News
Stay in the loop with the Day One team with the latest news and updates on all things Day One, from product releases and feature updates to announcements. Whether you're a long-time Day One user or just getting started, these posts are your go-to source for staying up-to-date on all the latest news and developments.
Introducing Shared Journals for Day One
Introducing Shared Journals—a new way to bring your stories and memories together with those you cherish most, with the same privacy and security you expect for your journals.
Introducing Journaling Suggestions for Day One
See journaling recommendations inspired by your photos, locations, activities and more. Exclusively for iPhone.
Day One Partnering with NaNoWriMo to Celebrate Storytelling
Day One is proud to announce its official sponsorship of National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo). For those unfamiliar, NaNoWriMo is an annual event that challenges writers across the globe to pen a 50,000-word novel during the month of November. Why NaNoWriMo? We believe in the power of stories. Every day, thousands of Day One users […]
Introducing 50+ New Journal Templates for Day One on the Web
The Day One web app just released a fresh collection of 50+ new journal templates to ignite your creativity, inspire introspection, and supercharge your journaling journey. Journal templates are a great way to add structure and consistency to your entries, especially for similar journal entries you create on a regular basis. The new journal template […]
Apple’s Journal App and Day One’s Evolution
Apple’s recent unveiling of a Journal app at WWDC was an exciting development for us at Day One. This app introduces a wider audience to the benefits of journaling by incorporating personal location history and photo libraries, much like our Today view. What’s more, Apple’s new Suggestions API should allow us to leverage this data […]
Introducing the Day One Forum
Ask questions, get help from our team of experts, and connect with other Day One users on the Day One Forum.
Apple’s Journaling App and Day One
According to recent news, Apple is rumored to release a new app this year related to journaling and life tracking. This is a testament to the growing interest in journaling and the many benefits it provides. We obviously believe in the value of writing and reflecting for personal growth and wellbeing, and we’re excited that […]
Introducing Journal Templates for Day One Android
Add structure and organization to your journal entries so you can focus more on writing and less on formatting.
Introducing Day One on the Web
Now you can access your Day One journal from your favorite web browser, including Safari, Chrome, Firefox, or Edge.
Updates on Day One
We’ve been a bit quiet over the past year since we joined Automattic as we’ve been heads-down working on fundamental improvements to unlock our future roadmap. Security and privacy have always been our core beliefs for Day One, and over the past year, we’ve delivered several updates related to data protection. Assuring your precious data is […]
So Long 2021
If our journal entries are any indication, this year did not turn out how we thought it would. Of course, that can probably be said for most years. But this year especially threw most of the world a proverbial curveball. We don’t know what was written in the Day One journals of users across the […]
Concealed Journals
Keep your content safe from wandering eyes. We’ve said it before and we’re going to keep saying it: when it comes to journaling, privacy is paramount. In order to ensure that what you put in Day One stays private, we’ve included end-to-end encryption and biometric security. End-to-end encryption means when your content is synced with […]
The Next Chapter of Day One at Automattic
Today, I’m thrilled to announce that Day One is being acquired by Automattic. This is incredibly exciting news. For the past 10 years since I started Day One, I’ve worked to not only create the best digital journaling experience in the world, but one that will last. By joining Automattic, I’m now more confident than […]
A Journal You Can Text
These days, you text with just about everyone. Your mom, your cousin Vinny, your best friend Deb. Heck, even the Amazon courier. So, why not your journal? Your journal already meets the criteria of a good friend: you confide it in, share your favorite photos with it, and ramble on to it about tacos and […]
Saying so long to 2020
Go ahead and open up the Day One app on your device and do a search for words such as “pandemic,” “unprecedented,” “social distancing,” and “coronavirus.” Our guess is that prior to February or March of 2020, this unique vocabulary was all but nonexistent. But if you’ve been journaling regularly this year, these words may […]
Introducing Widgets
We’ve created four unique widgets to bring some of your favorite Day One features right to your home screen. Add one or all of them, and choose the size that works best for you. On This Day – Revisit photos from past years with the On This Day preview. Daily Prompt – See the Daily […]
September #PhotoADay Challenge
Your phone is a phone, sure. But if it has Day One installed, it’s actually a journal. And a camera. And it’s with you every day, ready to capture your life. Which is why we’ve decided to launch the #PhotoADay challenge. It’s simple and you definitely don’t need to be a photographer to participate. Starting […]
Day One Version 5.0
In a year where news has been predominantly negative, we wanted to announce a bit of positive news from our corner of the world: Day One 5.0 is here and with it comes a number of new features and refinements that make journaling even better. A full number release is a rare event for us, […]
Day One is Your Personal Microjournaling Platform
