Small Hours - Parent's Journal

One photo a day of your little one — shared with your partner, loved by the grandparents, and kept in your own iCloud. No accounts, no ads, no server.

Small Hours is a shared journal for your child's littlest years, built around one simple ritual: one photo a day.

Each day gets a single photo, so every one counts. Around it, add all the notes, milestones, songs, places, videos, and voice notes you like. Every memory lands on both parents' phones, styled like a polaroid dropped onto a pile — captioned in real handwriting, dated, and loved.

THE FRIDGE Grandparents, aunties, and godparents get their own little app: the Fridge. You choose exactly which memories go up — they see only those, held up by fridge magnets, and all they can do is love them. When Nana hearts a photo, it lands right back on your memory with a little burst.

And it works both ways: when your sister sends you her family's Fridge link, it opens right inside your own journal. Your kids stay yours, hers stay hers, and you get to love them all.

YOURS, AND ONLY YOURS There is no Small Hours server and no account to create. Everything lives in your own iCloud, encrypted — notes end-to-end, and with Advanced Data Protection your photos too. No ads, no tracking, no analytics. Your memories are never locked in, either: export everything as one zip of real files, anytime.

ALSO IN THE BOX • Memories: this day one week, one month, one year ago — a fresh look-back every morning • Month recaps that play back like little films, and export as real videos • A growth log with weight and height charts • Streaks, stats, and a photo-a-day nudge you can schedule (or let it surprise you) • Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets • Face ID lock for quiet privacy • Search everything — notes, places, songs, people

SMALL HOURS PLUS The journal is free — photos, videos, notes, milestones, places, songs, sharing, the Fridge, search, and export, all uncapped, none of it ever moving behind a paywall.

Plus adds the keepsake layer: the Year Book (a whole year typeset as a real book), Year in Review (the year as a little film), Then & Now, themes, and WHO growth curves. $12.99 a year with the first week free, or $34.99 once. Family Sharing included, so two parents never pay twice — and viewers, followers and grandparents never see a price at all.

Small Hours needs an iCloud account, because that's where your journal lives: with you.

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