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baseline: a better journal

baseline: a better journal

Better mental health made easy

115 ratings
37 reviews
💪 Health & Fitness
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Released
August 12, 2022
Updated
October 27, 2026

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This app offers a distraction-free journaling experience to help you understand your feelings and mood patterns. It provides weekly mental health surveys, insightful visualizations, and secure, encrypted data storage. Start tracking your mood and gain self-awareness today.

✓Distraction-free journaling
✓Mood tracking with two scales
✓Upload pictures and screenshots
✓Journaling and mental health reminders
✓Visualizations of mood changes
✓Weekly mental health surveys
✓Encrypted and secure data storage
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What users say about baseline

Reviews of baseline are mostly positive: the Health & Fitness app is rated 4.7/5 from 115 App Store ratings. What users like most: free and no ads, simple and intuitive interface. Top complaints: hourly logging reminders delete old ones, fails to support basic use case of multiple reminders. Summarized from real user reviews.

Positive things

  • 👍Free and no ads
  • 👍Simple and intuitive interface
  • 👍Useful for self-expression and authenticity
  • 👍Helps appreciate small moments and cope with bad times
  • 👍Great for writers who never journaled before
  • 👍Nice to have a record of life
  • 👍Incredible format
  • 👍Life-changing experience
  • 👍Good for tracking mood and journaling
  • 👍Clean setup and well-organized
  • 👍Provides weekly summaries and mental health resources
  • 👍Best mood tracker
  • 👍Insightful and easy to use
  • 👍Genius 'baseline' score concept
  • 👍Helps find patterns in mood and well-being
  • 👍Simple and focused on mood based on a moment
  • 👍No fluff, just what you need
  • 👍Easy to use and free
  • 👍Kindhearted creators and heartwarming assistance program
  • 👍No distracting ads
  • 👍Great for deep feelings and thoughts
  • 👍Freeform writing without prompts
  • 👍Mood tracking on a -5 to 5 scale
  • 👍Phenomenal and breaks down journaling barriers
  • 👍Game-changer for journaling
  • 👍Reminds often to journal
  • 👍Insightful and motivating weekly mood analyses
  • 👍Godsend for writing thoughts and tracking emotions
  • 👍Helps organize thoughts and moods
  • 👍Efficient data input
  • 👍Open source and encrypted
  • 👍Reliable and accurate with health assessments
  • 👍Helpful for getting through stressful times
  • 👍Great potential and bare bones tracking
  • 👍Easy to access data online
  • 👍Well-made and powerful mood tracking

Negative things

  • 🐛Hourly logging reminders delete old ones
  • 🐛Fails to support basic use case of multiple reminders
  • 🐛Internet connection issues causing data loss
  • 🐛Audio recordings erased when internet fails
  • 🐛Basic features, wishes for more solutions
  • 🐛Graph is hard to understand
  • 🐛Cannot edit recent logs
  • 🐛Blank white screen after opening from notification
  • 🐛Wish for more interactive features like emoticons or affirmations
  • 🐛Randomize notification time suggestion
  • 🐛Cannot go back and log a skipped day
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What's New in baseline

1.7.3

October 27, 2026

This update improves some of baseline's internals to give you a more up-to-date experience!

User reviews

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Clean and simple and gets the job done

The app works perfectly for the most part, it has a clean interface, no ads and seems to have a focused mission to help people which I appreciate. Recently I don’t know why but the performance has some issues, such as getting stuck for a bit when adding a log, or the circular knob to select the mood scale not working, hope they fix it, but the app still remains usable.
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Eeveryothernicknam

Response from developer

Thanks for the feedback! The circular knob issue should now be resolved in the latest version of baseline (1.7.3), and we're continuing to work on improving performance.

Necessary

The app is very useful in prompting me to express myself authentically.
BBartnbrat

Life changing.

This app is the best app I have ever downloaded. It is completely free. There are no ads and no gimmicks. The adding a picture function is so nice. My friends now refer to “journal pictures” cause I say it so much. It has made me enjoy life more - truly - to appreciate the small moments, and also to know that bad times normally do pass. I am a writer professionally but never journaled before. This app changed that. I think I will keep using it forever. It’s so nice to have this record of life. The format is incredible. I could talk about this app all day. I can’t believe it only has 13 reviews! There are no cons.
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Mmn3359kw

Completely useless

Try to add hourly logging reminders (my only reason for downloading this app) and as soon as you add the 11th, the first one is DELETED without warning. Yes, really. I don’t know about others but I am usually awake more than 10 hours a day so afaik a micro-journal app that fails to support the most basic use case it was made for is a colossal FAIL.
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B8Bob 868

It’s a good app.

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Reported Bugs

5 issues

Hourly logging reminders delete old ones after the 11th

Bug

App tells user they are not connected to the internet when they are

Bug

Audio recordings are erased instead of saved when internet connection fails

Bug

Blank white screen after opening app through notification and writing an entry

Bug

Entries deleted without warning

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Requested Features

9 requests

AI short summary of rants with generalized headlines

Feature

Sort notes by topic/category and tags

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Aesthetic themes for personalization

Feature

Ability to edit recent logs

Feature

More interactive features like emoticons or affirmations

Feature

Randomize notification time

Feature

Option to go back and log a skipped day

Feature

Allow Apple Silicon Macs to download the app

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More advanced weekly recap features for healthcare team reporting

Feature

FAQ

What is baseline?

baseline is a free journaling and mood tracking application designed to help users understand their feelings and mental health patterns. It offers a simple interface for writing, mood rating, and includes features like weekly surveys and data visualizations.

Is baseline free to use?

Yes, baseline is 100% free, forever. The app does not have any paid features or in-app purchases, and it is also ad-free, as indicated by its 'Free' price and 'hasAds' status.

Does baseline have ads?

No, baseline does not have advertisements. User reviews consistently praise the app for being free and ad-free, contributing to a distraction-free journaling experience.

How does baseline protect my data?

baseline prioritizes user privacy by encrypting all journal entries and uploaded data, meaning even the developers cannot access your personal information. Additionally, you can lock your data within the app using a passphrase for device-level security.

What kind of mental health tracking does baseline offer?

baseline offers weekly mental health surveys to track anxiety, depression, and stress over time. It also allows users to rate their mood on two different scales and provides visualizations to help understand mood changes.

What devices does baseline support?

baseline is available on iOS devices, specifically supporting iPhone, iPad, and iPod. It was released on August 12, 2022, and its latest version is 1.7.3, last updated on October 27, 2026.

What do users like most about baseline?

Users frequently praise baseline for being free and ad-free, its simple and intuitive interface, and its effectiveness in self-expression and mood tracking. Many find it insightful, easy to use, and a game-changer for their journaling habits.

Are there any common user complaints about baseline?

Some users have reported issues with hourly logging reminders deleting old entries, and occasional internet connection problems leading to data loss. There are also requests for more interactive features and improvements to the graph readability.