# Sanity & Self review (2026): is it worth it? > Guided audio self-care app for women, with expert chat Checked Nov 12, 2026 ยท graded Nov 12, 2026 by ToolGPA. Sanity & Self is a self-care app for women built mainly around guided audio sessions on mindfulness, relationships, sleep, stress and self-esteem, with some journaling, fitness and ritual sessions. It has an in-app community and a separate Chat 1:1 service for texting coaches and therapists. Free to download, with a paid Premium membership that unlocks the full session library. - **Category:** Journaling Apps - **Made by:** Moov, Inc. - **Website:** https://www.sanityandself.com - **Runs on:** iOS, Android - **Who should skip it:** Skip it if you want a diary for your own entries, since journaling here is guided sessions. - **Facts last checked:** Nov 12, 2026 ## Pricing Sanity & Self's current pricing could not be confirmed from its own site. ## Key features - **Guided audio sessions:** Over 900 sessions of 2 to 45 minutes in series, on mindfulness, healing, relationships, sleep, breathing and more. - **Reflective journaling sessions:** The FAQ lists journaling and morning or evening rituals among the session types; some need materials noted on the session page. - **Community tab:** An in-app community where members ask for advice and share support. - **Chat 1:1:** A separate service to text or video chat with coaches and licensed therapists; it is paid separately and available on iOS only. - **Offline downloads:** Premium subscribers can download sessions to listen to without a connection. ## Good for - Women who want short guided audio for stress, sleep or self-esteem - People who prefer listening to writing ## Worth knowing - Pricing could not be read: the FAQ only says the annual plan averages $5 per month and no price list or App Store listing was found. - It is mostly an audio self-care library; journaling is one session type, not a diary tool with entries of your own. - Chat 1:1 is a separate payment from Premium and runs on iOS only. - Most of the library needs a paid Premium membership. ## ToolGPA grades **GPA: 2.0 out of 4**, graded Nov 12, 2026. Sanity & Self is a self-care app for women built around guided audio sessions, with some journaling sessions and a community tab. Most of the library needs Premium, and no price list could be read. - **Value for money: C.** The FAQ says the annual plan averages about $5 a month, between the $4.17 middle and the $5.75 where the dearer quarter of journaling apps starts. No price list was found. - **Free plan and trial: C.** The app is free to download with some content, and annual plans from the App Store start with a 7-day trial, but most sessions need Premium. - **Features: D.** It is an audio library and journaling is one session type. It has no diary of your own entries, so you need another product for that. - **Ease of use: B.** Install and press play, with nothing to set up, though no store rating is on record. - **Platforms and integrations: C.** iPhone and Android only, with Chat 1:1 on iOS only, no web or computer app and no integrations. These are ToolGPA's own grades. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from Sanity & Self's own pages on 12 November 2026. Not based on using the product, and shorter than our full reviews. ## Where it stands among journaling apps - Sanity & Self's GPA of 2.0 is higher than 0 of the 40 other journaling apps we grade, and level with 3. - It stands best on ease of use (B, above 4 of 40) and worst on features (D, above 0). The category's chart of price against score: https://toolgpa.com/charts/journaling ## Keep it, or make your own? **Keep it.** Nothing Sanity & Self does is plain enough to make in a weekend. The 3 things listed below take a company. That makes this kind of software worth paying for, not this one in particular: 37 of the 40 other journaling apps grade higher. - You could not: A members' space with posts, chat and events that people keep coming back to. - You could not: A real app for iOS and Android. Something home-made would be a web page. - You could not: People on the other end: coaches. No app builder makes those. A judgement by ToolGPA from this listing, by rules that are the same for every tool. Nothing was built to test it. **Tags:** Community, Works offline ## Alternatives - [Reflectly](https://toolgpa.com/tools/reflectly): AI-guided journal and mood tracker for iPhone, iPad and Android. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/reflectly-vs-sanity-and-self) - [How We Feel](https://toolgpa.com/tools/how-we-feel): Free emotion check-in journal from a science nonprofit. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/how-we-feel-vs-sanity-and-self) - [Stoic](https://toolgpa.com/tools/stoic): Guided journal with morning and evening reflections and mood tracking. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/sanity-and-self-vs-stoic) - [Gratitude](https://toolgpa.com/tools/gratitude): Gratitude journal with affirmations and vision boards. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/gratitude-vs-sanity-and-self) - [Clearful](https://toolgpa.com/tools/clearful): Guided journal with 400+ prompts and templates on every device. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/clearful-vs-sanity-and-self) ## Sources The prices, plans, platforms and features above were read from these pages on Nov 12, 2026: - https://www.sanityandself.com/ - https://www.sanityandself.com/faq - https://www.sanityandself.com/faq-1-1 - https://www.sanityandself.com/terms Page: https://toolgpa.com/tools/sanity-and-self Listed by ToolGPA (toolgpa.com).