One Year: Daily Journal

One Year: Daily Journal

Mood Diary & Memory Garden

469 ratings
220 reviews
Free
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Lowest price: $4.99 2 years ago (-%)


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  • Released
  • Updated
  • January 15, 2025
  • September 20, 2026

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Capture a daily memory with text and an image, which then grows into a unique hand-drawn plant. Over a year, these plants form a personalized digital garden, making journaling visual and easy to maintain. Enjoy a private, ad-free experience with cross-device sync.

✓Daily memory capture with text and image
✓Hand-drawn plant grows for each entry
✓Visual garden forms over the year
✓Private and ad-free journaling
✓Cross-device sync (iPhone, iPad, Mac, Vision Pro)
✓Home and Lock Screen widgets
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What's New in One Year

3.1

September 20, 2026

Your garden officially supports iOS 27! But, in true One Year fashion we added a TON more: - Meet the Doodle Clock! Turn your phone sideways and your whole year becomes a clock. You can also have it appear automatically when charging. Just follow the in app setup :) - Your garden is fully integrated with Siri and Siri AI. From new actions to Siri understanding a bit more about your memories - We gave you a bigger space for your home screen garden with the new extra large garden widget - Updated the settings page with some new options & brand new icon set - Made some tweaks to the night mode colors through out the app to make it feel a lot more magical - Saving memories, loading memories, writing memories should feel wayyyy faster - Caught a tiny bug where small devices couldn't use the Doodle Camera - Patched a small issue with Sign in With Apple

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Events

Read more about All New Doodle Camera

All New Doodle Camera

Take photos in the app to add to daily memories

Jul 25, 2026 — Aug 25, 2026

User reviews

love this app, use it daily — just one recommendation

use one year every single day and especially love the ability to display the yearly mood colours in a screenshot; this is super helpful as someone who documents their mood for certain health appointments! the only thing i would want added to the app is the ability to change the mood colour palette/change it within the app as the middle (which i use as neutral) and the second to right (which i use as positive-neutral) are very similar in colour when displayed in the full calendar display which makes it difficult to distinguish between the two! this also might help certain colourblind people. otherwise the app is so great and easy to use and i appreciate the work you guys do, especially with a small team.
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Response from developer

Hi there! This is Alec, the dev behind One Year :). Tysm for the love and support — means a TON to us. So cool to see you are really using the mood tracking daily. That's one of the features that I use pretty heavily as well haha. I just added the suggestion to my list. We've been going back and forth on different color palletes in general for the app, so would be really cool to see if we maybe start with just the mood colors! If you need anything else / have some more feature ideas just drop me an email at alec@wndn.studio :). Tysm again! Alec

Loving it!!!

Really been in love with this app, wish i could discover it earlier so i can have garden full!!

Just two features that i really hope can be added:

1) Search function - can search up certain word and it will show all journals that have that word

2) Download/export one journal - right now i can only download everything at once

Thanks again for creating this beautiful app :)!!
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Response from developer

Hi there! This is Alec, the dev behind One Year :). Tysm for checking out the app and for the love!! Means a ton to us. Love the feature requests. We are actively working on a huge update around search / resurfacing memories so stay tuned. I think you're going to really love it. And, good thoughts on the export! Will add it to the list :). If you ever need anything, please feel free to drop me a message at anytime at alec@wndn.studio Tysm! Alec

Great app

A fab app with a unique way to document mood and memories. A very creative way to remember things we often forget as life keeps going.

Response from developer

Hi there! This is Alec, the dev behind One Year :). Tysm for checking out the app + leaving some love for us — means a ton! If you ever need anything / have any feature ideas please feel free to drop me an email at alec@wndn.studio. Tysm! Alec

Truly the only journaling app that I’ll use

Never has journaling felt so easy for me!!! I used to be an avid journaler but most apps are so complicated and give such a small scope into your entries that I would lose track of everything.
The user interface is so easy to navigate and I’m obsessed with the tiny garden that appears as you journal daily. I have a mood disorder and now it’s easier than ever to get a glimpse at how I have been doing, and to catch patterns.
I wish there were more customization options, like options to change the color of the font or the background of the app, or the color of the flowers, but I love this app. I recommend it to all of my friends and show them my little garden all the time <3
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Response from developer

Hi!! This is Alec, the dev behind One Year :). Tysm for trying out our app and leaving such an awesome review (this is put on my moms fridge worthy haha). I hear you on the customization! Funnily enough, there are a ton moving parts around it to still make it feel simple + easy to use. More than happy to chat more about it whenever! Just drop me an email at alec@wndn.studio anytime :). Tysm again - we appreciate you! Alec

Signing option

I see this app on social media and I really like the idea. But when I download it I realized for signing I must use my apple account and unfortunately I can’t use it for some reason.
After my review the developer team reached me and they really try to solve my problem but it was not from them. But I really like their behavior and support too.
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Response from developer

Hi there! This is Alec, the dev behind One Year! Tysm for reaching out about this, and letting us know what's going on. This sounds like you may be running into a bug. Do you mind sending me an email at alec@wndn.studio? I'll get you all setup here and make sure you're all set! Also, will drop you a month free for all the troubles. Hope to hear from you soon! Alec

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Reported Bugs

2 issues

Cannot download on iOS 16.3.1

Bug

Flower version set as default, no option to choose black dot

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Requested Features

4 requests

Adapt to Chinese language

Feature

Add dark mode and dark icons

Feature

Smaller widget size option

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Add garden widget or zoom in feature

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FAQ

What is this app about?

This app allows you to capture one memory each day by writing text and adding an image. Each entry contributes to a unique hand-drawn plant that grows over the course of a year, ultimately forming a personalized digital garden.

How does the journaling process work?

You write a short or long memory and can optionally add an image. For each entry, a new hand-drawn plant grows. Over time, these plants accumulate to create a full garden representing your year of memories. You can revisit any past entry and its corresponding plant.

Is this app free to use?

The app is free to download and use, offering core journaling features. There are in-app purchases available, which likely unlock additional features or customization options for your garden or plants.

What devices is this app compatible with?

This app is designed to work across Apple devices, including iPhone, iPad, Mac, and Apple Vision Pro. Your journal entries and garden will sync seamlessly across all your devices.

What are the main benefits of using this app for journaling?

The app offers a light, visual, and easy-to-maintain journaling experience. It focuses on consistency rather than streaks or perfection, with no pressure to write extensively. The unique plant-growing feature makes tracking memories engaging and rewarding.