When Twitter rolled into Austin for South by Southwest in 2007, it was an infant with tempered hopes of one day becoming a toddler. After winning “best startup” of the show, the company used the momentum to officially launch, and the rest is history. Twitter introduced the world to a relatively new idea of “statuses.” […]
Thankful For Our Day One Users
When we released Version 1.0 of Day One 8 1/2 years ago, we never could have imagined what Day One would become. It was just a simple journaling app in a big, crowded app store. We didn’t know if success would come, but we knew we had to try. Over the years, we’ve added new […]
Giving Thanks All Month Long
Turkey and pie, football and family. If you live in the United States, you know the day we’re talking about is Thanksgiving. This joyous autumn holiday is celebrated each year on the 4th Thursday of November. It’s a day where friends and family gather to feast, enjoy one another’s company, and express gratitude. It’s that […]
Version 4: Video and Day One, Together at Last
It was 1888 when French inventor Louis Le Prince created Roundhay Garden Scene, the first motion picture ever created. To say that motion pictures have completely changed the world is an understatement. Now days, video is everywhere on every screen size. We watch them on giant screens in theaters, small screens on our wrists, and […]
Day One version 3 for macOS
Day One Mac has been redesigned to feel more at home on macOS. With a great improvement in performance and long term maintainability. Toolbar – Journal pane toggle, Timeline filter, Journal picker, Search, Timeline view tab bar, and New entry button. All now cleaned up and available from the Main app toolbar. Timeline Cells – […]
Welcome to Day One
Downloading the Day One Journal app could very well be one of the most powerful decisions of your life. Keeping a journal is very much an act of love. The act of keeping a journal makes you aware of your surroundings, cognizant of your actions, and open to adapting to all the changes around you. […]
Version 3.4: Drawing, Fonts, and Photo Layout
iOS version 3.4 is now available and adds several new features and a long list of updates. See the comprehensive Release Notes page for all the details. Drawing has been the top feature request for a long time. We’ve been able to create a simple first version of drawing inside Day One to make it […]
National Novel Writing Month and Day One
November is almost over (I know! Wasn’t yesterday July 10???) which means…National Novel Writing Month is almost over too! (Imagine a scream emoji here because that’s how I’m feeling right now). What is National Novel Writing Month? What does this have to do with Day One, a journaling app? Does anyone want fries after this? […]
Give the Gift of Day One
Gift certificates are now available for purchase. A Day One Premium membership is a great gift for anyone in your life. Share the clearer thinking, deeper gratitude, and calmer soul that come from journaling. Purchase Gifts Each membership is $35 for 1-year of premium access to all of Day One. You will receive an email […]
Version 3
We are proud to introduce the latest iteration of the Day One journaling application. Version 3 is a major update to the foundation of the app text editor with redesigned shortcut menus for text formatting and adding content like photos and tags. Accompanying this update are two new Premium features, Dark Mode and Audio Recording. […]
The Day One Podcast
Welcome to “Day One” of our podcast! Today we talk about what we intend the podcast to be, a little history of Day One, roadmap info, recent issues, and a tip to help users get the most out of Day One. Adam Daly is the Lead Customer Support and Social Media Manager at Day One. […]
Day One on Android
Download on the Play Store. We’ve expanded Day One to the Android platform with a solid initial release. It was over a year in development to get all necessary features required to be on par with the iOS app. If you have an Android device, give it a shot. Our roadmap for updates include: End-to-end […]
Day One Goes Premium
Day One is evolving. We’re transitioning to a more stable subscription business model to ensure this app and these services always stick around. This week we’re releasing the Day One Premium subscription service. It includes the ability to create more than ten journals and access all future premium features. If you have already purchased Day […]
Day One Book: Two Months Later
The new way for Day One users to preserve their memories. Nearly two months ago, we launched Day One Book as a new way to preserve the moments captured in Day One. Since then, our users have printed thousands of entries with Day One Book, and the response has been amazing. @dayoneapp it finally arrived […]
Day One Encryption
(Repost from Medium) When Day One launched in 2011, I knew that privacy would be an essential part of a great journaling app. We pour our deepest thoughts and feelings into this app, it should give us the assurance these remain private and secure. In 2015, we launched Day One Sync as a replacement for […]
Why Multiple Journals Are Better
A few weeks ago, I talked about how creating multiple journals was an essential tip to developing a journal habit. The premise was pretty simple: If you have multiple journals, it’s easier to to know what is and what is not a journal entry. In my experience, with one journal, it’s easier to forego completing […]
Day One Encryption Internal Beta
Last year we started work in earnest on end-to-end encryption. Since then we have dedicated significant resources to its design and implementation. It has been some time since the last published update and for that I apologize. However today we are pleased to announce that we have reached internal beta stage for encryption. To give […]
Reminders & Templates
Learn how Day One’s reminders and templates can help you make a habit of journaling.
