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A private journal for every day

Echo

Write ordinary days and return through On This Day, photos, mood or place.

Apply to test EchoIn private preview Echo support

Writing

Write it your way.

Headings, checklists, quotes, tables and code, in a Markdown editor that stays out of the way. Dictate on device and check the transcript before it goes in.

  • Markdown, without the fuss.
  • Dictation on device, reviewed before it’s added.
  • Version history to restore an earlier draft.

Photos and video

Pictures, right in the entry.

Add photos and video alongside the words, then browse them all in Gallery. Location, weather, steps and sleep can be recorded with each entry, if you want them.

  • Photos and video inline.
  • A gallery of every picture you’ve kept.
  • The day’s details, recorded with the entry.

Looking back

Come back to the days that mattered.

On This Day brings back entries from the same date in earlier years. Tag each day with how it felt, up to three moods, and watch the months fill with colour, all locked behind Face ID, Touch ID or your passcode.

  • On This Day, from every year you’ve written.
  • Moods by day, month or year.
  • Locked, with a privacy screen in the app switcher.

Map

Where it happened.

Entries with a place appear on the map, with their photos. Look across all time or one year, and open an entry from where it was written.

  • Photo pins for entries with pictures.
  • All Time, or one year at a time.
  • Places only if you want them.

A look inside

Echo in use.

Mac

Echo on Mac: the entry list beside an entry with its cover photoEcho on Mac: the entry list beside an entry with its cover photo
Echo on Mac: Gallery, the year’s photos with one chosenEcho on Mac: Gallery, the year’s photos with one chosen
Echo on Mac: an entry with a short on-device reflection and a follow-up promptEcho on Mac: an entry with a short on-device reflection and a follow-up prompt
Echo on Mac: the Map, with entries listed by place, photo pins and one entry’s cardEcho on Mac: the Map, with entries listed by place, photo pins and one entry’s card

iOS

Echo on iPhone: Mood, the month’s days coloured by how they feltEcho on iPhone: Mood, the month’s days coloured by how they felt
Echo on iPad: writing an entry with a photo collage in the textEcho on iPad: writing an entry with a photo collage in the text
Echo on iPhone: On This Day, an entry from the same date in an earlier yearEcho on iPhone: On This Day, an entry from the same date in an earlier year
Echo on iPad: the Map, with clustered places and an entry’s cardEcho on iPad: the Map, with clustered places and an entry’s card
Echo on iPhone: Gallery, every photo you’ve kept, by monthEcho on iPhone: Gallery, every photo you’ve kept, by month
Echo on iPad: Mood by month, the year as coloured days beside its summaryEcho on iPad: Mood by month, the year as coloured days beside its summary
Echo on iPhone: an entry with its cover photo running edge to edgeEcho on iPhone: an entry with its cover photo running edge to edge
Echo on iPad: an entry’s Details, with date, place, weather, mood, tags and lockEcho on iPad: an entry’s Details, with date, place, weather, mood, tags and lock

iPhone Duo

Ready for the outer display, the open canvas and the space in between.

Echo on iPhone Duo, closed: A place for the moments that matter.Echo on iPhone Duo, closed: A place for the moments that matter.
ClosedA place for the moments that matter.
Partly foldedWhere each memory happened, beside the map.
Echo on iPhone Duo, fully open: Every photo in your journal, month by month.Echo on iPhone Duo, fully open: Every photo in your journal, month by month.
Fully openEvery photo in your journal, month by month.

Widgets

A gentle way back into your journal. Pick up today’s entry, revisit recent writing, see your weeks in mood colours and rediscover this day in years past.

