Day One Downloads & RevenueDay One: Daily Journal & Diary · App Store & Google Play
Day One: Daily Journal & Diary gets 1k+ downloads a day worldwide (AppInsider estimate, November 2026, rounded down to a band).
Day One: Daily Journal & Diary by Bloom Built Inc is on App Store and Google Play. Active Users (MAU & DAU), Downloads, rankings, keywords, revenue, and rating totals.
Day One: Daily Journal & Diary update history & changes
Last change · 80 events since 3 Feb 2016Full timeline ↓✏️iOSNew iPad screenshots✏️iOSNew screenshots🌟iOSFeatured by Apple: “FROM THE EDITORS”📈AndroidEntered the top 100🌟iOSFeatured by Apple: “HOW TO”📈AndroidCharting in a new country📈iOSEntered the top 100📈iOSCharting in a new country⭐AndroidRatings pace up +143%📦iOSUpdated to version 2026.22📦AndroidUpdated to version 2026.22🔎iOSTop 10 for “daily”📦iOSUpdated to version 2026.21📦AndroidUpdated to version 2026.21🔎AndroidTop 10 for “daily”🆕AndroidFirst spotted by AppInsider🆕iOSFirst spotted by AppInsider🆕AndroidReleased on Google Play
Full timeline · 80 events
- ✏️Day One: Daily Journal & Diary: new iPad screenshotsiOS· MY, ZA, AU
- ✏️Day One: Daily Journal & Diary: new screenshotsiOS10 screenshots (was 10) · MY, ZA, AU
- ✏️Day One: Daily Journal & Diary: description updatediOS· CO
- ✏️Day One: Daily Journal & Diary: new iPad screenshotsiOS· CO
- ✏️Day One: Daily Journal & Diary: new screenshotsiOS10 screenshots (was 10) · CO
- ✏️Day One: Daily Journal & Diary: renamediOSDay One: Daily Journal & Diary → Day One: Diario personal · CO
- ✏️Day One: Daily Journal & Diary: new iPad screenshotsiOS· SE
- ✏️Day One: Daily Journal & Diary: new screenshotsiOS10 screenshots (was 10) · SE
- ✏️Day One: Daily Journal & Diary: new iPad screenshotsiOS· NL
- ✏️Day One: Daily Journal & Diary: new screenshotsiOS10 screenshots (was 10) · NL
- 🌟Day One: Daily Journal & Diary featured by Apple: “FROM THE EDITORS”iOStoday · DE, ES, FR, GB, IT, KR, NL, PL, RU, SE, US, VN
- ✏️Day One: Daily Journal & Diary: new iPad screenshotsiOS· 6 countries
- ✏️Day One: Daily Journal & Diary: new screenshotsiOS10 screenshots (was 10) · 6 countries
- 📈Day One: Daily Journal & Diary entered the top 100AndroidTop Grossing · Wear OS · TR
- ✏️Day One: Daily Journal & Diary: new iPad screenshotsiOS· DE
- ✏️Day One: Daily Journal & Diary: new screenshotsiOS10 screenshots (was 10) · DE
- 🌟Day One: Daily Journal & Diary featured by Apple: “HOW TO”iOStoday · CA, DE, ES, FR, GB, IT, KR, NL, PL, RU, SE, VN
- ✏️Day One: Daily Journal & Diary: new iPad screenshotsiOS· TW
- ✏️Day One: Daily Journal & Diary: new screenshotsiOS10 screenshots (was 10) · TW
- ✏️Day One: Daily Journal & Diary: new iPad screenshotsiOS· KR
- ✏️Day One: Daily Journal & Diary: new screenshotsiOS10 screenshots (was 10) · KR
- ✏️Day One: Daily Journal & Diary: new iPad screenshotsiOS· JP
- ✏️Day One: Daily Journal & Diary: new screenshotsiOS10 screenshots (was 10) · JP
- ✏️Day One: Daily Journal & Diary: new iPad screenshotsiOS· CN
- ✏️Day One: Daily Journal & Diary: new screenshotsiOS10 screenshots (was 10) · CN
- 📈Day One: Daily Journal & Diary charting in a new countryAndroidFrance
- 🌟Day One: Daily Journal & Diary featured by Apple: “HOW TO”iOStoday · CA, DE, ES, FR, GB, IT, KR, NL, PL, RU, SE, US, VN
- 📈Day One: Daily Journal & Diary entered the top 100 in 2 chartsAndroidTop Free · Wear OS · JP · Top Grossing · Wear OS · US
- 📈Day One: Daily Journal & Diary charting in a new country in 3 chartsAndroidJapan · South Korea · Russia
- 🌟Day One: Daily Journal & Diary featured by Apple: “FROM THE EDITORS”iOStoday · DE, ES, FR, GB, IT, KR, NL, PL, RU, SE, US, VN
- 📈Day One: Daily Journal & Diary charting in a new country in 4 chartsAndroidBrazil · Spain · India · Turkey
- 🌟Day One: Daily Journal & Diary featured by Apple: “FROM THE EDITORS”iOStoday · DE, ES, FR, GB, IT, KR, NL, PL, RU, SE, US, VN
- 🌟Day One: Daily Journal & Diary featured by AppleiOSapps · DE, ES, FR, GB, IT, KR, NL, PL, RU, SE, VN
- 📈Day One: Daily Journal & Diary entered the top 100iOSTop Grossing · Health & Fitness · MX
- 📈Day One: Daily Journal & Diary charting in a new countryiOSMexico
- 🌟Day One: Daily Journal & Diary featured by AppleiOSapps · DE, ES, FR, GB, IT, KR, NL, PL, RU, SE, VN
- 🌟Day One: Daily Journal & Diary featured by AppleiOSapps · DE, ES, FR, GB, IT, KR, NL, PL, RU, SE, VN
- 🌟Day One: Daily Journal & Diary featured by AppleiOSapps · DE, ES, FR, GB, IT, KR, NL, PL, RU, SE, VN
- ✏️Day One: Daily Journal & Diary: new iPad screenshotsiOS· TR
- ✏️Day One: Daily Journal & Diary: new screenshotsiOS10 screenshots (was 10) · TR
- 📈Day One: Daily Journal & Diary charting in a new countryAndroidTaiwan
- 📦Day One: Daily Journal & Diary updated to version 2026.22iOS- New: Add color to your writing with text and highlight colors
- New in Labs: Daily Chat can now search, read, and open your past entries
- Support for iPhone Duo and improved resizable iPad windows
- Improved translations in various languages
- Various accessibility improvements
- Stability improvements and bug fixes
Learn more at dayoneapp.com/releases… more - 📈Day One: Daily Journal & Diary entered the top 100iOSTop Grossing · Health & Fitness · AR
- 📦Day One: Daily Journal & Diary updated to version 2026.22AndroidImprovements:
