Nov 27, 2012 - Well, the Mac has applications for all these things too. Whether it be for journaling or jotting down a quick thought, the Mac App Store is full of.
Day One is a journaling app for the iPhone, iPad and Mac. Record life as you live it. From once-in-a-lifetime events to everyday moments, Day One’s elegant interface makes journaling your life a simple pleasure.
To learn more about Day One, see these two excellent reviews:
- The Sweet Setup: The very best journaling and logging app: Day One
- The Newsprint: Day One Review
Day One Products
Journal on-the-go using your iOS devices. Never lose the context of “when, where, and what” with automatic date, time, location, weather, and motion activity metadata. Learn more.
This award-winning app is packed with powerful features, including a map view, quick entry menu bar, and timeline filters. Learn more.
Apple Watch
Day One Apple Watch is the fastest and easiest way to capture moments in life. Features include voice dictation and location check-in.
With Day One Sync, you can easily switch between your Mac, iPhone, iPad, and Android devices and always have your journal with you. With end-to-end encryption, rest assured your data remains safe, and private. Learn more.
Handpick individual entries for posting to a beautiful webpage, then share them via email, texting, and social media. Learn more.
Milestones
Date | Milestone |
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2011-03-09 | Day One 1.0 for Mac Released |
2011-03-09 | Day One 1.0 for iPhone Released |
2011-12-12 | Andy Ihnatko’s Pick of the Week |
2011-03-28 | Mac App Store “Editors Choice“ |
2011-12-13 | Mac App Store “Best Apps of 2011” #1 Spot |
2012-01-28 | iPad App Store – App of the Week |
2012-01-28 | iPhone App Store – App of the Week |
2012-08-03 | The Verge Review |
2012-11-07 | Jack Dorsey endorsement |
2012-12-14 | Mac App Store “App of the Year“ |
2013-07-09 | Apple’s App Store Fifth Anniversary Feature App |
2014-01-01 | Apple’s Mac Thirtieth Anniversary Feature App |
2014-03-11 | Day One Publish (publishing and sharing service) |
2014-06-02 | Apple Design Award winner |
2014-06-02 | App Store App of the Week |
2015-04-24 | Day One for Apple Watch |
2015-05-15 | Day One Sync |
2016-02-03 | Launched Day One Version 2.0 |
2016-02-04 | App Store Editors’ Choice (Mac and iOS) |
2016-03-17 | Day One IFTTT Channel |
2016-09-15 | Activity Feed |
2016-12-07 | 2016 Best of the App Store |
2017-04-24 | Book Printing |
2017-06-09 | Day One Web App (Read Only Beta) |
2017-06-12 | End-to-end Encryption |
2017-06-28 | Day One Premium Subscriptions |
2017-08-01 | Day One Browser Extensions (Safari and Chrome) |
2017-09-22 | Day One Android App on the Play Store |
2018-03-30 | Day One Podcast |
2018-08-01 | Day One Version 3 New Editor, Audio Recoding, Drawing, New Watch app |
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Team
Paul Mayne @paulmayne
BJ Homer @bjhomer
Josh Orr
Spencer Transier @spencertransier
Adam Daly
Murphy Randle @splodingsocks
Brad Forsyth
Michelle Tessier @annemtessier
Josh Robertson @hossman333
Komal Gundavarapu
Lakshmi Praveena Yechuri
Johnny Hicks
Ryan Irvine
Cameron Milliken
Brett Nord @brettnord
June Crane
Tyler Rife
BJ Homer @bjhomer
Josh Orr
Spencer Transier @spencertransier
Adam Daly
Murphy Randle @splodingsocks
Brad Forsyth
Michelle Tessier @annemtessier
Josh Robertson @hossman333
Komal Gundavarapu
Lakshmi Praveena Yechuri
Johnny Hicks
Ryan Irvine
Cameron Milliken
Brett Nord @brettnord
June Crane
Tyler Rife
Books
Day One In Depth by Shawn Blanc and Others
A comprehensive guide to Day One, the best journaling app for iOS and Mac.
Starting from Day One by Bakari Chavanu
Using the Day One Journaling App to Record and Enrich Your Life.
A comprehensive guide to Day One, the best journaling app for iOS and Mac.
Starting from Day One by Bakari Chavanu
Using the Day One Journaling App to Record and Enrich Your Life.
Integrated Apps
PopClip
Launch Center Pro
Workflow
TextExpander
Launch Center Pro
Workflow
TextExpander
“Makes journaling as easy as tweeting.”
— Cameron Moll, esteemed design and tech leader
“A simple and always accessible new kind of micro-journaling…”
— The Verge
Superior writing experience
- Clean, distraction-free interface
- Quick entry window in menu bar (Mac version)
- Multi-Markdown text formatting
- Full screen mode
- Privacy passcode lock
- Photographic entries
- Command-line interface for power users
Context
Each Day One entry automatically tracks:
- Photo EXIF data
- Temperature and weather data
- Locations (GPS and Foursquare Places)
- Time and date
- Activity data – Motion and step count (iPhone 5s)
- Music playing
Encouragement
- Customized writing reminders
- Inspirational quotes and questions (Mac version)
Organization
- Search by keyword
- Create tags and #hashtags
- Star favorite entries
- Browse past entries by calendar, timeline, maps, and more
Archive and Backup
- Sync entries across all your Mac devices with Dropbox or iCloud (iOS sync with purchase of iOS app)
- PDF export (with date range and tag filters) and Printing
- Automated local backups
Sharing
- Tweet entries
- Check-in with Foursquare (iOS version)
- Email entries (PDF, HTML, or Plain Text)
“Day One Journal… using it every day now.”
