Free
Freealways
Enough to lean on when a day goes wrong, without ever paying us anything.
- One line a day
- The widget, in its basic form
- Hard days and crisis resources
- Save up to ten lines
- One practice to try
- The first week of the plan
The Mindation app
Words that fit the day you are actually having.
Say how you are and Mindation finds a line that sounds like a person wrote it, with a small practice underneath if you want one. It waits on your home screen. Being built for iPhone now.
- No account
- Works offline
- 14-day free trial
Written with careEvery line is chosen slowly and edited by a person before it reaches you.
How it works
Sixty seconds, and only when you want them.
There is no course to finish and nothing to keep up with. Open it when the day gets heavy, take the part that helps, close it again.
Say how you are
Six honest starting points, not a catalogue of topics. Anxious, running on empty, doubting yourself, scattered, heavy-hearted — or steady, just checking in.
Read one line
One phrase for that state, short enough to land on a busy morning. The same one waits for you everywhere else that day.
Take one small step, if you want one
A practice of a minute or two sits underneath, for the days you have room for it. Skipping it is a perfectly normal way to use this.
Start where you are
Six ways in, and none of them is a mood score.
Most apps sort words by subject. Nobody arrives with a subject — you arrive tired, or tight, or flat. So that is the only thing we ask.
Anxious
For the tight, crowded moments before something matters.
Running on empty
For the days when there is simply nothing left in the tank.
Doubting myself
Before a decision, a conversation, a room full of people.
Scattered
When everything is open and nothing is moving.
Heavy-hearted
Loss, endings, loneliness. Always free, always unlocked.
Steady, just checking in
Because a good day deserves a moment too.
Four weeks
A plan with a beginning and an end.
Everywhere else this category hands you an endless feed. Here you get four weeks, arranged around what you said you needed, and then you are done. Finished, not enrolled forever.
- A few short questions decide where you start.
- Four weeks, one theme each, in the order that suits you.
- Each week brings its own words, one practice and a wallpaper.
- Miss a day and nothing breaks. The week simply waits for you.
What is different
Built around the things people complain about.
We read a great many one-star reviews of apps in this category. Almost every promise below exists because something let somebody down badly enough that they sat and wrote about it.
Words you can actually say
Every line is selected and edited by hand. If it sounds like a poster, it does not ship.
Nothing built on “not”
No affirmations phrased as “I am not anxious”. Your mind hears the wrong half of that sentence.
The hard days stay open
Grief, endings and loneliness are never behind the subscription. Nobody should meet a paywall on that kind of day.
It will never nag you
One gentle reminder a day, and only if you want it. No streaks to break, no guilt for missing a Tuesday.
Nothing gets lost
Your saved lines live on your device and sync through your own iCloud. You can see the last backup and export it any time.
No account, ever
No sign-up, no profile, no password to forget. We do not want your data.
Free and paid
Free where it matters most.
The subscription buys depth, never access to help. If today is one of the bad ones, you will find something that helps whether or not you ever pay us a penny.
Mindation
$3.99/month
Fourteen days free to see whether it fits. Cancel from your iPhone settings at any time.
- Browse every line, in every state
- Every widget size, your colours and type
- Unlimited saving, collections and search
- All the short practices
- The full four-week plan
- Sharing without a watermark
- iCloud sync across your devices
Nothing is charged during the trial, and the free side of the app does not expire when it ends.
No account, no profile, nothing collected about you.
What you save stays on your phone and syncs through your own iCloud. There is nothing here for us to read, and nothing of yours to lose if you walk away. Read the Privacy Policy.
Before you ask
The questions we would ask too
Is it out yet?
Not yet. We are building it now, for iPhone first. Leave your email and we will tell you the day it opens — one message, nothing else.
Do I need an account?
No. There is no sign-up and no profile. What you save stays on your device and syncs through your own iCloud, which means we never see it.
What does it cost?
A 14-day free trial, then $3.99 a month. You can cancel from your iPhone settings at any time, and nothing is charged during the trial.
What can I use for free?
One phrase a day, the widget in its basic form, the section for hard days, and the crisis resources. Those stay open to you whether or not you ever subscribe.
Will the same lines keep coming back?
That is the complaint we hear most often about other apps, so it is the first thing we designed around. Phrases do not repeat inside a long window, and if a line does not sit right with you, hide it — or bring it back later.
Is this therapy?
No, and it will never pretend to be. Mindation is everyday support: words and small practices. It does not diagnose, treat, or replace care from a qualified professional. If something feels heavier than an ordinary hard day, please talk to someone qualified.
Is it coming to Android?
Not at launch. We are starting on iPhone so the widget can be genuinely good on one platform rather than nearly good on two.
The Mindation App
Daily support, made more personal.
We’re building a calmer home for affirmations and short practices. Leave your email and we’ll tell you the day it opens — one message, nothing else.
Learn more about the app