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Beneath The Word
tap your word: its art, its meaning, how many others wrote it today. and circles, a few friends, one word a day.
Vapor: One word journal.
private. local-only. yours.
Free · In‑App Purchases · Designed for iPad. Not verified for macOS.
One word a day. No accounts, no tracking, your journal stays on your phone. Your words become weather, letters, circles of friends, and a portrait of you.
Vapor is a one-word-a-day journal.
Every day, write the word that captures how you feel. Add a 280-character note if the day demands one. The whole ritual takes thirty seconds.
Over time, those single words become a portrait of who you are.
The breath before the word. Each day, before you write, Vapor pauses. A breathing horizon. Recent words drifting past. Tap when you’re ready, or skip it. The pause is yours.
See yourself across time. The Calendar shows every word you’ve written, month by month; older entries fade gently. The Words screen builds a cloud of your most-used words, a top 10, and full-history search.
Your inner weather. Soul Weather reads your recent words and writes you a forecast. A glyph, a phrase, a 7-day retrospective. Hand-written. No AI in the lexicon.
Write to your future self. Seal today’s word and a short letter. Lock the pair for a week, a month, a year. When the date arrives, your past self meets your present self.
You’ve shown up. When you write multiple days in a row, Vapor counts. But the framing is “you’ve shown up.” Past tense. Kind. No streak panic, no notification nags, no AI coach. Consistency that’s celebrated, not weaponised.
Beneath the word. Tap your word of the day and it opens: art born from the word, its dictionary definition, the last time you wrote it. If you choose, an anonymous count shows how many other people wrote the same word today. Never linked to your name. Off by default.
Your circles. A small, invite-only group where each person sees the others’ single daily word. No comments, no likes, no read receipts. The words are sealed on your device; not even our server can read them. Never join one and nothing changes.
Vapor Premium. Optional, never required. The daily ritual stays free. For the days you want a little more:
• Themes. Six palettes beyond dark and light. • Display typefaces. Choose the hand your word is written in. • Weighted glow. Your most-felt words quietly shine. • Monthly recap. A short film of your month. • Ritual soundscapes. Soft ambient sound for the pause. • Custom milestones and custom-date letters. • High-resolution printables. Frame your words. • Encrypted backup. Locked with a passphrase, kept only by you. No cloud.
Honest about its limits. Vapor is a mirror, not therapy. Crisis resources for 50 countries ship inside, always offline, never logged. No AI crisis detection; a deliberate choice. If you’re going through something, please talk to someone real.
Why it stays on your phone. Your interior life belongs to you. Vapor stores everything locally in SQLite and Keychain. No accounts. No cloud. No analytics. No tracking. Your journal never leaves your phone without your say-so. The only network calls: optional dictionary lookups (only the typed word goes out), Apple’s purchase check if you subscribe, and two things you choose: the anonymous weather count (just the day’s word, no identifier, off by default) and circles, end-to-end encrypted so not even our server can read them.
Inside:
• Today. One word a day, with an optional note. • The Ritual. A pause before you write. • Calendar. Every entry across time. • Words. A cloud, a top 10, and full-history search. • Soul Weather. Your inner forecast. • Letters. Sealed for a week to a year. • The word panel. Art, definition, memory. • Circles. A few friends, one word a day, end-to-end encrypted. • Multilingual dictionary in 6 languages. • Available in 12 languages. • Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets (iOS). • Optional Face ID / fingerprint lock. • Hide patterns toggle. • Crisis resources for 50 countries, always offline. • CSV export. • Designed in dark mode.
Built solo by an Australian developer. Free to use. Vapor Premium is an optional subscription. No ads. No tracking.
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beneath every word, a panel: its art, its definition, the last time you wrote it. an optional anonymous count shows how many others wrote your word today. and circles: a few invited friends, one word a day, sealed end to end.
The developer, ZACHARY C DE GIT, indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy .
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Information
- Seller
- ZACHARY C DE GIT
- Size
- 108.7 MB
- Category
- Lifestyle
- Compatibility
Requires iOS 15.1 or later.
- iPhone
Requires iOS 15.1 or later. - iPad
Requires iPadOS 15.1 or later. - iPod touch
Requires iOS 15.1 or later. - Mac
Requires macOS 12.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later. - Apple Vision
Requires visionOS 1.0 or later.
- iPhone
- Languages
English and 11 more
- English, French, German, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Spanish, Traditional Chinese
- Age Rating
4+
- 4+
- In-App Purchases
Yes
- Vapor Premium — Annual $38.00
- Vapor Premium — Monthly $3.89
- Copyright
- © 2026 Zachary C de Git