# Grains - A Journal

> Grains - A Journal (iPhone/iPad app by Bill Schenk.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/grains-a-journal/id6761574537 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [Bill Schenk](https://appshunter.io/developer/1886298781)
- Category: Health & Fitness
- Price: Free with in-app purchases
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 17.0 · 2 MB
- Languages: English
- Released: 2026-04-04
- Data updated: 2026-07-17
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/grains-a-journal/id6761574537/reviews.md

## What is Grains?

Grains is a microjournaling app built around one simple idea: write one sentence about your day.

  No pressure, no blank pages, no hour-long writing sessions. Just one sentence to capture what mattered most today. Over time, those single
  sentences become a powerful record of your life.

  THREE WAYS TO JOURNAL
  Choose the mode that fits you best:
  • Free Entry — One open-ended sentence about your day
  • Highs & Lows — Your best moment and your hardest moment
  • Combo — All three for the fullest picture in the fewest words
  Switch modes anytime without losing a single entry.

  ON THIS DAY
  See what you wrote on this date in previous years. Watch patterns emerge and remember moments you might have forgotten.

  CALENDAR & TIMELINE
  Browse your entries by month or scroll through a visual timeline. Every journaled day appears on the calendar so you can see your consistency
  at a glance.

  MILESTONES
  Celebrate your journaling journey with milestones from your first handful of grains to a full year of entries and beyond. Each milestone
  unlocks a unique animated celebration.

  PHOTOS
  Attach a photo to any entry to pair your words with a moment captured.

  PRIVACY FIRST
  Lock Grains with Face ID. Your journal is yours alone.

  SYNC & BACKUP
  Entries sync automatically across your devices with iCloud. Works offline — your data is always available.

  EXPORT YOUR DATA
  Export your entire journal as plain text, JSON, or a beautifully formatted PDF. Your memories belong to you.

  HOME SCREEN WIDGET
  See your grain count and recent entries right from your home screen. A gentle daily reminder to write.

  CUSTOMIZABLE
  • Six hand-crafted app icon themes
  • Light, dark, and system appearance modes
  • Daily reminder at your chosen time

  Your life, one grain at a time.

## Pricing and in-app purchases

Base price: Free.

**One-time purchases**

| Purchase | Price | Type |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Grains Premium | $2.99 | one-time |



## Version history (last 5 releases)

### 1.1.3 — 2026-07-01

Bug fixes and reliability improvements.

• Weather Tag now fetches your local conditions more reliably — fixes a hang that could prevent weather from appearing
• Welcome-back message is now a subtle inline card instead of a screen overlay
• Minor polish

### 1.1.2 — 2026-06-13

What's New
  - Grains Premium is here — unlock insights, full-text search, book export, color themes, smart reminders, and daily prompts with a single purchase

### 1.1.0 — 2026-04-15

What's New in Grains 1.1

  - Weather tagging — your grain now captures the temperature and conditions when you save, so you can remember what the day felt like
  - Reading Mode — swipe through your grains like pages in a book, distraction-free
  - Random Grain — tap to resurface a surprise entry from your past
  - Night mode — a warm, dimmed screen for late-night entries
  - Apple Watch — drop a grain from your wrist
  - Voice dictation — speak your grain instead of typing (opt-in via Settings)
  - Handwriting — write or draw with Apple Pencil (opt-in via Settings)
  - Wallpaper export — turn your grains into a phone wallpaper
  - 6 color themes — Ocean, Warm Sand, Forest, Lavender, Midnight, and Ink
  - Grains Premium — one-time $2.99 unlock for insights, search, themes, alternate icons, book export, smart reminders, and daily prompts

### 1.0.1 — 2026-04-05

What's New in 1.0.1

  - Improved keyboard controls when writing your daily grain — a new toolbar makes it easy to
  move between fields, save your entry, or dismiss the keyboard
  - Fixed an issue where pressing return in entry fields added a new line instead of advancing
  to the next field

### 1.0 — 2026-04-04

No release notes.

## More apps by Bill Schenk

- [The Fulcrum](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/the-fulcrum/id6760799324)
- [Cracks - A Puzzle Game](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/cracks-a-puzzle-game/id6760981933)
- [Gravity Arc - A Puzzle Game](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/gravity-arc-a-puzzle-game/id6760983765)

All apps by Bill Schenk: https://appshunter.io/developer/1886298781

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