# Stars - Jar of Memories — Capture moments, build habits > Capture moments, build habits (iPhone/iPad app by 涛 李.) - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/stars-jar-of-memories/id6762043940 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`) - Developer: [涛 李](https://appshunter.io/developer/1519937559) - Category: Utilities, Lifestyle - Price: Free with in-app purchases - Age rating: 4+ - Requires: iOS 17.0 · 5 MB - Languages: English - Released: 2026-04-12 - Data updated: 2026-06-26 - User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/stars-jar-of-memories/id6762043940/reviews.md ## What is Stars? Stars — Daily Journal & Reflection Stars is a minimal, private journal for capturing the small moments that make up a life. No social feeds, no notifications — just you and your words, every day. Each entry is a "star" — a fragment of your inner world worth keeping. Write a sentence or several pages. No rules, no pressure. WHY STARS? Most apps try to do everything. Stars does the opposite: tap, write, done. Over time, your stars become a constellation — a private record of who you are and how you've grown. CORE FEATURES • Effortless Capture — Tap once to write. No folders, tags, or categories. Just open and start. • Star Sky Feed — Entries appear in a living, animated star field. Scrolling back feels like stargazing: unhurried and alive. • Writing Streaks — Track consecutive writing days and your all-time longest streak on the Stats page. • Lock Screen Shortcut (iOS 18+) — Add the Control Widget to your lock screen. One tap opens a new entry without unlocking your phone. • Home Screen Widget — See your latest star at a glance, or jump to compose without opening the app. • Rich Stats — Total entries, total words, streaks, and most active writing hours and days. • Private by Default — No account required. Data lives on your device and optionally syncs via iCloud. Stars never reads your content. • Dark Mode & Dynamic Type — Designed for low-light journaling at any hour, with full accessibility support. BUILT FOR DAILY USE The feed always shows your most recent stars first. Stats motivate consistency without gamifying — no badges, no leaderboards, just your real writing history. The lock screen shortcut removes the biggest barrier to daily journaling. PRIVACY Stars collects no analytics, requires no account, and connects to no external servers. Everything you write belongs to you alone. Start capturing your stars tonight. ## Pricing and in-app purchases Base price: Free. **One-time purchases** | Purchase | Price | Type | | --- | --- | --- | | iCloud Sync | $0.99 | one-time | ## Version history (last 5 releases) ### 1.0.5 — 2026-06-18 Template experience improvements - After creating or editing a template, the list refreshes instantly — no need to leave and come back - Tap a reminder notification to jump directly into the editor with that template pre-loaded Cleaner interface - Removed decorative emoji from functional UI elements for a more focused, minimal look On This Day - If you wrote an entry exactly 1, 2, or 3 years ago today, it surfaces at the top of your Feed as a card - A quiet moment to reconnect with who you were ### 1.0.4 — 2026-04-29 A whole new widget family • Home: Today's Color, Streak + Memo, Year Calendar (systemLarge 3×4 dot grid) • Lock Screen: 3-month dot calendar, mood & activity heatmaps • StandBy: full-year color view • iOS 18 Control Center: one-tap Compose Apple Health mood sync Saving a Star now writes HKStateOfMind to Health — 9 moods mapped to valence & labels. Siri & Shortcuts ComposeStarIntent works with Siri, Shortcuts, and the iPhone Action Button. Snap-and-save The Compose photo button now opens the camera directly. 9 moods, up from 5 Added excited, grateful, content, hopeful, stressed — plus a mood trend line and mood heatmap on Stats. Color extraction for video Video attachments now contribute their dominant colors to your Color Universe. Poetic color names No more #FFCC88 — every swatch gets a name worth reading. Word count · Tips & Tricks · 3-tier iCloud onboarding Understand your writing rhythm and ramp up faster. Plus crash fixes and localization polish. ### 1.0.2 — 2026-04-16 What's New in 1.0.2 - Color Palette: automatically extract dominant colors from your photos, displayed as palette dots on feed cards - Color Stats: new color river, hue wheel, and mood×color charts to visualize your color story - Calendar Colors: see dominant color dots per day on the calendar view - Share Cards: new Starry card template with star sky background, photos and color strips on all templates - Voice Recording: dual-mode recording — record audio or transcribe to text - Journaling Suggestions: quickly start entries from system journaling suggestions - Media Grid: Apple Journal-style media grid in feed and detail views - iCloud Sync: available as an in-app purchase - Bug fixes and performance improvements ### 1.0.1 — 2026-04-15 What's New New Features - Color Palette — Extracts one dominant color per photo, displayed as colored dots on Feed cards, Calendar, and Stats - Color River — 30-day color timeline in Stats showing your visual mood over time - Color Universe — Hue wheel and mood × color pairing with SF Symbol icons - Share Cards — All 6 templates now include photos (multi-photo grid) and a color strip - iCloud Sync (IAP) — One-time purchase to sync stars, photos & moods across all devices Bug Fixes - Fixed theme not changing when manually selecting Light/Dark mode - Fixed tapping photos on Feed cards not opening detail view - Improved iCloud sync reliability after data arrives from remote devices ### 1.0 — 2026-04-12 No release notes. ## More apps by 涛 李 - [VoiceBox](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/voicebox/id6465250245) - [Glittering](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/glittering/id6502569529) - [TextTerra](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/textterra/id6738687857) - [Give Me A Chinese Name](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/give-me-a-chinese-name/id6740746107) - [LightYou](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/lightyou/id6761893930) All apps by 涛 李: https://appshunter.io/developer/1519937559 --- *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 2026-06-26.*