Write today. At 8pm, it's sealed.
at8pm is a journal that locks each day right when you choose. No casual edits, no quiet rewrites after the fact — just what actually happened, kept as you wrote it. If you ever genuinely need back in, you can unlock a single entry on purpose.
How it works
Write throughout the day
Add entries whenever something's worth keeping — text, a photo, or a quick voice note.
Your day locks at your hour
Default is 8pm. Change it in settings to match your own rhythm.
It stays as written
Locked entries are read-only by default. Need back in? You can deliberately unlock one entry for 24 hours — it's a choice, not an accident.
Everything a day needs
Text, photos, voice
Write however the moment calls for it — a quick line, a photo, or a voice note recorded on the spot.
Face ID lock
Your journal opens only for you. Face ID protects it on-device — nothing biometric ever leaves your phone.
Set your own hour
8pm is the default, not a rule. Pick the hour that matches when your day actually ends.
Gentle reminders
A nudge before lock time, so nothing gets left unwritten.
Tag a place
Add where you were, in your own words — no location tracking running in the background.
Share a card
Turn an entry into a styled card and send it straight to your Instagram Story.
No servers of ours. No accounts. No analytics.
Your entries sync only through your own private iCloud account. We don't run a backend that stores your journal, we don't track how you use the app, and there's no account to sign into in the first place — it's just you and your phone.
Read the full privacy policy →at8pm Pro
A subscription keeps your journal open for new entries, with optional unlock packs if you ever want back into a locked day. Pricing and terms are set through the App Store.
Coming soon on the App Store