WAIT - 5 Year Journal
A private five-year journal
Free · In‑App Purchases · Designed for iPad. Not verified for macOS.
Write a few lines today. A year from now, read them back. WAIT is the five-year journal where the days you almost skipped become the ones you treasure.
One line a day. Five years on one page.
WAIT is a five-year journal. Every day you write a short entry — and from the second year on, that same page shows you what you wrote on this exact date last year, and the year before, and the year before that. Five years of the same day, stacked together. It's the quietest way to notice how much has actually changed.
Journaling apps usually ask for more than you have. WAIT asks for a few lines. That's the whole idea: small enough to keep up with, long enough to matter.
WRITE IN UNDER A MINUTE
One entry per day — no blank page, no streak guilt
Add a mood to any entry and watch the year take shape
Tag entries to find threads later
Voice entries: speak instead of type, transcribed on your device
SEE THE SAME DAY ACROSS THE YEARS
Today's date, every year at once, on one screen
On This Day reminders bring past entries back to you
A year-in-mood view that shows the shape of your year
PRIVATE BY DESIGN
Your entries are encrypted — we can't read them
A PIN (with Face ID or Touch ID) unlocks the journal on your device
Passwordless sign-in: no password to leak, just a link to your email
No ads, no trackers, no selling your data. Ever.
YOURS, EVERYWHERE
Syncs across your iPhone and iPad
A Home Screen widget for today's entry
Apple Watch support for quick capture
Full-text search across everything you've written
Export your entire journal whenever you want — it's your writing
SHARED JOURNALS
Keep a co-journal with a partner, your family, or a travel group
Shared entries live alongside your private journal — separate, never merged
WAIT PREMIUM Free includes daily journaling, mood, tags, search, sync, and export.
Premium unlocks:
All five years on the page — not just the current one
Photo entries — attach an image to any day
Voice entries with on-device transcription
Premium typography themes (Handwritten, Midnight)
A longer window between sign-ins
WAIT Premium is an auto-renewable subscription billed monthly at the price shown in the app. Payment is charged to your Apple ID at confirmation of purchase. It renews automatically each month unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period; your account is charged for renewal within 24 hours before the period ends. Manage or cancel anytime in Settings → Apple ID → Subscriptions.
Built by one person, with no ads and no trackers. Your subscription is what keeps it that way.
Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://ahd-journal-meewj.ondigitalocean.app/privacy
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The developer, Austin Harman, 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
- Austin Harman
- Size
- 8.4 MB
- Category
- Productivity
- Compatibility
Requires iOS 17.0 or later.
- iPhone
Requires iOS 17.0 or later. - iPad
Requires iPadOS 17.0 or later. - Mac
Requires macOS 14.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later. - Apple Vision
Requires visionOS 1.0 or later.
- iPhone
- Languages
- English
- Age Rating
4+
- 4+
- Contains
User-Generated Content
- In-App Purchases
Yes
- English $1.99
- Copyright
- © 2026 Austin Harman Designs