- Text and highlight colors
- Add entries or journals to your home screen
- Change your account email
- Share PDFs and audio to Day One
Fixes:
- Account deletion with Google or Apple sign-in
- Require a passcode for notification exports
- Editor: cursor, keyboard, links and locations
- Dates and week start for your region… more - ✏️Day One: Daily Journal & Diary: new iPad screenshotsiOS· ID, CA
- ✏️Day One: Daily Journal & Diary: new screenshotsiOS10 screenshots (was 10) · ID, CA
- 🔎Day One: Daily Journal & Diary reached Top 10 for “daily”iOS#10 in Philippines search · popularity 56
- 📈Day One: Daily Journal & Diary charting in a new countryAndroidMexico
- 📈Day One: Daily Journal & Diary charting in a new countryAndroidIndonesia
- 📈Day One: Daily Journal & Diary charting in a new countryAndroidItaly
- ✏️Day One: Daily Journal & Diary: new iPad screenshotsiOS· GB, SA
- ✏️Day One: Daily Journal & Diary: new screenshotsiOS10 screenshots (was 10) · GB, SA
- ✏️Day One: Daily Journal & Diary: new iPad screenshotsiOS· 5 countries
- ✏️Day One: Daily Journal & Diary: new screenshotsiOS10 screenshots (was 10) · 5 countries
- 📈Day One: Daily Journal & Diary charting in a new countryAndroidVietnam
- 📦Day One: Daily Journal & Diary updated to version 2026.21iOS- You can now unlink your Google account in Settings > Account
- Fixed several crashes, including one while typing an entry on iPad and one when rotating your device with photos open
- Apple Watch now tells you when it can’t record audio, instead of saving an empty recording. (Requires watchOS 10.)
- Fixed a Daily Chat entry going to your default journal instead of the one you chose
- Journal themes now color the banner above your entries
- Stability improvements and bug fixes
Learn more at dayoneapp.com/releases… more - 📈Day One: Daily Journal & Diary entered the top 10iOSTop Grossing · Health & Fitness · RU
- 📦Day One: Daily Journal & Diary updated to version 2026.21AndroidImprovements:
- Allowed templates to set default journals for new entries
- Added rotate and icons to editor photo menu
- Displayed Vimeo embeds inline in editor
Fixes:
- Fixed full-screen mode on tablets
- Made list markers and blockquote bars respect RTL content
- Kept app locked on notification open… more - 📈Day One: Daily Journal & Diary charting in a new country in 2 chartsAndroidNetherlands · Thailand
- 🔎Day One: Daily Journal & Diary reached Top 10 for “daily”Android#10 in United Kingdom search · popularity 45
- 📈Day One: Daily Journal & Diary charting in a new countryAndroidCanada
- 📈Day One: Daily Journal & Diary entered the top 100AndroidTop Grossing · Lifestyle · SA
- 📈Day One: Daily Journal & Diary entered the top 100AndroidTop Grossing · Lifestyle · AE
- 📈Day One: Daily Journal & Diary charting in a new countryAndroidUnited Kingdom
- 🌟Day One: Daily Journal & Diary featured by AppleiOSapps · DE, ES, FR, GB, IT, KR, NL, SE, VN
- 🌟Day One: Daily Journal & Diary featured by AppleiOSapps · DE, ES, FR, GB, IT, KR, NL, SE, VN
- 📦Day One: Daily Journal & Diary updated to version 2026.20iOS- You can now sign in with your Google account
- Fixed journal changes syncing over and over on iOS 18 and iPadOS 18
- Fixed a crash while syncing entries
- Improved support for iOS 27
- Day One for Apple Watch now requires Apple Watch Series 4 or newer (watchOS 9 or later)
- Stability improvements and bug fixes
Learn more at dayoneapp.com/releases… more - 🌟Day One: Daily Journal & Diary featured by AppleiOSapps · DE, FR, GB, IT, KR, NL, SE, VN
- 🌟Day One: Daily Journal & Diary featured by AppleiOSapps · DE, ES, FR, GB, IT, KR, NL, SE, VN
- 🌟Day One: Daily Journal & Diary featured by AppleiOSapps · DE, ES, FR, GB, IT, KR, NL, SE, VN
- 🌟Day One: Daily Journal & Diary featured by AppleiOSapps · DE, ES, FR, GB, IT, KR, NL, SE, VN
- 📦Day One: Daily Journal & Diary updated to version 2026.20AndroidImprovements:
- New Quick Start home screen widget
- Set a default template for each journal
Fixes:
- Editor: voice typing, caret above a leading photo, checked checklist items
- Wrong dates on some videos
- Crash when opening History
- Template placeholder text not clearing
- Repeated Google Drive backup sign-in prompts… more - 🆕Day One: Daily Journal & Diary first spotted by AppInsiderAndroidAustralia
- 🆕Day One: Daily Journal & Diary first spotted by AppInsideriOS#89 in Top Grossing · Health & Fitness · United Kingdom
- 🌟Day One: Daily Journal & Diary featured by AppleiOSapps · DE, FR, GB, IT, KR
- 📦Day One: Daily Journal & Diary version 2026.19iOSNo release notes
- 📦Day One: Daily Journal & Diary version 2026.19AndroidImprovements:
- Showed one-time collections discovery tip in journal picker
Fixes:
- Fixed CursorWindow crash handling oversized entries
- Fixed Google Docs paste formatting
- Rendered More tab without waiting for sync
- Cleared expanded-collections picker on sign-out
- Fixed back gesture looping on Templates from editor
- Kept Pause Sync paused after app restarts… more - 🆕Day One: Daily Journal & Diary released on Google PlayAndroid
- 🆕Day One: Daily Journal & Diary released on the App StoreiOS
Collected from the stores by AppInsider since we first spotted the app. Dates are when we saw each change.
