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Best Mental Health Journaling Apps for iPhone (2026)

6 apps ranked S through F · · Ranked by AppTierList, computed, never sold · JSON

Part of Journaling.

stoic. journal & mental health is the top-ranked of 6 mental health journaling apps on iPhone, at S tier with 4.8/5 from 36,033 ratings.

  1. 1
    stoic. journal & mental healthS
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.8 · 36,033 ratings · score 97
  2. 2
    Clarity: CBT Self Help JournalS
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.8 · 29,438 ratings · score 95
  3. 3
    My Diary - Journal with LockS
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.7 · 28,314 ratings · score 95
  4. 4
    Lightly: Wellbeing CompanionA
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.8 · 5,152 ratings · score 89
  5. 5
    Voidpet Garden: Mental HealthA
    Free download · ★ 4.9 · 5,721 ratings · score 89

What belongs in this list

Write journal entries to work through thoughts and feelings and support their mental health.

Not here: a blank notes app alone; mood rating alone; a general chatbot that could be asked for journaling advice alone; a journal template or cover pack alone; the word therapy or healing in the title alone

How we pick

For this list we ask the App Store the same searches a person would, in several countries, and keep every app it returns. A model reads each app's listing and rejects the ones that only mention the use case. Every app that stays is scored out of 100 from four parts, each 0 to 100 and averaged with no weights: its App Store rating, how many people rated it, where the App Store itself ranks it for this list's searches, and how recently its current version shipped. An app showing Apple's Editors' Choice badge gets a fifth part of 100, which can only lift its score. Tiers follow fixed score bands: S from 90, A from 80, B from 70, C from 60, D from 50, F below. The list's leader is S if it scores 80 or more. On a list of 20 or more ranked apps, a tier from S to D takes in new apps only up to a quarter of the top 40: an app pushed out of a full tier falls to the next tier with room, and F takes the rest. An app already in a tier keeps its place while the tier is at most 2 apps over a quarter; past that, only the apps over that margin go down, lowest score first. Equal scores share a tier, and no app has a better tier than an app ranked above it. An app keeps its tier until its score passes the band edge by more than 1 point, or a full tier or the order above moves it. Only the top 40 of a list get a tier. Read the full method →

S
stoicClarityMy Diary
A
LightlyVoidpet GardenFoxtale
B
None at B yet
C
None at C yet
D
None at D yet
F
None at F yet

Compare every app

  1. 1
    stoic. journal & mental healthS
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.8 · 36,033 ratings · score 97 · best in class
  2. 2
    Clarity: CBT Self Help JournalS
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.8 · 29,438 ratings · score 95 · best in class
  3. 3
    My Diary - Journal with LockS
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.7 · 28,314 ratings · score 95 · best in class
  4. 4
    Lightly: Wellbeing CompanionA
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.8 · 5,152 ratings · score 89 · excellent
  5. 5
    Voidpet Garden: Mental HealthA
    Free download · ★ 4.9 · 5,721 ratings · score 89 · excellent
  6. 6
    Foxtale: Mood Tracker JournalA
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.9 · 2,669 ratings · score 87 · excellent

Questions people ask

What is the best mental health journaling app for iPhone?
stoic. journal & mental health, S tier, ranked #1 of 6, rated 4.8 by 36,033 people.
Which mental health journaling apps are free?
6 of 6 are free to download: stoic. journal & mental health (S), Clarity: CBT Self Help Journal (S), My Diary - Journal with Lock (S), Lightly: Wellbeing Companion (A) and more. 5 of them sell in-app purchases.
Which mental health journaling app has the best App Store rating?
Foxtale: Mood Tracker Journal at 4.9 from 2,669 ratings.
How many mental health journaling apps reach S or A tier?
6 of 6. Tiers follow fixed score bands: S from 90, A from 80, B from 70, C from 60, D from 50, F below. The list's leader is S if it scores 80 or more. On a list of 20 or more ranked apps, a tier from S to D takes in new apps only up to a quarter of the top 40: an app pushed out of a full tier falls to the next tier with room, and F takes the rest. An app already in a tier keeps its place while the tier is at most 2 apps over a quarter; past that, only the apps over that margin go down, lowest score first. Equal scores share a tier, and no app has a better tier than an app ranked above it. An app keeps its tier until its score passes the band edge by more than 1 point, or a full tier or the order above moves it. Only the top 40 of a list get a tier.

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