A daily journaling app

Write 3 lines today.
Meet your past self tomorrow.

Every day, write just 3 lines. In 7 days, your past self starts talking back. The longer you write, the deeper the conversation becomes.

Coming Soon on iOS

Free to start · No account required to begin writing

How It Works

Your past self, returning to you.

Day 1

Write 3 lines

That's it. No prompts required, no pressure. Just three honest lines about your day, your feelings, your thoughts.

Day 7

Your first Past Card arrives

"I wrote this just a week ago?" — You'll be surprised how quickly you forget. Your past self has something to tell you.

Day 30

Two past selves, visiting daily

Now you see who you were a week ago and a month ago. Patterns emerge. Growth becomes visible. The conversation deepens.

Day 365

Five past selves, every single day

A week, a month, three months, six months, a year. Five versions of you, returning to remind you how far you've come.

If you don't write it down,
today disappears by tomorrow.

Yearbound catches the days that slip through your fingers — and gives them back to you, one past card at a time.

Features

Simple by design.
Deep over time.

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Past Cards

Your past entries return to you automatically — from 7 days ago, 30 days, 90 days, and beyond. Every day is a reunion with who you were.

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Volumes

Separate journals for different parts of your life. A volume for gratitude, one for love, another for growth. Your life, organized by meaning.

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Witness

Invite someone to silently watch over your journal. They can only read — a quiet presence beside your words. A new kind of trust.

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Co-writer

Write in the same volume with someone you love. Couples, families, friends — same day, different perspectives, one shared space.

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Time Capsule

Write a letter to your future self. Seal it. Choose a date. When it opens, you'll meet who you used to be.

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Reflection

When a Past Card appears, Yearbound asks you a gentle question. Not from AI reading your diary — just the right question at the right time.

Privacy First

Your journal is yours. Only yours.

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We never read your entries

Reflection questions are template-based, matched by volume type and time — not by reading your words.

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Private by default

No public profiles, no feeds, no followers. Your handle exists only for inviting people you choose.

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No social pressure

Yearbound is not social media. There are no likes, no comments from strangers, no algorithms deciding what you see.

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You control sharing

Witness and Co-writer access requires your explicit invitation. You can revoke access at any time.

3 lines. That's all it takes.

Start today. Your future self is already waiting.

Coming Soon on the App Store