Scheduled worry time is a self-help technique described by health services and CBT resources. Let It Out applies one practical part of that workflow: capturing a worry and choosing when to revisit it. The app is not therapy and does not determine whether postponement is appropriate for a particular situation.
Free to download, with optional in-app purchases.
Who this worry-time app is for
You already use scheduled worry time, perhaps from NHS self-help material or a therapist's suggestion. The idea works, but your list lives on the back of an envelope, and by the time your slot comes round you have lost it or forgotten the slot. This page is for keeping the worries and the review together: note each concern as it appears, give it a revisit time that matches your slot, and look through what has come back when the time arrives.
- Non-urgent worries that interrupt other activities
- People already using scheduled worry time
- Anyone who wants a reminder-based alternative to a paper list
How it works
Record the concern
Capture enough detail to recognize the issue later.
Choose the time
Set a revisit point that fits your own routine and guidance.
Use the review
Decide whether the concern is actionable, hypothetical, resolved, or still important.
A worry-time app versus a phone timer
If you already keep your worries on paper and only need a boundary for the session, a phone timer is enough, and so is our free browser worry-time timer. It is simple, costs nothing and holds no personal content.
A timer only marks the start and the end, though. It does not know what you were going to worry about. Let It Out pairs each worry with its own revisit time, keeps entries in the worry box until then, and helps you look back later at which concerns were actionable, resolved or still important. It does not decide whether postponing a particular worry is right for you, and urgent problems should never wait for a timer.
- Revisit timers are part of the core workflow
- Entries remain organized in a worry box
- Perspective views help compare past entries
- The workflow works alongside, not instead of, professional support
Questions about the worry-time app
Does the app schedule my worry time for me?
No. You choose when each entry comes back, so you can match revisit times to the worry-time slot that suits your routine and any guidance you have been given. The app does not decide whether postponing a particular worry is appropriate, and urgent safety, health or deadline issues should be dealt with straight away.
What do I do when a worry comes back at its revisit time?
Read it and decide which it has become: actionable, hypothetical, resolved or still important. If there is a next step, give it a time. Then record how the worry changed, so that later you can compare what you predicted with what actually happened.
Should I choose the weekly or the annual plan?
Both Perspective Plus plans include the same features; only the billing period changes. Weekly is $2.99 per week, and annual is $49.99 per year, about $0.96 a week. The app itself is free to download. Prices are in USD, can vary by country and platform, and the app store checkout is authoritative.