Rating
4.8 ★
148k ratings, both stores
Measured
Best rank now
#21
App Store · 
Health & Fitness Grossing
Health & Fitness GrossingMeasured
New ratings a week
289
▲ +6% vs the 2 weeks before (App Store)
Measured
App Store
App details
App ID
1044867788
Publisher
Bloom Built Inc
Publisher country
United States
On the store since
Feb 2016
10 years on the store
Minimum OS
iOS 18.0+
iPhone XS and later
Devices
iPhone · iPad · Watch
Universal purchase
Content rating
4+
Languages
26
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Size
210 MB
Also listed in
Productivity
Google Play
App details
App ID
com.dayoneapp.dayone
Publisher
Automattic Inc.
Publisher country
United States
Content rating
Everyone
Day One: Daily Journal & Diary downloads & installs
Both stores, worldwide. Bands are open; exact numbers are free with an account.
| Store | Downloads / day | Lifetime installs |
|---|---|---|
| App Store | 500+ | 10M+ |
| Google Play | 500+ | 1M+ Measured |
| Total | 1k+ Confidence | 10M+ Confidence |
How this is calculated
App Store: chart positions and rating growth per country, anchored on its own Android downloads; lifetime from ratings worldwide × installs per rating. Google Play: the daily change in its exact install count. The total adds every store.
Where Day One: Daily Journal & Diary's downloads come from Modelled
Last 30 days: organic search, browsing the store, features and paid ads.
Active users
All platforms, worldwide. Free with an account.
Stickiness (DAU / MAU)
how many monthly users open it on a given day
How this is calculated
Monthly users come from lifetime installs across every store, fitted on monthly active user figures companies publish; daily users = monthly × the typical daily/monthly ratio for the category. Confidence is the chance the real number is within half to double ours.
In-app revenue
Worldwide, what users spend before Apple and Google take their fee.
| Store | Per day | Per month | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| App Store | |||
| Google Play | |||
| Total | Confidence | 100% |
Business model: Ad-led
How Day One: Daily Journal & Diary makes money: subscriptions, one-off purchases and ads.
SubscriptionsIn-app purchasesAds · 1 ad networks
Subscriptions
/mo
of revenue
Ads
/mo
of revenue
Top in-app purchases · App Store US, most popular first
| 1 | Day One Silver subscription | |
| 2 | Day One Silver subscription | |
| 3 | Day One Silver subscription | |
| 4 | Day One Silver (1 Month) subscription | |
| 5 | Premium Yearly subscription | |
| 6 | Silver Yearly subscription | |
| 7 | Day One Gold subscription | |
| 8 | Day One Silver subscription | |
| 9 | Day One Silver subscription | |
| 10 | Day One Silver subscription |
Where it ranks now
Both stores, across every country we track.
| Store | Best rank | Charting in | US Top Free | US Top Grossing |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| App Store | #21 Health & Fitness Grossing | 17 of 30 countries | – | #91 |
| Google Play | #87 Wear OS Grossing | 19 of 23 countries | #151 | #87 |
Full chart lists: App Store · Google Play.
Review momentum
ⓘ How we measure thisApp Store
New ratings a week
185
▲ +6% vs the 2 weeks before
Lifetime rating
4.8★
recent stars not readable yet: new ratings are a tiny share of the total
Review momentum
78/100
faster than 95% of Health & Fitness apps
Growing fastest in 
France ▲ ×11+ · 
Japan ▲ +60% · 
United Kingdom ▲ +55%
New ratings by country (12)
| Country | New ratings a week | Share | Last 2 weeks vs the 2 before |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 99 | 56% | ▼ -6% |
 China | 23 | 13% | ▲ +19% |
| United Kingdom | 12 | 7% | ▲ +55% |
 Australia | 8.2 | 5% | ▼ -16% |
 Canada | 7.8 | 4% | ▲ +20% |
 Germany | 6 | 3% | steady |
| Japan | 6 | 3% | ▲ +60% |
| France | 3.2 | 2% | ▲ ×11+ |
 Taiwan | 3.2 | 2% | ▼ -50% |
 South Korea | 3 | 2% | ▲ +33% |
 Philippines | 2.3 | 1% | – |
 India | 2 | 1% | – |
App Store ratings in the countries we track, 4-week average.
Google Play
New ratings a week
104
▼ -12% vs the 2 weeks before
Written reviews a week
under 1
Google Play
Lifetime rating
4.6★
recent stars not readable yet: new ratings are a tiny share of the total
Recent written reviews
3.8★
people who write skew negative
Review momentum
53/100
faster than 59% of Lifestyle apps
Review momentum (0-100) blends how fast the app collects ratings compared with other apps in its category (60%), whether that pace is speeding up (25%) and what recent raters give it (15%; recent stars well below lifetime pull it down). Ratings counts are read daily. A jump usually means a launch, a feature, ads or a new review prompt.
Ratings
Both stores. Store data, measured.
| Store | Rating | Ratings |
|---|---|---|
| App Store | 4.8 ★ | 119k |
| Google Play | 4.7 ★ | 29k 2k written reviews |
| Both stores | 4.8 ★ weighted by ratings | 148k |
What users say about Day One: Daily Journal & Diary
From the 100 most recent Google Play reviews in the US.
Mixed but leaning positive (71% of recent reviews give 4–5 stars). People like it for being easy to use, and being useful. The main complaints are about login and account problems, and missing features or content.
