Your journal. Your device. Your data. No exceptions.
No server ever sees your words. Your journal is encrypted. Inspect the network traffic yourself. No cloud. Verifiable.
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You don't trust them with your thoughts. You shouldn't have to.
Cloud journal apps store your most private thoughts on someone else's server. The privacy policy runs 40 pages. The answer to "where is my data" is "we take security seriously."
"AI-powered" journaling apps are often just ChatGPT wrappers. Your entries go to OpenAI. Your most private self-reflection, shipped to a third-party model you didn't choose and can't audit.
Then there's the subscription that holds your data hostage. Cancel and export becomes a support ticket. Your journal history, trapped behind a paywall you didn't agree to.
Even employees cannot read your diary. That should be the default. Not a premium feature. Not a marketing bullet point. The only way to guarantee it is to never send the data at all.
Especially when what you're writing about comes from therapy. Your session notes, your shadow work, the things you'd never say out loud. That content deserves more protection than a Terms of Service.
That's what Conviction was built for.
A journal that earns your trust by proving it.
Conviction is a journal with structured tools that spots your patterns and never sends your words anywhere. Use it alongside therapy, coaching, or on your own. Every insight happens on your phone. Verify it yourself.
Your entries, voice, emotions, and patterns all stay on your phone. Your journal is encrypted and only you hold the key. Backups are locked before they leave your device. Take your data with you anytime. Inspect the network traffic yourself.
How it works
Write or talk. No account required.
Voice or text. Works offline from the first moment you open it. No signup. No email. No server handshake before you can start.
Conviction analyzes your patterns
Everything is processed on your phone. Nothing is transmitted. Run a network monitor to confirm.
Export, verify, and own your data
Take your data with you anytime. Delete your account and get a detailed report of everything removed. Your data is yours. Leave anytime with everything you wrote.
Privacy first. Then depth.
Nothing leaves your phone. Zero cloud. Verifiable.
Everything Conviction does happens on your phone, powered by Apple Intelligence. Your journal is encrypted and only you hold the key. Backups are locked before they leave. Take your data anytime. No one else ever sees your words. Run a packet sniffer and verify it yourself.
- Stays on your phone Pattern spotting, emotion recognition, memory. It all happens on your device. No server ever sees your words.
- Locked to you Your journal is protected with the same encryption banks use. Unlock with Face ID. No one else can read it.
- Safe backup iCloud backups are locked before they leave your phone. Only you hold the key. We can't read your data.
Explore the patterns you haven't noticed yet.
Guided shadow work reflections grounded in psychological principles. Conviction reads across your entries to find recurring patterns: people-pleasing, self-sabotage, inner critic loops. Then turns them into specific goals you can track.
- Pattern detected Conviction reads across your full history to surface the loops and patterns you missed in the moment.
- Reflect deeper Guided prompts built from your actual entries. Not generic questions. Real patterns turned into focused self-inquiry.
- Track your progress Patterns become trackable goals. See which loops you are breaking and which ones still run beneath the surface.
Talk it out. Then challenge what you hear.
Your voice becomes structured entries. Then The Mirror highlights common thinking patterns in what you said and walks you through structured reframing. Your voice never leaves your phone.
- Just talk Tap once and speak. No templates, no prompts. Just talk like you would to a friend.
- Turned into text Your voice becomes text right on your phone. Nothing leaves the device.
- Entry created Your words become a structured journal entry. Emotions captured. Patterns noticed. All automatic.
And so much more.
Not a black box. Not a chatbot.
Conviction runs on Apple Intelligence on your device. It helps you name 27 specific emotions, notice common thinking patterns, and find what keeps showing up across months of entries. It works from your actual words.
Your data. Your format. Your choice.
Take all your data with you anytime in a format you can read without the app. Delete your account and get a detailed report of exactly what was removed. No lock-in.
Beyond fine. Name what you actually feel.
27 specific emotions. Not just positive or negative, but specific: guilt vs. shame, nostalgia vs. grief. Mood Flow shows how your emotions shift over time.
Miss a day. Miss a week. Your progress doesn't reset.
Conviction uses a Momentum System with four levels from Idle to Peak. It cools gradually when you're away, never snaps to zero. No streak mechanics. No guilt notifications. Shadow work and self-reflection are not linear.
No account. No login. Just start.
No signup flow. No email. No password. Works from the first moment you open it, even in airplane mode. When you need to get something out, there is nothing standing between you and the page.
One plan. Everything unlocked.
Full Access
or $49.80/year (save 17%)
- Everything stays on your phone. No server ever sees your words.
- Take your data anytime. Delete your account with a detailed report.
- Encrypted iCloud backup. Only you hold the key.
- Spot patterns across months of entries. Not just today's mood.
- Four self-guided toolkits grounded in evidence-based approaches. CBT reframing, somatic grounding, chain analysis, relationship skills.
- 27 emotions, not five. See how they shift over time.
- No streaks. Miss a week. Your momentum never resets to zero.
30 days free. No credit card required.
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Frequently asked questions
Where exactly is my data stored?
On your phone. Your journal is encrypted with the same standard banks use. Your entries never touch a server. Run a network monitor while journaling and you'll see nothing going out.
What does the AI actually do with my entries?
Everything happens on your phone via Apple Intelligence. It helps you name your emotions, notice thinking patterns, and find what keeps showing up across your journal. Nothing is sent anywhere.
Can I export all my data?
Yes. Take all your data anytime in a standard format. Delete your account and get a detailed report of exactly what was removed. No lock-in.
How does the encrypted backup work?
iCloud backup is encrypted on your device before it leaves. We never have access to your encryption key. Even if compelled, we cannot read your backup. Your key, your data.
Do I need the latest iPhone?
Conviction requires an iPhone with Apple Intelligence. That's iPhone 15 Pro or later. Apple Intelligence powers everything from pattern spotting to emotion recognition to voice journaling. It's not an add-on. It's how the app works.
Can I use this alongside therapy or coaching?
Yes. Many people use Conviction to process what comes up in sessions. Your therapist's prompts, patterns you noticed, things you want to bring back next time. Everything stays on your phone, so even your therapy notes are private.
Does the AI actually understand my patterns, or is it generic?
Every time you write, Conviction searches your full history to find what keeps showing up. It gets more useful the more you write.
What does the free trial include?
Everything. For 30 days, every feature is unlocked: voice input, all four structured toolkits, emotion tracking, pattern spotting, data export, and secure backup. No credit card required.
How much does it cost after the trial?
$5/month or $49.80/year (17% savings). One plan. No feature tiers. Everything that was unlocked during your trial stays unlocked.
Inspect the network traffic. Nothing leaves.
30 days free. Every tool unlocked. No credit card. No cloud. No compromise.
Your thoughts stay on your device. Export your data anytime. Delete your account and get an itemized report of everything removed.