For release: Tuesday, October 27, 2026
New iPhone App Turns the Paper DBT Diary Card Into a Three-Minute Daily Check-In Therapists Can Read at a Glance
DBT Diary Card: Skills Tracker keeps every entry on the user's device and exports a one-tap PDF in the familiar diary card layout
SEATTLE, WA — October 27, 2026 — Lean Orbit LLC today announced DBT Diary Card: Skills Tracker, an iPhone and iPad app that helps people in Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) complete their daily diary card in about three minutes and walk into each session with the whole week in front of them. The app follows the diary card format DBT therapists already use, so clinicians don't have to learn anything new.
The diary card is one of DBT's core tools, yet it is often the hardest part of treatment to keep up. Paper cards get lost or filled in from memory minutes before a session. Many of the diary card apps clinicians recommend have not been meaningfully updated in years.
DBT Diary Card: Skills Tracker puts a complete card on the phone:
- Emotions and urges on the 0–5 intensity scale, including custom labels
- Target behaviors to decrease or increase
- All 30 DBT skills across the four modules, each rated for how well it worked
- A session notes field for what the user wants to raise with their therapist
- Weekly charts of emotion trends, skill use by module and average effectiveness
A PDF the therapist already knows how to read. One tap produces a document laid out like the paper card, for a single day, a week or any date range. Users send it by email, Messages or AirDrop before the session.
Private by design. An optional Face ID or Touch ID lock protects the app. Diary entries are stored on the device, with no app account, developer-hosted storage, advertising or in-app analytics; Apple handles purchases separately. The app's App Store privacy label reads "Data Not Collected."
"Without a record, a week of DBT is a blur. You know you tried, but not when or how," said Raymond Laghaeian, founder of Lean Orbit LLC. "I built this so 'I think I used some skills' becomes 'I used Opposite Action three times and it worked twice' — something both the client and the therapist can see."
The app is a self-tracking tool meant to be used alongside DBT with a licensed clinician. It does not provide medical advice, diagnosis or treatment.
Pricing and availability
DBT Diary Card: Skills Tracker is a free download on the App Store for iPhone and iPad (iOS 17 or later). Full access is $3.99 per week, with a 3-day free trial for eligible subscribers, or a one-time $24.99 lifetime purchase. People who bought the app before version 2.0 keep full access at no charge.
Journalists and clinicians can request a complimentary full-access code at [email protected].
About Lean Orbit LLC
Lean Orbit LLC is an independent studio that builds focused, privacy-first iOS apps for health, productivity and learning. Its apps include DBT Diary Card, Headache Tracker: StillHead and Shadow Work Journal: Ember. Learn more at leanorbit.app.
Media contact
Raymond, Founder, Lean Orbit LLC
[email protected]
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