# Free Leaf: Thought Journal — Let go of anxious thoughts

> Let go of anxious thoughts (iPhone/iPad app by Avinash Giri.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/free-leaf-thought-journal/id6747987221 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [Avinash Giri](https://appshunter.io/developer/1819461128)
- Category: Health & Fitness, Lifestyle
- Price: Free
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 15.0 · 6 MB
- Languages: American English
- Released: 2025-07-01
- Data updated: 2026-08-24
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/free-leaf-thought-journal/id6747987221/reviews.md

## What is Free Leaf?

Some thoughts you do not need to keep.

Free Leaf is a place to put something down at the end of the day. Write one
thought, choose how it leaves, and let it go. Sixty seconds, once a day.

WRITE IT. WEIGH IT. LET IT GO.
A different question every day, specific enough to actually answer tonight.
Say how heavy the thought feels, choose how it leaves — carried off by wind,
washed away by water, burned by fire, or buried in earth — then say how it
feels afterwards.

PROOF, NOT VIBES
That second weighing is the whole point. Free Leaf measures how much lighter
releasing actually leaves you, and shows you the answer in your own numbers —
not a guess at your mood from keywords you typed.

KEEP THE WORDS, OR DON'T
This is the promise the name makes. Choose to keep a thought and it lives in
your archive. Choose not to, and the words are destroyed on release — only
the date and how it felt are kept, so your tree and your streak still count
it. Most journalling apps quietly keep everything forever. This one doesn't.

A TREE THAT GROWS FROM LETTING GO
Every release adds a leaf, coloured by how the thought felt. Your tree changes
with the season and the hour, and six species unlock as you keep showing up.
The sky above it moves through the real day — dawn, midday, dusk, midnight.

A STREAK THAT FORGIVES A BAD DAY
One grace day per week, automatically. Miss a day after five good weeks and
nothing resets — because a bad day is exactly when you need this most.

NO WORDS? JUST BREATHE
Some days there's nothing to write. Three breathing patterns, one to five
minutes, no input required at all.

ALSO INSIDE
- Home screen widget: your tree, your streak, today's question
- Weekly reflection: what you carried, how much lighter you left
- Face ID lock, so your thoughts stay yours on a shared phone
- Export everything as plain text, any time
- Full search across everything you chose to keep

PRIVATE BY DEFAULT
Everything you write stays on this device. No account, no sign-up, no cloud,
no one reading your entries. Export or delete all of it whenever you want.

Free Leaf is a place to write. It is not a substitute for professional care.
If you're in crisis, please reach out to a local crisis line or a
professional.


## Version history (last 3 releases)

### 3.0.0 — 2026-08-20

Free Leaf has been rebuilt from the ground up — faster, calmer, and native
from top to bottom.

NEW: MEASURE WHETHER THIS ACTUALLY HELPS
Weigh a thought before and after releasing it. Insights now shows how much
lighter letting go really leaves you, in your own numbers.

NEW: CHOOSE HOW IT LEAVES
Wind, water, fire or earth — each one releases your thought differently, and
the words genuinely come apart on screen.

NEW: DESTROY THE WORDS, KEEP THE LEAF
Choose not to keep a thought and the words are gone for good. Your tree and
streak still count it.

NEW: A STREAK THAT FORGIVES
One grace day a week, automatic. A bad day no longer erases a month.

NEW: HOME SCREEN WIDGET
Your tree, your streak, and today's question — one tap to write.

NEW: WEEKLY REFLECTION
A quiet Sunday look back at what you carried and how much lighter you left.

ALSO: iPad support, a redesigned garden with six unlockable species, breathing
sessions, Face ID lock, full text export, and a living sky that follows the
real time of day.

### 2.0.0 — 2026-01-22

New Tree Biomes: Users can now choose between three distinct tree types: Mighty Oak (Standard), Cherry Blossom (Pink/Sakura), and Cyber Pine (Neon/Sci-Fi).

Sentiment Analysis: A local "Emotional Weather" engine that analyzes your thoughts to detect dominant moods (Happy, Anxious, Grateful, etc.) without sending data to the cloud.

Deep Insights: New stats tracking your "Peak Release Time" (Morning vs. Night) and average word count to help identify habits.

Fractal Growth Engine: A completely rewritten tree renderer where 1 Released Thought = Exactly 1 Leaf, allowing the tree to grow dynamically from a sapling to a massive canopy.

Immersive Visuals: Added animated ambient backgrounds for each biome, including falling petals, rising neon particles, and floating spores.

Smart Sharing: A "Flash Capture" feature that generates a beautiful, watermarked image of your tree with your stats to share on social media.

Performance & Privacy: Removed external font dependencies for faster loading and ensured all sentiment analysis remains 100% offline and private.

### 1.0 — 2025-07-01

No release notes.

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