Day One

Day One is the journaling app for people who want journaling to stick long-term. It feels like a proper home for your thoughts, with great organization tools and more control over how you capture entries. If you like the idea of journaling but want something more robust than a notes app, Day One is often the way to go.

What makes it a good doomscrolling replacement is that sometimes we tend to use apps like TikTok to clear our heads from stressful thoughts or things we have to do. And while doomscrolling helps with that, it doesn’t fix the issue; it just pushes it away for some time. With a journaling app, you can put those worries into an entry, which can help you organize your thoughts and maybe even come up with a way to handle them.

On the other hand, you can also use Day One to immortalize your most recent memories. You can write a quick entry, attach a photo, tag it, and move on. Over time, it becomes a searchable archive of your life and your thinking, which is something doomscrolling will never give you.