# The Examined Day — A daily Stoic practice

> A daily Stoic practice (iPhone/iPad app by STEPHEN MARK SCHLESINGER.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/the-examined-day/id6792599813 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [STEPHEN MARK SCHLESINGER](https://appshunter.io/developer/6791812406)
- Category: Health & Fitness, Lifestyle
- Price: Free with in-app purchases
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 17.0 · 2 MB
- Languages: American English
- Released: 2026-08-05
- Data updated: 2026-08-08
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/the-examined-day/id6792599813/reviews.md

## What is The Examined Day?

Most "Stoic" apps hand you a quote and walk away. The Examined Day gives you the practice the Stoics actually kept: a short ritual at the start and end of each day.

In the morning you read a passage, set one intention, name the hard thing that may come, and sort what is yours to control from what is not. At night you sit with Seneca's three questions: what did I do badly, what did I do well, what could I do better.

The whole app changes with the hour it is opened. Cool first light in the morning, lamplight and indigo at night. It is a small thing, and it makes the ritual feel like the time of day it belongs to.

FREE, FOREVER
- A new passage every morning and night, drawn from the Stoics
- The full morning preparation and evening review
- A gentle streak that forgives a missed day
- Two optional daily reminders

THE FULL PRACTICE (one-time unlock)
- The complete works to read: the Meditations, the Enchiridion, and Seneca, fully searchable
- Practice tools: Dichotomy of Control, View From Above, and Memento Mori
- Themed tracks for grief, anger, discipline, and mortality
- Your full journal, searchable and exportable
- A Home and Lock Screen widget with the reading for the hour

WHY ONE PURCHASE, NOT A SUBSCRIPTION
The value here is the practice and your own reflections, not an endless feed you have to keep paying for. So it is a single purchase, yours forever, on every device. Charging a monthly fee for Stoicism felt like missing the point.

PRIVATE BY DESIGN
No account. No login. No tracking. Everything you write stays on your device.

Every quoted text is from a public-domain translation.

## Pricing and in-app purchases

Base price: Free.

**One-time purchases**

| Purchase | Price | Type |
| --- | --- | --- |
| The Examined Day Full Practice | $4.99 | one-time |



## Version history (last 1 release)

### 1.0 — 2026-08-05

No release notes.

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