What people like
- Ease of use: “It's just so simple to use”
- Useful: “helpful for the tiring day”
- Features & content: “it is powerful and can pull together all digital content”
- Price & subscription: “Idk if there's a premium, but that's not really needed”
Common complaints
- Login & account: “Why i would give you access to my Google account!”
- Features & content: “still basis features are not in place”
- Crashes & bugs: “It takes much longer to load and save entries and glitches/shuts down more often now”
- Speed & performance: “deleted it within a minute lol it lags like crazy”
About Day One: Daily Journal & Diary
Apple’s App of the Year with over 15 million downloads and 200,000 5-star ratings globally, Day One has reinvented journaling, letting you record your life as you live it. Securely save audio, video, photos, notes, and more wherever you are, whenever you want.
“Day One creates something so rare it feels almost sacred: A completely private digital space.” – New York Times
“Day One makes keeping a journal delightfully easy.” – Wired
WHY DAY ONE?
Day One is the original digital journal app. A decade of updates and feature additions make it the most private, trusted, and easiest-to-use journaling app in the world.
SIMPLE TO USE, EASY TO LOVE
• Beautiful, award-winning design
• Unlimited text entries
• Powerful rich text formatting with markdown
• Different journals for every aspect of your life*
PRIVATE AND SECURE
• Automatic backups keep your journal entries safe
• End-to-end encryption, which is a fancy way of saying your entries are 100% private
• Journal entries stay secure with passcode, TouchID, or FaceID
• Export options (pdf, plain text, etc.) ensure your entries always stay yours
FORM A HABIT & STAY CONSISTENT
• Streaks and calendar view help keep your momentum going
• Programmable reminders through text message or phone notifications
• Unique, daily journal prompts help eliminate writer’s cramp
• Customizable templates save time and add organization to entries
• Today view provides a summary of where you’ve been and what you’ve done
• Integrates with the Health app to track mindfulness minutes
MORE THAN WORDS
• Unlimited photos and video*
• Auto-importer for your Instagram posts*
• Handwritten entries or drawings*
• Voice recording and transcription*
JOURNAL FROM WHEREVER, WHENEVER
• Cross-platform apps available on iPhone, Apple Watch, iPad, and Mac
• The ability to text or email entries straight to your journal
BUILT FOR REMINISCING
• On This Day feature allows you to revisit past memories
• Tags, favorites, and search filters make it easy to find what you’re looking for
• Map view quickly shows all the places you’ve journaled from
• Print capabilities turn your digital journal into a premium physical book
TYPE LESS, PRESERVE MORE
• Time, date, weather, moon phase, and more are automatically added to every entry
• IFTTT applets allow importing data from Spotify, YouTube, Strava, Fitbit, Facebook, Twitter, and more
• Siri Shortcuts provides a powerful way to automate more of your journaling
• Share sheet allows you to add content from other apps, like Apple Photos and Safari
*Day One is FREE to use forever with unlimited entries. Additional features, including unlimited photos, videos, and audio recordings are available with a Day One Premium membership.
Start a free trial today.
Privacy Policy: https://dayoneapp.com/privacy-policy/
Terms of Use: https://dayoneapp.com/terms-of-use/
For technical assistance or other inquiries: https://dayoneapp.com/contact/
“Day One creates something so rare it feels almost sacred: A completely private digital space.” – New York Times
“Day One makes keeping a journal delightfully easy.” – Wired
WHY DAY ONE?
Day One is the original digital journal app. A decade of updates and feature additions make it the most private, trusted, and easiest-to-use journaling app in the world.
SIMPLE TO USE, EASY TO LOVE
• Beautiful, award-winning design
• Unlimited text entries
• Powerful rich text formatting with markdown
• Different journals for every aspect of your life*
PRIVATE AND SECURE
• Automatic backups keep your journal entries safe
• End-to-end encryption, which is a fancy way of saying your entries are 100% private
• Journal entries stay secure with passcode, TouchID, or FaceID
• Export options (pdf, plain text, etc.) ensure your entries always stay yours
FORM A HABIT & STAY CONSISTENT
• Streaks and calendar view help keep your momentum going
• Programmable reminders through text message or phone notifications
• Unique, daily journal prompts help eliminate writer’s cramp
• Customizable templates save time and add organization to entries
• Today view provides a summary of where you’ve been and what you’ve done
• Integrates with the Health app to track mindfulness minutes
MORE THAN WORDS
• Unlimited photos and video*
• Auto-importer for your Instagram posts*
• Handwritten entries or drawings*
• Voice recording and transcription*
JOURNAL FROM WHEREVER, WHENEVER
• Cross-platform apps available on iPhone, Apple Watch, iPad, and Mac
• The ability to text or email entries straight to your journal
BUILT FOR REMINISCING
• On This Day feature allows you to revisit past memories
• Tags, favorites, and search filters make it easy to find what you’re looking for
• Map view quickly shows all the places you’ve journaled from
• Print capabilities turn your digital journal into a premium physical book
TYPE LESS, PRESERVE MORE
• Time, date, weather, moon phase, and more are automatically added to every entry
• IFTTT applets allow importing data from Spotify, YouTube, Strava, Fitbit, Facebook, Twitter, and more
• Siri Shortcuts provides a powerful way to automate more of your journaling
• Share sheet allows you to add content from other apps, like Apple Photos and Safari
*Day One is FREE to use forever with unlimited entries. Additional features, including unlimited photos, videos, and audio recordings are available with a Day One Premium membership.
Start a free trial today.
Privacy Policy: https://dayoneapp.com/privacy-policy/
Terms of Use: https://dayoneapp.com/terms-of-use/
For technical assistance or other inquiries: https://dayoneapp.com/contact/
Day One: Daily Journal & Diary App Store
Day One: Daily Journal & Diary gets 1k+ downloads a day worldwide (AppInsider estimate, November 2026, rounded down to a band).
Day One: Daily Journal & Diary is #50 in Health & Fitness Grossing in China and charting in 17 of 30 countries we track.