Encryption Update
“Next to doing the right thing, the most important thing is to let people know you are doing the right thing.” —John D. Rockefeller It’s been a couple of months since our previous encryption blog post, so we wanted to give you another update. TL;DR We’re making great progress. It takes time to do it […]
Day Evaluations
Journaling. I never had a journal in my life. I never wrote down anything from my ‘childhood’ days nor did I really keep anything. Perhaps I was too engrossed in the present moment to care about writing things down about my life and experiences, perhaps I was just lazy and didn’t want to spend time […]
Day One Tips & Tutorials Now on YouTube
Since Fall 2015, you may have noticed that we’ve been on a bit of a hiatus from adding content to the Day One Blog. Around that time, we were deeply head’s down as a team, focused on delivering Day One 2.0. We’re now ready to dust off the cobwebs and get crackin’ on some new […]
Day One + IFTTT
Day One adds an IFTTT Channel! Connect here: https://ifttt.com/day_one/ View all Day One’s IFTTT Recipes: https://ifttt.com/day_one/recipes If you’re not familiar with IFTTT (If This Then That), it’s a free web-based service that allows users to create chains of simple conditional statements, called “recipes”, which are triggered based on changes to other web services. IFTTT is […]
Introducing Day One 2
The Road So Far… When Day One 1.0 launched nearly five years ago on March 9th, 2011, I had a hunch it could become something great. Fortunately, that hunch has paid off. Since Day One’s debut, users have caught the vision and seen Day One’s value as a simple way to capture life as you […]
macOS’s Share Extension and Day One Mac
One of the great new features in Mac OS X Yosemite is support for share extensions. With share extensions, any app supporting the OS X system share menu can be used to share content with apps that created a share extension. In Day One Mac 1.10, you can use OS X’s share menu to post […]
Introducing Day One Sync
The Bloom Built team is pleased to announce the public release of our official sync platform, Day One Sync. This free service joins Dropbox and iCloud as an option for syncing your Day One journal data. Beyond syncing, Day One Sync is vital to the future of the Day One platform. It lays the foundation […]
Starbucks’ “Pick of the Week”
Day One was selected as Starbucks’ Worldwide App “Pick of the Week.” For those of you who were lucky enough to get a code for a free copy of Day One during this promotional period, the code is redeemable from February 3, 2015 to April 28, 2015. (Note: If you had the Starbucks app installed […]
Day One on 9.11% of Home Screens
It’s fun to take a peek into what apps others are finding useful enough to place on their Home Screen. And we’re happy to report that a whopping 9.11% of Homescreen.is users have Day One there! Top Apps on #Homescreen Day One on #Homescreen
App Store Features
Day One is honored to be selected as an App Store “Essential” on both the Mac and iOS App Stores alongside so many other fantastic apps. This month Day One was invited to part of this great limited time group of apps discounted to $.99. As we prepare for the new year, 2015, Day One […]
Day One Update for iOS 8
With iOS 8, Apple is releasing numerous, significant changes to their mobile operating system. The latest version of Day One iOS supports the following new features: Today Extension (Widget)—Get inspired with flashbacks of past entries. Graphs of recent entry counts, daily word counts, photo counts Photo from a year(s) ago on this day (+ random […]
Swarm (Foursquare) Check-In using Day One
If you want a simple check-in method, Day One’s Publish feature for iOS is a great way to do this. Create a new entry. Add text and photo, if desired. Tap the Publish icon. Tap Foursquare, then choose your nearby “Place.” Tap Publish. A native Foursquare / Swarm check-in is created with your entry text […]
Day One T-Shirt and Sticker Giveaway Results
The response to the Day One T-Shirt and Sticker Giveaway was amazing. Your comments about how you use Day One and the new features you want in Day One have inspired us. Thank you to everyone who entered and shared your thoughts! Here’s the Facebook page for the contest: http://on.fb.me/1zPVKI5 How do you use Day […]
Day One iOS Update with Tumblr Support
