FEATURES

Everything you need to notice your day, one hour at a time

Hourly Journal gives you a small prompt each hour, a simple place to record what happened — down to fifteen minutes when an hour holds more than one thing — and a clearer view of the patterns that build across your day. Seven of the twelve features below arrived with 2.0.

How Hourly Journal helps you reflect

Each feature is built around a simple practice: pause, name the hour, and look back with more context over time. Seven of the twelve arrived with 2.0 and are marked below.

Everything the free journal already does

Free

  • Hourly and 15-minute entries
  • Multi-hour logging
  • Tags, moods and 3 custom tags
  • Day, week and month insights
  • Streaks that forgive you
  • Journal Stats and 16 achievements
  • One workspace, your schedule
  • On-device reminders
  • Offline first, then synced
  • The web app
  • Export all your data

Premium adds

  • Up to 3 workspaces
  • Workspace lock
  • Custom minutes
  • Unlimited custom tags
  • Tag sentiment
  • Energy level
  • Deep Report
  • Per-tag deep insights
  • Search and filtered export
  • Dark mode

How an hourly journal works

  1. Step 1: Notice

    An hourly reminder invites you to pause for a moment.

  2. Step 2: Name the hour

    Write a note, add a mood, and choose tags that describe what was happening.

  3. Step 3: Look back

    Use day, week and month insights to see what your hours add up to.

Start with the next hour

One small check-in each hour puts your whole life in perspective

Free to start. Try it on iOS, Android, or the web.

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