# Breakin': Calm Daily Journal — Intentions, focus & reflection > Intentions, focus & reflection (iPhone/iPad app by Dian Dinihari Yuliani.) - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/breakin-calm-daily-journal/id6786577313 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`) - Developer: [Dian Dinihari Yuliani](https://appshunter.io/developer/1598856656) - Category: Productivity, Lifestyle - Price: Free - Age rating: 4+ - Requires: iOS 26.0 · 9 MB - Languages: American English - Released: 2026-07-02 - Data updated: 2026-08-31 - User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/breakin-calm-daily-journal/id6786577313/reviews.md ## What is Breakin'? Breakin’ helps you meet the day on your terms — with one gentle intention, a few things that matter, and a quiet place to reflect when the day is over. Built for real, uneven days, including shift work, changing schedules, and irregular hours. SET THE TONE • Start your day with one simple intention • Add Task Focus items for what matters most • Use gentle focus timers when you want help staying with a task • Place tasks and reminders on a simple daily timeline • See your day without turning it into a productivity scoreboard PLAN AHEAD (Pro) • Schedule tasks and reminders for tomorrow or any future day • Create repeating tasks and reminders for things that recur • Let plans appear when their day arrives instead of crowding today RETURN WHEN IT FEELS HEAVY Some days don’t need more pressure. Breakin’ gives you somewhere to return when your attention, energy, or mood shifts. • Take a Pause with a slow breath and a kind next step • Write privately about what happened and what you need now • Save the real day as a story — kept, not scored SHIFT COMPANION (Pro) Breakin’ is designed for people whose days don’t always fit a 9-to-5 routine. • Bring work shifts into Breakin’ from your calendar • Get gentle check-ins as you arrive at and leave work • Receive a mid-shift break nudge when you may need one • Use a restful quiet mode after night shifts • Reflect on a difficult shift with Situation, Effect, Action, and Learning • Keep your shift reflection as part of your day’s story INSIGHTS THAT POINT SOMEWHERE Insights are meant to help you notice, not judge. • Choose what you’d like Breakin’ to pay attention to • See cards connected to your goals, patterns, and daily reflections • Get one gentle next step instead of a score or performance rating • Notice what may be helping your days feel steadier • See how the days after you acted actually felt (Pro) • Use your history to make tomorrow a little more intentional PRIVATE BY DESIGN Your private thoughts should stay private. • Your writing stays on your device • Follow-up questions, story text, and reflections use Apple’s on-device intelligence when available • When on-device intelligence isn’t available, Breakin’ uses a simple built-in experience • No account required • No advertising • No ad tracking • Optional iCloud sync stays in your personal iCloud BUILT FOR UNEVEN DAYS Breakin’ isn’t about maintaining a perfect routine. Use it on ordinary days, busy days, workdays, days off, early shifts, late shifts, and days that change halfway through. There are no streaks to protect and nothing to fall behind on. Breakin’ is a calm daily planner, focus companion, shift work companion, and reflection journal in one private space. It helps you plan your day, focus on key tasks, manage reminders, take mindful pauses, reflect on work shifts, and notice patterns over time — without turning your life into points, streaks, or productivity scores. FREE TO BEGIN Core daily planning, intentions, Task Focus, Pause, stories, and reflection are available without Pro. Every Pro feature includes three free tries, so you can experience it before deciding whether it belongs in your routine. BREAKIN’ PRO Unlock planning ahead, repeating tasks and reminders, Shift Companion features, deeper insight follow-through, and other Pro tools. Breakin’ Pro is available as a monthly or annual subscription, or as a one-time lifetime purchase. Subscriptions automatically renew unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. You can manage or cancel your subscription in your App Store account settings. Start the day with intention. Focus on what matters. Pause when you need to. Make space for shift work and irregular schedules. Then look back with context instead of judgment. Breakin’ gives you a steadier way to begin and a kinder way to look back. — Privacy Policy: https://getnekoa.com/privacy#daybreakin Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ ## Version history (last 4 releases) ### 1.3 — 2026-08-19 We're now Breakin' - same calm app, a warmer new look and a lot more inside. A NEW LOOK • "First Light" design: a warm sunrise palette, soft glass cards, and a new icon. • A quicker start: onboarding drops you straight into shaping today. PLAN & FOCUS • Plan Ahead: schedule tasks and reminders for any day, and repeat what recurs. • Focus Shield: quiet the apps and categories you choose while your focus timer runs. • Calendar & Reminders: bring Apple Calendar events and Reminders onto your timeline. MADE FOR SHIFT WORK • Shift Companion: import shifts from your calendar, gentle check-ins as you