We’ve just released the latest version of Day One iOS, 1.14.1. One feature not to miss—Publish now supports sharing entries on Tumblr. Here are the complete release notes: New: Tumblr sharing now supported in Publish. Train/metro icon for motion activity. Fixed: Improved search for Chinese, Japanese, Korean, and other multi-byte characters. Deleted entries don’t reappear […]
Day One T-Shirt and Sticker Giveaway
We have a fresh batch of t-shirts and stickers that we’d like to give away to you, the beloved users of Day One. To enter, visit our Facebook page. Note: If you don’t have a Facebook account, feel free to email info@dayoneapp.com with your responses to these questions: “How do you use Day One?” and […]
Apple Design Awards 2014 Winner: Day One
Yesterday, Day One was awarded an Apple Design Award at the 2014 Worldwide Developers Conference. We venerate Apple as a design and technology leader, and to be given this recognition is tremendously gratifying. We wish to thank all of Day One’s customers—your stories about Day One inspire and encourage us! Lastly, congratulations to all of […]
Day One Mac 1.9.4 now available
Mac App Store New: Greatly improved search for multi-byte characters (Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Emoji, etc.). – Tags are now included in Momento text entry imports. Most recent entry location is shown by default in Map view. Fixed: Header styles are more consistent between Mac and iOS. Markdown footnotes link properly. Day One icon no longer […]
Three Years
Day One launched 3-years-ago today and it’s been an amazing ride. From our small team of detected builders, we thank you for all the support and love that’s made it possible for us to get this far. Here’s to many more as we continue to make Day One the tool to capture and retain your […]
Day One Mac 1.9.3 now available
Mac App Store Numerous performance improvements and bug fixes, including: Improved timeline performance with smoother scrolling and better CPU usage. Changed the Main Window behavior so it doesn’t automatically open when Day One is made active (e.g., when using Spaces or when another app quits). Improved Menu Bar entry design. Backup folder is not moved […]
Day One Templates Using Launch Center Pro
Day One Templates Using Launch Center Pro > Day One is a great system for journaling and note-taking. One of things I use it for is to keep track of the different coffees I buy and brew. Since this is something I track regularly, I’ve developed a method to pre-populate a Day One entry with […]
Day One Mac 1.9.1 now available
Mac App Store Lots of great improvements and enhancements in this release. Thank you for the overwhelmingly positive feedback for Day One, it keeps us fired up to continue improving. New Menu Bar entries now include location and weather Star Toggle added to Day and Timeline View Step count and motion activity icons displayed with […]
Day One iOS 7 Redesign
We are happy to release a great update to Day One for iPhone and iPad version 1.12, a complete redesign to match the new style and feel of Apple’s beautiful iOS 7. Since its launch in Spring 2011, distraction-free journaling has been a guiding principle in Day One’s user interface. With Apple’s release of iOS […]
Maps
Today we are very proud to release an big update for Day One on Mac OS X. Taking advantage of the new Mapping features of Mavericks, we’ve added some incredible new ways to rediscover your history. Enjoy! Full release notes here: Day One Mac 1.9 App Store: Day One Mac 1.9 Full release notes here: […]
Apple Celebrates 5 Years of the App Store
We are happy to announce we’ve been invited to be a part of Apple’s 5 Years of the App Store celebration. Day One was selected a one of 5 paid apps made free for the week of the celebration (July 8th – 14th). At the end of this week, the price will return to $4.99 […]
1.7.3 Mac Update
We’re happy to announce that Tags are now supported in the Day One Mac app version 1.7.3. This is a minor improvement as we’re working hard on a major update for Day One Mac with many fantastic upgrades and features. The next update will include PDF Exporting, Printing, Location and Weather for Mac. Enjoy tagging […]
iOS Update 1.10: PDF Export
We are happy to announce PDF Exporting, a great enhancement to your Day One journal. With the release of version 1.10 on iPhone and iPad, you now have the ability to export your entire journal, selected filtered entries or a single entry to a beautifully formatted PDF file. You can send the PDF directly to […]
App of the Year!
