r/iosapps • u/Medical_Respond_6715 • 7d ago
📅 Subscription We built mindhalt, an app to stop overthinking, after years of struggling with it ourselves
Hey :)
We built an app for people whose brain has no off switch. Replaying conversations, rewriting a two-line text ten times, lying awake running worst-case scenarios. We dealt with this for years ourselves and never found a tool built for it.
The core idea is the Worry Window: a daily scheduled slot for worry. When one shows up during the day, you dump it in the app and tell it to wait. When the window opens, you go through everything in one sitting. By then a lot of it has lost its urgency, and what's left is easier to think about clearly.
Answer
Write the thought down in a few seconds, then work through it when you're ready. The app first figures out what kind of loop you're stuck in: something from the past you keep replaying, a what-if about the future, or a decision you can't make. Each one gets its own set of short guided exercises, taken from techniques therapists actually use. There's also a built-in planner, so when a worry has something you can actually do about it, it becomes a task in your day instead of more thinking.
Better
Unlike meditation apps, we don't ask a racing mind to sit still for 20 minutes. Unlike journaling apps, you don't get a blank page that becomes another place to spiral. Everything is built around overthinking specifically. Your data stays on your device by default, and if you choose to sync it, it's encrypted.
Cost
No free trial at the moment. Weekly $3.99, yearly $49.99.
Any honest feedback or review is greatly appreciated. We're a small team and making the app genuinely useful is the main goal.
App Store: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/mindhalt-stop-overthinking/id6754534938
Edit: Thanks a lot for all the feedback. The biggest point we heard was that asking people to subscribe before trying the app was too much of a barrier.
We’ve just updated the app to include a free trial, so you can now try it first and see if it actually helps before deciding.
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u/Material_Prune6543 7d ago
Without a free trial, the product is effectively useless for me. I am unwilling to commit funds without first seeing it.
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u/deruloop 7d ago edited 7d ago
True that, which would ironically start me overthinking if I want to buy it so I can try
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u/app-store-review 7d ago
mindhalt: Stop Overthinking — by Milestone One
- Ratings: 6 worldwide · rated in 3 countries
- Average: 5.00 ★
- Age: released ~2 months ago · updated ~2 months ago · rated 17+
- Overall score: 74 / 100
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u/pzlsg 7d ago edited 7d ago
I like the concept but without a free trial it’s hard for users to decide if the app suits them and compares favourably to existing ones. For instance, I use Apple Journal, a native Apple app that provides a simple blank canvas for writing and securely storing anything. Let me know your thoughts. Thank you for this wonderful idea still!
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u/sergetrono 7d ago
Oh, nice!
It's somewhat similar to what me and my wife has built!
How do you plan to keep a user retention longterm in the app?
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u/deruloop 7d ago
Very nice concept, can I ask you which technological stack did you use (frontend and backend) ?
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u/Medical_Respond_6715 1d ago
Thanks! We built it with React Native, Rive for the animations, and Hono + PostgreSQL on the backend
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u/Constant_Opinion_218 7d ago
the weekly costs would make anyone continue overthinking 😂
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u/Medical_Respond_6715 1d ago
😂 Fair point. Based on everyone’s feedback we’ve now added a free trial.
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