One Year: Daily Journal

Name: One Year: Daily Journal
Rating: 4.7 (362 reviews)
Author: Wind Down Studio, LLC

By: Wind Down Studio, LLC

Diary & Memory Garden

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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.

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By:

Wind Down Studio, LLC

Rating:

4.70

(362) 5 new ratings

Version:

2.5.1 Last updated: 2026-05-26

Version code:

885986818

Creation date:

2025-01-15

Compatible devices:

Size:

47.79MB

URLs:

Website ,Privacy policy

Full description:

Source:

Apple Apps Store

Data ingested on:

2026-06-05

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# 89,363 ▲ 607

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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

A place to garden your ideas.

by Pl*****, 2026-04-04

Ever since I downloaded this last year, I’ve kept it on my device. I love the widget! Simple, clean, and really effective.

by wi*****, 2026-02-16

hey, love the app. there used to be a minimal "dark mode" that's no longer there. wondering why you took that out? and why not allow us to atleast customize the colors of the app, instead of it always being white and blue? seems like a pretty simple thing to implement. thanks for adding the journal function tho, i like that a lot. plz bring back dark mode.