Frequently asked questions

Thanxful is a calm, AI-powered gratitude journal for iPhone. You write a short daily entry, a few lines about what you're grateful for, and Thanxful responds with a gentle, personal reflection. Over time it gathers your entries into weekly and monthly insights, so you can quietly see how you're growing. It's a private space for reflection, not another noisy productivity app.

Thanxful is made for iPhone and runs on iOS 18 and later. It also works on iPad in iPhone-compatibility mode. There's no Android or web version today, since we're a small studio focused on making the iPhone experience feel just right.

Yes. The free version is genuinely useful on its own: daily journaling with moods and prompts, your full journal history, gentle streaks with freeze days, reminders, App Lock with Face ID, offline writing, and the warm Espresso theme. Premium adds the AI insights and extra themes, but journaling itself is always free.

They're three depths of AI reflection. An Instant insight arrives the moment you finish an entry, a gentle and personal response to what you wrote. Each week, a Weekly summary highlights the patterns and quiet shifts in your mood. And each month, a Monthly Deep Dive weaves your entries into a richer retrospective of your emotional journey. Insights are part of Premium.

Thanxful supports 30 languages, and you can choose yours independently of your phone's language. So you can write and receive your insights in the language that feels most like home, even if your iPhone is set to another one.

Your streak gently tracks the days you show up to journal. Because life happens, Thanxful includes freeze days so a missed day doesn't break your streak. It's encouragement without the guilt. We want to be a companion, never a taskmaster.

Yes. Anyone can set a daily reminder at one of our preset times to gently nudge their practice. With Premium you can pick any custom reminder time that fits your day. You can change or turn reminders off anytime in Settings.

Every journal starts with Espresso, a warm, coffee-dark theme that's free for everyone. Premium unlocks a growing collection of additional themes, each a distinct atmosphere rather than just a recolor, so you can set the mood that suits your reflections.

Premium unlocks the heart of Thanxful's AI: Instant insights on every entry, Weekly summaries, and the Monthly Deep Dive. It also adds the full collection of premium themes, custom reminder times, and the ability to share your insights as a beautiful image. Your journaling, history, privacy features, and reminders stay free.

Premium is available as a monthly or a yearly plan, and the yearly plan comes with a 1-week free trial so you can experience the insights before committing. Prices are set by the App Store for your region, so you'll always see the exact, up-to-date price right inside the app before you subscribe.

Subscriptions are handled by Apple, so you can cancel anytime from your iPhone's Settings → your name → Subscriptions → Thanxful. You'll keep Premium until the end of the period you've already paid for, and you won't be charged again after that.

If you reinstall the app or switch to a new iPhone, open the Premium screen in Thanxful and tap Restore Purchases. As long as you're signed in to the same Apple Account that bought Premium, your access will come right back.

Your entries are always yours. If your Premium ends, your journal, history, and streaks stay exactly where they are. You simply lose access to new AI insights and the premium themes. You can keep journaling for free, and your insights return the moment you resubscribe.

No one but you. Thanxful is built so your entries are obfuscated in our database and can't be read by anyone on our team. It's privacy by architecture, not just a promise. Your words are never sold and never shared.

To create your insights, your entry is sent securely to OpenAI for analysis and nothing more. It isn't shared with any other third party, advertiser, or analytics service. AI features are opt-in: you choose whether to turn them on, and you can journal fully without them.

You're always in control of your data. In the app, go to Settings → Account → Advanced, where you can reset your data or permanently delete your account. Deleting removes your entries and account from our systems.

Open Settings in the app. Under Preferences you can set the app's language, and separately choose the language for your AI insights, so you can use the app in one language and receive your reflections in another if you like.

We'd love to hear from you. Inside the app, Settings → Help & Feedback lets you report an issue, flag a translation, or suggest a feature. You can also email us anytime at [email protected]. We're a tiny team and usually reply within a day.

No. Thanxful is a gentle space for reflection. It mirrors your feelings back to you, but it doesn't diagnose, treat, or give clinical advice, and it isn't a replacement for professional care. If you're going through a hard time or a crisis, please reach out to a qualified professional or a local support line.