Reflection 7 is here: a redesigned journal with nine color themes, a Coach that replies right inside your entry, and Focus Mode for longer writing sessions.
Reflection is a journal that writes back.
Write or speak about your day, and Reflection's AI Coach replies right inside your entry with a question that helps you go a layer deeper. Over time your journal becomes something you can ask: what has been weighing on you, what brings you joy, how your mood has shifted since spring.
NEW IN REFLECTION 7
A complete redesign. The journal is calmer and more spacious, with nine color themes, a rebuilt Coach, one + button for everything you add to an entry, and Focus Mode for longer sessions. It's faster, too.
A COACH IN EVERY ENTRY
• Instant Chat: press Enter and the Coach replies on the next line.
• Go Deeper, Get Perspective, Coach Me and Action Items when you want more.
• Voice Call (Premium): talk it through out loud. When you hang up, the conversation is written into your entry.
ASK YOUR JOURNAL ANYTHING
Search by meaning, not only by keyword. Ask "What have I been grateful for lately?" and get an answer drawn from your own entries, with the dates you wrote them.
WRITE, SPEAK OR SCAN
• Voice journaling with accurate transcription
• Scan a handwritten page into text
• Add photos, and catch up on missed days from your camera roll
• Templates and daily prompts for when you don't know where to start
SEE HOW YOU'RE GROWING
Mood and emotion insights, writing streaks, and weekly, monthly and annual reviews that show where your head has been.
100+ GUIDED JOURNALS AND PROMPTS
Gratitude, anxiety, self-care, shadow work, relationships, work and more, including multi-day programs like the 14-day Reflect & Reset. A fresh prompt is waiting on your Today page each morning.
PRIVATE BY DESIGN
• Your entries are encrypted
• Lock the app with Face ID or a PIN, and keep single entries private
• Your entries are never used to train AI models
• Turn AI off entirely, or exclude any entry from it
• Export your journal as PDF, CSV or JSON whenever you like
EVERYWHERE YOU WRITE
iPhone, iPad, Mac and the web, all in sync.
"This app manages to do what many others in this category don't: make AI features that actually feel useful." (App Store review, July 2026)
FREE TO START
Journal for free, with AI Coach replies each day and insights after every entry. Reflection Premium adds unlimited AI and voice, Voice Call, all 100+ guides, all nine themes, App Lock, export and unlimited sync.
Reflection is a tool for self-reflection. It is not a substitute for professional mental health care.
Questions or feedback: hello@reflection.app
Terms: https://www.reflection.app/tos
Privacy: https://www.reflection.app/pp
What an amazing journaling app!!! AI is amazing!!!
Smangi
Okay so I have to real here I have been looking/hunting for a journaling app for YEARS! Not decades more like three. But I always found it so frustrating because every journal app I had tried was just always missing something-whether it was guided prompts or being able to just say how you feel and have AI come up with something to help you work through it! Or I would find that journal apps would be so vague or they would have one feature without the other. I’m so happy to say that this journal app has proved me wrong and it’s the first one I have found that I can be consistent with and I now find it far more fun and look forward to journaling! The depth feature on this app is probably one of my favorite features along with the beautiful quotes that you can also use to inspire motivation or thoughts on certain things. I also love the fact that you can decide if you want to pay for it or not. They have paid plans which is amazing but this app also allows you to still journal for free and be able to use some of these incredible features before you decide to commit to a plan. So instead of feeling cramped like you only have five days for a free trial or a week you get to use it for however long and if you want to up level your journaling you can pay for the upgrade and be able to do even. more. Super impressed with this journaling app and I can’t see myself using another journal anymore. So thank you!
Developer Response
Love it Smangi! 🥰 Thank you so much for the incredible review and so happy you finally found Reflection.app that it checked all the boxes for you! If ever you have feedback or suggestions you can always reach us at hello@reflection.app.