Updated 9 Nov 2026 · rankings refresh through the day
DeveloperBloom Built Inc
CategoryHealth & Fitness
PriceFree
Released
Rating★ 4.8 (119k)
Version2026.22
Age rating4+
First seen by us 24 Sep 2026
24 Sep 2026Installs (est.)10M+ worldwide
Rating
4.8 ★
119k ratings
Measured
Best rank now
#50
Health & Fitness GrossingMeasured
New ratings a week
185
▲ +6% vs the 2 weeks before
Measured
Day One: Daily Journal & Diary on the App Store
App details
App ID
1044867788
Publisher
Bloom Built Inc
Publisher country
United States
On the store since
Feb 2016
10 years on the store
Minimum OS
iOS 18.0+
iPhone XS and later
Devices
iPhone · iPad · Watch
Universal purchase
Content rating
4+
Languages
26
AR CS DA NL EN FI FR DE HE HI HU ID …
Size
210 MB
Also listed in
Productivity
Day One: Daily Journal & Diary downloads
Worldwide, per day, and installs to date. The band is open; the exact number is free with an account.
How this is calculated
Apple publishes no download counts. App Store downloads come from chart positions and daily rating growth per country, calibrated on Google Play install counts; lifetime installs from ratings worldwide × installs per rating. Confidence is the chance the real number is within half to double ours.
Where Day One: Daily Journal & Diary's downloads come from Modelled
Last 30 days: organic search, browsing the store, features and paid ads.
Active users
All platforms, worldwide. Free with an account.
Stickiness (DAU / MAU)
how many monthly users open it on a given day
How this is calculated
Monthly users come from lifetime installs across every store, fitted on monthly active user figures companies publish; daily users = monthly × the typical daily/monthly ratio for the category. Confidence is the chance the real number is within half to double ours.
In-app revenue
Worldwide, what users spend in Day One: Daily Journal & Diary before Apple and Google take their fee.
How this is calculated
Not in an overall Top Grossing chart, only in category charts: each category position is converted to the overall position it corresponds to, then priced on the same rank-to-revenue curve, inside the part of each market the charted apps leave over.
Business model: Ad-led
How Day One: Daily Journal & Diary makes money: subscriptions, one-off purchases and ads.
SubscriptionsIn-app purchasesAds · 1 ad networks
Subscriptions
/mo
of revenue
Ads
/mo
of revenue
Top in-app purchases · App Store US, most popular first
| 1 | Day One Silver subscription | |
| 2 | Day One Silver subscription | |
| 3 | Day One Silver subscription | |
| 4 | Day One Silver (1 Month) subscription | |
| 5 | Premium Yearly subscription | |
| 6 | Silver Yearly subscription | |
| 7 | Day One Gold subscription | |
| 8 | Day One Silver subscription | |
| 9 | Day One Silver subscription | |
| 10 | Day One Silver subscription |
Where it ranks now
Every top chart it appears in across 30 countries.
| Country | Charts | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| China | Health & FitnessGrossing | #50 |
| United States | Health & FitnessGrossing | #91 |
| Japan | Health & FitnessGrossing | #65 |
| South Korea | Health & FitnessGrossing | #30 |
| United Kingdom | Health & FitnessGrossing | #79 |
| Germany | Health & FitnessGrossing | #73 |
 Russia | Health & FitnessGrossing | #53 |
| Thailand | Health & FitnessGrossing | #21 |
| Canada | Health & FitnessGrossing | #83 |
| Taiwan | Health & FitnessGrossing | #50 |
 Saudi Arabia | Health & FitnessGrossing | #76 |
 Malaysia | Health & FitnessGrossing | #26 |
 South Africa | Health & FitnessGrossing | #31 |
 Sweden | Health & FitnessGrossing | #65 |
 Netherlands | Health & FitnessGrossing | #97 |
| Philippines | Health & FitnessGrossing | #59 |
 Colombia | Health & FitnessGrossing | #89 |
Apps near Day One: Daily Journal & Diary on the chart
Health & Fitness Grossing, around #50.
Ratings
App Store, worldwide.
Rating
4.8 ★
119k ratings
Measured
Ratings
119k
Measured
Review momentum
ⓘ How we measure thisNew ratings a week
185
▲ +6% vs the 2 weeks before
Lifetime rating
4.8★
recent stars not readable yet: new ratings are a tiny share of the total
Review momentum
78/100
faster than 95% of Health & Fitness apps
Growing fastest in France ▲ ×11+ · Japan ▲ +60% · United Kingdom ▲ +55%
New ratings by country (12)
| Country | New ratings a week | Share | Last 2 weeks vs the 2 before |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 99 | 56% | ▼ -6% |
| China | 23 | 13% | ▲ +19% |
| United Kingdom | 12 | 7% | ▲ +55% |
| Australia | 8.2 | 5% | ▼ -16% |
| Canada | 7.8 | 4% | ▲ +20% |
| Germany | 6 | 3% | steady |
| Japan | 6 | 3% | ▲ +60% |
| France | 3.2 | 2% | ▲ ×11+ |
| Taiwan | 3.2 | 2% | ▼ -50% |
| South Korea | 3 | 2% | ▲ +33% |
| Philippines | 2.3 | 1% | – |
| India | 2 | 1% | – |
App Store ratings in the countries we track, 4-week average.
Review momentum (0-100) blends how fast the app collects ratings compared with other apps in its category (60%), whether that pace is speeding up (25%) and what recent raters give it (15%; recent stars well below lifetime pull it down). Ratings counts are read daily. A jump usually means a launch, a feature, ads or a new review prompt.
About Day One: Daily Journal & Diary
Apple’s App of the Year with over 15 million downloads and 200,000 5-star ratings globally, Day One has reinvented journaling, letting you record your life as you live it. Securely save audio, video, photos, notes, and more wherever you are, whenever you want.
“Day One creates something so rare it feels almost sacred: A completely private digital space.” – New York Times
“Day One makes keeping a journal delightfully easy.” – Wired
WHY DAY ONE?
Day One is the original digital journal app. A decade of updates and feature additions make it the most private, trusted, and easiest-to-use journaling app in the world.
