Add an email/password to your Day One Sync account with Apple ID or Google Account

Signing in with your Google account or Apple ID can be very convenient, but there are a few disadvantages, so you might want to add an email and password to your account as well.

When you sign in with an Apple ID, as Apple gives you the option to hide your email from us, instead giving us a Private Relay address. That email looks something like RandomNumbersAndLetters@privaterelay.appleid.com. This means it can be difficult to recover your account if you don’t know the private relay address, and easy to make a second account with your actual email address.

Currently, the Day One app on Apple devices does not support sign in with Google. Therefore, if you use sign in with Google to access your Day One account, you won’t be able to use this method to sign into your Day One account on your Apple devices as it is not supported on Apple. To sign in on an Apple device, you’ll need to add a password or Apple ID to your account.

To add an email or password to your Day One account, you’ll need to use either a web browser or an iOS device. This option isn’t available on Android or desktop (macOS or Windows) devices.

Note: You will not be able to add an email address to your account with these steps if that email is already associated with a Day One account.

Adding an Email Address in the Web App

To add an email address in the web app:

1. Go to https://dayone.me/settings

2. Click Continue with Apple or Continue with Google

3. Log in with your Apple ID or Google account. If the Day One account uses an old way of signing in with Apple ID, called Cloudkit, you may need to authenticate a second time after you see an error.

4. Once into https://dayone.me/settings you can add an email address and a password. 

5. You will receive an email to confirm this. Click the link to confirm

Now you can use that email and password to sign in when you choose “Day One account” to sign in on the apps. 

Adding an Email Address in the iOS app

To add an email address in the iOS app:

1. In the Day One iOS app, sign in with Apple.
2. On the top right corner, tap on the profile icon to open the Settings screen.
3. Tap on your name to open the “Edit Account” screen.
4. Under the “DAY ONE ACCOUNT INFORMATION” section, tap on the Email address. A new window will pop up where you can add an Email address.

5. You will receive an email to confirm this. Click the link to confirm

Please note: currently, the Day One iOS app does not have support for adding a new password within the app. To add a new password, please visit the web app per this guide.