Dear Self: CBT Journal

Name: Dear Self: CBT Journal
Author: shaihaan

Liveshaihaan1 app · 106 installsHealth & FitnessFreecom.s.ace.i.dearself

A gentle CBT journal to notice anxious thoughts and write your day back to calm.

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Total installs: 106
Installs / day: ~1
Rating: —★
Released: 14 Jul 2026
Last update: 22 Aug 2026
Countries: —

Install history

exact counter from Google Play

30dAll

Installs per day · last 90 days

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App manifest

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Data safety

declared by the developer on Google Play

No data shared with third parties
No data collected

This is the developer's own declaration, summarised from the Play listing. The permissions below show what the app is technically able to access.

Permissions

13 in 4 groups

6 Sensitive2 Notable5 Routine

What this app can do with your phone

Record sound using your phone's microphone
Read photos, videos, and other files saved in your phone's shared storage
Add, change or delete photos, videos and other files in your phone's storage
Show its own windows or bubbles on top of other apps you are using

Photos/Media/FilesSensitive2

Access to photos, videos, music and other files stored on your device

Read photos, videos, and other files saved in your phone's shared storageread the contents of your USB storage · READ_EXTERNAL_STORAGE
Add, change or delete photos, videos and other files in your phone's storagemodify or delete the contents of your USB storage · WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE

StorageSensitive2

Access to files, photos and media saved on your phone's storage

Read photos, videos, and other files saved in your phone's shared storageread the contents of your USB storage · READ_EXTERNAL_STORAGE
Add, change or delete photos, videos and other files in your phone's storagemodify or delete the contents of your USB storage · WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE

MicrophoneSensitive1

Access to your phone's microphone to record sound

Record sound using your phone's microphonerecord audio · RECORD_AUDIO

OtherSensitive8

Access to miscellaneous device features that don't fit other categories

Show its own windows or bubbles on top of other apps you are usingdraw over other apps · SYSTEM_ALERT_WINDOW
Start itself automatically as soon as your phone finishes turning onrun at startup · RECEIVE_BOOT_COMPLETED
Keep your phone's processor or screen from going to sleep, which can use more batteryprevent device from sleeping · WAKE_LOCK
Check whether you are online and whether you use Wi-Fi or mobile dataview network connections · ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE
Connect to the internet to load content and send datafull network access · INTERNET
Make your phone vibratecontrol vibration · VIBRATE
Check with Google Play that you got this app legitimatelyGoogle Play license check · com.android.vending.CHECK_LICENSE
Receive push messages sent from the app's servers over the internetreceive data from Internet · com.google.android.c2dm.permission.RECEIVE

Sensitive = can reach personal data, location, camera/mic or act on your behalf. Notable = changes how your device behaves. Routine = normal for almost every app. Source: Google Play's permission list for all versions of this app.

Store listing

Full description

Dear Self is a private CBT journal: a quiet place to notice an anxious or heavy thought, question it gently, and write your day back into a calmer shape. It is built on CBT (cognitive behavioral therapy), the same gentle method a therapist might walk you through. Catch a thought, name the pattern underneath it, and offer yourself a kinder, truer one. No streaks to chase, no audience, no noise. Just you and the page. Two ways to write a page - Guided journaling: a few unhurried steps through a thought, the way CBT does it. - Free writing: when you only want to put the day down somewhere. A gentle rhythm, not a scoreboard Build small habits and watch a soft streak grow. Miss a day and it softens, it never breaks. Look back over your mood and see how you have really been. Letters to your future self Write a letter and seal it until a moment you choose. A little kindness, sent forward in time. Remembrance, offered and never imposed If it helps, a short verse or duʿāʾ can sit alongside your writing. Entirely optional, always quiet, turned off any time. Private by design Your pages live on your device. No ads, no analytics, no tracking. Nothing is sold, nothing is watched. Optional cloud backup is end-to-end encrypted, so only you hold the key and we can never read your pages. Lock the app behind your face or fingerprint if you like. Dear Self is free, with nothing to sell. Whether you are here for journaling, mood tracking, easing anxious thoughts, building a gratitude habit, or simply a private diary to think things through, it gives you a calm space to return to. Take a breath. Your first page is waiting whenever you are.

What's new

New in 1.2.0: speak a page. Tap the mic and your words turn into text as you talk. Nothing leaves the device, and your voice isn't kept, only the page is. English for now; some Android phones may offer a one-time language download the first time you try it. Wording across the app has been reread and tidied. Reminders and permission prompts respond on the first tap, plus a few small fixes.

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