Unwindly: Your Private Journal
CBT journal for anxiety & mood
Free · In‑App Purchases · Designed for iPad. Not verified for macOS.
Anxious thoughts, rewired. Real CBT techniques to catch and challenge negative thinking. 100% private — no cloud, no account. Try free for 7 days.
Private CBT journal that rewires anxious thinking. Structured thought records, mood tracking, and breathing exercises — all on your device. No cloud, no account needed.
Most journal apps just store your thoughts. Unwindly helps you transform them. Using techniques inspired by Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, you'll learn to catch negative thinking patterns, challenge them with evidence, and rewire your mind toward clarity.
WHY THIS JOURNAL IS DIFFERENT
Your thoughts deserve a private space. Unwindly keeps everything on YOUR device — no cloud storage, no data harvesting, no ads. Just you and your journal.
Try it free for 7 days. Then choose the plan that works for you.
HOW IT WORKS
Write freely, then reflect with structure:
THOUGHT RECORDS
Catch anxious or negative thoughts. Write down evidence for and against them. Discover more balanced perspectives you actually believe.
REFLECTION JOURNALS
Process what happened today. What went well. What you learned. Build self-awareness over time.
GRATITUDE PRACTICE
Shift your attention toward what's working. Small daily wins compound into lasting change.
SELF-SUPPORT JOURNAL
Write to yourself like you'd write to a friend. Build inner compassion.
MOOD TRACKING
See patterns over time. Connect your thoughts, activities, and emotional states.
BREATHING EXERCISES
When thinking isn't enough, calm your body first. Voice-guided techniques for immediate relief.
THE SCIENCE BEHIND IT
These aren't random prompts. The journaling methods in Unwindly are inspired by Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) — the most researched approach to changing unhelpful thinking patterns. Therapists worldwide use these exact techniques.
Validated questionnaires included:
- PHQ-9 (Depression screening)
- GAD-7 (Anxiety assessment)
- PSS-10 (Stress measurement)
- WHO-5 (Wellbeing tracking)
WHAT YOU GET
- 6 structured journal types
- Unlimited entries
- Mood tracking with insights
- Breathing exercises with voice guidance
- Body scan meditation
- All 4 validated questionnaires
- Works 100% offline
- No ads, ever
- Multi-device sync with end-to-end encryption
FLEXIBLE PLANS
Start with a 7-day free trial. Continue with monthly, yearly, or lifetime access. All plans include every feature.
AVAILABLE IN 4 LANGUAGES
Full support for English, German, Russian, and Ukrainian.
WORKS EVERYWHERE
iOS and macOS. Your journaling practice, wherever you are.
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Unwindly is a self-help tool, not a replacement for professional mental health care. If you're in crisis, please contact emergency services or a mental health professional.
Built with care by an indie developer who believes your thoughts should stay yours.
Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Unwindly on your wrist — now available to everyone.
**Apple Watch**
Breathe, journal, and check in with your mood — right from your wrist.
- Guided breathing with haptic feedback. Works without your iPhone.
- Voice journaling: capture your thoughts in the moment, when it matters most.
- Complication for instant access from your watch face.
- Gentle mood check-in reminders throughout the day.
**iCloud Backup**
Back up your entire journal — entries, photos, and attachments — to iCloud. Export as a zip file anytime. All data stays encrypted.
**Live Activities**
Breathing and body scan exercises now show progress on your Lock Screen and Dynamic Island.
**Also new**
- Health context alongside your journal entries
- Voice dictation uses your preferred language
**Even more polished**
- Voice recordings are now preserved if the app goes to background or hits the max recording duration
- Smoother, more reliable journaling keyboard
- Apple Watch breathing animations stay in sync and keep advancing in Always-On and wrist-down states
- More reliable data sync
The developer, Nickolay Kopylov, 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
The developer has not yet indicated which accessibility features this app supports. Learn More
Information
- Seller
- Nickolay Kopylov
- Size
- 195.7 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 12.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later. - Apple Vision
Requires visionOS 2.0 or later. - Apple Watch
Requires watchOS 10.0 or later.
- iPhone
- Languages
English and 3 more
- English, German, Russian, Ukrainian
- Age Rating
13+
- 13+
- Infrequent
Medical Treatment information
Contains
Health or Wellness Topics
- In-App Purchases
Yes
- Unwindly: 30-Day Pass $4.99
- Unwindly: Lifetime Discounted $69.99
- Unwindly - Yearly $39.99
- Unwindly - Lifetime $79.99
- Unwindly - Monthly $9.99
- Copyright
- © 2025-2026 Nikolay Kopylov