A Therapist’s take
1Valval
As a mental health professional, journaling is something I often suggest to people for a myriad of reasons and benefits. I always make sure to remind them that there is no wrong or right way to journal. Personally I have only done poetic journaling and stream of consciousness journaling. I have typically saved my more profound reflecting and processing for my own therapy sessions. However, after just one week with Reflection: AI journal & coach, I can see this becoming a regular practice for me (which I’m sure my therapist would agree is a great habit to pick up). I can also see it being a go-to recommendation that I make when someone is struggling with journaling. Not only is it helpful with cultivating insight, it can also be quite fun to use the AI features that make one “go deeper” or provide “coaching” and “summaries”. Lastly, as a therapist that believes mental health services should be accessible to all, I make it a point to offer a sliding scale. Reflection: AI journal & coach aligns with this value I dearly hold and offers a “scholarship” for the premium version of the app. With this scholarship, the app allows people to sign up for a year of the premium version on a sliding scale based on what they can afford. Thus making its premium version widely accessible. What’s additionally wonderful is that if you’re just starting out and building a new habit, you don’t even need to sign up for premium; the standard version of the app is free to use! I hope you’ll enjoy this tool as much as I have! Happy journaling!
Developer Response
Thank you so much for this incredibly thoughtful and detailed review! As a mental health professional, your perspective means the world to us. We're honored that you're considering making Reflection a regular practice and that you see it as a tool worth recommending to others. Your appreciation for our scholarship program especially resonates—accessibility is core to what we believe in, and knowing it aligns with your values means everything. Thank you for the work you do and for taking the time to share this. If there's ever anything we can do to help, you can always reach out at hello@reflection.app!
Can you binge journal?
krystajulie
Ok, so I signed up this morning when I had a ton of free time. You know taking time to journal instead of cleaning my house as one does. Anyway, boy am I glad I did. I’ve done 21 reviews I believe they call them with the themes and categories and enjoying every minute of it. Ok, maybe it’s a little excessive. My ADHD is in hyper focus mode right now. Please don’t judge lol. However, everything aside, I can’t believe the extent it’s change my thinking in just a couple of hours. Yeah I do love this stuff; human behavior and the power of positive thinking and such. It’s really interesting to me. But I love it. I have a lot of self-awareness so I feel pretty confident in who I am, but this challenged me by introducing different ways of thinking and perspectives. Honestly think this might be the first review I’ve ever written about an app if that says anything. You do have to pay for the premium but you have a 7 day trial. Curious to see what the free addition will allow me to do. Probably minimal. But I’m definitely considering purchasing by the end of the week. Far more worth the money than half of the stupid stuff I spend my money on anyway. Excuse my babbling and candor. But yeah as they say on Clueless, because that was the era I grew up in, “two very enthusiastic thumbs up”. Enjoy beautiful people!
Developer Response
Wow, krystajulie! Your enthusiasm is contagious. 🌟 We're thrilled Reflection.app has made such a positive impact so quickly. Thanks for the detailed review and the 'two very enthusiastic thumbs up'! If you need anything, we're at hello@reflection.app.
Simultaneously a work in progress and a masterpiece - a reflection of us
briightbomber
I’ve got to start out with saying that I think this app was made for me. It checks all of the boxes for the experience I was looking to have in journaling, which included harnessing AI for in depth self discovery. It’s aesthetically pleasing and I enjoy using it very much. This app has already changed in the short time I’ve been using it, and every new implementation makes me feel even more seen, and reaffirms that I’ve found a true gem, that will only continue to get better over time. Thank you! The subscription is worth it for me, to get more use out of the AI. I might even buy the lifetime membership when my financial situation is more stable. There are just so many applications for use of the AI in this app. I have been mostly using it for dream analysis, and keeping track of my goals. Highly recommend.
Developer Response
Thank you for your incredible review and for giving Reflection a try! It means everything to hear that it feels like it was made just for you and that you're finding so much value in the AI for dream analysis and goal tracking. ✨ We're thrilled you feel seen by our updates and can't wait to keep making Reflection even better - if we can ever be of assistance, please reach out to us at hello@reflection.app.
Reflection 7 is our biggest update yet, with a new design from top to bottom.
• Coach, rebuilt. Press Enter and Instant Chat replies on the next line of your entry. Or start a Voice Call (Premium) and talk it through.
• One + button for photos, voice, scanned handwriting, templates and prompts.
• Catch up from your photos: turn the days you missed into entries.
• Nine color themes, in light or dark.
• Focus Mode, with ambient sound for longer sessions.
• Faster everywhere, most of all in journals with lots of photos.
Thank you for journaling with us.
Version 7.0.0
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