SIMPLE TO USE, EASY TO LOVE
• Beautiful, award-winning design
• Unlimited text entries
• Powerful rich text formatting with markdown
• Different journals for every aspect of your life*
PRIVATE AND SECURE
• Automatic backups keep your journal entries safe
• End-to-end encryption, which is a fancy way of saying your entries are 100% private
• Journal entries stay secure with passcode, TouchID, or FaceID
• Export options (pdf, plain text, etc.) ensure your entries always stay yours
FORM A HABIT & STAY CONSISTENT
• Streaks and calendar view help keep your momentum going
• Programmable reminders through text message or phone notifications
• Unique, daily journal prompts help eliminate writer’s cramp
• Customizable templates save time and add organization to entries
• Today view provides a summary of where you’ve been and what you’ve done
• Integrates with the Health app to track mindfulness minutes
MORE THAN WORDS
• Unlimited photos and video*
• Auto-importer for your Instagram posts*
• Handwritten entries or drawings*
• Voice recording and transcription*
JOURNAL FROM WHEREVER, WHENEVER
• Cross-platform apps available on iPhone, Apple Watch, iPad, and Mac
• The ability to text or email entries straight to your journal
BUILT FOR REMINISCING
• On This Day feature allows you to revisit past memories
• Tags, favorites, and search filters make it easy to find what you’re looking for
• Map view quickly shows all the places you’ve journaled from
• Print capabilities turn your digital journal into a premium physical book
TYPE LESS, PRESERVE MORE
• Time, date, weather, moon phase, and more are automatically added to every entry
• IFTTT applets allow importing data from Spotify, YouTube, Strava, Fitbit, Facebook, Twitter, and more
• Siri Shortcuts provides a powerful way to automate more of your journaling
• Share sheet allows you to add content from other apps, like Apple Photos and Safari
*Day One is FREE to use forever with unlimited entries. Additional features, including unlimited photos, videos, and audio recordings are available with a Day One Premium membership.
Start a free trial today.
Privacy Policy: https://dayoneapp.com/privacy-policy/
Terms of Use: https://dayoneapp.com/terms-of-use/
For technical assistance or other inquiries: https://dayoneapp.com/contact/
“Day One creates something so rare it feels almost sacred: A completely private digital space.” – New York Times
“Day One makes keeping a journal delightfully easy.” – Wired
WHY DAY ONE?
Day One is the original digital journal app. A decade of updates and feature additions make it the most private, trusted, and easiest-to-use journaling app in the world.
SIMPLE TO USE, EASY TO LOVE
• Beautiful, award-winning design
• Unlimited text entries
• Powerful rich text formatting with markdown
• Different journals for every aspect of your life*
PRIVATE AND SECURE
• Automatic backups keep your journal entries safe
• End-to-end encryption, which is a fancy way of saying your entries are 100% private
• Journal entries stay secure with passcode, TouchID, or FaceID
• Export options (pdf, plain text, etc.) ensure your entries always stay yours
FORM A HABIT & STAY CONSISTENT
• Streaks and calendar view help keep your momentum going
• Programmable reminders through text message or phone notifications
• Unique, daily journal prompts help eliminate writer’s cramp
• Customizable templates save time and add organization to entries
• Today view provides a summary of where you’ve been and what you’ve done
• Integrates with the Health app to track mindfulness minutes
MORE THAN WORDS
• Unlimited photos and video*
• Auto-importer for your Instagram posts*
• Handwritten entries or drawings*
• Voice recording and transcription*
JOURNAL FROM WHEREVER, WHENEVER
• Cross-platform apps available on iPhone, Apple Watch, iPad, and Mac
• The ability to text or email entries straight to your journal
BUILT FOR REMINISCING
• On This Day feature allows you to revisit past memories
• Tags, favorites, and search filters make it easy to find what you’re looking for
• Map view quickly shows all the places you’ve journaled from
• Print capabilities turn your digital journal into a premium physical book
TYPE LESS, PRESERVE MORE
• Time, date, weather, moon phase, and more are automatically added to every entry
• IFTTT applets allow importing data from Spotify, YouTube, Strava, Fitbit, Facebook, Twitter, and more
• Siri Shortcuts provides a powerful way to automate more of your journaling
• Share sheet allows you to add content from other apps, like Apple Photos and Safari
*Day One is FREE to use forever with unlimited entries. Additional features, including unlimited photos, videos, and audio recordings are available with a Day One Premium membership.
Start a free trial today.
Privacy Policy: https://dayoneapp.com/privacy-policy/
Terms of Use: https://dayoneapp.com/terms-of-use/
For technical assistance or other inquiries: https://dayoneapp.com/contact/
Latest updates
2026.22
- New: Add color to your writing with text and highlight colors
- New in Labs: Daily Chat can now search, read, and open your past entries
- Support for iPhone Duo and improved resizable iPad windows
- Improved translations in various languages
- Various accessibility improvements
- Stability improvements and bug fixes
Learn more at dayoneapp.com/releases
2026.21
- You can now unlink your Google account in Settings > Account
- Fixed several crashes, including one while typing an entry on iPad and one when rotating your device with photos open
- Apple Watch now tells you when it can’t record audio, instead of saving an empty recording. (Requires watchOS 10.)
- Fixed a Daily Chat entry going to your default journal instead of the one you chose
- Journal themes now color the banner above your entries
- Stability improvements and bug fixes
Learn more at dayoneapp.com/releases
2026.20
- You can now sign in with your Google account
- Fixed journal changes syncing over and over on iOS 18 and iPadOS 18
- Fixed a crash while syncing entries
- Improved support for iOS 27
- Day One for Apple Watch now requires Apple Watch Series 4 or newer (watchOS 9 or later)
- Stability improvements and bug fixes
Learn more at dayoneapp.com/releases
Store changes
What Day One: Daily Journal & Diary changed on its store page: name, icon, screenshots, price, size, languages, requirements.
