Comparison

MINDLiNG vs CortexOS

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

MINDLiNG

This self-guided therapy app helps you identify the root of your stress and embark on a healing journey. Developed by mental health professionals, it uses evidence-based techniques to empower you to manage your mind and become your own therapist.

Highlights
  • Identify stress types
  • Discover inner child
  • Personalized therapy techniques
  • CBT, ACT, Schema, MBCT
  • Journaling exercises
  • Mindfulness practices
  • Understand emotional distress
Features
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Meet your inner child. Experience inner healing. MINDLiNG is a self-guided therapy app that helps you identify the root of your stress and takes you on a journey to healing. Created by psychiatrists and psychologists, MINDLiNG empowers you to learn to deal with your mind so you can become your own therapist. **It matters not how strait the gate,** **How charged with punishments the scroll,** **I am the master of my fate:** **I am the captain of my soul.** - Invictus, William Ernest Henley *** Discover your inner child *** MINDLiNG identifies your stress type based on your psychological schema. Discover your inner child and begin your journey toward healing. *** Personalized, evidence-based therapy *** MINDLiNG is based on proven therapy techniques. Experience CBT, ACT, Schema therapy, and MBCT with MINDLiNG. *** Journaling therapy, mindfulness, tips, and more *** Each MINDLiNG session is filled with different exercises to help you find your calm. Wind down with MINDLiNG everyday. *** Get to the root of your emotional distress *** MINDLiNG explores how your inner child came to be. Understand the root of your pain and feel better for good. WHAT OUR USERS SAY - Now, I understand why I was hurting so much. - I appreciate it that I don’t have to go in for therapy. - MINDLiNG is an all-in-one solution to therapy. I can take care of myself on my own. - I found out my physical pains were rooted in emotional issues. Got questions? - Contact us at help@40fycorp.com. - Instagram: @mindling.global SUBSCRIPTION PRICING AND TERMS MINDLiNG is a beta service with an exclusive promotional offer. $9 per month (3-month subscription) originally $30 per month The subscription will automatically renew for three months unless turned off in your iTunes Account Settings at least 24 hours before the current period ends. You can go to your iTunes Account Settings to manage your subscription and turn off auto-renew. Your iTunes Account will be charged when the purchase is confirmed. Read the terms and conditions here: [https://mindling.io/policy/usage](https://mindling.io/policy/usage) Read the privacy policy here: [https://mindling.io/policy/privacy](https://mindling.io/policy/privacy)

About

CortexOS

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CortexOS is the journal that learns who you are. Write or speak. CortexOS listens, understands your emotions, and gives you something no other journal can. Everything runs on your device. No cloud. No data harvesting. No one reads your words. Ever. EU AI Act compliant. YOUR AI GETS SMARTER OVER TIME Most journaling apps treat every entry like the first. CortexOS builds a private Psyche layer: a living picture of your patterns, your people, and your growth. Now in its second generation, it ages like real memory: what keeps proving true grows stronger, what you've outgrown quietly fades. IT REMEMBERS WHAT MATTERS Mention something in a reflection and CortexOS can recall the moment you wrote about it months ago. Your journal becomes a memory that works for you. IT UNDERSTANDS THE MOMENT YOU'RE IN A job loss is not a bad mood. A new baby is not just "tired." CortexOS recognizes over 100 life situations and meets each one the way a thoughtful friend would: knowing what helps, and what never to say. IT LEARNS WHAT LIFTS YOU It notices what weighs on you and what reliably helps. Rate your sessions and it learns your taste. Your AI, shaped by you. PULSE Tap a mood, write a sentence, save. A 10-second check-in for busy days. Counts in every mood trend, never uses up your monthly free entries. VENT & BURN A space for the heavy stuff. Speak or type. Audio is securely wiped after transcription. When you're done, the entry burns. Nothing left, anywhere. DEEP ANALYSIS ON EVERY ENTRY After you write, an on-device LLM reads between the lines: emotional patterns, cognitive habits, growth you might not see yourself. Entries save instantly. BEHAVIORAL PATTERNS Rumination, self-compassion, stress responses, growth. Trend chips show what's emerging, fading, stable. Nothing diagnosed. Just named, so you can notice it yourself. SELF-AWARENESS CARD What CortexOS has learned about you: themes, tendencies, what weighs on you, what helps. Written entirely by the on-device AI. Visible only to you. AI REFLECTIONS Talk through what's on your mind by text or voice. The AI remembers your themes, replies faster than ever, and asks questions that take you deeper. Never judged, never uploaded. VOICE JOURNALING Speak instead of type. On-device transcription catches every word, even long, winding entries. No internet needed. INSIGHTS & PATTERNS Track 20+ emotions over time. Spot mood trends, triggers, and the connections between life events and how you feel. CHAPTERS Every week becomes a chapter in your story. Auto-titled, themed, and summarized by AI. MIND WRAPPED A shareable card deck at entry milestones and at year-end, every card stamped "0 bytes sent anywhere". YEAR IN REVIEW Your year, told from your own words: your emotional arc, your chapters, the growth you might have missed. Built on-device. SMART NOTIFICATIONS Prompts drawn from what you've been writing about. Like a quiet tap from someone who knows you. ENTRY ECHOES & GHOST TEXT Old entries resurface to remind you what you've already told yourself. A gentle prompt appears when the page sits empty. THERAPIST REPORTS A shareable PDF of your patterns and trends. No journal content included. Just what your therapist actually needs. PRIVATE BY DESIGN - AES-256-GCM encryption on every entry - Even the AI's memory is encrypted at rest - Zero-knowledge cloud backup (we can't read your data) - On-device AI. Nothing sent to servers. - Optional Deep Recall language pack: sharper memory, still 100% on your phone - Screen recording and mirroring blocked at the system level - No email, no password. Recovery phrase only. Face ID / Touch ID. - No tracking. No ads. No exceptions. Built by a solo developer in Malta, Europe. No investors, no data deals. A journal that is yours alone. AI Disclosure: https://cortexos.app/ai-disclosure Trust Center: https://cortexos.app/trust Privacy Policy: https://cortexos.app/privacy Terms of Use: https://cortexos.app/terms Your Mind, Encrypted.

Screenshots

MINDLiNG4 screens
CortexOS4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: MINDLiNG at 15.0 against CortexOS's 17.0. On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. MINDLiNG sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and CortexOS sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $7.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
MINDLiNG versus CortexOS: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMINDLiNGCortexOS
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.5 (2 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews66.7% of reviews—
Number of ratings2 — better—
Update frequency—Every 5 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationSubscription—
DevicesiPhone, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size4 MB32 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer포티파이Orlin Ralinov Martinov

In-app purchases

1 purchases

MINDLiNG

One-time1
  • Riggy$9.99
3 purchases

CortexOS

Subscriptions2
  • Premium Monthly7 Days trial$7.991 Month
  • Premium Yearly7 Days trial$49.991 Year
One-time1
  • Lifetime Access$99.99

Questions

Is MINDLiNG free?
MINDLiNG is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is CortexOS free?
CortexOS is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do MINDLiNG or CortexOS have ads?
Neither MINDLiNG nor CortexOS shows ads.

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