# Self: Journaling & Motivation — Wisdom & Self Improvement > Wisdom & Self Improvement (iPhone/iPad app by Gabriel Perez.) - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/self-journaling-and-motivation/id6753762214 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`) - Developer: [Gabriel Perez](https://appshunter.io/developer/1844863984) - Category: Health & Fitness, Education - Price: Free with in-app purchases - Age rating: 17+ - Requires: iOS 15.1 · 69 MB - Languages: English - Released: 2025-11-21 - Data updated: 2026-06-20 - User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/self-journaling-and-motivation/id6753762214/reviews.md ## What is Self? When things get tough, Self is what you open. A guided journaling and mood tracking app for hard moments. Not a meditation app. Not a blank page. Something active — matched to how you feel right now. You tap your mood. Self reads it, guides you through a short breathing reset and a single journal prompt, then closes with a piece of Stoic wisdom. In less than 5 minutes. And it works. The method behind it is Stoic philosophy — two thousand years old, built specifically for hard days. Marcus Aurelius didn't write the Meditations to build a morning routine. He journaled to work through difficult moments. Self is that same practice, rebuilt for today. --- HOW A SESSION WORKS Four steps. Three to ten minutes. 1. Check-in — one tap to say how you feel right now 2. Breathing — a short reset to settle your nervous system 3. Journal — one prompt to process what's underneath 4. Wisdom — a Stoic anchor to close and carry forward The app reads your mood and routes you to the right session. You don't choose — you just say how you feel. --- WHAT SELF TRACKS Every check-in is logged. Over time you see your mood patterns — which days are harder, which moments trigger what, how sessions shift your state. That's not data for data's sake. It's clarity about yourself that's hard to get any other way. --- THE DIFFERENCE Headspace tells you to breathe and accept. Self gives you something to do with the hard feeling. Other journal apps give you a blank page. Self gives you the right prompt after a session that's already shifted something. Passive wellness doesn't move the needle. Guided journaling does. --- BUILT FOR YOU IF: — Anxiety or overthinking is costing you clarity — You feel stuck or unmotivated and can't work out why — You want to track your mood and actually understand it — You've tried meditation and it doesn't quite cut through — You need a tool for hard moments, not a new daily obligation --- "You have power over your mind, not outside events." — Marcus Aurelius Apple Standard Terms and Conditions (EULA) https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ ## Pricing and in-app purchases Base price: Free. **Subscriptions** | Subscription | Price | Period | | --- | --- | --- | | Self Monthly Plan | $5.99 | per month | | Self Annual Plan | $29.99 | per year | | Self Weekly Plan | $2.99 | per 7 days | ## Version history (last 5 releases) ### 1.7.5 — 2026-04-25 Every session now starts with a mood check-in that routes you to the right practice. A short breathing reset, one journal prompt, and a piece of wisdom to close. Shorter, sharper, and it works whether you have three minutes or ten. ### 1.7.2 — 2026-03-26 Improved stability ### 1.7.1 — 2026-03-19 Stability and UI improvements. ### 1.7.0 — 2026-03-10 Completely new habit tracking experience ### 1.6.4 — 2026-03-09 We are super excited to introduce a completely new home screen that takes you through different actions so you can reclaim yourself. Here now you will find wisdom, breathing exercises, reflections and many more. ## Apps similar to Self | App | Rating | Price | Category | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | [Pilates Anytime \| Workouts](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/pilates-anytime-workouts/id646991927) | 4.9 (8,654) | Free | Health & Fitness | | [Quotes” Daily Inspiration](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/quotes-daily-inspiration/id627194294) | 4.8 (14,447) | Free | Health & Fitness | | [HealAdvisor Analyse 2](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/healadvisor-analyse-2/id6444005941) | 4.9 (1,299) | Free | Health & Fitness | | [Healy 2](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/healy-2/id1632902902) | 5.0 (4) | Free | Health & Fitness | | [Bladder Diary: Vesi](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/bladder-diary-vesi/id6739755941) | 5.0 (1) | Free | Health & Fitness | | [HealAdvisor](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/healadvisor/id1479558745) | 4.9 (170) | Free | Health & Fitness | ## More apps by Gabriel Perez - [When — Days Since & Until](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/when-days-since-and-until/id6766079292) - [Goethe German Exam Prep A1-B2](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/goethe-german-exam-prep-a1-b2/id6776348982) All apps by Gabriel Perez: https://appshunter.io/developer/1844863984 --- *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 2026-06-20.*