Merely - A Gratitude Journal

A simple, calm daily diary

Only for iPhone

Free · In‑App Purchases · Designed for iPhone. Not verified for macOS.

iPhone

Merely is a gratitude journal that stays out of your way. One gentle question a day: what are you grateful for? Write a line or two, and you're done. No folders, no moods, no tags, no feeds. Just gratitude. WHY MERELY • A one-minute ritual. Open, write a small thing, done. • No streaks, no guilt. Miss a day and yesterday simply waits, one tap away. • A living design. A warm hearth-light fills the sky of the app and kindles when today is written. • Gentle prompts when you need a spark, and a quote to send you off. • Private by design. No accounts, no ads. Your words sync privately with iCloud. • Your data is yours. Export everything to CSV anytime. BACKED BY RESEARCH Gratitude journaling is one of the most-studied habits in positive psychology. In a randomized trial of more than 1,300 adults, two weeks of short daily gratitude lists lifted happiness and life satisfaction (Cunha et al., Frontiers in Psychology, 2019). FREE, FULLY Everything above is free, in full. No subscription, ever. If Merely earns a place in your evenings, a one-time purchase unlocks extras and supports development. End each day grateful. It takes a minute.

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A quiet welcome: new onboarding that ends inside your first entry. For supporters: a home-screen widget that keeps the hearth in sight, and three new app icons (Ember, Paper, Dusk). Also: calendar highlights for written days, smoother buttons, and many small fixes.

Version 1.1

The developer, Tomer Rosenfeld, 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
  • Tomer Rosenfeld
Size
  • 14.6 MB
Category
  • Lifestyle
Compatibility
Requires iOS 26.2 or later.
  • iPhone
    Requires iOS 26.2 or later.
  • Mac
    Requires macOS 26.2 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later.
  • Apple Vision
    Requires visionOS 26.2 or later.
Languages
  • English
Age Rating
9+
In-App Purchases
Yes
Copyright
  • © Tomer Rosenfeld 2026
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