The Stoic Insider’s Guide
Everything we know about Stoic in one document: what it costs, its grades, getting a refund, getting help and what else to look at. Read it here, or keep a copy.
Stoic
The Insider’s Guide
Guided journal with morning and evening reflections and mood tracking
Every plan, grade, refund rule and rival among journaling apps, read from Stoic’s own pages.
Made by Stoic app inc. · checked Oct 5, 2026 · toolgpa.com
Contents
- 01WelcomeWhat it is, who it suits, its grades and the ten things to know first
- 02What it costsEvery plan, the free plan, ways to pay less and how prices have moved
- 03What it doesIts main features, where it runs, what it works with and who makes it
- 04Where it standsIts grades against its category, and whether to keep it or make your own
- 05The alternativesThe tools it is most often weighed against, side by side
- 06Quick answersThe questions people ask about it, each answered in a line or two
- 07About ToolGPAWho made this guide, what else is on the site, and how to cite it
ToolGPA put this guide together from Stoic’s own pages, its app-store listings and our grades. Every fact in it is on Stoic’s page too, where it is kept up to date. Checked Oct 5, 2026.
Part 01 · Overview
Welcome
What it is, who it suits, its grades and the ten things to know first
2.6
GPA, above 15 of the 35 other journaling apps we grade
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.
To get you started, here are 9 things to know about Stoic, taken from its own pages and our grades.
The day is laid out for you, prepare in the morning, reflect at night, answer the prompt in between, so you never face an empty page.
- 1
Best for a morning and evening journaling routine
Free leaves out the mood tracker, sync and even the app lock, sync is iCloud only, and Stoic says its Android app has fewer features.
- 2
What it costs
Paid plans start at $6.99 (lowest US App Store in-app purchase; billing period not shown).
- 3
There is a free plan
Daily prompts, quotes and affirmations, basic guided journals and a limited selection of breathing and meditation exercises.
- 4
It runs on 4 platforms
Web, macOS, iOS and Android.
- 5
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.
- 6
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.
- 7
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.
- 8
A 2.6 GPA, above 15 of 35
That is against the other journaling apps we grade, on value, the free plan, features, ease of use and platforms.
- 9
Your call
A journal at its plainest is dated entries of text and photos.
Stoic at a glance
- Pricing
- Free plan, from $6.99 (lowest US App Store in-app purchase; billing period not shown)
- Free plan
- Yes
- 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.
- Runs on
- Web, macOS, iOS, Android
- Made by
- Stoic app inc.
- Category
- Journaling Apps
- Our grade
- 2.6 GPA, good
- Store rating
- 4.8 on the App Store, 35,872 ratings
The report card
Best for a morning and evening journaling routine
Stoic is a journal built around a morning preparation and an evening reflection, with mood check-ins, guided journals, meditation and breathing. There's no price list: the App Store shows Premium at $6.99 to $39.99 with no billing periods, the AI tier up to $99.99 and Lifetime at $299. Free leaves out the mood tracker, sync and even the app lock, sync is iCloud only, and Stoic says its Android app has fewer features. Android users should look elsewhere.
| Subject | Grade | Comment |
|---|---|---|
| Value for money | C | There's no price list to judge. The US App Store shows Stoic Premium at $6.99 to $39.99 with nothing to say which is monthly and which yearly, the AI tier at $12.99 to $99.99, and Lifetime Premium at a steep $299. |
| Free plan and trial | C | Free gets daily prompts, quotes and affirmations, basic guided journals and a few breathing and meditation exercises. Then the caps, and they're central ones: the mood and habit tracker, widgets, iCloud sync and even the app lock are Premium. The trial is annual-plan only. |
| Features | C | On record: morning and evening reflections, a prompt a day, guided journals on gratitude, stress and relationships, mood and trend charts, meditation and breathing, and AI mentors on the top tier. The gap Stoic states itself: the newer Android app has fewer features than the iOS one. |
| Ease of use | A | 4.82 from about 35,900 App Store ratings, above the 4.7 an A needs. The day is laid out for you, prepare in the morning, reflect at night, answer the prompt in between, so you never face an empty page. |
| Platforms and integrations | B | iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch, Android and the web, so it's on most things, but sync runs through iCloud, which means Apple devices only. Apple Health and Siri Shortcuts are the only connections on record, and Stoic says the Android app lags. |
An A is worth 4 points, a B 3, a C 2, a D 1 and an F nothing. The GPA is the average of the five.
Who Stoic is for
- Fits if you want a set routine: a few minutes in the morning, a few at night
- Works for Apple users who want entries on their own devices and in their own iCloud
Who it is not for
- Tight if you're staying free, as the mood and habit tracker, widgets, iCloud sync and the app lock all need Premium
- Skip it if Android is your main phone, since Stoic says that app has fewer features and sync runs through iCloud
- Watch out: no price list is published, and the App Store shows Premium at $6.99 to $39.99 without saying which is monthly
- Pricey if you want the AI mentors, with that tier listed at up to $99.99, or Lifetime Premium at $299
- Tight if you want to try it month to month, as the free trial is on the annual plan only, once per Apple ID
Good to know
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.
