# Basal: Therapy Journal — Private Journal, AI Insights

> Private Journal, AI Insights (iPhone/iPad app by Lab 1908 LLC.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/basal-therapy-journal/id6447015739 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [Lab 1908 LLC](https://appshunter.io/developer/986261129)
- Category: Health & Fitness, Productivity
- Price: Free with in-app purchases
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 26.0 · 66 MB
- Languages: English
- Released: 2023-04-18
- Data updated: 2026-06-11
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/basal-therapy-journal/id6447015739/reviews.md

## What is Basal?

Basal runs your thought through ten real therapeutic frameworks -  CBT, Stoicism, IFS, ACT, DBT, Psychodynamic, Existential, Narrative, Somatic, and Self-Compassion — and shows you how each one interprets what you said. No other journaling app does this.

When you want a clearer signal for what's changing over time, layer in 37 validated self-report assessments and longitudinal trends. The same instruments clinicians use, scored automatically, on your terms.

HOW IT WORKS
Write or speak a thought. Tag the feeling underneath using the Yale RULER emotion model. Read ten perspectives that each see something different in what you shared.

A cognitive therapist finds the distortion. A Stoic finds what's in your control. An IFS therapist asks which part of you is speaking. They don't agree — and that's what makes it useful.

VALIDATED ASSESSMENTS
PHQ-9, GAD-7, DASS-21, PCL-5, WHO-5, K6, CES-D, SWLS, the DSM-5 Severity Measures, and 28 more. Self-paced cadences. Severity bands. Subscale charts. Only freely usable self-report scales — no clinician-rated content because those aren't designed for self-administration.

TRENDS, HISTORY, AND CALENDAR
Watch your scores and feelings move across 7-day, 30-day, or all-time windows. Drill into any specific day with the calendar view. The History tab keeps every thought and assessment in chronological order — swipe to delete what you don't want to keep.

WHAT THIS IS NOT
Basal is not a chatbot trying to be your therapist. It doesn't diagnose, treat, or give advice. It's a structured tool for examining your own thinking and tracking what changes — a lab, not a couch.

PRIVATE BY ARCHITECTURE
No account required. Thoughts, feelings, assessments, and saved perspectives stay on your device. Text sent for AI analysis is encrypted in transit, never stored on our servers, and never used to train models.

ENCRYPTED BACKUP & RESTORE
When you switch phones, take an encrypted backup file (AES-256-GCM with a passphrase only you know) and restore on the new device. No accounts, no servers — just a file you control.

CAPTURE FROM ANYWHERE
Voice input with on-device speech recognition on iPhone. Dictation from Apple Watch. One tap from the home screen widget.

Free tier includes daily credits and 7-day history. Basal Pro removes all limits for $6.99/month or $59.99/year.

## Pricing and in-app purchases

Base price: Free.

**Subscriptions**

| Subscription | Price | Period |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Basal - Annual Plan | $49.99 | per year |
| Basal - Monthly | $4.99 | per month |



## Version history (last 5 releases)

### 2.3.0 — 2026-05-12

Featuring Mental Health Check-In Week (May 15–31). Tap the banner on Home to try a validated self-report check-in — PHQ-9, GAD-7, WHO-5, and 34 more — scored automatically with severity bands and tracked over time.

Bug fixes and small improvements throughout.

### 1.4.3 — 2024-02-16

**** Enhanced end-to-end encryption. To enhance privacy and security, we've added the industry standard AES-256 (Advanced Encryption Standard) with 256-bit key to encrypt all your content before it leaves your device. This is in addition to the existing to using encryption via https as it goes over the network to our servers. Now all content is also stored encrypted. The only time it is used unencrypted is when it is processed (without metadata) via OpenAI's LLM models to generate summaries and new prompts.

... and tons of bug fixes and behind-the-scenes optimizations.

### 1.3.4 — 2023-07-19

Minor bug fixes and improvements + color/design refinements

### 1.3.2 — 2023-06-22

"Plus" plan subscriptions
Chose between different therapy modalities
Daily affirmations

### 1.1.3 — 2023-05-02

Hello! Thank you for using Basal. We hope it's helping you reflect and process your experiences.
This release has only a few minor updates:
The settings page has been redesigned to give you more options:
- enable, disable, and customize the time of your daily reminder notifications
- more options to get in touch and connect
- an option to deactivate your account
- switched the login page so that "Register" is shown first by default instead of "Login"
- switched the font to Inter
Thanks again for using Basal. The next release will be major and exciting so looking forward to sharing more soon.

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