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title: "Skillwise: DBT diary card and skills notebook | Develak"
description: "Skillwise is a private DBT diary card and skills notebook for Dialectical Behavior Therapy, with crisis help, biometric lock, and encrypted iCloud sync."
url: https://develak.com/apps/skillwise/
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updated: 2026-09-27
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# Skillwise
DBT Diary Card
A calm daily DBT diary card and skills notebook for your therapy sessions
Skillwise is a private DBT diary card and skills notebook for people practicing Dialectical Behavior Therapy, built as an iPhone app by Develak.
[Download on the App Store](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/id6790096005)
[Support](https://develak.com/apps/skillwise/support/) [Privacy](https://develak.com/apps/skillwise/privacy/)
## What is Skillwise?
Skillwise is a calm, private DBT diary card and skills notebook, the daily tool you fill in and bring to your therapy session. It is built with dignity for people practicing Dialectical Behavior Therapy, with no judgment, no streaks, and no pressure.
A color never labels an emotion, and crisis help through “Help Now” is always one tap away. Skillwise complements therapy, it never replaces it, diagnoses, or gives clinical advice.
### App Store description
Skillwise is a calm, private DBT diary card and skills notebook — the daily tool you fill in and bring to your therapy session.
Built with dignity for people practising Dialectical Behaviour Therapy. No judgement, no streaks, no pressure. A colour never labels an emotion, and crisis help is always one tap away.
#### Your daily tools
- Daily diary card — emotions with intensity, urges, skills used and notes, in under a minute
- The four DBT skill modules — mindfulness, distress tolerance, emotion regulation, interpersonal effectiveness — short, practical cards, available offline
- Help Now — crisis lines for your country and a personal safety plan
- Full history, gentle reminders, biometric app lock, encrypted iCloud sync and CSV export
SKILLWISE PRO (optional)
- Therapist PDF report — your week’s diary card, formatted to bring to your session
- Guided chain analysis — trigger, vulnerabilities, links, behaviour, consequences
- Trends — your emotions, urges and most-helpful skills over time, described, never diagnosed
- Extended skill guides
#### Private by design
Your entries stay on your device and your own encrypted iCloud. No account required, no analytics, no ads, no data sold. Delete everything in one tap.
Skillwise complements therapy — it never replaces it, diagnoses, or gives clinical advice.
#### Subscription
Skillwise Pro is available as a monthly or annual auto-renewable subscription, or a one-time lifetime purchase. The annual plan includes a 7-day free trial. Price is shown in the app in your local currency. Payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation of purchase. The subscription renews automatically unless it is cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel anytime in your Apple Account settings. Any unused portion of a free trial is forfeited when you buy a subscription.
Terms of Use (EULA): [https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/](https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/)
Privacy Policy: [https://develak.com/privacy-policy/](https://develak.com/privacy-policy/)
### Skillwise at a glance
- **Developer**: [Develak](https://develak.com/about/)
- **Category**: Health & Fitness
- **Price**: Free, with optional in-app purchases
- **Compatibility**: iPhone and iPad — iOS 17.0 or later
- **Languages**: 44 languages (English, French, Spanish and 41 more)
- **First released**: August 17, 2026
- **Current version**: 1.0 (August 17, 2026)
- **Size**: 5.4 MB
- **Age rating**: 4+
- **App Store ID**: [id6790096005](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/id6790096005)
## What can you do with Skillwise?
Skillwise is a private DBT diary card and skills notebook for Dialectical Behavior Therapy, with crisis help, biometric lock, and encrypted iCloud sync.
### Daily diary card
Log emotions with intensity, urges, skills used, and notes in under a minute.
- **Four DBT skill modules**: Short, practical cards for mindfulness, distress tolerance, emotion regulation, and interpersonal effectiveness, available offline.
- **“Help Now” crisis support**: Find crisis lines for your country and your own personal safety plan, one tap away.
- **Biometric app lock**: Protect your entries with Face ID or Touch ID.
- **Encrypted iCloud sync**: Your diary card stays on your device and syncs through your own encrypted iCloud.
- **CSV export**: Export your full history as a CSV file whenever you need it.
## Who is Skillwise for?
- **People in DBT therapy**: For anyone currently practicing Dialectical Behavior Therapy who needs a daily tool to bring to sessions.
- **Therapy clients preparing for sessions**: For people who want their diary card ready and organized before meeting their therapist.
