# Stoic

> Guided journal with morning and evening reflections and mood tracking

Stoic is a journaling app built around a morning preparation and an evening reflection, with mood check-ins, daily prompts and guided journals in between. It also includes meditation and breathing exercises, trend charts and, on its top tier, AI-generated prompts and analysis of past entries. Apps cover iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch, Android and the web, and entries are stored on your devices instead of on the company's servers.

- **Category:** Journaling Apps
- **Made by:** Stoic app inc.
- **Website:** https://www.getstoic.com
- **Runs on:** Web, macOS, iOS, Android
- **Facts last checked:** Oct 5, 2026

## Pricing

Stoic has a free plan. Paid plans start at $6.99 (lowest US App Store in-app purchase; billing period not shown).

- **Pricing model:** Free plan
- **Free plan:** Daily prompts, quotes and affirmations, basic guided journals and a limited selection of breathing and meditation exercises.
- **Free trial:** 7-day free trial of Stoic Premium or 3-day trial of Premium + AI, on the annual plan only and once per Apple ID.

| Plan | Price | What you get |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Free | $0 | Daily prompts, quotes and affirmations, basic guided journals and a limited selection of breathing and meditation exercises. |
| Stoic Premium | $6.99 to $39.99 monthly or yearly; the US App Store does not label each price | Full library of guided journals and exercises, custom templates, mood and habit tracker, widgets, iCloud sync and app lock. Listed at $6.99, $17.99, $26.99 and $39.99. |
| Stoic Premium + AI | $12.99 to $99.99 monthly or yearly; the US App Store does not label each price | Everything in Premium plus AI mentors, Dig Deeper analysis of entries and AI-tuned notifications. Listed at $12.99, $69.99 and $99.99. |
| Stoic Lifetime Premium | $299.00 one-time purchase | A single in-app purchase listed on the US App Store as an alternative to the Premium subscription. |

Read from https://apps.apple.com/us/app/stoic-journal-mental-health/id1312926037 on Oct 5, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with Stoic before buying.

## Ways to pay less

- **Student discount on application** (Education): Stoic's help center says students can apply for a Student Discount through a form linked from its website. The size of the discount is not stated. Source: https://help.getstoic.com/faq/3sfUSwpkyPFw22e8F1CRHk/do-you-offer-educational-discounts/6fAcrhU9yaGv3nsmmavC7L
- **Stoic Lifetime Premium for $299.00** (Lifetime license): Stoic's terms describe a Lifetime purchase that grants ongoing access to Stoic Premium for as long as the app remains available. The US App Store lists it at $299.00. Source: https://www.getstoic.com/terms-and-conditions

## App Store prices by country

"stoic. journal & diary premium", as each country's App Store showed it on Oct 9, 2026. These are the app's prices, not the website's.

| Country | Price | In US dollars |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | $39.99 | |
| United Kingdom | £39.99 | about $52.87 (32% more) |
| Germany | 39,99 € | about $44.81 (12% more) |
| Canada | $49.99 | about $35.14 (12% less) |
| Australia | $59.99 | about $41.88 (about the same) |
| India | ₹ 3,999 | about $41.34 (about the same) |
| Brazil | R$ 199,90 | about $39.94 (about the same) |
| Mexico | $899.00 | about $49.40 (24% more) |
| Turkey | ₺99,99 | about $2.03 (95% less) |
| Indonesia | Rp 699ribu | about $39.09 (about the same) |
| Philippines | ₱ 2,290.00 | about $36.45 (9% less) |
| South Africa | R799.99 | about $48.39 (21% more) |