Part 02 · Pricing
What it costs
Every plan, the free plan, ways to pay less and how prices have moved
$6.99
To start. There is a free plan too
Stoic has a free plan. Paid plans start at $6.99 (lowest US App Store in-app purchase; billing period not shown).
Free gets daily prompts, quotes and affirmations, basic guided journals and a few breathing and meditation exercises.
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.
The free plan
Daily prompts, quotes and affirmations, basic guided journals and a limited selection of breathing and meditation exercises.
Trying it first
7-day free trial of Stoic Premium or 3-day trial of Premium + AI, on the annual plan only and once per Apple ID.
Read from apps.apple.com on Oct 5, 2026.
Ways to pay less
Education
Student discount on application
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.
Stated on help.getstoic.comLifetime license
Stoic Lifetime Premium for $299.00
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.
Stated on getstoic.com
What the app costs elsewhere
Each country’s App Store price for “stoic. journal & diary premium”, against $39.99 in the United States, in dollars at the day’s rate. The four cheapest and the four dearest of 11.
| Country | Price there | In dollars | Against the US |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turkey | ₺99,99 | $2.03 | 95% less |
| Canada | $49.99 | $35.14 | 12% less |
| Philippines | ₱ 2,290.00 | $36.45 | 9% less |
| Indonesia | Rp 699ribu | $39.09 | about the same |
| Germany | 39,99 € | $44.81 | 12% more |
| South Africa | R799.99 | $48.39 | 21% more |
| Mexico | $899.00 | $49.40 | 24% more |
| United Kingdom | £39.99 | $52.87 | 32% more |
Part 03 · Features
What it does
Its main features, where it runs, what it works with and who makes it
4
Places it runs: Web, macOS, iOS and Android
Guided journal with morning and evening reflections and mood tracking. Here is what it does, as its own site describes it, and what it covers: local-first, AI features, daily notes, templates, habit tracking, mood tracking.
The gap Stoic states itself: the newer Android app has fewer features than the iOS one.
- 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.
Where it runs
- Web
- macOS
- iOS
- Android
What it works with
- Apple Health
- iCloud
- Siri Shortcuts
Stoic is made by Stoic app inc.
Part 04 · Standing
Where it stands
Its grades against its category, and whether to keep it or make your own
15/35
Other journaling apps it is graded above
Stoic's GPA of 2.6 is higher than 15 of the 35 other journaling apps we grade, and level with 3.
It stands best on ease of use (A, above 19 of 35) and worst on features (C, above 0).
Each grade against the category
Every bar is all 36 journaling apps we grade, cut by the letter each got. Stoic’s own letter is outlined.
- CValue for moneyAbove 4 of 35
- CFree plan and trialAbove 2 of 35
- CFeaturesAbove 0 of 35
- AEase of useAbove 19 of 35
- BPlatforms and integrationsAbove 22 of 35
Keep it, or make your own?
Whether this is something you could build for yourself with an AI app builder, and what you would give up.
Your call
A journal at its plainest is dated entries of text and photos.
You could make the core of Stoic for yourself: daily notes, mood tracking, habit tracking and templates. What you would give up is listed below. Whether that is worth the price is your call.
What you could make
- Daily notes, mood tracking, habit tracking and templates: an app builder makes these well.
What you could not
- Apps for macOS, iOS and Android that stay in step with each other.
- AI features, unless you pay a model provider for each request yourself.
- Hooks into the device itself: an Apple Watch app.
What this rests on. Stoic’s listing: what it does, where it runs, what it plugs into and what it costs. It is a judgement about the kind of software this is. We have not built a replacement for it, and making your own means looking after it too. How we decide, and every tool’s verdict.
Part 05 · Alternatives
The alternatives
The tools it is most often weighed against, side by side
Five Minute Journal, Rosebud, Reflectly, Day One and Reflection
The 5 tools Stoic is most often weighed against, with where each one differs from it.
- 2.6GPA
Five Minute Journal
Free plan · from $4.99/mo
Guided gratitude journal with short morning and evening prompts.
- Only Stoic lists a web app.
- Only Stoic lists a macOS app.
- Five Minute Journal can be bought with a one-time purchase.
- 2.2GPA
Rosebud
Free trial · from $8.99/mo
AI journal that replies with reflections and follow-up questions.
- Stoic has a free plan. Rosebud does not, though it has a free trial.
- Only Stoic lists a macOS app.
- Stoic also covers templates and habit tracking.
- 2.2GPA
Reflectly
Free plan · from $4.99
AI-guided journal and mood tracker for iPhone, iPad and Android.