arrive and leave, a mid-shift break nudge, and a restful quiet mode after night shifts. • Guided reflection: a soft four-part way to make sense of a hard shift. REMEMBER & NOTICE • Story Illustrations: a private, on-device illustration for each daily story. • Storybook PDF: turn saved days into a polished PDF to keep or share. • Goal-linked Insights: one gentle next step, and a look at how the days after you acted actually felt. • Personal Automations: custom check-in times and Apple Watch Pause cues. Every Pro feature now includes three free tries. Everything private stays on your device, no accounts, no ads, no tracking. ### 1.2 — 2026-08-05 DaybreakIn has grown into a complete companion for living each day with greater intention. DAILY INTENTIONS • Begin every day with one meaningful intention • Refine your intention into something clear and personal • Revisit intentions from previous days • Keep today’s intention visible throughout the experience NATURAL-LANGUAGE PLANNING • Describe your day naturally by writing or speaking • Turn your words into an organized planning draft • Recognize tasks, habits, reminders, meetings, times, and durations • Review and edit everything before adding it to your day • Use private on-device intelligence on compatible devices • Continue planning offline with built-in local parsing A COMPLETE DAILY TIMELINE • See tasks, habits, reminders, meetings, and calendar events together • Organize activities across different periods of the day • Adjust task times and expected durations • Complete, edit, reschedule, or remove timeline items • Browse the calendar and revisit previous days • See daily progress and completion summaries at a glance HABITS AND ROUTINES • Create flexible habits that fit your schedule • Choose from a library of useful habit templates • Select active days and preferred reminder times • Use a focused timer while completing a habit • Track completions and build visible streaks • Maintain routines without punishing missed days REMINDERS • Create one-time or repeating reminders • Choose specific notification times • View reminders alongside the rest of your day • Edit, complete, and manage reminders from the timeline PAUSE AND REFLECTION • Choose a pause duration when life feels overwhelming • Follow a calm visual pause experience • Reflect afterward through writing or speech • Capture the feeling and context behind difficult moments • Receive a concise summary of your reflection • Continue using reflection features through offline fallbacks FEELING CHECK-INS • Record how you felt at the end of the day • Capture meaningful moments, challenges, and gratitude • Add personal details you want to remember • Connect emotional experiences with the rest of your day DAILY STORIES • Turn your intention, activities, pauses, and feelings into a story • Use private on-device story generation on compatible devices • Create dependable stories offline when enhanced generation is unavailable • Browse your story timeline • Revisit the complete story of any saved day PROGRESS AND INSIGHTS • Explore weekly reports across your daily activity • Review task, habit, and reminder completion • See daily breakdowns and emotional patterns • Revisit intention highlights • Recognize progress that an ordinary checklist can miss MORE WAYS TO STAY CONNECTED • See your intention and progress with configurable widgets • Keep up with your day through the Apple Watch companion • Sync daily entries through your private iCloud account • Continue using core features without an internet connection PRIVACY AND CONTROL • Protect DaybreakIn with the built-in app lock • Export daily entries as JSON or CSV • Manage calendar, notification, microphone, and speech permissions • Use optional on-device intelligence without relying on an external AI service This release also introduces a completely refreshed interface, improved onboarding, smoother navigation, accessibility refinements, performance improvements, and reliability fixes throughout the app. Welcome to a calmer and more meaningful DaybreakIn. ### 1.1 — 2026-07-06 A calmer way to start your day. • New Today’s 3 Anchors – Focus on up to three things that matter most today, while everything else stays in Later. • Refined morning flow – Updated onboarding and planning to help you turn messy thoughts into a simple, clear start. • Simpler Pause – When you feel stuck, pause for a minute and answer one gentle question: “What’s the next kind step?” • Richer daily stories – Your end-of-day story now reflects your intention, anchors, pauses, feelings, and reflections. • Gentler progress insights – See patterns like days started, anchors chosen, pauses taken, stories saved, and recurring themes instead of focusing on productivity metrics. • Performance improvements, bug fixes, and UI polish throughout the app. Pick 3 things. Start lighter. ### 1.0 — 2026-07-02 No release notes. ## Related topics [intentionality](https://appshunter.io/ios/topics/intentionality) · [the mind controller](https://appshunter.io/ios/topics/the-mind-controller) --- *Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). User reviews are verbatim App Store reviews. Ratings, prices and chart positions refresh continuously; this snapshot is from 2026-08-31.*