A private journal for Mac

Every life
deserves a
chronicle.

The ordinary days. The people you love.
The little things you’ll want to remember.

Keep them together in a journal that’s yours.
On your Mac, for the years ahead.

Start your chronicle

Free to begin. No subscription. Entirely yours.

A father and young Zara planting a sapling together in a sunlit garden beside a lake.

Today, a little tree.
Someday, a whole story.

At home on your Mac Private by design A lifetime of stories No subscription

A home for your memories

Life moves fast.
Keep a little of it.

From a few lines at the end of the day
to a lifetime of stories, start wherever you are.

Included free

Make a little room for today.

A conversation, a photograph, a thought you almost forgot. Capture your days in your own words, with photos, people, and topics alongside them.

Rich text · Photos · Writing prompts

Take a look around
The Historicle journaling editor with photo attachments and a writing prompt.
The real Historicle app, on your Mac.
01 / Follow your days

See how far you’ve come.

Browse photographs and entries on your timeline. Notice the interests, people, and patterns that make a life yours.

02 / Find your voice

More ways to remember.

Pro adds audio transcription, writing insights, and tools to revisit the goals you mention along the way.

03 / Keep it with you

Your memories, in your hands.

Export your journal and choose where your backups live. Bring an existing journal over from Day One.

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For the people who come after us

One little tree.
A lifetime of memories.

What starts as a few words about today can become something precious to someone tomorrow.

Meet Zara, her father, and a tree called Leafy.

Personal means personal

Private by default.
Shared on your terms.

Your journal stays on your Mac. What you keep to yourself—and what you choose to pass on—is up to you.

Our approach to privacy

Your words stay close.

No company-hosted journal. No journal account to create. Your entries live on your device.

Thoughtful tools. Local AI.

Built-in search, insights, and transcription run on your hardware. Optional external integrations share only what you make available.

You choose what comes next.

Choose your backup locations, encrypt backups with your own passphrase, and export your memories when you want to.

Begin with today

You don’t need an extraordinary life.
Just a place to remember it.

A few lines is a lovely place to start.

Download on the Mac App Store

For Apple Silicon Macs · macOS 13 or later

A Historicle short film

The little things live on.

Music: “With These Hands” by Scott Buckley · CC BY 4.0. Excerpt edited with fades and level adjustment.

Read the story

A father and his daughter Zara plant a tree. Worried it might be lonely, Zara helps welcome the birds. Her father records the day in Historicle and keeps adding memories as she grows. Years later, he shares his journal with her. After he is gone, Zara’s own child wonders about the tree. They revisit his words and photographs together, then plant a new sapling beside it.

Download the film