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Personal journaling app - dayone.app
Depends. Buy if you journal seriously and want cross-device sync, rich media, and printed books. Skip if you journal casually — recent price hikes and feature bloat make free Apple Journal the smarter pick.
Medium. Based on ~20 usable public sources; excluded same-named but unrelated companies (DayOne Data Centers, dayONE Cyber, DayOne PACT).
$49.99/year
Silver
high
Price hikes: premium now ~$50/year; one Reddit user reports lifetime cost near $250
medium
13-year user says AI additions and 'locked' features disrupted his workflow
medium
returned 'Not Found' — request security documentation directly
medium
Churn signal: users migrating to Apple's free Journal after pricing and feature changes
Value for money: 2/5
Rating
$49.99/year
Starting price
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$49.99/year
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Users praise Day One's depth and longevity but increasingly gripe about price hikes, AI feature bloat, and complexity creep.
“Day One still worth it after price hikes, AI and new locked ...”
“Looking for a Day One alternative”
“App Complexity, Workflow Changes, and Pricing Conc”
Compare Day One with each alternative.
Free, built into iOS; enough for casual journaling.
Cheaper, Mac-first journaling; Setapp users compare it favorably.
Day One vs DiarlyLocal-first plain-text notes; better 'second brain' choice.
Day One vs ObsidianBased on ~20 usable public sources; excluded same-named but unrelated companies (DayOne Data Centers, dayONE Cyber, DayOne PACT).
Mature, polished journaling app — but $50/yr hikes and AI bloat push casual writers to Apple's free Journal.
Based on ~20 usable public sources; excluded same-named but unrelated companies (DayOne Data Centers, dayONE Cyber, DayOne PACT).
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