Comparison

Mentalium vs Psicocicios

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

Head to head
About

Mentalium

This voice-powered journal uses AI to transcribe your thoughts and emotions, helping you manage anxiety and depression through cognitive behavioral therapy. Track your progress, identify cognitive distortions, and easily share reports with your therapist, all while ensuring complete privacy as data is stored only on your device.

Highlights
  • Voice-powered CBT diary
  • AI speech transcription
  • Anxiety and mood tracking
  • Progress visualization
  • Shareable therapist reports
  • On-device data storage
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Start with a 3-day free trial on the monthly plan, or choose the yearly plan, no trial. One Premium subscription unlocks every feature below. Prices depend on your country and are shown in the app before you buy. Manage or cancel anytime in App Store. Mentalium is a voice-powered CBT diary with built-in AI transcription. Developed together with Alexander Erichev, MD, PhD, psychiatrist and psychotherapist, Professor at the Department of Psychotherapy, Medical Psychology and Sexology, Mechnikov North-Western State Medical University. It is built to make your cognitive behavioral therapy genuinely more effective. The real progress in CBT happens between sessions — when you keep your thought diary regularly. That is the key "homework" of therapy: the more often you work through your automatic thoughts, the faster your thinking shifts and your anxiety eases. The problem is that almost no one keeps the diary by hand — typing on a phone is slow, and a notebook is never around. So people fill it in from memory a couple of hours before their session. That works about as well as going to the gym once a month. Mentalium removes the main obstacle. Anxiety does not arrive on schedule, and you need to capture the thought in the moment — while it is still fresh. Just tap record and say it out loud: the AI instantly turns your speech into a structured CBT entry. The act of speaking and reframing the thought already helps you get through a wave of anxiety more calmly. HOW IT WORKS The app guides you through every step of the CBT thought diary: — Rate your anxiety level before the entry — Describe the situation that triggered anxiety — Identify the automatic thought — Name the emotion and physical reaction — Formulate a more realistic, calmer thought — Rate your anxiety level after the entry No typing — just talk. In the car, at home, on a walk. WATCH YOUR ANXIETY GO DOWN Mentalium records your anxiety level before and after each entry and shows the dynamics: how many entries you have made, how your anxiety changes over time, and which cognitive distortions come up most often. Progress is visible — and that keeps you from quitting. WHY CBT Cognitive behavioral therapy is one of the most researched, evidence-based approaches to anxiety. Its core tool is the thought record: catch the automatic thought that set off the anxiety and replace it with a more realistic one. Mentalium makes that tool convenient enough to actually use every day. SHARE WITH YOUR PSYCHOTHERAPIST Send your CBT diary entries to your psychotherapist straight from the app in one tap. The app builds an Excel report for the selected period and emails it. No time wasted retelling everything in session — go straight to the analysis. COMPLETE PRIVACY Notes about your inner state are personal. That is why your entire CBT diary is stored only on your device and never sent anywhere. Speech recognition runs right on your phone: on first launch the app downloads an offline model once (~200 MB), and everything is processed locally after that. Your voice recordings never go to third-party servers. WHO MENTALIUM IS FOR • You are doing CBT with a psychotherapist and want to get the most out of therapy • You practice cognitive behavioral therapy on your own • You are looking for a convenient way to handle anxiety and panic attacks in the moment • Keeping a thought diary by hand is hard for you — voice removes that barrier Install Mentalium and keep your CBT diary when it works best — in the moment, not a couple of hours before your session. DISCLAIMER Mentalium is not a medical device, is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any medical condition, and does not provide medical or psychological advice. If you have any health concerns, please consult a qualified healthcare professional. Privacy Policy: https://mentalium.me/legal/privacy-policy.html Terms of Use (EULA): https://mentalium.me/legal/terms-of-use.html

About

Psicocicios

Features
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Psicocicios conecta a las consultas de psicología con sus pacientes entre sesión y sesión: el profesional asigna ejercicios terapéuticos —diarios, registros, cuestionarios— y el paciente los completa desde el móvil, en el momento en que las cosas pasan. PARA PACIENTES • Tus ejercicios siempre a mano: diarios emocionales, registros, cuestionarios y las indicaciones de tu psicólogo/a. • Escribe cuando lo necesites: cada entrada queda guardada y tu psicólogo/a puede leerla y comentarla antes de la siguiente sesión. • Recordatorios los días acordados, y avisos cuando te asignan un ejercicio nuevo o comentan una entrada tuya. • Deja notas a tu psicólogo/a sobre cualquier ejercicio.

Screenshots

Mentalium4 screens
Psicocicios4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Psicocicios at none against Mentalium's 2. Psicocicios also leads on update cadence (every 5 days vs fortnightly). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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. Mentalium sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per 7 days. Psicocicios asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Mentalium ships an update fortnightly, Psicocicios every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 28, 2026 and September 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 7 level
Mentalium versus Psicocicios: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMentaliumPsicocicios
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyFortnightlyEvery 5 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS15.015.0
Further details — not scored
Size87 MB22 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperPavel TrubetskovTurutech Software Labs

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Mentalium

Subscriptions2
  • Mentalium Weekly3 Days trial$9.997 Days
  • Mentalium Annual$59.991 Year
None

Psicocicios

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Mentalium free?
Mentalium is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Psicocicios free?
Psicocicios is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Mentalium or Psicocicios have ads?
Neither Mentalium nor Psicocicios shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Mentalium or Psicocicios?
Mentalium ships an update fortnightly, and Psicocicios every 5 days. Most recently, Mentalium was updated on October 28, 2026 and Psicocicios on September 24, 2026.

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