A cute daily diary that grows into a garden. Now with mood tracking, beautiful widgets, dark mode and custom journal fonts. No ads. All private.
Write a short memory, add an image, and track your mood each day.
Every memory becomes a hand-drawn plant, slowly forming into a memory garden every year.
One Year makes journaling feel light, visual, and easy to keep up with.
“This is the first time I’ve actually stuck with journaling every day.”
Why One Year
• Truly remember each day this year
• Write as much or little as you want
• No pressure, no streaks
• Built for consistency, not perfection
How it works
• Write a short memory, add an image, or track your mood for the day
• A new plant grows for that day
• Over time, a full garden filled with your memories form
• Revisit any day, any moment
Your privacy comes first
• Private by default
• Stored on your device or your personal iCloud
• No accounts, no feeds
• No tracking or ads
Widgets & sync
• Home & Lock Screen widgets
• Full garden view or simple progress dots
• Works across iPhone, iPad, Mac, and Apple Vision Pro
• Everything stays in sync
Your garden
• 365 hand-drawn plants, one for each day (no Ai)
• Watch the year grow day by day
• Scroll through the full year
• Option to show plants only on days you wrote
Every day counts.
Support & feedback:
hi@wndn.studio
Terms of Use:
https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
Finally a journalling app without the faff - you can empty your thoughts into a space where you know you’ll enjoy revisiting in the later days. I love the monospaced font and cute little doodles as the days go along! They make me smile🥰😂I’d love to a tonal or a dark mode version of this app, and the option to go back into an entry and add more to it as right now it is a one time situation which cut one of my entries short for that day. The widget is my favourite part as it countsdown the days and always reshift my perspective to keep committing to my goals. So excited to this app grow into the something beautiful!
Developer Response
hi there!this is alec, the dev behind one year :).tysm for all the love and support, it really means a ton to me and sam!i hear you on the dark mode! im gonna add this to our list and see what we can do.we actually did just update the app to allow for people to edit memories in the past! just make sure you're on v2.0.1.we have some awesome new features coming that i hope you enjoy!!tysmalec
Staple in my life
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🌟Love this app , perfect for sentimental lazy people Doodles are so cute and I like the fact that we can add pictures. The creators also seem friendly and .. human lol so happy to support 🌟
Developer Response
Hi there!This is Alec, the dev behind One Year :).Thank you SO MUCH for the love and giving our app a try.Truly means a ton to us that you're so happy with the app — we've put a ton of love into it.If you ever need anything / want any features just drop me a message at alec@wndn.studio :).Tysm again!!Alec
Perfection in Miniature
TheWordyBirdy
Adore this app. Visualise the year behind as a garden, the year ahead as potential. One image and a few lines. Simple.
Developer Response
Hi there!This is Alec, the dev behind one year :).Tysm for the love and kind words — means a TON to us.Really glad you're enjoying the app. If you ever have any suggestions / thoughts / concerns hit me up anytime at alec@wndn.studio.Would love to say what's up :).Alec
Why remove features?
mpinney
The minimalist dot theme is seemingly completely gone? I didn’t realise at first as I mainly use the widgets (which still support the dot theme) but opening the app the only option is the scruffy doodles it seems?
Hi! We found a few things we wanted to patch up from the last release:
- Added an easy way to get back to today's entry in the memories list
- Tweaked a few things in night mode so it feels smoooooother
- Did some clean up around the app :)
Version 2.5.1
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Information
Provider
Wind Down Studio, LLC
Size
50.1 MB
Category
Health & Fitness
Compatibility
Requires iOS 17.6 or later.
iPhone Requires iOS 17.6 or later.
Mac Requires macOS 14.6 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later.