Echo medium Recent widget showing the last two entries with photos and moods Echo medium Recent widget showing the last two entries with photos and moods in dark mode
Recent entriesMedium widget · your last two entries, with their moods.
Echo small Today widget showing today’s entry with its cover photo Echo small Today widget showing today’s entry with its cover photo in dark mode
TodaySmall widget · today’s entry and its cover photo.
Echo medium This Week widget showing seven days in mood colours and a five-day streak Echo medium This Week widget showing seven days in mood colours and a five-day streak in dark mode
This weekMedium widget · seven days in mood colours.
Echo small Today widget with a Write button before anything is written Echo small Today widget with a Write button before anything is written in dark mode
Ready to writeSmall widget · one tap to start today’s entry.
Echo large Mood widget showing five weeks of days coloured by mood Echo large Mood widget showing five weeks of days coloured by mood in dark mode
MoodLarge widget · five weeks of days, coloured by mood.
Echo small Streak widget showing a five-day streak Echo small Streak widget showing a five-day streak in dark mode
StreakSmall widget · your run of writing days.
Echo medium On This Day widget showing one memory from a past year Echo medium On This Day widget showing one memory from a past year in dark mode
On This DayMedium widget · a memory from this date.
Echo large Recent widget listing five entries with photos and moods Echo large Recent widget listing five entries with photos and moods in dark mode
Recent, in fullLarge widget · your last five entries.
Echo large On This Day widget showing memories from three past years Echo large On This Day widget showing memories from three past years in dark mode
Years ago todayLarge widget · memories from this date across the years.

What it does

A journal built for coming back.

Write it your way

  • Headings
  • Checklists
  • Quotes
  • Tables
  • Code

Headings, checklists, quotes, tables and code in a Markdown editor. Dictate on-device and review the transcript before adding it.

Photos and video, inline

Jul 202614

A wide beach at low tide with footprints in the sand +2
Low tide, early28 Jul 2026
An open notebook and a mug on a desk by a window +2
Small wins27 Jul 2026

Locked to your face

Face ID, Touch ID or passcode, auto-lock, and a privacy screen that blanks the app in the switcher.

Earlier versions, kept

Version history keeps earlier revisions so you can review a previous version and restore it.

The day, captured with it

  • Location
  • Weather
  • Steps
  • Sleep

Optionally recorded alongside each entry.

Your months in colour

13 🌿14 15 😐17 18 🤩19 🔥22

Insight, entirely on device

On the Home Screen

Echo medium Recent Entries widget showing the last two journal entries Echo medium Recent Entries widget showing the last two journal entries Echo small Today widget ready to continue today’s journal entry Echo small Today widget ready to continue today’s journal entry

No lock-in

Export everything, including entries, tags and full-resolution media, whenever you like.

Tag mood and intensity

Each entry carries how the day actually felt, and the trend emerges over time.

Where you were when you wrote it

A map of the Bristol Channel with photo pins for a cluster of seven entries A map of the Bristol Channel with photo pins for a cluster of seven entries Notes from the train Bath Friday 24 July

On This Day

Memories from the same date across previous years, alongside gallery, mood and map.

Orbit Orbit

A nudge where you will see it

Each reminder can remain a notification or become a task in your Orbit list. Write the entry and the task clears itself.

Explore Orbit

Drivable from the keyboard

New entry⌘N
On This Day⌥⌘3
Lock journal⌃⌘L

…and many more, on Mac and on iPad with a keyboard.

Siri and Shortcuts

Write it down without opening the app.

Echo's journal actions work from Siri and the Shortcuts app, so a thought reaches the right day whether or not you are looking at your journal.

  • Siri
  • Shortcuts
  • Append to today. One tap adds a line to today's entry, starting it if there isn't one.
  • Search and open. Find an entry by phrase, or jump to a lens like On This Day.
  • Locked entries stay locked. They come back without their text, never with it.

The Delete Journal Entries shortcut bypasses Recently Deleted and always confirms. It is deliberately not a spoken phrase, because a misheard request should not be able to start permanent deletion.

What Siri and Shortcuts can do →

Why it exists

Somewhere to think that is yours.

Echo is built for the ordinary entry: short, unpolished, written on a Tuesday, and worth keeping anyway. Starting one takes a tap, and On This Day, moods and photos give you reasons to come back.

It is made for people who have tried journalling before and stopped, and want a journal that is easy to come back to.

Support and contact · Version history · Privacy

Apply to test EchoIn private preview

Questions

A few useful answers.

Can I dictate without changing the entry straight away?

Dictate records on your device and lets you review the raw transcript or optional cleanup. Only Use Raw or Use Cleaned inserts text into the entry.

How do the journal and entry locks differ?

The journal lock gates the writing area and new entries. Individual entries can also be locked, revealed for a session and re-locked from the padlock menu.

Can I keep my journal local or take it elsewhere?

iCloud sync is optional. Export Journal creates a portable archive with text and media. Read how Echo protects your data, including the limits of standard CloudKit storage.

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