Lightly: Wellbeing Companion
What is Lightly?
A mental health journaling app with writing and voice reflections, prompts, and wellbeing insights.
Lightly is a wellbeing journaling app for writing or speaking reflections, guided prompts, and personalized insights. It summarizes voice reflections and shows weekly emotional trends and recurring themes.
Pricing. Lightly is free to download, with in-app purchases on the App Store.
Good for
- Writing a short daily wellbeing reflection
- Speaking reflections instead of typing
- Reviewing weekly emotional trends and recurring themes
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Why this app is in S tier
S tier follows from that score within this list. The full explanation, as data.
Lightly scores 90 out of 100: rating 95, rating count 81, App Store search rank 83, update recency 100. The four parts are averaged and S tier follows from that score within this list.
Description
Lightly is everything your mind needs. Lightly helps you release stress, clear your head, and understand what really affects your mood. Spend a few minutes each day writing or speaking, and Lightly will guide you with gentle prompts and turn your reflections into helpful insights.
It’s like having a caring coach in your pocket, helping you make sense of how you feel and building habits that support your mental health.
Feel more in control
Take a few mindful minutes each day to pause and check in with yourself. Lightly helps you release stress and build inner calm - one small step at a time.
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Understand what’s really going on inside
Go through a wellbeing plan with personalised insights about you. Just 5 minutes a day for a lasting change. Lightly’s carefully crafted bite-sized lessons and guided prompts help you slow down, notice your emotions, and build deep self-awareness one step at a time.
Unlock personal growth through reflection
Based on what you share, Lightly reveals helpful patterns in your mood and behavior - so you can better understand what helps or harms your wellbeing.
Talk it out. We’ll do the rest.
Lightly listens, summarizes, and organizes your voice reflections so you can focus on how you feel, not what to write.
See how far you’ve come
Your weekly reflections show emotional trends and recurring themes, helping you spot growth, triggers, and what truly matters to you.
Respect Privacy
Your reflections are private. Your journal entries, voice recordings, and images are stored securely in private cloud storage. We use industry-standard encryption to protect your data both during transfer and in storage. You can delete your data anytime.
Your emotional wellbeing starts with one small reflection.
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Terms and Conditions: https://reface.ai/lightly/terms
Privacy Policy: https://reface.ai/lightly/privacy
Benefits of Journaling Sources: https://reface.ai/lightly/studies
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Questions about Lightly
Can I write or speak my reflections?
Yes. Lightly supports writing or speaking reflections, and it summarizes and organizes voice reflections.
Can I review patterns in my mood?
Yes. It identifies patterns in mood and behavior and shows weekly emotional trends and recurring themes.
Can I delete my data?
Yes. You can delete your data anytime.
Is Lightly free?
Lightly is free to download, with in-app purchases.
Is Lightly right for me?
Lightly is built for writing a short daily wellbeing reflection, speaking reflections instead of typing, reviewing weekly emotional trends and recurring themes. It sits in the mental health journaling list on AppTierList.
Is Lightly worth it?
Lightly is S tier, ranked #5 of 12 mental health journaling apps with a score of 90 out of 100, from a 4.7 App Store rating across 12,255 ratings. It is in the list's top tiers; 4 apps rank above it.
How does Lightly compare to Reflectly?
Lightly is S tier at 90; Reflectly is S tier at 93. Reflectly ranks higher. Lightly is free to download, with in-app purchases, Reflectly is free to download, with in-app purchases.
How often is Lightly updated?
Lightly was updated 5 days ago, which counts in its favour.
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Ranking
- Lists
- Mental Health Journaling (S tier, #5) · Reflective Journaling (B tier, #10) · Mental Wellness (B tier, #29) · Journaling (#45, beyond the tiered top)
- Tier
- S (Best in class)
- Score
- 90 / 100
- Rank in list
- #5 of 12
- Ranking certainty
- settled
Ratings
- App Store rating
- 4.7 out of 5, every App Store country
- Ratings
- 12,255
- Recent reviews
- 4.5 from 20 in the last 180 days
App
- Price
- Free + IAP
- App Store category
- Health & Fitness
- Current version
- (5 days ago)
- Size
- 127 MB
- Requires
- iOS 16.2 or later
- Age rating
- 17+
- Languages
- 5
- Runs on
- iPhone, iPad
Links
- Developer pages
- Support · Privacy policy
- Maker
- not verified
- As data
- JSON · why it ranks here
App Store data read · reviews · ranking