- **Anyone building emotion regulation skills**: For people practicing mindfulness, distress tolerance, emotion regulation, or interpersonal effectiveness skills day to day.
- **People who want a private, judgment-free tool**: For anyone who wants to log difficult emotions without labels, streaks, or pressure.
## How does Skillwise work?
From “Log your day” to “Reach out if you need help”, in 4 steps.
1. **Log your day**: Fill in the daily diary card with your emotions, urges, skills used, and notes.
2. **Practice your skills**: Open the four DBT skill modules for short, practical cards, even offline.
3. **Prepare for your session**: Review your history, and with “Skillwise Pro”, generate a “Therapist PDF report” to bring to therapy.
4. **Reach out if you need help**: Tap “Help Now” for crisis lines for your country and your personal safety plan.
## Skillwise, in detail
### What is a DBT diary card?
A DBT diary card is a daily record of emotions, urges, skills used, and notes that people practicing Dialectical Behavior Therapy bring to their therapy sessions. Skillwise turns this into a quick daily entry you can complete in under a minute.
Your full history stays available in the app, so you and your therapist can look back over the week or longer.
### How does Skillwise keep your data private?
Your entries stay on your device and sync only through your own encrypted iCloud. Skillwise does not require an account, and it does not use analytics, ads, or sell data.
A biometric app lock with Face ID or Touch ID adds another layer of protection, and you can delete everything in one tap.
### What does “Skillwise Pro” add?
“Skillwise Pro” adds a “Therapist PDF report” that formats your week’s diary card to bring to your session, guided chain analysis covering trigger, vulnerabilities, links, behavior, and consequences, and extended skill guides.
It also adds trends that describe your emotions, urges, and most-helpful skills over time, without diagnosing anything.
## What’s new in Skillwise
Version 1.0 · Released August 17, 2026
This is the first version of Skillwise, released on August 17, 2026.
## Skillwise: your questions, answered
Something else? The [Skillwise support page](https://develak.com/apps/skillwise/support/) covers purchases, sync and settings, and lets you write to us directly.
[Skillwise Support](https://develak.com/apps/skillwise/support/): Troubleshooting for purchases, sync and settings, and a direct line to us.
[Skillwise Privacy Policy](https://develak.com/apps/skillwise/privacy/): What Skillwise stores, where it is kept, and how to delete it.
[Skillwise on the App Store](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/id6790096005): Ratings, reviews and the latest version, on Apple’s store.
### Is Skillwise free?
Yes. Skillwise is free to download from the App Store. Optional in-app purchases unlock extra features; they are billed by Apple to your Apple Account, and you can manage them at any time in your account settings.
### Which devices does Skillwise work on?
Skillwise works on iPhone and iPad with iOS 17.0 or later.
### What can I log in the daily diary card?
You can log your emotions with intensity, urges, the skills you used, and free-form notes, all in under a minute a day.
### How do the four DBT skill modules work?
Each module, mindfulness, distress tolerance, emotion regulation, and interpersonal effectiveness, offers short, practical cards you can read anytime, including offline.
### Can I use Skillwise without an internet connection?
Yes, the skill modules are available offline, so you can review them anywhere.
### How does “Help Now” work?
“Help Now” gives you one-tap access to crisis lines for your country and to your own personal safety plan.
### Can I export my diary card history?
Yes, you can export your full history as a CSV file at any time.
### Does Skillwise diagnose or give clinical advice?
No, Skillwise complements therapy but never replaces it, diagnoses, or gives clinical advice; it only records and describes what you log.
### What languages is Skillwise available in?
Skillwise is available in 44 languages: Arabic, Bangla, Catalan, Chinese (Simplified), Chinese (Traditional), Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Gujarati, Hebrew, Hindi, Hungarian, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Kannada, Korean, Malay, Malayalam, Marathi, Norwegian Bokmål, Odia, Polish, Portuguese, Punjabi, Romanian, Russian, Slovak, Slovenian, Spanish, Swedish, Tamil, Telugu, Thai, Turkish, Ukrainian, Urdu and Vietnamese.
### How do I get help with Skillwise?
Visit the [Skillwise support page](https://develak.com/apps/skillwise/support/): it answers common questions about purchases, sync and settings, and has a contact form. You can also write to [contact@develak.com](mailto:contact@develak.com?subject=Skillwise%20%E2%80%94%20Support%20request). We read every message and reply personally.
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