The Inner Game

The Inner Game: AI voice coach for mental performance

The Inner Game is a mental performance app for athletes and performers, built on Timothy Gallwey's Inner Game framework and its 50-year archive of books and recordings. Each day users listen to a short lesson, talk it through with a live AI voice coach or by chat, and set an intention for the match, race or performance they are preparing for.

Key Features

• Live AI voice coach: Users speak with the coach in real time to apply a lesson to their own game, or switch to text chat.
• Grounded in the source: Coach prompts and replies draw on Gallwey's six core Inner Game titles, rare recordings and personal writings rather than generic advice.
• Performance Profile: A short questionnaire names the user's archetype and the patterns of doubt and self-judgment that interfere with their performance.
• Daily practice: A short clip each morning, a coaching conversation and an evening journal entry, on the days the user chooses, with morning and evening reminders.
• Built around your moments: Users add an upcoming match, race, recital or pitch, and training and coaching sharpen as the date gets closer.
• Insights: Patterns spotted in sessions are tracked over time, and users approve each insight after a session.
• Academy: Courses, sessions and a growing video library, including a course led by advisor Bob Bowman for paid subscribers.
• Journal and actions: Concrete actions from the coach are tried in real play and tracked in the journal.
• After every clip: Users rate the lesson, then talk it through with the coach by voice or chat, or journal on it, and save favorite clips or gift one to a friend.

Use Cases

• Athletes: Tennis, pickleball, golf, running and team-sport players preparing mentally for competition and working on the doubt and fear that show up under pressure.
• Chess and other mind sports: Players who feel their own thinking work against them in tight games.
• Coaches: A daily practice coaches can give their athletes between sessions.
• Performers and professionals: Musicians, speakers and business people getting ready for a recital, a pitch or a big meeting.

Pricing

The app is free to start, with a premium subscription. On the App Store, the Standard plan costs $59.99 per quarter or $191.99 per year, billed through Apple. The app is for users aged 13 and older, and users under 18 need a parent or guardian's permission.

Getting Started

• Website: theinnergame.app
• iOS: App Store
• Android: Available on Google Play.

The Inner Game turns a 50-year coaching method into a daily voice-first practice, pairing short lessons with live AI coaching for the moments that matter.