One Year: Daily Journal

Name: One Year: Daily Journal
Rating: 4.6 (434 reviews)
Author: Wind Down Studio, LLC

By: Wind Down Studio, LLC App

Mood Diary & Memory Garden

Overview

Version:

3.0

Last updated: 2026-07-25

Ranking

#77,059 ▲ 408

Overall

Features & Capabilities

One Year Daily Journal is a private, ad-free diary that grows into a garden of 365 hand-drawn plants. Write a memory each day (with an optional image) and watch your garden evolve over the year. The experience is light, visual, and easy to keep up with.

Private by default and stored on your device or iCloud; no accounts, no feeds, no tracking.
365 hand-drawn plants (no AI) that grow as you write; revisit any day and watch the garden blossom.
Widgets for home and lock screen; garden view or simple progress dots; works across devices.

User Growth & Download Statistics

App Writing Privacy & Security

By:

Wind Down Studio, LLC

Rating:

4.60

(434) 7 new ratings

Version:

3.0 Last updated: 2026-07-25

Version code:

888084387

Creation date:

2025-01-15

Compatible devices:

Size:

65.40MB

URLs:

Website ,Privacy policy

Full description:

Source:

Apple Apps Store

Data ingested on:

2026-08-09

Compare stats and ranking:

Ranking

# 77,059 ▲ 408

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Developed by:

Wind Down Studio, LLC

Apple Apps Store

https://apps.apple.com/us/app/one-year-daily-journal/id6740510762

Website:

https://oneyear.garden

User Reviews

Reviewers praise the app’s clean, minimal design and its daily journaling concept, especially the home-screen widget. The strongest positives are the widget and the simple UX that motivates writing. Common downsides center on pricing: subscription paywalls for widgets and frequent price changes, with some feeling lifetime pricing too high. Other recurring issues include lack of dark mode/customization, occasional widget reliability/purchase restoration problems, and requests for features like editing past entries or memory digests.

Pros

Home-screen widget is a standout feature that motivates daily journaling.
Simple, clean, minimal design that’s visually appealing.
Effective at encouraging regular writing and reflection.
One-time lifetime access pricing provides good perceived value.

Cons

Widget and core features are locked behind a subscription/paywall.
Pricing feels unstable with frequent changes and is perceived as too high.
Lack of dark mode and limited color customization.
Widget reliability issues and problems with restoring purchases.
Requests for features like editing past entries and automatic memory digests.

Recent reviews

Literally have to pay to do anything

by Ty*****, 2026-07-24

I'm incredibly unimpressed with the "free" version of this journal. The repeated criticism that the advertised journalling is paywalled feels frequently ignored. -"There's a trial period." Is not good enough reasoning for having the primary purpose for a journal paywalled. This is the bare minimum to be expected and delivered by a subscription plan. -"Pricing is hard, lol." Is also not an adequate enough reason to justify a DIGITAL journal app. I am not paying for materials, shipping, craftsmanship, etc. like I would for a physical journal. The lifetime option price is more expensive than all of the actual quality physical journals I pay for. I was excited to try out this cute looking journal, but with how minimalist and limited my options are, I remain disappointed and unimpressed. A PREMIUM PAID version of an app should ADD to the core concept. The main core of this is "journalling," and it is advertised as that.