iPhone and iPad · 15 languages · a few minutes a day
A non-medical app for psychological well-being.
To step back, breathe, read, write, and take the step of seeing a professional when you feel the need. For yourself, or offered by your organisation.
- Non-medical
- Private: your notebook is encrypted on your device
- No ads, no cross-app tracking
What the app does
A few minutes to come back to yourself.
Nothing to learn, nothing to keep up with: you open the app when you need it.
Breathe
Guided exercises lasting a few minutes.
Read, listen
13 short books, one per permission of the Manifesto, which your device can read aloud to you.
Write
A notebook encrypted on your device, which Kalisme cannot read.
Think it through with Kal
Someone to talk to when you want to set a thought down.
Seeing a professional. On request, the app shows the booklet The Bridge and the helplines in your country, to make the step towards a health professional easier.
What Kalisme draws on
Studied approaches, brought together for everyday life.
Acceptance and commitment therapy
Acting on what matters to you, with your fears rather than against them.
Mindfulness
Bringing your attention back to the present, without judging what you find there.
Self-compassion
Treating yourself with the kindness you would offer a friend.
Positive psychology
Cultivating what helps you keep going, not just repairing what is missing.
What we do not claim. Neither that we invented these approaches, nor that Kalisme itself has already been evaluated. Our pilots test first whether it is adopted and found useful, not its effect.
See the foundations and referencesHow you use it
A tool, there when you need it.
No account, no sign-up.
The app opens and works straight away. Kalisme does not ask for your name, your email address or your location (a first name, only if you want to give one), and does not know who you are (if your organisation invites you by email, its portal knows your address, never your usage). Your notebook is encrypted on your device: Kalisme cannot read it. No ads, no third-party SDKs, no cross-app tracking; anonymous usage measurement, which you can turn off in Settings, helps improve the app.
Purchases go through the App Store.
A book or a subscription, paid for like in any other app.
When it weighs more
A health professional is the right person to turn to.
Kalisme is a non-medical app for psychological well-being.
In an emergency, call 999 in the United Kingdom, 911 in the United States or 144 in Switzerland. If you need someone to listen, day or night: Samaritans on 116 123 in the United Kingdom, the 988 Lifeline in the United States, La Main Tendue on 143 in Switzerland; elsewhere, the helplines of your country are listed on findahelpline.com.
The limits of Kalisme The Bridge: if you hesitate to ask for help (PDF)
The method
Two pillars, one destination, 13 permissions.
Self-love and Conscious attention lead to Freedom to be
The Manifesto
The text Kalisme comes from.
Free, in 15 languages. Its 3rd edition is catalogued by the Swiss National Library; the online text is the 4th edition, from 2026.
“The Kaliste”, pocket edition · ISBN 978-2-8399-5190-6 (3rd edition) · Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 4.0 licence
Designed by Hakan Kaynar, Kalisme is an original synthesis of existing approaches. The founder
Lausanne, Switzerland