Apple Health App Integration

Day One for iOS can integrate with Apple Health in two separate ways:

1. Mindful Minutes — Day One records your journaling time as mindfulness activity.
2. Step Count — Day One imports your daily step count into your entry metadata.

Important: These features are independent. Troubleshooting steps for one will not fix issues with the other.

Mindful Minutes (Journaling Time → Apple Health)

This section applies only to Mindful Minutes data. If you are having issues with Step Count, please see the relevant section below.

Day One can record your time spent journaling as Mindful Minutes in the Apple Health app.

How to enable

1. Open the Settings app on your iPhone.
2. Select Apps > Health > Data Access & Devices, and select Day One.
3. Tap the Turn On All button to enable the Day One app’s access to the Mindfulness Minutes data in the Apple Health app.

Troubleshooting Mindful Minutes

If Day One doesn’t show as a Data Source, open your Day One App and go to Settings > Apple Health. This will request access to Apple Health and will show you the options to enable Mindful Minutes.

Note: Mindful Minutes is the only data type Day One can write to Health. For Step Count setup, see the section below.

Step Count (Apple Health → Day One)

This section applies only to Step Count data. If you are having issues with Mindful Minutes, please see the relevant section above.

Day One can automatically add your Step Count from the Apple Health app to your entry metadata.

How to enable

1. Open the Settings app on your iPhone.
2. Select Apps > Day One.
3. Enable the Motion & Fitness option.

Troubleshooting Step Count

If the entry doesn’t automatically add your step count, even if you have the Motion & Fitness option enabled, tapping Step Count in the entry metadata and the Add Step Count button will add the data to the entry.

If the step count shows as 0, check that the entry has an entry time specified (i.e. it’s not set to All Day). Step count doesn’t currently work for All Day entries.

Also open your Health app and go to Browse > Activity to double check that you have steps recorded for the day of your entry.

Quick Reference

• Mindful Minutes: Journaling → Health app. Only option in Apps > Health > Data Access & Devices.
• Step Count: Health app → Day One. Requires Motion & Fitness permissions.