One year ago
“Asked to lead the new team. Said I’d think about it. I already know I’ll say no. I always find a reason not to be seen.”
Stop living
the same year twice.The private journal that shows you the loops you live in, and helps you write your way out. For Mac, iPhone and iPad.
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A few honest lines a night.
Proof you changed, a year later.
Zen mode
Just you,
and the truth of your day.
No sidebar, no counters, no audience. Nobody to perform for, so you write what actually happened.
You don’t stay stuck for lack of willpower. You stay stuck because every day feels new, so the same fear, the same excuse, the same “not yet” slips past unnoticed. Plume writes it down. Night after night, until the pattern is impossible to miss, and finally possible to break.
Patterns
You can’t change a loop
you can’t see.
One entry is a mood. Fifty are a portrait. Written down, the excuse you keep repeating and the wins you never count stop hiding inside single days.
Asked to present the roadmap. Said I wasn’t ready.
Good idea in the meeting. Stayed quiet. Someone else said it.
Offered the workshop. Said I’d think about it.
Why do I wait for permission that nobody is going to give?
Hard conversation with Léo. Kind, and clear.
Ran 5k without stopping. Didn’t tell anyone. Proud anyway.
Shared the draft before it was perfect. They loved it.
Said no to a project. Nothing broke.
Illustrative entries.
Today
“Ran my first offsite. Spoke first, stumbled once, kept going. Two people asked if I’d mentor them.”
One year ago today
Growth is invisible
up close.
Walk back through
a year of evenings.
Meet who you were.
In your own words.
Not a flattering memory. The exact sentence you wrote that night, before you knew how it would turn out.
Proof you changed.
Every step, written down.
- TabIn Zen mode on Mac, the entry from one year ago waits at the edge of the page.
- ⌘K“On this day” jumps to the same date in an earlier year.
Introspection
A coach who has read
every page you wrote.
Pick the AI you trust. Or keep it all on your device.
Past month32 entries
Choose what it reads.
Last week, the past month, the whole year. Only those entries come along. Everything else stays shut.
Choose how it looks.
- Pattern recognitionThe loops and blind spots you can’t see from inside a day.
- Values alignmentAre your days living up to what you say matters?
- Decision supportWeigh a choice against everything you’ve lived so far.
- Life coach sessionThe three questions you should be asking yourself now.
Honest.
Never flattering.
It names the people and moments from your own pages, and gently points out the mistake you keep repeating. Ask a follow-up, push back, go deeper. Every session is kept for next time.
Reads only the entries you choose, only when you ask. Uses the AI provider you configure.2
Decision support
At a crossroads?
Ask the one who was there.
Friends remember last week. Your coach remembers March, and the three times you said you wanted this, and the night you almost gave up. Advice drawn from your life, not from the average one.
- Your goal comes along. Add the goal you set in Plume and every answer is weighed against it.
- Eight lenses. Patterns, values, gratitude, decisions, a 30-day growth plan and more.
- Kept in History. Pick a conversation back up next month and see what changed.
Decision supportThis year · 184 entries
I’ve been asked to lead the Lyon team. Should I say yes?
Three things from your own pages:
- Four times since October you turned down a chance to be visible, each time with “I’m not ready.” Each time, you regretted it within a week.
- Your best days this year were the ones you led something: the offsite, Inès’s launch, the review where you spoke first.
- On April 7 you wrote: “Why do I wait for permission that nobody is going to give?”
Before you decide: if nobody would ever find out you were scared, what would you answer?
Yes. Obviously yes.
The practice
Small, every day.
Unmistakable, a year from now.
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Aim.
Your goal sits at the top of the page, so the small decisions have something to answer to.
“Speak before I’m sure.”
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Catch.
A line on the train. A to-do before it slips. Mac, iPad, iPhone: the same journal, wherever you are.
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Reflect.
Three gratitudes, a memory, what you got done. Or press Tab, and write until it’s out of your head.
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Understand.
Ask how the week really went. Plume answers with your own words, and one question to carry into Monday.
Take a closer look
Inside the app.
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Press Tab and the app disappears. A page with nothing on it but your words.
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The day arrives already structured: a gratitude, a memory, what you got done, and room to think.
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Months of your life at a glance. Click any day and relive it in your own words.
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See what your weeks were really about: life themes, streak and word count, side by side.
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Ask your journal what you keep missing, about any period, through the lens you pick.
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Rituals and guided journeys, one step a day. Skipping a day never skips a step.
Growth
A year of becoming.
