When a thought keeps demanding attention, the immediate need is often a safe place to record it. Let It Out combines quick capture with a deliberate revisit time so the thought does not have to remain on your active mental to-do list.
Free to download, with optional in-app purchases.
Who this anxiety app is for
You are halfway through a working day and the same anxious thought keeps tugging at you: did that email sound rude, is the rent about to go up? You do not need a course or a breathing exercise right now. You need to put the thought somewhere so it stops sitting on top of everything else. This page is for that moment: a quick text or voice note, a revisit time you choose, and a look at it later, when you have room to think.
- People who want a private place to capture recurring worries
- People who prefer a focused tool over a full diary
- People who want to review patterns across past entries
How it works
Capture
Write or speak the thought while it is clear, without turning the entry into a polished journal page.
Choose a revisit time
Set when you want the app to bring the entry back for reflection.
Review
Return to the entry, decide what is actionable, and record how it changed.
Capturing anxious thoughts versus a CBT programme or therapy
A structured CBT-based programme teaches skills in a set order over several weeks, such as spotting thinking patterns and testing predictions. Therapy adds a trained person who can assess what is going on and adjust the plan with you. Both are built to work on anxiety itself.
Let It Out does neither. It is a self-reflection tool: you capture an anxious thought, keep it in the worry box, choose when to revisit it, and later compare it with what happened. If anxiety is affecting your sleep, work or relationships most days, a programme or therapy is the better starting point, and an app like this can sit alongside it. If you mainly want somewhere private to set thoughts down, a lighter tool may be enough.
- No public feed or social posting
- Text and voice brain dump
- Revisit timers and an organized worry box
- Optional AI guidance and monthly insights
Questions about the anxiety app
Is Let It Out a treatment for anxiety?
No. Let It Out is a self-reflection and organisation tool. It does not diagnose or treat anxiety or any other condition, and it is not an emergency service. If anxiety is getting in the way of daily life, talk to your GP or another qualified professional. The app can be used alongside that support, not instead of it.
What happens to an anxious thought after I write it down?
It goes into the worry box, a dedicated place away from your general notes and to-do lists. You set a revisit timer, and when the entry comes back you decide whether there is anything to act on and record how it changed. Perspective views let you look back across the worries you chose to keep.
How much does Let It Out cost?
The app is free to download, and the exact free allowance is shown in the app and may change. Perspective Plus costs $2.99 per week or $49.99 per year, with the same features on both plans. Prices are in USD; taxes, currency and price can vary by country and platform, and the app store checkout is authoritative.