Balm: CBT Thought Diary
VLADISLAVS PETKUNS Health & Fitness iPhoneiPadiPod touch
Balm: CBT Thought Diary is a free Health & Fitness app for iPhone and iPad by VLADISLAVS PETKUNS. Requires iOS 15.0. Updated October 12, 2026.
- Price
- Free
- on the App Store
- Size
- 61 MB
- Age 4+
- Updated
- Oct 12
- 2026 · v1.0.3
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About Balm: CBT Thought Diary
Name it. Watch it drop. Balm is a guided CBT thought record — the classic five-step exercise from cognitive behavioral therapy. Take one hard moment, look at the thought behind it, answer it with something fairer, and watch the feeling lose its grip. HOW A RECORD WORKS 1. Situation — what happened? Where, with whom? 2. Emotion — name the feeling, rate it 0–100. 3. Automatic thought — catch what flashed through your mind, and how much you believed it. 4. Rational response — challenge the thought with guided prompts: What's the evidence? What would you tell a friend? 5. Result — re-rate the feeling and see the before → after drop. That drop is the whole method. "Anxiety 80% → 30%" — measured, not imagined. GUIDED, NOT A BLANK PAGE Short prompts and tappable examples at every step, so you're never staring at an empty text box. Most records take about two minutes. Start now, finish later — completing the record in two sittings is normal CBT practice, and the app gently reminds you about open records. QUICK CHECK-INS No energy for a full record? Name a feeling and rate it — done in seconds. When you're ready, turn any check-in into a full thought record. SEE IT WORKING Insights show which emotions visit most often and whether negative thoughts are losing believability over time — proof your skill is building. YOURS ALONE • No account, no cloud. Your entries never leave this device. • Lock the app with Face ID, Touch ID, or your passcode. • Export records as a clean PDF for your therapist — you decide what leaves the device. ONE PURCHASE, FOREVER Thought records and check-ins are free. Premium — full Insights, therapist-ready PDF export, and app lock — is a single one-time purchase. No subscription, no account, no ads. A METHOD WITH A TRACK RECORD Thought records are a core technique of CBT, used in clinical practice for decades. Balm is a self-help tool, not therapy or a medical device. If you're in crisis, the app points you to crisis resources. MADE FOR • Anxiety spikes and racing thoughts at night • Overthinking, rumination, low mood, anger flares • CBT therapy homework between sessions • Anyone learning to name what they feel PRIVACY & TERMS Privacy Policy: https://balm-9fc2f.web.app/privacy/ Terms of Use: https://balm-9fc2f.web.app/terms/
What’s new
Version 1.0.3 · Updated October 12, 2026
Small improvements and polish under the hood.
App privacy
The developer, VLADISLAVS PETKUNS, reported these privacy practices to Apple.
Data Not Linked to You
The following data, which may be collected but is not linked to your identity, may be used for the following purposes:
- Location: Coarse Location
- Identifiers: Device ID
- Usage Data: Product Interaction
- Purchases: Purchase History
- Diagnostics: Crash Data, Other Diagnostic Data
Used for: Analytics, App Functionality
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| App | Rating | Price | Last updated | Compare |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Balm: CBT Thought Diary | – | Free | October 12, 2026 | |
| CBT Thought Diary - MindPivot | – | Free | Aug 24, 2026 | Compare |
| Mezame — CBT Thought Journal | 5.0 / 5 (2) | Free | Oct 15, 2026 | Compare |
| Lantry: AI Shadow Work Journal | – | Free | Jul 24, 2026 | Compare |
| Mentalium: Voice CBT Diary | 5.0 / 5 (1) | Free | Aug 17, 2026 | Compare |
| Relief - CBT Reframing Tool | – | Free | Aug 15, 2026 | Compare |
| Mom AI, mood journal | – | Free | Sep 30, 2026 | Compare |