At a glance.
Every day you show up
leaves a mark.
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Life themes
Watch your priorities
shift, week by week.
- Work & Career
- Sleep & Rest
- Health & Body
- Love & Relationships
- Family & Home
- Friends & Social
- Money & Finances
- Travel & Places
- Exercise & Sport
- Food & Drink
- Creativity & Projects
- Growth & Mind
Word cloud
What your mind
keeps returning to.
Word count
The habit that
changed everything.
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Illustrative sample year. Everything is counted on your device.
Privacy
The one who knows you best
should tell no one.
You only change what you’re honest about. And you’re only honest where nobody is watching.
Encrypted on your device.
Before anything leaves it.
With sync on, entries are sealed with a key derived from your own passphrase, then stored in your private iCloud database.1
No account. No trackers.
Your inner life is not training data.
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Local first
Every entry lives in an encrypted database on the device in your hands. Face ID or Touch ID keeps it closed.
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The coach waits to be asked
AI is off by default. When you do ask, only the entries in the period you picked are sent, to the provider you chose.2
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Always yours
Export whenever you want, free, forever. Nothing is locked in and there is no fee for leaving.
Your coach, your choice
Wise when asked.
Silent otherwise.
Plume never reads over your shoulder. Summaries, reflections and coaching sessions run only when you start them, on the intelligence you pick.
- Apple IntelligenceOn-device summaries, where supported.3
- Your own modelAny OpenAI-compatible endpoint.
- Your providerOpenAI, Claude, Gemini. Your key stays in your Keychain.2
Give it 21 days. Free.
Notice the difference. Then decide.
Only the days you actually write count, so a busy week never eats your trial. No account, no card.
When the trial ends, Plume becomes read-only. Every entry stays yours to read, search and export, whether you buy or not.
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One year. Long enough to see yourself change.
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One purchase, all three devices.
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Pay once. A companion for life.
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About 5¢ a day over three years, then free forever.
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- iPhone
One purchase, all three devices.
Start writing free- No account
- Cancel anytime, keep every entry
- Free export, forever
Everything is included.
In both plans.
Introspection, eight coaching lenses over the entries you choose: patterns, values, decisions, a 30-day plan
One year ago, last year’s entry beside the page in Zen mode on Mac, and “On this day” in ⌘K
Zen mode, full-screen writing with a global hotkey from any app
Insights, streaks, heatmap, word clouds and life themes
The daily ritual, gratitudes, memory, accomplishments, mood
Goals and to-dos, linked to the day they belong to
Encrypted sync, iPhone, iPad and Mac, with a passphrase only you know
Library, rituals and guided journeys, one step a day
Calendar and full-text search, across every entry you have written
Dictation and voice commands, for the days typing feels like too much
Local-first and locked, on-device storage, Face ID or Touch ID
All future features, included, forever
Questions, answered.
How does journaling actually change anything?
Change starts with seeing. A few lines a day become a record of what you felt, chose and did, so the patterns that hide inside single days become visible. Insights show the themes of your weeks, the entry from one year ago shows how far you’ve come, and Introspection lets you ask questions of any period of your journal through a lens such as pattern recognition, values alignment or decision support.
What does the coach actually read?
Only the entries in the period you pick, and only when you start a session. AI is off by default. Introspection uses the AI provider you configure with your own API key, which stays in your Keychain; the entries included in a request are sent to that provider.
Is Plume a replacement for therapy?
No. Plume is a journal and a reflection tool, not a therapist or a medical service. If you’re struggling, please reach out to a qualified professional or someone you trust.
Is Plume a private journal app?
Your entries live in an encrypted database on your device, and Plume doesn’t need an account. Plume’s App Store privacy label reads “Data Not Collected”.5 If you turn on sync, entries are encrypted on your device, with a key derived from your sync passphrase, before they’re uploaded to your private iCloud database.
How does the free trial work?
You get 21 writing days with every feature unlocked, and only the days you actually write count. No account or card is needed. When the trial ends, Plume becomes read-only: you can still read, search, sync and export everything you wrote.
Yearly or Lifetime?
Both unlock the same app, including every future feature. Yearly is $19.99 a year and you can cancel anytime. Lifetime is a single $59.99 payment. U.S. prices; the App Store shows the price for your region.
What do I need to run Plume?
An iPhone with iOS 26, an iPad with iPadOS 26, or a Mac with macOS 26, or later. Plume is available in English, French and Spanish.
Something else? hello@getplumeapp.com
Meet the person
you’re becoming.
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