photo journal · ios
develop
a quiet daily record of how you actually felt.
one photo a day, tagged with your mood. it develops overnight, like film, and reveals the next morning at 7am.
the idea
you can't really see a day while you're still inside it.
so develop makes you wait. take one photo, tag the mood, and let it sit in the dark overnight. it reveals at 7am, once the day has passed and you can finally see it for what it was.
how it works.
nothing to scroll, nothing to perform. a quiet ritual, once a day.
shoot
one photo a day. anything from your day, just the one frame.
tag
choose a mood family, then the word that fits how you felt.
develop
the photo locks overnight, like undeveloped film. no edits, no take-backs.
reveal
at 7am the next morning it reveals, and saves to your journal.
look back
days build into a weekly strip, a monthly roll, and a year you can see.
the days add up.
one frame is small. a week is a strip. a year is a picture all its own.
a whole year of feeling, in one screen.
every day becomes its mood's colour. step back, and the shape of your year is suddenly something you can hold. no numbers, no charts. just you, over time.
what's inside.
all of this is free. your history, your maps, and your sharing are yours from day one.
colour maps
monthly and yearly grids where every day is its mood's colour. the most shareable thing in the app, and the reason people keep going.
freeprivate notes
a note on any photo, for the detail a picture misses. these stay personal and are never shared, not even on a shared map.
freeechoes
streaks that count quietly, and a year ago today, which brings back the same date from a year you had already half forgotten.
freethe community feed
an optional, anonymous feed of other people's frames from the same day. no names, no follows, no comments. off unless you turn it on.
free · optionalmood, as colour.
eight families, and the words that live inside them. you pick a family, then the one that fits.
go further with develop+
the app is free, and stays that way. develop+ is two small things, if you want them.
$1.99per month
nothing about your record is locked behind this. your photos, your maps, and your sharing are free. this is for a quieter app and a closer look.
full mood insights
the deeper breakdown of your patterns. how your moods move through a month, how consistently you showed up, and the words you reach for most.
no ads
just you and your days.
free includes daily capture, the 7am reveal, your full photo history, weekly strips, monthly and yearly colour maps, private notes, and all sharing.
CBT in CPT