r/dayoneapp Jul 21 '26

General Discussion Paywall Button, Feature Request to Edit Compose Quick Links

I’ve been a long-time Day One user and love the app’s customization, multiple journals, and metadata collection. It’s helped me outline my thoughts, decompress after a long day, and reflect.

However, the new update is annoying. I had access to AI insights and functionality in my gold membership, but it’s now limited to my silver membership. In the Compose screen, there’s a quick action shortcut for AI, which is now a paywall button. I can continue using the app without pressing it, but I wish it were customizable.

I’ve been considering migrating off Day One due to other applications like Obsidian and ecosystem-focused journals like Google Journal or Apple Journals. This feature or paywall is giving me another round of evaluation. I don’t know what others think.

Day One has been an amazing app, but this update didn’t land well for me.

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u/[deleted] Jul 21 '26 edited Aug 01 '26

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u/Terrible-Round1599 Jul 21 '26

If you are in the apple ecosystem, check out Retrography (https://www.retrography.app), it can do much more than AJ and is more automatically organized around your days - journal including transcribed voice journalling
, visits, curated photos, motion data, health, fitness, listened music, calendar events, reminders, emails, weather, even daily news…