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A check-in can be just a face
Pick a face and save. Tags, a note, and gratitude are optional.
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Daily check-in
How are you feeling right now?
Don’t overthink it. Just record how it is.
Tap to select your current state
How would you describe your state? (optional)
Pleasant
Neutral
Challenging
Log how you feel in about a minute
Missed days are fine
The Journal tab says “Missed days are fine.” If you skip days — including when ADHD makes a daily habit hard — you can pick it up again.
The calendar
Tap Show calendar on Journal. Days with a saved entry get a small mark. Days you skipped stay on the month, unmarked, and can’t be opened. The line under the calendar says “Missed days are fine.”
The streak
A streak is consecutive calendar days with any saved entry. The current streak stays if your last saved day was today or yesterday. If that day is older than yesterday, the current streak shows 0. Saving anything today starts it again. On Progress, a streak at 0 says “One check-in today restarts it.” Your longest streak stays in streak history.
A hard day still counts
A short check-in on a hard day still counts. Saving Overwhelmed or Worried, with the tags, note, and gratitude left blank, is a real check-in. It counts toward your check-ins and your streak the same way a calmer day does.
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Sample check-in
No account needed. Just notice how you feel right now.
How ClearSteps works
Check in. See patterns. Use a tool. That’s the whole loop.
Check in
A calm 60-second check-in for real days — not perfect ones.
See patterns
Progress shows your check-in count, a daily average with the matching face, and your current streak.
Use a CBT or DBT tool
Short CBT and DBT exercises: breathing, grounding, or wind-down, ready when you need it.
What “See patterns” shows
See patterns means the Progress tab. It is a record of what you logged, not a chatbot.
Example 1
Check-ins: the count of daily check-ins, and whether that count is up, down, or the same as last week. The lines read “↑ N from last week,” “↓ N from last week,” or “Same as last week.” Tap the card for a breakdown by type, such as Daily check-ins, Journal, or Wind-down, when you have logged those.
Example 2
Daily Check-In average: a number from 1 to 5, the matching face, and a short note such as “Calm · Holding steady” or “Worried · Be gentle with yourself,” plus “Based on N check-ins.”
Example 3
This week: each check-in listed with its face — Overwhelmed, Worried, Calm, Happy, or Grateful — and the date, such as “Fri, Sep 25.” The current streak sits beside that. If it is 0, Progress says “Streak is at zero” and “One check-in today restarts it.”
After check-ins on at least two different days, Progress adds a Daily Check-In Tracker line. With fewer than five different check-in days, the ranges are Week and Month. After that, the ranges include 7 days, 14 days, up through 1 year, and a Lifetime chip for every check-in you have saved.
After check-ins on at least five days in the last three weeks, Progress can add Personal patterns from your own entries. One example is “When you check in,” which says whether recent check-ins cluster in the morning, afternoon, or evening. Another is “Movement and scores,” when movement days and calmer ratings show up together in what you logged.
Export for a session
On the Journal tab, Export downloads JSON or CSV of your entries. JSON includes the export time, your display name, email, member-since date, and the entries. CSV columns are id, date, calmLevel, moods, note, gratitude, bookmarked, and source. Account has the same two downloads, and the Account JSON can also include spirituality settings. You can bring the file to a session. Account also opens a summary you can print to PDF from your browser.
What you get
The rest is kept simple on purpose.
Journaling in one place
Reflections saved with your check-ins — not a separate app.
Private to your account
Other users can’t see your entries, and a therapist can’t either unless you share them. Optional PIN or biometric lock on Journal for this device.
Phone & desktop
Clean and simple, open it anytime.
Add to Home Screen
There is no App Store app yet. Add the site to your home screen.
iPhone
- Open clearstepsapp.com in Safari.
- Tap Share.
- Tap Add to Home Screen.
Android (Chrome)
- Open the menu.
- Tap Install app or Add to Home screen.
About ClearSteps
Built by Justin Brady, LCSW, an experienced licensed clinical social worker. ClearSteps was created to help you take one clear step at a time to help you manage your anxiety. Built with practical and easy to use tools that you can use at home, work, and on the go.
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