PRICING
Free hourly journaling.
Upgrade only when you want more.
Hourly entries and 15-minute slots, tags and moods with three custom tags, on-device reminders, streaks and achievements, and your day, week and month insights are free forever. Premium adds up to three workspaces, custom minutes, unlimited tags, energy levels, Deep Report, search and dark mode.
Starting needs a card or a working payment method. Monthly and yearly include a 14-day free trial. Lifetime is a one-time purchase.
Choose your Premium plan
Every plan is the same Premium, on iPhone, Android and the web. The only difference is how you pay for it.
Every plan includes
- 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
Monthly
Try Premium a month at a time. Cancel the moment it stops earning its place.
$2.99/month
14-day free trial, then $2.99 a month. No lock-in.
Yearly
Pay once a year and stop thinking about it.
$22.99/year
Yearly billed once a year.
Lifetime
Pay once and never see a renewal. Every future Premium update is included.
$24.99
One payment, no renewal, no trial. Tied to your account, on every device.
Before you buy
- All prices are in USD and include tax — the amount you see is the amount you pay.
- The App Store and Google Play set their own price in each region, so the figure you see there can differ.
- On the web, Paddle is the merchant of record for international cards, so Paddle is the name on your statement. In India checkout runs in rupees through Razorpay, picked automatically from your timezone.
- Premium switches on a few seconds after checkout, once the provider confirms the payment. There is nothing to redeem.
- Monthly and yearly renew automatically until you cancel, and both start with a 14-day free trial. Lifetime is a single payment: no trial, no renewal.
- Cancel where you subscribed — web subscriptions from your account settings, App Store subscriptions through Apple, Google Play subscriptions through Google.
- Changed your mind? Refunds within 7 days — see our Refund Policy. Your purchase is also covered by our Terms of Use.
FREE VS PREMIUM
Everything, side by side
| Feature | Free | Premium |
|---|---|---|
| Hourly journaling | Included | Included |
| 15-minute slots within an hour | Included | Included |
| Multi-hour logging | Included | Included |
| Tags and moods | Included | Included |
| 3 custom tags | Included | Included |
| Day / week / month insights | Included | Included |
| Streaks and 16 achievements | Included | Included |
| One workspace, with its own reminders | Included | Included |
| On-device reminders | Included | Included |
| Offline and two-way sync | Included | Included |
| Web app | Included | Included |
| Email export of all your data | Included | Included |
| Up to 3 workspaces | Not included | Included |
| Workspace passcode lock | Not included | Included |
| Custom minutes, any start and end | Not included | Included |
| Unlimited custom tags, with icons | Not included | Included |
| Tag sentiment, positive vs negative | Not included | Included |
| Energy level on an entry | Not included | Included |
| Deep Report, incl. sleep and wake | Not included | Included |
| Tag-vs-tag compare | Not included | Included |
| Per-tag deep insights | Not included | Included |
| Search, and export what you filtered | Not included | Included |
| Dark mode | Not included | Included |
| Pinned and favourite tags | Not included | Included |
THE FREE PLAN
What you can do with Hourly Journal for free
The free plan is not a trial and it does not run out. No entry limit and no countdown to a paywall. If you never upgrade, the app keeps working exactly as it does today.
Hourly and 15-minute entries
One entry an hour, or split an hour into 15-minute slots when a single line will not do.
Multi-hour logging
Hold to select a stretch of hours and write it up as one entry.
Tags, moods and 3 custom tags
Every pre-defined tag and every reaction is free, plus three custom tags of your own.
Day, week and month insights
Top tags and top emotions, for any of the three ranges.
Streaks that forgive you
Miss a day and the streak drops by one rather than to zero. Classic streaks are a setting away.
Journal Stats and 16 achievements
Badges for the habits you build, and a stats card you can share.
One workspace, your schedule
Your journal, with its own wake and sleep hours, reminder window, interval and sound.
On-device reminders
Reminders are scheduled by your phone, not by a server, so they arrive in airplane mode.
Offline first, then synced
Write with no signal. Entries save locally and sync both ways across your devices.
The web app
The same journal in a browser at app.hourlyjournal.com, offline-capable and in full parity.
Export all your data
Ask for an unfiltered copy of everything from Manage Profile and it is emailed to you.
WORTH IT WHEN
When Premium is worth it
Four situations where people upgrade. If none of them sounds like you yet, stay on the free plan — it is not going anywhere.
Work keeps leaking into your evenings
A second workspace gives work its own journal, its own colour and its own reminder window, so Sunday stops buzzing. Put a passcode on it if the phone gets passed around.
Your day does not line up with the quarter hour
Everyone gets 15-minute slots. Custom minutes let you log 12:06 to 12:38 as it happened, which matters when you are billing the time or tracking a habit to the minute.
You want the number, not the impression
Deep Report answers the uncomfortable questions: how many of the month's 720 hours you actually logged, when your peak hours are, how the energy ran, and how two tags compare side by side.
You need one hour out of thousands
Months in, scrolling stops working. Search reads your notes, tags, reactions and favourites over any range, and exports exactly the entries it found.
PRICING FAQ
Questions about Hourly Journal pricing
Hourly Journal · just now
Yes. Monthly and yearly both start with a 14-day free trial, on the web, on iPhone and on Android. You are not charged until the trial ends, and cancelling during it costs nothing. Lifetime has no trial because it is a single payment.
Hourly Journal · just now
Wherever you use the app. On iPhone you pay through the App Store, on Android through Google Play, and on the web at app.hourlyjournal.com. Premium switches on a few seconds after checkout, once the provider confirms the payment.
Hourly Journal · just now
International cards go through Paddle, which is the merchant of record, so Paddle is the name that appears on your statement and the tax is already inside the price. In India the same checkout runs through Razorpay and is billed in rupees. The app picks the provider from your device timezone, so there is nothing to switch.
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Yes. Every price on this page is in US dollars with tax included, so the amount you see is the amount you pay. The App Store and Google Play set their own price in each region, so the figure you see there can differ.
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Yes, and you cancel where you subscribed: web subscriptions from your account settings, App Store subscriptions through Apple, Google Play subscriptions through Google. Premium stays on until the period you have already paid for runs out.
Hourly Journal · just now
Refunds are available within 7 days of purchase, whichever provider took the payment. Email us with your order number and the date of purchase, and we will sort it out. Purchases made through the App Store or Google Play are refunded by Apple or Google under their own terms.
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One payment of $24.99 and Premium is yours for good: no renewal, no recurring charge, and every future Premium update included.
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Yes. Lifetime is tied to your Hourly Journal account, not to one phone or one store. Buy it on any device, then sign in on iPhone, on Android or on the web and Premium is there, including every future Premium update.
Hourly Journal · just now
No. Version 2.0 is a free update on iOS, Android and the web. The 15-minute slots, forgiving streaks, achievements and the new notification settings are part of the free app. Workspaces, custom minutes, unlimited tags, energy levels, Deep Report, search and dark mode are the Premium side of it.
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.