Five Things: Daily Journal
Gratitude, Wins & Hopes
Free · In‑App Purchases
Start with five gratitudes, then return each day for wins, hopes, needs and real community moments on the optional Gratitudes wall.
Five Things is a daily reflection app built around one small promise: write five things today, then come back tomorrow.
Start with Gratitude. Notice people, moments, wins, needs, hopes, tiny joys, lessons and let-gos in a simple five-line ritual. It is quick enough for a busy morning, quiet enough for the end of the day, and structured enough to become part of real life.
The app is inspired by social science on gratitude, brief mindfulness and social connection: small repeated moments of noticing can help people see patterns, remember what matters and feel less alone. Five Things turns that idea into a gentle daily habit.
You can keep everything private, or choose Full Social to add to the anonymous Gratitudes wall and see what other people are appreciating today. It is community without a noisy feed.
What you can do:
- Write five things in your daily journal
- Switch between Gratitudes, Wins, Hopes, Needs and more
- Build a streak and revisit your history
- See recurring words and themes in a word cloud
- Add widgets, reminders and guided resets with THING5 Premium
- Share gratitude with the community only when you choose
Write five. Notice more. Make reflection part of your day.
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Five Things now supports Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Vietnamese, Japanese, Korean, Arabic, French, German, Turkish, Spanish (Mexico), Spanish (Spain), Swedish, Ukrainian, Portuguese (Portugal), Norwegian and Hindi.
The developer, Thomas Richardson, indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy .
Data Not Collected
The developer does not collect any data from this app.
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Information
- Seller
- Thomas Richardson
- Size
- 5.5 MB
- Category
- Lifestyle
- Compatibility
Requires iOS 17.6 or later.
- iPhone
Requires iOS 17.6 or later. - iPad
Requires iPadOS 17.6 or later. - Mac
Requires macOS 14.6 or later. - Apple Vision
Requires visionOS 26.2 or later. - Apple TV
Requires tvOS 17.6 or later. - Apple Watch
Requires watchOS 26.4 or later.
- iPhone
- Languages
English and 17 more
- English, Arabic, French, German, Hebrew, Hindi, Indonesian, Japanese, Korean, Norwegian Bokmål, Portuguese, Simplified Chinese, Spanish, Swedish, Traditional Chinese, Turkish, Ukrainian, Vietnamese
- Age Rating
4+
- 4+
- In-App Purchases
Yes
- THING5 Premium $0.99
- Premium Lifetime $9.99
- Five Kind Acts $1.99
- Five Hopes $1.99
- Five Let-Gos $1.99
- Five Needs $1.99
- Five People $1.99
- Five Lessons $1.99
- Five Highlights $1.99
- Five Tiny Joys $1.99
- Copyright
- © 2026 Lanchester R&D
