Introducing YearDiary
Your personal journal,
always with you.
Write your thoughts, revisit your past, and keep your story safe, across every device, for a lifetime.
Built for the long run.
A journal is only valuable if it grows with you. YearDiary is designed to be there every day, and every year after.
Write freely
A calm, distraction-free writing experience designed to help your thoughts flow naturally, every single day.
Look back in time
See what you wrote 1, 5 or 10 years ago today. Your past self always has something to say.
Every device, in sync
Write on your iPhone, continue on your iPad, reflect on your Mac. Always seamlessly in sync.
Private by design
Your journal stays on your device and iCloud. No servers, no third parties. Only you.
Every detail,
thoughtfully designed.
From your first entry to your thousandth, YearDiary feels beautiful every time you open it.
What did you do
this day last year?
YearDiary shows you your past entries for today, across every year you’ve been writing. One small habit. A lifetime of memories.
Stored only on
your iCloud and device.
No account required
Start writing immediately. No signup, no email, no password, unless you want one.
iCloud sync, your data
Everything syncs via your own iCloud. We never see, store or touch your entries.
Password protected
Lock your journal with Face ID, Touch ID or a custom passcode. Your words, your eyes only.
Thoughts on journaling,
memory and wellbeing.
All articles Turn Old Memories Into a Book Someone Will Treasure Forever.
Old letters, diary pages, family photographs. Brought together in a printed book, they become something extraordinary.
Read article PreservationShe Kept a Diary for 40 Years. I Almost Lost It.
When I found my grandmother's diaries in a cardboard box, the pages were already yellowing. Here is what I did next.
Read article MemoriesHow to Digitize Your Old Diaries and Preserve Them Forever
Those dusty notebooks on your shelf are a treasure. Here is how to bring them into the digital age, safely and easily.
Read articleI’ve bought at least five regular diaries and two five-year diaries. I’ve started every one of them. And I’ve stopped every one of them too. Lost them, forgotten them, or convinced myself that missing a day meant I’d failed somehow.
The problem was never the habit. It was the format.
With a journal that’s always in my phone, always with me, that barrier disappears. No searching for the book. No guilt about the gap. Just a few lines, today’s weather, a small observation, something I noticed, that over time grows into something I actually want to look back on.
I’ve always loved writing by hand. There’s something about pen on paper that feels different, slower, more honest. So the feature I dreamed of most was the one that lets you photograph a handwritten page and keep it here, alongside everything else.
Jenny
Start your journal
today.
Available for iPhone, iPad and Mac. Your story is waiting to be written.