# Brave Bloom — Small steps, real confidence

> Small steps, real confidence (iPhone/iPad app by BAILEY MARK CROOKS.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/brave-bloom/id6787734252 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [BAILEY MARK CROOKS](https://appshunter.io/developer/6787734254)
- Category: Health & Fitness, Lifestyle
- Price: Free with in-app purchases
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 16.4 · 42 MB
- Languages: American English
- Released: 2026-07-15
- Data updated: 2026-08-16
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/brave-bloom/id6787734252/reviews.md

## What is Brave Bloom?

Brave Bloom helps you build real confidence in social situations, not by pushing through fear, but by taking small, real-world steps at your own pace.

Social anxiety often feels bigger in your head than it turns out to be in reality. Brave Bloom is built around a simple idea: small, graded steps toward the things that make you anxious, paired with honest before-and-after reflection, is one of the most effective ways to build lasting confidence.

HOW IT WORKS
- Pick a small, real-world step, from making eye contact with a stranger to speaking up in a group
- Rate how anxious you feel beforehand, honestly
- Do it, in your own time, with no deadline
- Rate how you felt afterward, and add a quick reflection
- Watch your own evidence build that these moments are usually easier than you feared

NO STREAKS. NO SCORES. NO PRESSURE.
Brave Bloom is built to be the opposite of most habit apps. There's no streak to protect and no way to fail. If you try something and it doesn't go perfectly, that still counts, fully. Missing a few days changes nothing. Come back whenever you're ready.

SIX GENTLE CATEGORIES
Small talk, being seen, calls and messages, groups, speaking up, and everyday brave moments, so you can work on exactly the kind of situations that are hardest for you.

YOUR GARDEN GROWS WITH YOU
Every brave moment you log becomes part of a growing garden that reflects your journey. Not a leaderboard, not a number. Just a quiet, visual record of how far you've come.

YOUR PRIVATE JOURNAL
Beyond brave moments, there's a quiet space just for you. Organize entries into as many notebooks as you like, give one a title, a mood, a soft color, even a few photos if you'd like. It's completely private, always free, and entirely yours.

BRAVE BLOOM+ (OPTIONAL)
For anyone who wants to go deeper, Brave Bloom+ unlocks personalized insights drawn from your own check-ins: which categories are actually easing your anxiety the most, how your anxiety trends over time, and gentle, evidence-based encouragement. The core experience is, and always will be, completely free.

PRIVATE BY DESIGN
Your check-ins, reflections, journal entries, and photos are stored only on your device. No ads, no tracking, no analytics, and nothing is ever sold.

Brave Bloom isn't about becoming a different person. It's about discovering, one small step at a time, that you already are someone who can.

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## Pricing and in-app purchases

Base price: Free.

**Subscriptions**

| Subscription | Price | Period |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Monthly | $1.99 | per month |
| 6 Months | $9.99 | per 6 months |



## Version history (last 3 releases)

### 1.0.3 — 2026-08-11

A fresh new look, and notebooks for your journal.

We've given Brave Bloom a warmer, clearer redesign — bolder numbers, calmer color, and a garden that grows exactly like you do.

Your journal can now hold as many notebooks as you like: Travel stories, midnight thoughts, whatever fits your life. Everything you've already written is safe, and simply lives in your first notebook now.

### 1.0.1 — 2026-07-24

New: unlockable app themes. Every 10 days you show up for yourself, a
new background unlocks, permanently yours to keep. No streaks, no
pressure, just a quiet marker of how far you've come.
A few small fixes and polish underneath, as always.

### 1.0 — 2026-07-15

No release notes.

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