One photo. Every day. Keep a quiet record of yourself, one ordinary day at a time.
Fictional animal portraits illustrate the real app interface. MeByDay is a photo journal; it does not include animal filters or generate portraits.
A small daily ritual
Start a 30, 90, 180, or 365-day plan, choose three, five, six, or ten years, or set your own end date. Take your photo, check it, and confirm when you are ready. Before confirmation, discard and retake freely. After confirmation, the original and its day are locked. Missed days stay blank; there is no backdating or importing old photos to fill them.
Your plan follows its original time zone. Its duration counts calendar days, including days without a photo.
Make every date your own
Place the date in any corner. Choose its size, font, color, margin, shadow, and background. Nine date styles include year-first, US and UK numeric formats, and English month names. Changing the appearance never changes the recorded date or original photo.
See your story grow
Browse your monthly timeline, compare your first and latest photos, or export a time-lapse video. Save dated photos and complete project backups to a destination you choose. On larger screens, including the unfolded iPhone Duo, the timeline and photo details can sit side by side. Compact screens keep a focused single-column view.
Private by design
No separate registration, advertising, tracking, or subscription. Recording works locally. Optional CloudKit private sync uses your system Apple Account and does not create an iCloud Drive folder. Open the app or use Sync now to update it; check its sync status before relying on another device. One device records for a plan; another can view it and take over recording online.
Use the optional device-authentication lock for an extra access check. CloudKit private access is not a claim of additional end-to-end encryption. Read the MeByDay Privacy Policy.
You can always leave
End a plan while keeping its records, or permanently delete the entire project. When offline, cloud deletion waits until the app reconnects. A minimal random-ID deletion marker prevents an old device from restoring the project. Copies you previously exported must be removed separately.
Availability and support
The planned launch price is US $0.99, paid once, with no subscription or in-app purchase. The first release is pending Apple review and is not yet available to download. Planned distribution excludes mainland China; other availability and local prices depend on the App Store.
For help, email [email protected]. Include your device, iOS version, and a description of the problem. Please avoid sending private photos. For sync issues, check that iCloud is signed in, private sync is enabled in MeByDay, and Sync now completes. For a new recording device, use the plan’s takeover control while online. Export a complete project backup before changing developer-preview or distribution installations.