New iPad screenshots
New screenshots
10 screenshots (was 10)
Description updated
Day One Diary: Daily Journal Android
Day One Diary: Daily Journal gets 1k+ downloads a day worldwide (AppInsider estimate, November 2026, rounded down to a band).
Day One Diary: Daily Journal is #87 in Wear OS Grossing on Google Play in United States and charting in 19 of 23 countries we track.
Updated 9 Nov 2026 · rankings refresh through the day
DeveloperAutomattic, Inc
CategoryLifestyle
PriceFree
Released
Installs1M+
Rating★ 4.7 (29k)
Updated
Content ratingEveryone
Rating
4.7 ★
29k ratings
Measured
Best rank now
#87
Wear OS GrossingMeasured
New ratings a week
104
▼ -12% vs the 2 weeks before
Measured
Day One Diary: Daily Journal on Google Play
App details
App ID
com.dayoneapp.dayone
Publisher
Automattic Inc.
Publisher country
United States
Content rating
Everyone
Day One Diary: Daily Journal downloads
Worldwide, per day, and installs to date. The band is open; the exact number is free with an account.
How this is calculated
Google Play shows an exact lifetime install count; downloads per day are its daily change (measured). When Play hasn't refreshed the count, they come from new ratings and Top Free chart positions. Confidence is the chance the real number is within half to double ours.
Where Day One Diary: Daily Journal's downloads come from Modelled
Last 30 days: organic search, browsing the store, features and paid ads.
Active users
All platforms, worldwide. Free with an account.
Stickiness (DAU / MAU)
how many monthly users open it on a given day
Retention · share of new users still active
Day 1
Day 7
Day 30
Time spent · per daily user
Average time spent Pro
min a day
Sessions a day Pro
Time per session Pro
min
How this is calculated
Monthly users come from lifetime installs across every store, fitted on monthly active user figures companies publish; daily users = monthly × the typical daily/monthly ratio for the category. Confidence is the chance the real number is within half to double ours.
In-app revenue
Worldwide, what users spend in Day One Diary: Daily Journal before Apple and Google take their fee.
How this is calculated
Not in an overall Top Grossing chart, only in category charts: each category position is converted to the overall position it corresponds to, then priced on the same rank-to-revenue curve, inside the part of each market the charted apps leave over.
Business model: Ad-led
How Day One Diary: Daily Journal makes money: subscriptions, one-off purchases and ads.
SubscriptionsIn-app purchasesAds · 1 ad networks
Subscriptions
/mo
of revenue
Ads
/mo
of revenue
Top in-app purchases · App Store US, most popular first
| 1 | Day One Silver subscription | |
| 2 | Day One Silver subscription | |
| 3 | Day One Silver subscription | |
| 4 | Day One Silver (1 Month) subscription | |
| 5 | Premium Yearly subscription | |
| 6 | Silver Yearly subscription | |
| 7 | Day One Gold subscription | |
| 8 | Day One Silver subscription | |
| 9 | Day One Silver subscription | |
| 10 | Day One Silver subscription |
Where it ranks on Google Play
Every top 200 chart it appears in across 23 countries.
| Country | Charts | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Wear OSGrossing | #87 |
| United States | LifestyleGrossing | #104 |
| United States | Wear OSFree | #151 |
| Japan | Wear OSFree | #106 |
| United Kingdom | Wear OSFree | #149 |
| India | Wear OSFree | #126 |
| South Korea | Wear OSFree | #192 |
| Australia | Wear OSFree | #136 |
 Mexico | LifestyleGrossing | #115 |
| France | Wear OSFree | #195 |
| Canada | Wear OSFree | #158 |
 Indonesia | Wear OSGrossingLifestyleGrossing | #110 |
| Saudi Arabia | Wear OSGrossing | #110 |
 Brazil | Wear OSFree | #171 |
| Saudi Arabia | LifestyleGrossing | #114 |
 Italy | Wear OSFree | #156 |
| Russia | Wear OSFree | #166 |
 Turkey | Wear OSGrossing | #100 |
 United Arab Emirates | Wear OSGrossing | #106 |
| Indonesia | Wear OSFree | #139 |
| Netherlands | Wear OSGrossing | #112 |
| United Arab Emirates | LifestyleGrossing | #117 |
| Netherlands | LifestyleGrossing | #125 |
| Thailand | Wear OSGrossing | #110 |
| Thailand | LifestyleGrossing | #114 |
 Vietnam | Wear OSGrossing | #108 |
| Vietnam | LifestyleGrossing | #112 |
Apps near Day One Diary: Daily Journal on the chart
Wear OS Grossing, around #87.
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Sleep as Android: Smart alarm#85
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Wim Hof Method: Breathwork#88
Motivation - Daily quotes#89
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RoboForm Password Manager#91
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Ratings
Google Play, worldwide.
Rating
4.7 ★
29k ratings
Measured
Ratings
29k
Measured
Written reviews
2k
Measured
Review momentum
ⓘ How we measure thisNew ratings a week
104
▼ -12% vs the 2 weeks before
Written reviews a week
under 1
Google Play
Lifetime rating
4.6★
recent stars not readable yet: new ratings are a tiny share of the total
Recent written reviews
3.8★
people who write skew negative
Review momentum
53/100
faster than 59% of Lifestyle apps
Review momentum (0-100) blends how fast the app collects ratings compared with other apps in its category (60%), whether that pace is speeding up (25%) and what recent raters give it (15%; recent stars well below lifetime pull it down). Ratings counts are read daily. A jump usually means a launch, a feature, ads or a new review prompt.
What users say about Day One Diary: Daily Journal
From the 100 most recent Google Play reviews in the US.
Mixed but leaning positive (71% of recent reviews give 4–5 stars). People like it for being easy to use, and being useful. The main complaints are about login and account problems, and missing features or content.
What people like
- Ease of use: “It's just so simple to use”
- Useful: “helpful for the tiring day”
- Features & content: “it is powerful and can pull together all digital content”
- Price & subscription: “Idk if there's a premium, but that's not really needed”
Common complaints
- Login & account: “Why i would give you access to my Google account!”
