom remind me that I’m growing by its name, I always come away feeling better. I love the background music and the soothing voices. I’ve used different sessions to help understand family better and deal with a friendship break up (I would love a session specifically for when a friend breaks up with you). I love that I can track my growth through journal entries and the different prompts. It is definitely worth the $50 for premium. I would totally recommend if you are looking to boost mental health, growth and into cbt. Thank you bloom team for creating this app, the free trial, and the affordability for a yearly subscription! Excited fo see how it grows! :)

One of a kind app!!!

This is an amazing one of a kind app! I am in love with the responses it generates based off your journal entries. It is very personalized and has very much helped me though a lot of tough times, especially when therapy (or my therapist) wasn’t available. I also was starting to make use of the sessions for negative thinking with the speakers and it was very gentle and offered good realistic tools to utilize. I also enjoyed how you could input in the middle of the videos haha.

However, as I was going to renew my subscription today.. I was presented with a message that the services are winding down and that they are no longer offering new subscriptions. I am deeply saddened to see this app go, as I truly have not experienced another quite so personalized and in depth as this one. I hope it can return and recover in the future, because it will be hard moving on from this. The creators did a detailed phenomenal job at the work invested in this app, and I’m saddened to see it go. I wish I could support more. Thank you for all the tough times you’ve gotten me through. :) highly recommended!

A couple of glitches but, overall, great

My therapist was on an almost three-month leave and, with no true friends to talk to, I was severely isolated. I decided that I would use the time to work on the things I would normally have worked on with her. CBT was a big one and, thankfully, I found Bloom. I tried it and loved it almost immediately. I didn't even think twice when I started getting charged monthly for it.

My only issue with it is that sometimes when doing a smaller video session, the journal prompt won't come up, or it'll randomly pop up in the middle of a sentence and completely throw off my rhythm. This can be rather stress-inducing because you may want to just dump all your thoughts out before you “meditate” on them, but suddenly you're forced to try and hold onto them while also listening to what the CBT guide is saying and hoping that the prompt shows up all at once.

One thing I also would like to see is some incorporation of MBTI, as demonstrated in some of their Instagram ads. That's what drew me in, in the first place, and it was sort of disappointing not to explore more personalized sessions based on personality and preferences.

Honest review from a skeptical guy

I came across this app 30min ago while scrolling on a depressive wall full of the achievements on my Instagram feed. I took a leap of faith and accepted the free trail. All I can say from a VERY skeptical person millennial, is that this was by far the most relief I had felt in any therapy app that I’ve downloaded (and no, I don’t work or have any association with this company). Being able to write down how I feel, get the questions that my mind is scared to ask itself and have this interactive session with my own brain was both relaxing and enlightening. Sorry for sounding cheesy all of a sudden, but feeling very grateful for being alive right now, so sharing the goodness with anyone who’s curious if this would work at all. We’re all different, so my advise is to give it a go, and if not for you then you have 7 days to leave before they bill you- so you won’t lose anything and instead gain at least some wisdom about yourself to help you get through a bad day... Anyways, thank you Mike for sharing your calm voice and pleasant face with the world!

Developer Response ,

Reading this made my heart melt, and our teams’ hearts too.
Please have an amazing week. With love and care, your Bloom app team 🌸

No ability to see past entries

UPDATE: I received a response, however nothing has changed. I still don’t see any entries besides check-ins. Also, I’m stuck on repeat for the second time since I started. The Morning Show part has been the exact same one for days now. It’s supposed to be a different one daily. I keep saying this in feedback after the session, which apparently, no on actually reads. Once, it was the same one for a week. So instead of calming me or motivating me for the day, I’m aggravated and don’t want to bother with this. Neither of these issues are hard to fix, so you must not care.

Other than check-ins, you’re asked to do a daily intention and answer other self-reflecting questions. All of that is great but no way to go back and reflect on any of it. I want to see what I’ve written. I have to screenshot any answers or intentions and since I didn’t know I had to do this at first, I’ve lost the first few days. I want to see if I’ve done my intentions and how far I’ve come. I’ve reached out to support and on the second attempt, I was told it’s being “worked on”. Now eta of when resolved given. I’ve now asked twice for a timeframe because if this is not fixed soon, I would like a refund. Too bad, because there is potential here. I can’t keep taking screenshots of every answer. Disappointed.

Developer Response ,

Hi there, we've released a new Entries view and hope it is a little better than before. If it's still not up to par we'd love to hear more: https://www.enjoybloom.com/contact

Incredible App for Self-Therapy/CBT

I have suffered anxiety my entire life. I have always felt controlled by it. I have leaned on bad habits. I have gone to in person therapy before. Over time, I realized how journaling has helped me work on these awful habits and overcoming my anxiety. And while I have touched on CBT in past therapy, there wasn’t something I could find that helped bring the two together that didn’t cost an arm and a leg with in person therapy! And then I found this app... wow has this been a game changer. I LOVE the CBT sessions and combination of journaling and learning and actively working on your specific situations. This app takes therapy to a whole new level. As someone who embraces mindfulness and meditation, it’s not solely focused on that (even though it helps and is part of it!). It helps you to embrace your own situations and emotions. It truly is a wonderful app. I would highly recommend to anyone who is willing to embrace a new way of therapy. Also love that you can set gentle nudges or reminders to check in. That has honestly helped me to remind myself to keep at it! Thanks bloom for making me feel like I can tackle anything!

Developer Response ,

This review is lighting up our day! Thank you so much for putting thought into this review. We at Bloom are grateful for you. With love and care, your Bloom app team 🌸

Awesome App

I was initially against a CBT app because I thought therapy should really only be done with a therapist. However, I have made a good deal of progress in only a week of using the app that I haven’t made in a year of weekly therapy. It is also something I can do daily which therapy with my therapist is only weekly.

I only give 4 stars because the music doesn’t loop correctly. I had to turn it off completely which is sad because I really liked it. I’m also experiencing a good number of bugs like the app will appear in portrait mode when I am in landscape mode. Or I will write big journal entries for a course, but won’t be able to copy and paste it to my email for future work. I’ll press … buttons and nothing will pop up. It’ll just be a pointless button press. There’s also no computer mode, which I don’t understand. I have to use a bluetooth mini keyboard so I can type well enough. It’s too hard to really get my thoughts on page by thumb typing on my phone.

I highly recommend the app despite these.