# baseline: a better journal — Better mental health made easy

> Journaling and mood tracking app for mental health insights and self-understanding. (iPhone/iPad app by baseline health.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/baseline-a-better-journal/id1621132298 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [baseline health](https://appshunter.io/developer/1366944396)
- Category: Health & Fitness
- Price: Free
- Rating: 4.69/5 from 106 App Store ratings · 36 written reviews indexed
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 14.0 · 32 MB
- Languages: English
- Released: 2022-08-12
- Data updated: 2026-07-06
- Monetization: free
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/baseline-a-better-journal/id1621132298/reviews.md

## What is baseline?

Understanding what you’re feeling and why is often way harder than it should be. baseline is here to help. By giving you a distraction-free, easy way to journal and track your mood, baseline gives you easy opportunities to write and reflect on what you’re feeling throughout the day. With time, you’ll start to understand yourself and your brain better.

baseline is designed not just to help you write and reflect more often, but also to help you understand more about yourself and your mood over time. You’ll get mental health surveys and reviews each week, and we have beautiful visualizations across our app that are designed to help you better see what you’re going through and when you’re struggling.

We know we’re dealing with really sensitive information here, so we’re committed to keeping your personal information 100% secure. Everything you write and upload to baseline is encrypted, so we can’t even see what you’ve written. You can also protect your data in-app against people who might have access to your device.

Start journaling and mood tracking today with baseline.

Features:
- Write about how you’re feeling whenever you want, and rate your mood with two different scales
- Upload pictures and screenshots to remember important moments
- Set reminders to keep yourself accountable to your journaling and mental health goals
- View all of your mood logs at a glance, and see how your mood changes over time
- Take mental health surveys to track things like anxiety, depression, and stress over time
- Lock your data with a passphrase to stop people who might have access to your device from reading it
- Find mental health support, including financially with the baseline Gap Fund, which can help users cover “gaps” in their finances
- 100% free, forever.

## Key features

- Distraction-free journaling
- Mood tracking with two scales
- Upload pictures and screenshots
- Journaling and mood log reminders
- Weekly mental health surveys
- Mood change visualizations
- Passphrase data lock
- Financial support fund

## Recent user reviews (10 of 36)

All indexed reviews: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/baseline-a-better-journal/id1621132298/reviews.md

### 5/5 — Necessary

*2026-06-28, version 1.7.2*

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

### 5/5 — Life changing.

*2026-06-03, version 1.7.2*

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.

### 1/5 — Completely useless

*2025-07-27, version 1.6.4*

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.

### 5/5 — It’s a good app.

*2025-07-16, version 1.6.4*

:D

### 1/5 — Terrible App

*2025-07-05, version 1.6.4*

I'm fed up with this application telling me I'm not connected to the internet when I am. No other app on my phone does this. When it does this, it erases my audio recording instead of saving it like it does with my written entry. What am I paying for?

### 1/5 — Basic but better than Apples

*2025-05-08, version 1.6.3*

I wish they had better solutions to my problems

### 1/5 — 👎🏾

*2025-04-22*

Almost every time I use it it says something is wrong with my internet when my internet works just fine and I have to re-record/rewrite my journal again.

### 5/5 — The Best App for Journaling, NO OTHER APP COMPARES TO IT

*2025-04-01, version 1.6.2*

I have researched intensively and I just want to say that please don’t abandon this app. This is such a good app that it made me almost cry when I started to use it. I have been searching for an app that allows me to use audio for journaling AND can convert my speech into words with a great user interface and has mood scaling. The app also holds you accountable so you can actually just rant and rant and when you are feeling better, you don’t just go and censor how you feel because you’re scared that someone might find out. It even has protections for you to avoid that from happening. One suggestion (preferred but not mandatory): it would be nice to be able to have like an AI short summary of what I am ranting about with a generalized headline of it and then it can sort my notes by topic/category so if I’m ranting about school, it can sort my notes by that and if my rant has more than one topic, it can sort my notes by tags as well so a note can be under multiple topics depending on the rant. It helps to see what topic do I rant the most about and to see if my mood changes over time on that topic. Thank you for your dedication and works into creating this app. I will keep this app forever and I will be donating :).

### 5/5 — Great app

*2025-03-17, version 1.6.2*

Such a simple and great app to track your mood and journal.

### 5/5 — No ads, moderation, and has a clean set up!

*2025-01-15, version 1.6.2*

They don’t read your logs, have any ads, and the layout of the app is fresh and simple. It’s very well organized, and they give you a weekly summary of your behavior along with mental health resources. I would strongly recommend this app!! <3

## Frequently asked questions about baseline

### What does baseline do?

baseline is a journaling and mood tracking application designed to help users understand their emotions and improve their mental well-being. It provides a distraction-free space for writing, mood rating, and reflection, alongside tools like weekly surveys and visualizations to offer insights into personal mental health patterns.

### What are the key features of baseline?

Key features include distraction-free journaling, mood tracking with two scales, the ability to upload pictures, setting reminders for journaling goals, viewing mood logs and changes over time, taking mental health surveys, and securing data with a passphrase. It also offers access to mental health support and a financial assistance fund.

### Is baseline free to use?

Yes, baseline is 100% free to use, forever. There are no in-app purchases or advertisements within the application.

### How is my data protected on baseline?

baseline prioritizes user privacy by encrypting all written content and uploaded media, ensuring that even the app developers cannot access your personal information. Additionally, you can set a passphrase to lock your data within the app, preventing unauthorized access on your device.

### Who is baseline for?

This app is designed for anyone looking to gain a better understanding of their feelings and improve their mental health. It's particularly beneficial for individuals who want to journal regularly, track their mood, and identify patterns related to anxiety, depression, or stress.

## Version history (last 5 releases)

### 1.7.2 — 2026-04-07

This update makes some small improvements to baseline's performance and stability.

### 1.7.1 — 2026-03-31

This update makes some small improvements to baseline's performance and stability.

### 1.7.0 — 2025-09-11

This update adds offline journaling! You can now make journal entries without internet connection.

### 1.6.4 — 2025-05-22

This update fixes some timezone-related bugs with journaling!

### 1.6.3 — 2025-04-16

This update adds baseline streak widgets for the Home and Lock Screen, to help you stay on track with your journaling goals. Try them out today!

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*Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). User reviews are verbatim App Store reviews. Ratings, prices and chart positions refresh continuously; this snapshot is from 2026-07-06.*