Day One is available as a free download and stand-alone app for iOS, Mac, and Android. For additional features, we offer an in-app subscription to Day One Premium. For additional information, see the FAQ page.
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Day One is an easy, great-looking way to use a journal / diary / text-logging application. Day One is well designed and extremely focused to encourage you to write more through quick Menu Bar entry, a Reminder system, and inspirational messages. Support for Dropbox syncing allows easy backup and syncing with the Day One iPhone application. Day One is a journaling app for OS X that allows you to write entries, add photos, tag locations, and categorize your entries. Your Journal for Life. App for iPhone, iPad, and Mac.
Basic - Free
Day One can be downloaded for free on iOS, Mac, and Android and includes these features:
- One journal
- One photo per entry
- Unlimited entries
- Templates
- Daily writing prompts
- Backups via iCloud device backups (iOS)
- Exporting (PDF, JSON, Plain Text)
- Activity Feed (iOS)
- Maintenance and non-Premium updates as needed
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Premium - $34.99 USD/year
We offer an in-app purchase to Day One Premium. This is a recurring subscription. It is a single subscription for Premium on all of your devices (Mac, iOS, Android). In-app purchases cannot be shared in Family Share.
Premium includes these features:
- Unlimited journals
- 30 photos per entry
- Unlimited entries
- Templates
- Daily writing prompts
- Drawing (iOS only)
- Instagram importer
- Create entries with email
- Video support (3-minute limit)
- PDF attachments and document scanning
- Unlimited syncing with Day One Sync between all platforms (macOS, iOS, Android)
- Optional End-to-End Encryption with Day One Sync (iOS, macOS)
- Priority Customer Support
- Backups via iCloud device backups (iOS)
- Exporting (PDF, JSON, Plain Text)
- Discount on Book Printing (now available internationally with Apple Pay)
- Activity Feed (iOS)
- Future access to Premium features like writing prompts and more.
Gifts can be purchased in one-year increments (non-recurring) for Premium. Please see here: https://www.dayone.app/gift/
Plus - legacy
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For users that purchased Day One 2.0 between February 4, 2016 and June 27, 2017: You will see this user status in the app settings. The status is per platform (iOS vs macOS). If you owned Day One only on iOS, you will have Plus on iOS only.
It is a static tier, meaning new/upcoming features will be Premium-only.
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Plus status includes these features:
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- 10 journals
- 10 photos per entry
- Unlimited entries
- Templates
- Daily writing prompts
- Unlimited syncing with Day One Sync (between platforms where you see 'Plus')
- Optional end-to-end encryption with Day One Sync. (iOS, macOS)
- Backups via iCloud device backups (iOS)
- Exporting (PDF, JSON, Plain Text)
- Activity Feed (iOS)
- Maintenance and non-Premium updates as needed
- Plus users retain their Plus status even if they subscribe to Premium and later cancel.