Stoic is a journaling and mental health app built on Stoic philosophy — morning preparation, evening reflection, guided prompts, mood tracking, and AI mentors for 3M+ users.
Stoic treats journaling as the anchor of a daily mental-health routine, structured around the classic Stoic bookends. The day starts with Morning Preparation: a personalized daily planner, notes, and to-dos so “nothing can surprise you.” It ends with Evening Reflection: guided journaling on the day’s actions, reviewed against a habit tracker and your mood log.
What makes it broader than most journals is the toolkit around the writing. Guided journals and templates cover productivity, gratitude, stress and anxiety, relationships, therapy prep, CBT-based thought dumps, and dream journaling — with voice notes and photos if typing isn’t your thing. Unguided meditation sessions, science-backed breathing exercises, and sleep tools (including lessons drawing on Huberman and the Sleep Foundation) fill the moments between writing sessions.
AI enters in two places: AI-generated insights analyze your entries for patterns, and AI Mentors offer personalized prompts and guidance from different coaching perspectives — the modern take on Marcus Aurelius, Seneca, and Epictetus, whose quotes and affirmations open the app. Stoic runs on iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Vision, Android, and web, with an Apple Watch companion.
Free plan with simple journaling and prompts. Premium, around $39.99/year, adds meditation and breathing exercises, AI analysis of entries, personalized reflections, guided journals, and journaling suggestions. Pricing verified via reflection.app comparison and stoic.app listings (2026).
Ideal for people who want journaling plus a full mental-wellness routine in one app, and for anyone drawn to Stoic philosophy. Less suitable if you want pure note-taking without the wellness structure, or heavy long-form writing tools.