Ripples: Micro Journal & Diary

A few words is enough to make a memory. Ripples is built for the small moments you'd never sit down and write a page about and the fun part is it doesn't stop there. 

Capture the thing that happened. Then keep talking about it. Reply to an entry from last month. Argue with the version of you from three years ago. Add the context you didn't have at the time. Your memories stop being a list and start being a conversation that runs the length of your life.

HOW IT WORKS

Write something small. One line is a complete entry here. No prompts to answer, no blank page staring back.

Reply to your past self. Each day Ripples brings back three old entries and invites you to respond. Agree, argue, or just add what you know now. Every reply joins a thread you've been writing for years.

Watch the thread grow. A note about a job you almost took. A reply six months later. Another one two years after that. The story never ended, so neither does the entry.

WHY ENTRIES ARE PERMANENT

You can't edit an entry once it's saved. That's deliberate. A journal you can quietly revise is a journal that tells you what you want to hear. Replies let you add, correct, and disagree — without rewriting the past.

LETTERS TO YOUR FUTURE SELF

Seal any entry until a date you choose. It leaves your timeline and stays gone, until a few days before it opens, when it returns with a countdown you can see but can't read yet. A message in a bottle from who you used to be.

ALSO INSIDE

Timeline — your story in order, filtered by importance, reflection threads, or sealed letters waiting their turn
Insights — streaks, word patterns, and how your writing shifts over time
Face ID / Touch ID lock
iCloud backup across your devices
Export everything to JSON, anytime

PRIVATE BY DEFAULT

No account. No sign-up. No analytics, no trackers, no ads. Your entries live on your device and sync only through your own iCloud. We never see them — the App Store privacy label says "Data Not Collected" because that's literally true.

Free to use, including iCloud backup. An optional one-time upgrade unlocks deeper insights and supports an independent developer building this alone.

Start with one line today. See what you have to say about it next year.