We’re so honored to have Day One awarded with the Mac App Store 2012 Mac App of the Year. As we approach the two year anniversary of launching Day One, I’m excited to report that the success of Day One has allowed us to continue improving these apps for the foreseeable future. I cannot wait […]
Introducing Search and Tags on iPhone and iPad
Day One 1.9 is now available for download on the iPhone and iPad App Stores. The new features in 1.9 are Search and Tags, two items that have been a long time coming. It wasn’t due to lack of users requesting these items, we’ve got a fair share of those, rather we felt that improving […]
Paul Interviewed on the Verge
Ellis Hamburger reporting from the popular tech news website, The Verge recently interviewed Paul for the ‘5 Minutes on the Verge‘ section. People have been creating digital journals for years, but Day One feels different. What’s the most important thing that contributes to its success? I think the idea of micro-blogging or short status updates […]
Day One 1.8.1 Update for iPhone and iPad
It’s been six weeks since the major update that added Photos, Locations and Weather, which have been very well received. Today we’ve released a minor update to address several nagging bugs and issues as well as a good handful of cool enhancements including auto embed support for Vimeo and YouTube videos. This makes it really […]
Day One Mac 1.7.1
We pushed a quick update on the Mac to resolve several unexpected issues with the Dropbox migration and Sandboxing. Download Day One Mac 1.7.1 Temperature scale setting (defaults to Celsius outside of US) Fixed Menu Bar app issues Fixed multiple “Lost access” dialogs on 10.7.4 Fixed issues with custom Dropbox folders Fixed issues with non-English […]
Reviews from the New Updates
I’m happy to report the new update has been a success and users are happy to be adding photos and locations with weather to their entries now. There have been several reports of users going back into the past and adding several photos to previous entries. Myself included. I’d like to share some of the […]
Day One Update with Photos
Day One released major updates today for the journaling software applications on Mac and the iPhone / iPad universal application. Day One Mac 1.7 Day One iOS (iPhone and iPad) Photos Day One Mac, iPhone and iPad apps now fully support adding a photo to an entry. On the iOS platform we have integrated with […]
Quick Update
A quick update on how things are going for the next release. We’ve been working super hard to get photo support working, and syncing well with iCloud and Dropbox. It’s been a major undertaking to do it correctly, but we’re happy to report it’s working very well. I think you will really enjoy these new […]
App of the Week
Day One is honored to be named App of the Week on both the iPhone and iPad App Stores for the week of January 19-26 2012. Plus a showcase banner on the Mac App Store for the second week in a row! All the hard work that went into integrating iCloud has paid off in […]
Day One 1.5
Version 1.5 for Mac and iPhone / iPad has been available for a couple weeks now and very well received. This update brings the Mac app and the iOS apps together on the same version number as they both add a major new feature, iCloud. iCloud becomes an alternative sync option to Dropbox. Since it’s […]
Best of Mac App Store 2011
Day One for Mac is extremely honored to be selected as the #1 spot under “Best Apps of 2011” in the Mac App Store! I’m thrilled to continually hear from people making great use of Day One to write about their lives in a way they never were able to before. The Day One iPad […]
Mac version 1.2 Update
We’ve been working hard on version 1.2 for Mac and it’s looking to be available as a free update in the Mac App Store in July. This update includes a new Calendar View, Password, Export and several other great features. We are also planning to add support on all platforms for the new iCloud announced yesterday […]
Day One 1.2 for Mac
Day One 1.2 for Mac is now available for Download Mac App Store link I’m very happy to release this update that adds Password options to the Mac, which I know many of you have been waiting for. Release Notes: Password Protection Calendar View (with great hover previews) OS X Lion Compatibility (Look at those […]
Day One 1.2 iOS Now Universal with iPad
Day One 1.2 (iOS universal with iPad) is now live on the iTunes App Store. New features include: Universal to include iPad Reminders system Redesigned list view Entries By Year view TextExpander snippet support Pull down to Sync Several optimizations Bug Fix: Change date locks up scrolling. Bug Fix: Email Entry includes line breaks. Bug […]
A message to Day One users
Dear Day One User, Thank you for finding and purchasing Day One. This is a project I’ve been wanting to create for several years as I struggled to find an application that suited my needs in keeping a regular journal. Things came together over the past 4 months in a special way that I was […]
Day One 1.0 Now Available on Mac and iPhone
Introducing a new journaling app built for the Mac desktop and available on the Mac App Store. It syncs via Dropbox to a simple iPhone companion app. Simple, plain-text entry. Easily enter thoughts and ideas without losing focus or leaving what you are doing. Programmable reminder system to alert you via the Menu Bar entry. […]
Day One Icon Sketch
The final sketch for the new Day One desktop application icon.