## Key features

- **Morning and evening reflections:** Each day starts with a short preparation and ends with a reflection, with mood check-ins in between. Personalizing the two reflections is listed as a Premium feature.
- **Guided journals and daily prompts:** A new prompt appears each day under a weekly theme, alongside guided journals on topics such as gratitude, stress and relationships. The full library needs Premium.
- **Mood and trend tracking:** Log your mood and the factors that influence it, then view trends for mood, emotions, sleep, health and writing. The help center lists the mood and habit tracker under Premium.
- **Meditation and breathing exercises:** Guided or unguided meditation sessions and breathing exercises sit beside the journal. The free plan includes a limited selection.
- **AI mentor and entry analysis:** On Premium + AI, a chosen mentor style writes custom prompts, analyzes past entries for patterns in mood and themes, and times reminders to your routine.
- **On-device storage with iCloud sync:** Entries are kept on your devices; the help center says Stoic has no servers of its own. Premium adds iCloud sync and backup across Apple devices and a passcode or Face ID lock.

## Good for

- People who want a structured morning and evening journaling routine
- Apple users who want entries kept on-device and in their own iCloud
- Combining journaling with mood tracking, meditation and breathing exercises

## Worth knowing

- No price list is published; subscription prices appear in the app and on app store listings.
- The help center lists the mood and habit tracker, custom templates, widgets, iCloud sync and the app lock under Premium.
- The Android app is newer and, by the vendor's own account, has fewer features than the iOS app.
- Free trials apply only to the annual plan and can be used once per Apple ID.

## What people say

- **App Store rating of the iPhone and iPad app:** 4.8 out of 5 from 35,872 ratings in the United States, read Oct 5, 2026. This is the store's rating of the app, not a score from ToolGPA. Source: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/id1312926037

## Works with

Apple Health, iCloud, Siri Shortcuts

**Tags:** Daily notes, Mood tracking, Habit tracking, Templates, AI features, Local-first

## Alternatives

- [Five Minute Journal](https://toolgpa.com/tools/five-minute-journal): Guided gratitude journal with short morning and evening prompts. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/five-minute-journal-vs-stoic)
- [Rosebud](https://toolgpa.com/tools/rosebud): AI journal that replies with reflections and follow-up questions. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/rosebud-vs-stoic)
- [Reflectly](https://toolgpa.com/tools/reflectly): AI-guided journal and mood tracker for iPhone, iPad and Android. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/reflectly-vs-stoic)
- [Day One](https://toolgpa.com/tools/day-one): Encrypted journal for text, photos, audio and video across devices. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/day-one-vs-stoic)
- [Reflection](https://toolgpa.com/tools/reflection): AI-coached journal with guided programs and voice entries. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/reflection-vs-stoic)

## Sources

The prices, plans, platforms and features above were read from these pages on Oct 5, 2026:

- https://apps.apple.com/us/app/stoic-journal-mental-health/id1312926037
- https://www.getstoic.com
- https://www.getstoic.com/features
- https://www.getstoic.com/about
- https://www.getstoic.com/premium
- https://www.getstoic.com/terms-and-conditions
- https://help.getstoic.com/getting-started/nMb4jABmc8oatYuUUyT5Q5/subscription--plans/6f9eBdDY7ngGS3y5u7kPU6
- https://help.getstoic.com/premium-ai-features/xcBoxz1TZA2bdrEzFsGkhJ/premium-ai-subscription/6f9eBdDY7nj4ZYuAFi7UMj
- https://help.getstoic.com/faq/3sfUSwpkyPFw22e8F1CRHk/subscriptions-and-payments/6f9eBdDY7mkV4513v268Mn
- https://help.getstoic.com/faq/3sfUSwpkyPFw22e8F1CRHk/do-you-offer-educational-discounts/6fAcrhU9yaGv3nsmmavC7L
- https://help.getstoic.com/getting-started/nMb4jABmc8oatYuUUyT5Q5/stoic-across-devices/6f9eBdDY7kU9iRBgMkKN9r
- https://help.getstoic.com/android-app/6f9eBdDY7nBErZqN88hSpP/android-app/6f9eBdDY7jYfqgb9xsw3Gi
- https://help.getstoic.com/privacy--security/i65nxnVdxPXQfGZJXynaYu/where-your-data-is-kept/6f9eBdDY7m3fVtcX2B5Mv5
- https://impresskit.net/stoic

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