Day One discounts and coupons
1 offer stated by Day One itself (education) and 2 tips from its help pages. Day One has a free plan, and paid plans start at $49.99 per year.
About coupon codes
We found no public coupon or promo code on Day One’s own pages, so this page lists none. Everything below is a price or offer Day One states itself, with a link to where it says so. Codes found only on coupon sites could not be checked, and we don’t pass them on.
Day One discounts it states itself
- Education25% off for students for the first 4 years
Day One's FAQ offers students 25% off paid subscriptions for the first 4 years, after verifying student status with support by student ID or university email.
Stated on dayoneapp.com
Ways to spend less on Day One
Buy on the web if you might want a refund
Day One's help page gives web purchases 14 days from purchase or renewal to ask for a refund, through support with your receipt number and User ID. Apple doesn't do partial refunds, and on Google Play you only have the first 48 hours.
dayoneapp.comOn the free plan you can switch to a new phone once every 30 days
Basic works on one active device. Sign in on another and Day One offers an upgrade or a switch (Switch my Device on phones, Move your journal on a Mac). Its help page says you can change the active device once every 30 days, so a new phone doesn't mean paying.
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Read from Day One’s own help pages. We haven’t tried them ourselves.
Try Day One before you pay
- Free plan
- Basic plan: unlimited text entries and journals, 1 photo per entry, end-to-end encryption, prompts, templates and web access, used from 1 device.
- Free trial
- Free 1-month trial of a paid plan, started inside the app. Eligibility is controlled by the app stores.
What Day One costs without a discount
| Plan | Price | What you get |
|---|---|---|
| Basic | $0 | Unlimited text entries and journals, 1 photo per entry, end-to-end encryption, prompts and templates, on 1 device. |
| Silver | $49.99per year (no monthly plan is offered) | 30 photos or videos per entry, unlimited devices, audio recording and transcription, drawings, PDF scanning, and Strava, Zapier and IFTTT integrations. |
| Gold | $74.99per year (no monthly plan is offered) | Everything in Silver, plus Daily Chat, Go Deeper prompts, entry summaries, title suggestions and image generation. |
Cheaper alternatives to Day One
- Apple JournalCompare
Free
- PenzuCompare
$19.99 per year, or $4.99 per month · has a free plan
- DiarlyCompare
$2.99 per month, or $24.99 per year (US App Store in-app purchases) · has a free plan
Tools we list as alternatives to Day One that start cheaper or have a free plan, going by each one’s own prices.
Day One discount questions
Is there a Day One coupon or promo code?
We found no public coupon or promo code on Day One's own pages, as read on Oct 5, 2026, so none is listed here. What Day One does state: 25% off for students for the first 4 years, plus 2 tips from its help pages. Codes that only coupon sites carry could not be checked against dayoneapp.com.
How can I get Day One cheaper?
25% off for students for the first 4 years. Day One's FAQ offers students 25% off paid subscriptions for the first 4 years, after verifying student status with support by student ID or university email.
Does Day One have a student discount?
25% off for students for the first 4 years. Day One's FAQ offers students 25% off paid subscriptions for the first 4 years, after verifying student status with support by student ID or university email.
Does Day One have a free trial?
Yes. Free 1-month trial of a paid plan, started inside the app. Eligibility is controlled by the app stores.
Is there a free version of Day One?
Yes. Basic plan: unlimited text entries and journals, 1 photo per entry, end-to-end encryption, prompts, templates and web access, used from 1 device.
What is a cheaper alternative to Day One?
Of the tools we list as alternatives, Apple Journal, Penzu and Diarly start cheaper or have a free plan. Each one's own prices are on its page here.