- Only Stoic lists a web app.
- Only Stoic lists a macOS app.
- Stoic also covers templates and habit tracking.
- 3.2GPA
Day One
Free plan · from $49.99/yr
Encrypted journal for text, photos, audio and video across devices.
- Only Day One lists a Windows app.
- Only Day One lists a browser extension.
- Day One is end-to-end encrypted, according to its own site.
- 2.8GPA
Reflection
Free plan · from $5.75/mo
AI-coached journal with guided programs and voice entries.
- Stoic also covers habit tracking and mood tracking.
- Reflection also covers dictation and chat assistant.
Part 06 · Questions
Quick answers
The questions people ask about it, each answered in a line or two
15
Questions, each answered in a line or two
The short version of everything above, for when you only need the answer. Each one is told in full in its part of the guide.
Is Stoic free?
Stoic has a free plan. Daily prompts, quotes and affirmations, basic guided journals and a limited selection of breathing and meditation exercises.
How much does Stoic cost?
Stoic lists 4 plans. Free: $0.
What platforms does Stoic work on?
Stoic is available on Web, macOS, iOS and Android.
Does Stoic offer any discounts?
Stoic publicly lists the following: Student discount on application; Stoic Lifetime Premium for $299.00.
How is Stoic rated?
Stoic's iPhone and iPad app averages 4.8 out of 5 from 35,872 ratings on the App Store in the United States, as read on Oct 5, 2026.
Does Stoic have a Windows app?
No Windows app was listed when its pages were read on Oct 5, 2026. Stoic is listed for Web, macOS, iOS and Android.
Does Stoic have a Linux app?
No Linux app was listed when its pages were read on Oct 5, 2026. Stoic is listed for Web, macOS, iOS and Android.
Is Stoic open source?
Stoic is not described as open source on its own site, as read on Oct 5, 2026.
What does Stoic integrate with?
Stoic's listing names Apple Health, iCloud and Siri Shortcuts. A listing names up to eight integrations, so it may connect to more.
Does Stoic have a student discount?
Student discount on application. Stoic's help center says students can apply for a Student Discount through a form linked from its website.
Does Stoic have a free trial?
Yes. 7-day free trial of Stoic Premium or 3-day trial of Premium + AI, on the annual plan only and once per Apple ID.
Who makes Stoic?
Stoic is made by Stoic app inc.
What are the alternatives to Stoic?
The closest alternatives to Stoic in our directory are Five Minute Journal, Rosebud, Reflectly, Day One and Reflection.
How does Stoic compare with other journaling apps?
Stoic's GPA of 2.6 is higher than 15 of the 35 other journaling apps we grade, and level with 3.
Could I make my own version of Stoic?
A journal at its plainest is dated entries of text and photos. You could make the core of Stoic for yourself: daily notes, mood tracking, habit tracking and templates.
Where this guide comes from
The prices, plans, platforms and features were read from Stoic’s own pages on Oct 5, 2026, and the grades were given on Oct 10, 2026. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from Stoic's own pages on 5 October 2026, and its App Store rating. Also tested with a demo account on 2026-05-09.
Every tool we list gets five grades, A to F, each with its reason, and a GPA that averages them. How each is decided is at toolgpa.com/grades. This guide is ToolGPA’s own work; it is not made, paid for or approved by Stoic app inc. Prices change, so check getstoic.com before you buy.
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Part 07 · About
About ToolGPA
Who made this guide, what else is on the site, and how to cite it
3,189
Tools graded, in 94 categories
ToolGPA grades software the way a school report grades a pupil: five subjects, a letter for each with the reason written beside it, and a GPA that averages them. Prices, plans and platforms are read from each maker’s own pages and dated, so you always know how fresh a figure is.
Every grade, review and ranking on ToolGPA is our own judgement. No company can pay for a grade or change one. Every tool on the site has a guide like this one, free to download and pass on. It all lives at toolgpa.com.
3,189
tools graded
94
categories
426
price changes on record
579
apps priced in 12 countries
What else is on toolgpa.com
- Stoic, kept up to dateEverything in this guide, with prices and grades as they are todaytoolgpa.com/tools/stoic
- How grades are givenThe rules behind every letter and every GPAtoolgpa.com/grades
- Value chartsWhat each tool costs against what it scores, for every categorytoolgpa.com/charts
- CompareAny two tools side by side, plan by plantoolgpa.com/compare
- Price changesEvery price rise and cut on record, each with its sourcetoolgpa.com/price-changes
- Prices by countryWhat apps cost on the App Store in 12 countriestoolgpa.com/prices-by-country
- Pay lessEvery public discount: yearly billing, students, nonprofitstoolgpa.com/save
- Keep or makeWhich tools are worth paying for, and which you could build yourselftoolgpa.com/keep-or-make
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