Dayheld

What Dayheld is

Dayheld is a voice-first journal for iPhone that lets adults record or type entries and review them using word or date search. Apple transcribes supported English locales on-device, and Dayheld says recordings are never uploaded for transcription. Optional AI features include reflections, follow-up questions, weekly insights, Life in Review, and cited journal recall. Ask can answer from matching entries and link to them, though version 1 does not promise meaning-only search. Users can import a Day One JSON export or dated text and Markdown files; imported entries are not sent to AI. Journal and memory records are encrypted with a key held in Keychain, and optional iCloud sync sends encrypted records. Optional AI may send selected readable journal-derived text through Dayheld's proxy to OpenAI; audio is excluded. The free plan includes recording or typing, search, Face ID lock, import, export, deletion, and encrypted sync. Premium costs $9.99 a month. The app requires iOS 17.0 or later and is only for iPhone; it is described as a journaling and wellness tool, not medical care or therapy.