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A private, local-first iPhone app for noticing the drift before the crisis. Pick seven personal warning signs, check in daily, and watch your trend — built on the Personal Craziness Index.
Seven Tells is a private, local-first iPhone app for noticing the drift before it becomes a crisis. It is built on the Personal Craziness Index (PCI), a self-monitoring method described by Dr. Patrick Carnes: small behaviors tend to slip first, before a hard day becomes a hard week.
How it works
Pick seven signs. Choose the personal warning signs that tend to show up first for you, grouped by area of life.
Check in daily. Tap the ones that came up today. Your score runs from 0 to 7 — lower is calmer.
Watch the trend. Over weeks the pattern becomes clear, so you can act early instead of in a crisis.
What you can do
- Daily score and rating — see your 0 to 7 score next to your own gut read on the day.
- Trends over time — chart your week, month, quarter, year, or all-time.
- Notes and journal — jot a quick day note, or keep a standalone journal, encrypted on device.
- Life events — log slips, relapses, or hard days and see them alongside your scores.
- Gentle streak and reminders — a quiet daily nudge that stops once you have checked in.
- Crisis contacts — keep the people who matter one tap away.
- Home-screen widget — today's score and streak at a glance.
- Export anytime — CSV, JSON, Markdown, or PDF to share with a sponsor or therapist.
- Lock it down — optional passcode and Face ID keep your check-ins for your eyes only.
Free and Pro
Everything you need to track your recovery is free. Pro is a one-time purchase — never a subscription — that unlocks longer trends, a second daily reminder, the standalone journal, and data export. Pro unlocks on every device signed into your Apple ID.
Private by design
Your check-ins stay on your iPhone. No accounts, no sign-up, and the developer has no way to see what you record. Optional iCloud sync is off by default and uses your own private database.
Seven Tells is a self-monitoring aid, not medical care.