Sunrise: Journal Therapy

Sunrise is the best journal therapy app for reducing anxiety.

1. Journal Therapy
Sunrise journal app suggests writing tips for reducing anxiety based on research and insight from popular psychology experts.

2. The Safest Place for Emotional Support
At your request, we provide encouraging letters (Positive Notes) in response to your journal entries. Don't worry - your journal contents will reach us anonymously and your data is solely for Positive Notes.

[Sunrise Features]
• Journal therapy - We support 5 types of evidence-based serenity writing templates to reduce anxiety and depression. These journal templates can also help you to reflect on your day and mood.
• Positive Notes - You can receive a positive note that soothes your anxiety and worries.
• Journal prompt - Set a daily journaling prompt for each day of the week. It will give you insight and help you start journaling easily and smoothly without staring at a blank page.
• Calendar view - You can check your monthly mood history and writing time statistics.
• Bedtime Stories - When anxiety makes it hard to sleep, listen to our bedtime stories.
• Motivation widget - Your sunflower widget will bloom along with your writing habits. Reflect your moment of the day with another one of our widgets.
• Custom template - You can save the checklists you want to track daily in a template. Tips: You can also use the template to write your bullet journal.
• Color coding - You can unlock your mood with colors when you write your diary.
• Writing timer - Set a writing goal time, and Sunrise shows a timer while you write. We support you to reach your goal time.
• Passcode - You can set passcode to lock your private journal entries.
• Export & Backup - If you want to check out your journal entries on another device, you can export your data as a txt files or save it in a backup file.
• Timestamp - Sunrise shows the time you record your moment. We are here to support you in building consistent writing habits by motivating you to write at the same time every day.
• Customized push notification - You can customize messages and photos in your notifications to create unique reminders just for you.
• Private journal - We don't collect any of your personal data and your journal entry on our server. So, you can keep your journal private.
• Dark Mode - You can set dark mode according to your preference.

[Sunrise Founder Stories]
"After experiencing burnout twice, I looked into cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT). Finding the right therapist, however, was costly and frustrating due to inconsistent quality and limited availability. While I eventually succeeded, many aren't as fortunate—roughly 122 million Americans still live in areas lacking sufficient mental health professionals.
This challenge led me to an unexpected source of support: mobile apps. Journaling apps, in particular, offered a unique solution for managing my anxiety. They were affordable, self-reliant, private, and portable tools that were also more active and introspective than meditation apps. Despite these benefits, existing journaling apps had their limitations: they focused more on record-keeping than on my mental health.
Drawing from these experiences, we developed Sunrise, a journal therapy app that goes beyond simply recording daily events. Sunrise enhances mindfulness with evidence-based journal guides, visual mental health progress tracking, and 'Positive Notes' for emotional support. Our goal is to provide individuals with the safest digital space to reflect, relax, and recharge on their path to better mental wellbeing.
Join us in the fight against the mental health crisis."

However, this is not a substitute for professional help. If you're experiencing a mental health crisis, contact a helpline immediately.