Stoic Up

Stoic Up is a mobile app designed to help individuals visualize their lifespan and cultivate a sense of urgency and purpose through the lens of Stoic philosophy. The app presents a "Memento Mori Grid," displaying every week of an 80-year life—4,160 weeks—in a single grid, with filled dots representing weeks already lived and empty dots showing those remaining. Users can customize their life expectancy in their profile, allowing the grid to reflect personal circumstances. The tool aims to confront users with the reality of finite time, encouraging more intentional choices and reducing procrastination.

A central feature of Stoic Up is its AI-powered personalization. The app delivers daily notifications with Stoic wisdom tailored to the user's specific goals and mood. Users can set goals across four life areas—Mind, Body, Wealth, and Spirit—and select the intensity of motivational messages, ranging from gentle reminders to direct, even brutal, prompts about mortality. The AI Goal Coach refines vague ambitions into actionable, Stoic-aligned intentions, focusing on what can be controlled. Additionally, the app provides "Smart Quotes"—daily Stoic quotes matched to the user’s current emotional state, with a library of 555 quotes intelligently selected based on mood logs.

For reflection and tracking, Stoic Up offers week-based journaling and mood rating, allowing users to mark meaningful weeks with colors. This journaling feature is part of the app’s premium offering. iOS users can add widgets to their home screen to display weeks remaining, daily Stoic quotes, and a life calendar, with all three widgets included in the free version.

Stoic Up is available as a free app on iOS, providing access to the Memento Mori Grid, one AI notification per day, the AI Goal Coach, mood-matched quotes, goal setting in all four life areas, daily mood tracking, and recent wisdoms. Upgrading to the premium version unlocks journaling and deeper AI-powered insights. The app is crafted to make Stoic practices accessible and practical, integrating mortality awareness into daily life.