Day One Pricing & Features Guide

Day One is available as a free download and stand-alone app for iOS, Mac, and Android. For additional features, we offer two subscription tiers: Day One Silver and Day One Gold. Day One Premium was renamed to Silver in March 2026 – if you were a Premium subscriber, nothing has changed except the name. For additional information, see the FAQ page.

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	Basic (Free)	Plus (Legacy)	Silver ($49.99 USD/year)	Gold ($74.99 USD/year)
Unlimited Entries	✅	✅	✅	✅
Unlimited Journals	✅	✅	✅	✅
Multiple Photos per Entry	Limited to 1	Limited to 10	✅	✅
Today view (iOS, macOS)	✅	✅	✅	✅
Local Backups	✅	✅	✅	✅
Export to PDF, JSON, Plain Text	✅	✅	✅	✅
Book Printing	✅	✅	✅	✅
Dark Mode	✅	✅	✅	✅
Maintenance updates	✅	✅	✅	✅
Templates	✅	✅	✅	✅
Daily Writing Prompts	✅	✅	✅	✅
Secure Cloud Backup	✅	✅	✅	✅
End-to-End Encryption	✅	✅	✅	✅
Unlimited Sync between devices		✅	✅	✅
IFTTT Integration		✅	✅	✅
25% Off Book Printing			✅
35% Off Book Printing				✅
Email entries			✅	✅
Text Messaging entries/reminders			✅	✅
Video support			✅	✅
Audio Recording (iOS/Android)			✅	✅
Drawing/Apple Pencil (iOS)			✅	✅
PDF attachments/Scan docs			✅	✅
Daily Chat				✅
Entry Highlights				✅
Go Deeper				✅
Title Suggestions				✅
AI Image Generation				✅
Multi-Entry Summary				✅
Day One Labs				✅

Basic – Free

Day One can be downloaded for free on iOS, Mac, and Android and includes these features:

• Unlimited journals

• One photo per entry

• Unlimited entries

• Templates

• Daily writing prompts

• Secure Cloud Backup from one active device

• End-to-End Encryption with Day One Sync (iOS, macOS, Android)

• Exporting (PDF, JSON, Plain Text)

• Book Printing

• Today view (formerly Activity Feed) (iOS and macOS)

• Maintenance and non-subscription updates as needed

Silver – $49.99 USD/year (formerly Premium)

Day One Silver (formerly Day One Premium, renamed in March 2026) is available as an in-app purchase through a recurring annual subscription. At this time, monthly plans are not offered. A single Silver subscription gives you access across all your devices—Mac, iOS, and Android. Please note that in-app purchases cannot be shared in Family Share.

Silver includes these features:

• Unlimited journals

• Up to 30 media per entry (photos, videos, audio, PDF/scans)

• Unlimited entries

• Templates

• Daily writing prompts

• Audio recording

• Drawing (iOS only)

• Create entries with email

• Create entries with Text Messaging and reminders

• Video support (5-minute limit)

• PDF attachments and document scanning

• Unlimited syncing with Day One Sync between all platforms (macOS, iOS, Android)

• End-to-End Encryption with Day One Sync (iOS, macOS, Android)

• Priority Customer Support

• IFTTT integration

• Backups via iCloud device backups (iOS)

• Exporting (PDF, JSON, Plain Text)

• 25% off Book Printing (now available internationally with Apple Pay)

• Today view (formerly Activity Feed) (iOS and macOS)

Gifts can be purchased in one-year increments (non-recurring) for Silver. Please see here: https://dayoneapp.com/gift/

Gold – $74.99 USD/year

Day One Gold includes everything in Silver, plus all of Day One’s AI features and Day One Labs access. Gold is available as an in-app purchase through a recurring annual subscription on iPhone, iPad, Android, and Web.

Gold includes everything in Silver, plus:

• Daily Chat

• Entry Highlights

• Go Deeper

• Title Suggestions

• AI Image Generation

• Multi-Entry Summary

• Day One Labs access

• 35% off Book Printing

Plus – legacy

For users that purchased Day One between February 4, 2016 and June 27, 2017:  You will see this user status in the app settings.

It is a static tier, meaning new/upcoming features will be Silver and Gold-only.

Plus status includes these features:

• Unlimited journals

• 10 photos per entry

• Unlimited entries

• Templates

• Daily writing prompts

• Unlimited syncing with Day One Sync (between platforms where you see “Plus”)

• End-to-end encryption with Day One Sync (iOS, macOS, Android)

• IFTTT integration

• Backups via iCloud device backups (iOS)

• Exporting (PDF, JSON, Plain Text)

• Book Printing

• Today view (formerly Activity Feed) (iOS and macOS)

• Maintenance and non-subscription updates as needed

• Plus users retain their Plus status even if they subscribe to Silver or Gold and later cancel.