DayNest

Features

DayNest is an iPhone photo journal for recording everyday moments with words, up to nine photos and a mood. Organize personal entries in collections, add tags and revisit dates in a timeline or calendar. Personal recording has no entry-count limit and uses your own iCloud account and available storage. The app is still being prepared for its App Store release.

A sentence, a photo, a whole day

Write a title and note, choose a date and mood, and attach up to nine photos. Personal entries have no daily or total entry-count limit.

A place for each part of life

Create collections for everyday life, trips or a particular subject. Add tags, subjects and place names as text to make records easier to organize.

Find the moment again

Use text search, choose a date or mood, and show only entries with photos. Combine filters to narrow down the records you want to revisit.

Return through the calendar

Browse a chronological timeline or select a date in the calendar. Basic memories and statistics use the entries you have saved.

Your journal in your iCloud

Personal records use your own iCloud account and available storage. Loading and saving require an iCloud sign-in, an internet connection and sufficient space.

Available in the current version

Personal recording is free with no entry-count limit. iCloud capacity, an internet connection and an iCloud sign-in are required.

  1. Prepare iCloudUse an iPhone running iOS 18 or later, sign in to iCloud and check that there is enough free storage. Keep an internet connection available.
  2. Record one real momentAdd a title, note, date and mood. Choose up to nine photos that belong to that moment instead of trying to document everything.
  3. Give the moment a homeSelect a collection and add useful tags, subjects or a written place name. Use a few consistent labels rather than a new spelling for every entry.
  4. Return and reviewFind an entry through the timeline, calendar or text search. JSON export preserves entry metadata, but original photos need their own safekeeping.

Planned for later

AI summaries, PDF albums, shared spaces and membership purchases are not available in the current MVP.