Notice patterns in your thinking—without handing your journal to us

Your journal. Your device. Your pace.

Clearthought helps you pause, capture what happened, and work through a familiar CBT-style thought record—with charts from what you write—in one place on your iPhone. Your entries are not uploaded to Clearthought, and you don’t need a Clearthought account for your journal. On the free tier, only recent entries stay on your phone (about the last month); Clearthought Pro keeps your full journal on device and adds weekly check-ins (GAD-7 & PHQ-9), richer charts, a monthly recap, PDF export, encrypted backup, and more—only when you choose.

  • Thought records
  • Goals & distortions
  • Watch app & widgets
Download on the App Store

How your journal stays private

Clearthought new thought entry screen showing fields for a thought record.
Capture a thought and walk through a structured record.

Practice and your privacy

Structured prompts help you reflect; where those reflections live respects your control.

What you practice

  • CBT-style thought records, dreams, goals, and cognitive distortions
  • Charts by entries, thinking patterns, and goals—two-week and one-month ranges included
  • Home Screen widgets and Apple Watch app for quick capture
  • Optional Clearthought Pro for your full journal on device, weekly check-ins, deeper charts, export, backup, and more

Privacy, plainly stated

  • Journal content is not synced to Clearthought’s cloud
  • No Clearthought account needed for your journal
  • We never receive your journal; Pro export or backup only leaves your device when you start it
  • Full privacy policy

Notice thoughts. Keep them yours.

What's inside

Open the app to browse entries, see recent work, and pick up where you left off—without a feed or social layer.

Top of Clearthought home screen with entries and navigation.
Home overview and quick access to your journal.
Lower portion of Clearthought home screen with more entries.
Scroll through thoughts and structured entries in one place.

CBT-style practice, privately.

How it works

Turn a tough moment into a clear next step: guide a situation through evidence, distortions, and a balanced alternative—right on your phone. What you log here is what charts and summaries draw from later.

New thought entry form in Clearthought.
Start with what happened and what went through your mind.
Alternative thought step in a Clearthought entry.
Land on a more balanced perspective when you’re ready.

See what you wrote, in context.

Charts from your own entries

Charts summarize what you already logged—how entries fall across days, thinking patterns (including cognitive distortions), and personal goals. Two-week and one-month ranges are included for every chart; Clearthought Pro unlocks longer spans, optional this-period vs. prior comparison, streak summaries, weekly check-in score trends (GAD-7 & PHQ-9; self-report—not a diagnosis), and sleep context from Apple Health. Drawn only from your library on your device; Clearthought doesn’t host your journal on our side.

Clearthought Charts tab showing entries by day and entries by distortion over two weeks.
Open the full chart view for an overview of entry activity and trends.

When you want a closer look, dedicated trend views slice the same library by thinking pattern and by goal—so you can revisit what shows up, without turning your journal into a scorecard. Screens may show longer ranges or comparisons that require Clearthought Pro.

Clearthought chart showing how journal entries trend by cognitive distortion over a selected period.
Notice how often different thinking patterns appear across your entries—context for reflection, not a verdict.
Clearthought chart showing journal entries related to personal goals over time.
See how thoughts you’ve logged connect to the goals you care about, across the time range you choose.

More tools when you want to go deeper—still guided and private.

Clearthought Pro

The core journal and chart views work without a subscription. On the free tier, older thought and dream entries (beyond about a month) are removed on your iPhone so the app stays manageable. Clearthought Pro keeps your whole journal on device and adds weekly check-ins, deeper charts, a monthly recap, PDF export, backups, and more—always under the same privacy stance: your journal text is not uploaded to Clearthought.

Individual Pro

For one Apple ID—the same Pro features, just for you.

Family Pro

Same Pro features for people in your Apple Family Sharing group. How Family Sharing works (Apple)

Pro includes

Full history Check-ins Deep charts Monthly recap Export & backup

Included without Pro

  • Thought records, dreams, goals, and distortion tagging
  • Charts for entries, distortions, and goals with two-week and one-month ranges
  • Home Screen widgets and Apple Watch app
  • About a month of entries on your iPhone (older entries make room automatically)

Pro adds

  • Your whole journal stays on this iPhone
  • Weekly check-ins (GAD-7 & PHQ-9) on Home
  • Longer chart ranges (three months, six months, one year) with week or month grouping
  • Optional this period vs. prior period comparison on charts
  • Streak summaries on the Charts tab
  • Trend lines for weekly check-in scores (self-report questionnaires—not a diagnosis)
  • Prior-month reflection recap
  • Apple Health sleep context in Charts (read on your device; see Privacy)
  • Encrypted on-device backup, restore, optional iCloud backup, and PDF export from Home—only when you start them
  • Therapist view (summary-only handoff from the same export flow)
  • Optional prompt before opening apps you choose (where iOS supports it)

Subscribe or redeem in Settings → Pro in the app when you’re ready—or keep using the core experience without it.

Your data, in your hands

Clearthought Pro unlocks PDF export from Home, plus a therapist-friendly summary view (no full thought-record dump) from the same flow. Encrypted backup and restore live in Settings—each action starts only when you do. Pick the full library or a date range, and share only when you choose, with people and storage you trust.

Clearthought export all entries options.
Export everything for your own backup—or a fuller picture to share with a clinician when you choose.
Clearthought export entries by date range.
Narrow to a period (for example, around a session). The file is yours—share with a trusted professional only if and how you want.

Widgets & Watch app

Use the Home Screen widget or the Apple Watch app to start a thought or dream entry without hunting for your phone.

Clearthought iOS Home Screen widget offering new thought and dream entry shortcuts.
Keep journaling within reach from the Home Screen.

Small steps. Steady clarity.

Built for quiet consistency

Clearthought is for people who want structure without scrolling a feed—whether you’re practicing thought records on your own or between visits with a therapist when that fits your care plan.

It’s a journaling tool for reflection, not a substitute for professional diagnosis or treatment. Optional Apple Health sleep insights (Pro) stay on your device; see Privacy for details.

Try Clearthought on iPhone

Thought journal · Private by design. Download when you’re ready—your journal stays off our servers; Pro export and backup leave your device only when you start them.

Download on the App Store

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