— Jack Dorsey, founder of Twitter and Square
“I love Day One diary software as well because it syncs across computers and reminds me politely to record my life in little snippets.”
— Felicia Day, Actress and Producer
Special Thanks
Dallas Petersen @dallaspetersen
Alan Wessman @alanwessman
Jason Webb @bigjasonwebb
Josh Ginter @joshuaginter
Shelley Martin @shelmart
Bakari Chavanu @bakarichavanu
Ben Dolman @bdolman
Brett Terpstra @ttscoff
Shawn Blanc @shawnblanc
Alan Wessman @alanwessman
Jason Webb @bigjasonwebb
Josh Ginter @joshuaginter
Shelley Martin @shelmart
Bakari Chavanu @bakarichavanu
Ben Dolman @bdolman
Brett Terpstra @ttscoff
Shawn Blanc @shawnblanc
All our awesome beta testers!
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“Day One is probably the most powerful app I have on my Mac and iOS devices…”
— Federico Viticci, MacStories
The best journal and diary apps to help you keep track of you memories, record important events, and collect your thoughts on your iPhone or iPad!
Looking for the best iPhone apps or best iPad apps to journal with? There's something beautiful, almost magically analog about a crumpled old note pad, a key-locked journal, a well worn moleskin, and the ink and graphite that fill their pages. For centuries that's how we recorded our most intimate dreams, our most personal desires, our greatest works, and our most important memories. It's how we've gotten things out of our heads and onto paper so I brains could relax, let go, and move on. But paper doesn't sync. It doesn't back up. It can't be shared over digital networks. It copies and pastes in only the most mechanical definition of the term. And while an iPad or iPhone won't ever replace a real-world diary for those of us who kept them since childhood, they are and will increasingly become the journals of choice for the future. But which journaling apps are the very best?
Aside from the great interface, Day One supports tags, markdown, photo upload, and more. The main view of Day One also makes it incredibly easily see a quick count of total timeline items, tags, photos, and more. Day One supports iCloud sync, the ability to passcode protect your entries, and export them to PDF. You can also embed media and write in Markdown, if you prefer. A universal app, it supports both iPhone and iPad. There is also a Mac app available, completing the Day One ecosystem
If you're looking for an ecosystem that lets you write no matter what device you're on, get Day One.
- $4.99 - Download Now
See also:
- $9.99 - Mac - Download Now
Momento
Momento is an iPhone-only journaling app that intertwines your own personal thoughts with what's going on on your social networks, including Facebook, Twitter, Foursquare, and Instagram. Momento brings all your posts, both within the app and from your social networks, and combines them together in hopes of providing you with a more complete snapshot of your day. Both what you write and any social posts that mention you get imported, and you can export everything via iTunes file as well.
If you are active on social networks, Momento is a great way to not only track your own thoughts, but your social activity too.
- $2.99 - Download Now
My Wonderful Days
My Wonderful Days lets you chronicle each and every day by writing down your thoughts, attaching photos, and describing your mood. You can also select up to two stickers for each day that describe your mood and how you felt. There's also a calendar view that's very nicely done. Tap on any day to view your entries or check out the summary view below it for important information.
If your aim isn't to write long entires, but short and sweet ones that help you keep track of your days, My Wonderful Days is perfect.
- $1.99 - Download Now
Askt
Askt is a new kind of journal app that focuses on helping you get to know yourself rather than letting you write about random thoughts. Each day you'll be presented with a different question to answer about yourself. Askt can then track your answers and let you compare them year after year to see how you've grown emotionally. You can even go back and answer missed questions if you forget to write some days. Askt also has a passcode feature so you know that no one else can read your responses without your knowledge.
If you need a little help writing about yourself, Askt is a creative and inspiring way to get it.
- Free - Download Now
Heyday
Heyday is a photo journaling app that can import all the photos you take on your iPhone and create a media rich journal out of them. You can then go back and add thoughts and descriptions to photos and memories. You can even tag your Facebook friends in Heyday posts they're a part of. If you find a photo or memory you'd like to add more photos to, just select them and group them all together.
For a visual journal that requires very little effort on your part, you want Heyday.
- Free - Download Now
Collect
Collect is another photo journal app like Heyday but doesn't focus on journaling everything, just the important moments. Manually choose to import photos from Dropbox, Flickr, or your Camera Roll. From there you can add tags, descriptions, albums, and notes about photos. Better yet, Collect optionally lets you create collages that are print ready along with video slideshows (requires in-app purchases). You can make Collect as simple or as robust as you want by adding only one photo per day or multiples each day.
If you want a photo journal but want more control than apps like Heyday offer, be sure to check out Collect.
- Free - Download Now
Your picks for best journal apps for iPhone and iPad?
These are our favorites when it comes to capturing thoughts and recording memories right on your iPhone and iPad but as always, we'd love to hear your thoughts both on the above apps and any other apps you've come across that you find to be great for journaling!
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