Ponderwell vs Untangle

Ponderwell — The Private Therapy Journal & Mood Companion Designed by a psychologist, Ponderwell is a private companion for therapy: track your mood between sessions, journal with guided prompts, prepare for each appointment, and see your patterns over time. It works just as well alongside coaching, support groups, workshops, retreats — or your own daily reflection practice. Everything stays on your device. No cloud. No account. No AI. No ads. No tracking. MADE FOR LIFE BETWEEN THERAPY SESSIONS • Mood check-ins — A fast, science-based mood tracker built on the Circumplex Model of emotion: feeling, intensity, and body sensations. Patterns emerge over weeks of therapy. • Gather & Reflect — Guided journaling prompts before and after each therapy or coaching session, so you arrive more prepared and capture more between sessions. • Prep Sheet — A one-tap summary of everything since your last session: mood check-ins, journal entries, homework, and open agenda items. Review it before you walk in, or share it with your therapist as a PDF. • Private journal — Free-form writing with optional photos and voice notes, plus journal prompts when you want a starting point. • Unsent letters — Write what you're not yet ready to say out loud. • Goals & homework — Track therapy homework and the goals you're working on between sessions. • Session agenda — Capture topics as they come up during the week, so they're ready when you walk in. • Meditations — Short guided modes for grounding, breath work, and present-moment awareness. • Daily contemplations — A new quote each day to pause with, or share with friends and family. • Insights & reports — Mood patterns, before/after session comparisons, and emotion frequency. Export any report as a PDF to bring to therapy if you'd like. PRIVACY FIRST A therapy journal holds your most personal thoughts, so Ponderwell keeps everything on your device. No servers, no cloud storage, no accounts, no logins. The only data that ever leaves your phone is anonymous crash reporting (device model, OS version, error traces — never your personal content). SUBSCRIPTION Try everything free for 10 days. After that: • Free tier stays yours: basic journaling, mood check-ins, one journey, daily contemplations, meditations, unsent letters, homework, and session agenda. • Premium unlocks: the full Gather/Reflect cycle, pre-journal mood check-in, multiple journeys, the Insights dashboard, advanced meditation options, goal tracking, and all reports. • Pricing: $5.99/month, $39.99/year, or $69.99 lifetime (one-time purchase). You always keep full read access to everything you have ever written — regardless of subscription status. IMPORTANT Ponderwell is designed to support the work you do in therapy — it is not therapy itself, not a substitute for professional mental health care, and does not provide medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. If you are in crisis, please call or text 988 (U.S. Suicide & Crisis Lifeline) or contact your local emergency services. Designed for adults. Terms of Service - https://3bitproductions.com/ponderwell/terms

Therapy works. Then the week happens. You leave the session clear. Something finally clicked, you knew what you wanted to try, and within days life has closed over it. Untangle is built for exactly that gap: nothing from therapy gets lost. One hour with your therapist, then 167 hours of life before the next one. People recall about a third of what happens in a session, and what gets forgotten never gets practiced. Untangle is for the other 167 hours. RIGHT AFTER YOUR SESSION (60 SECONDS) Walk out, tap once, and say it while it is warm: what you talked about, what clicked, what you want to try. Untangle turns the ramble into the week's handles, kept in your own words. THROUGH THE WEEK Your practice sits at the top of home. One glance and you remember what you wanted to try this week, so it gets used instead of forgotten. A gentle daily check-in: did you practice it today? One tap. No streaks, no guilt, just an honest count. Rough moment? Open your own tools: a guided breath, and the things that helped you before, in your words. WHEN YOUR HEAD GETS LOUD Talk or type the mess. No structure needed. In seconds it comes back organized: the themes underneath, one calm "it sounds like" line, gentle questions worth sitting with, and talking points for your next session. WALKING BACK IN Your next-session brief builds itself: what is worth the room's time, how the practice actually went, and the threads you keep pulling. You arrive knowing what to say. Session after session it compounds, and nothing you said has to be said twice. YOUR FIRST NOTE IS FREE Made from your own words during setup, before you decide anything. You feel it work before you pay for it. YOUR THOUGHTS STAY YOURS No account needed. Your notes live on your phone, not our servers. AI processing happens only in the moment you ask. We never store your words, never use them to train AI, and never sell them. Lock with Face ID. Export or delete everything, any time. MAKE IT YOURS Pick your colors, and set the app to your own session rhythm: weekly, fortnightly, or twice a week. Untangle is a journaling and organization tool. It is not a medical device, does not provide diagnosis or treatment, and is not a replacement for professional care. If you are in crisis, the app links you to real support lines under Settings. Membership unlocks the full experience. The yearly plan starts with a 7-day free trial. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://api.untanglenotes.app/privacy