- Features & content: “still basis features are not in place”
- Crashes & bugs: “It takes much longer to load and save entries and glitches/shuts down more often now”
- Speed & performance: “deleted it within a minute lol it lags like crazy”
About Day One Diary: Daily Journal
With over 15 million downloads and over 300,000 5-star ratings globally, Day One has reinvented journaling, letting you record your life as you live it. Securely save audio, video, photos, notes, and more wherever you are, whenever you want. Entries you create automatically capture your location so you can later revisit your memories on a map.
“Day One creates something so rare it feels almost sacred: A completely private digital space.” – New York Times
“Day One makes keeping a journal delightfully easy.” – Wired
WHY DAY ONE?
Day One is the original digital journal app. A decade of updates and feature additions make it the most private, trusted, and easiest-to-use journaling app in the world.
SIMPLE TO USE, EASY TO LOVE
• Beautiful, award-winning design
• Unlimited text entries
• Powerful rich text formatting
• Different journals for every aspect of your life
PRIVATE AND SECURE
• Automatic backups keep your journal entries safe
• End-to-end encryption, which is a fancy way of saying your entries are 100% private
• Journal entries stay secure with passcode or biometrics
• Export options (PDF, JSON, plain text) ensure your entries always stay yours
FORM A HABIT & STAY CONSISTENT
• “Daily Chat” helps you talk through your day and turn that conversation into a journal entry in your own voice*
• Streaks and calendar view help keep your momentum going
• Programmable reminders through text message or phone notifications
• Unique, daily journal prompts help eliminate writer’s cramp
• Customizable templates save time and add organization to entries
• “Today” provides a summary of where you’ve been and what you’ve done
MORE THAN WORDS
• Unlimited photos and video*
• Voice recording*
JOURNAL FROM WHEREVER, WHENEVER
• Cross-platform apps available on iPhone, Apple Watch, iPad, Mac, Android, Windows, and web
• Text message or email entries straight to your journal
BUILT FOR REMINISCING
• “On This Day” allows you to revisit past memories
• Tags, favorites, and search filters make it easy to find what you’re looking for
• Map view visualizes your entries by location, letting you explore everywhere you’ve journaled from
TYPE LESS, PRESERVE MORE
• Time, date, location, weather, moon phase, and more are automatically added to every entry
• Importing data from Strava and other apps with Zapier
• Android app shortcuts make it easy to start a new entry, photo, or video from your home screen
• Share your content from other apps, like Google Photos
CHOOSE THE PLAN THAT FITS YOU
Basic
Free forever with unlimited text entries and journals, 1 photo per entry, end-to-end encryption, templates, prompts, search, On This Day, streaks, and more.
Silver
Everything in Basic, plus unlimited photos and videos, journaling across all your devices, audio recording, PDF embed, custom colors, and Strava and Zapier integrations.
Gold
Everything in Silver, plus Daily Chat, advanced reflection tools, Go Deeper Prompts, Entry Summaries, Title Suggestions, Image Generation,
“Day One creates something so rare it feels almost sacred: A completely private digital space.” – New York Times
“Day One makes keeping a journal delightfully easy.” – Wired
WHY DAY ONE?
Day One is the original digital journal app. A decade of updates and feature additions make it the most private, trusted, and easiest-to-use journaling app in the world.
SIMPLE TO USE, EASY TO LOVE
• Beautiful, award-winning design
• Unlimited text entries
• Powerful rich text formatting
• Different journals for every aspect of your life
PRIVATE AND SECURE
• Automatic backups keep your journal entries safe
• End-to-end encryption, which is a fancy way of saying your entries are 100% private
• Journal entries stay secure with passcode or biometrics
• Export options (PDF, JSON, plain text) ensure your entries always stay yours
FORM A HABIT & STAY CONSISTENT
• “Daily Chat” helps you talk through your day and turn that conversation into a journal entry in your own voice*
• Streaks and calendar view help keep your momentum going
• Programmable reminders through text message or phone notifications
• Unique, daily journal prompts help eliminate writer’s cramp
• Customizable templates save time and add organization to entries
• “Today” provides a summary of where you’ve been and what you’ve done
MORE THAN WORDS
• Unlimited photos and video*
• Voice recording*
JOURNAL FROM WHEREVER, WHENEVER
• Cross-platform apps available on iPhone, Apple Watch, iPad, Mac, Android, Windows, and web
• Text message or email entries straight to your journal
BUILT FOR REMINISCING
• “On This Day” allows you to revisit past memories
• Tags, favorites, and search filters make it easy to find what you’re looking for
• Map view visualizes your entries by location, letting you explore everywhere you’ve journaled from
TYPE LESS, PRESERVE MORE
• Time, date, location, weather, moon phase, and more are automatically added to every entry
• Importing data from Strava and other apps with Zapier
• Android app shortcuts make it easy to start a new entry, photo, or video from your home screen
• Share your content from other apps, like Google Photos
CHOOSE THE PLAN THAT FITS YOU
Basic
Free forever with unlimited text entries and journals, 1 photo per entry, end-to-end encryption, templates, prompts, search, On This Day, streaks, and more.
Silver
Everything in Basic, plus unlimited photos and videos, journaling across all your devices, audio recording, PDF embed, custom colors, and Strava and Zapier integrations.
Gold
Everything in Silver, plus Daily Chat, advanced reflection tools, Go Deeper Prompts, Entry Summaries, Title Suggestions, Image Generation,
What's new in 2026.22
Improvements:
- Text and highlight colors
- Add entries or journals to your home screen
- Change your account email
- Share PDFs and audio to Day One
Fixes:
- Account deletion with Google or Apple sign-in
- Require a passcode for notification exports
- Editor: cursor, keyboard, links and locations
- Dates and week start for your region
- Text and highlight colors
- Add entries or journals to your home screen
- Change your account email
- Share PDFs and audio to Day One
Fixes:
- Account deletion with Google or Apple sign-in
- Require a passcode for notification exports
- Editor: cursor, keyboard, links and locations
- Dates and week start for your region