Five Year Diary: Gonen

Write today, and the same day from last year and the year before appear on the very same page. Gonen Diary is a five-year diary that shows five years of one date on a single page. A few lines are enough, so it is easy to keep going, and a year from now you get to meet yourself again.

[Who it is for]

• You want an easy five-year diary on your iPhone or iPad
• Paper diaries never lasted more than a few days
• You want to look back at what you were doing on this day last year
• You keep short daily notes, such as a parenting or gratitude journal
• You want a privacy-minded diary with no sign-up

[No account, no network]

• No registration and no email address
• Your diary stays on this device only. Nothing is sent to a server
• Even if a service goes down or you are offline, your diary stays readable

[Meet last year's today]

• The same date from five years is lined up on one page
• While you write today, you can see last year's you right below
• Open a past day from the calendar and the earlier years of that date appear with it
• The longer you keep going, the thicker the page gets

[Mood in one emoji]

• Pick your mood from five emoji (optional; you can write without choosing)
• Last year's mood for the same day shows up alongside the text

[One photo a day]

• Keep one photo per day (free)
• Add a photo to today's entry or to a past day you are filling in
• Photos stay on the device only. They are shrunk before saving and location data is removed