According to researchers at the Harvard Medical School:
“Gratitude helps people feel more positive emotions, relish good experiences, improve their health, deal with adversity, and build strong relationships.” Grateful was created to make expressing gratitude in your life both easy and fun, as well as to remind you, during those down moments, of the many blessings in your life (that you've documented in Grateful).
Daily Prompts to Start You Off
With its simple interface and daily prompts, Grateful is designed to make reflection and giving thanks both a joyful and easy process. Daunted by a blank page? Not quite sure where to start? Grateful will greet you with one question, such as. 'What made you smile today'? or 'What made today a good day?'. All you have to do is answer. It can be a simple word. Or a simple paragraph. Grateful allows for both. You can also add a photo to support your thoughts.
Easy to Browse your Past Entries
Grateful's simple journal feed lets you browse your entries by TIME or by PROMPT. Want to see all the things that made you smile this year? Jump to those entries in your timeline. Want to see what your state of mind was last January? Jump to that month in your timeline.
Our Prompts or Yours
Grateful gives you the flexibility to make the journal truly yours. When sit down to write an entry, Grateful will start you off with a prompt. You have the option of:
- Answering the prompt
- Choosing a different prompt
- Writing your own prompt
Totally Private
All you data resides only on your device.
FREE Features:
- 15 journal entries
- Unlimited reminders
- No login of any kind required. This journal is for you only.
- Each session starts with a prompt, making writing easy.
- Grateful lets you answer the prompt and also save any additional thoughts for later reading.
- Ability to edit past entries
- Customize your timeline - show entries by time, prompt, tag, or randomly
Additional PREMIUM Features:
- Unlimited entries (Free version allows 15 entries)
- Data backup with Dropbox and iCloud
- Passcode with Face ID for added privacy security
- Ability to create your own prompts to answer
- Export your entries to file (PDF or CSV format)
See It in Action





What Users Say
LauraS
Dec 28, 2024
“I have been using this app for 7?+ years. It is an excellent, configurable, simple to use, bug-free app. But, the result of using it is that you become a better person each time you enter something in your journal! You can look back at what is making you better and better, if you’re feeling down. The paid version is worth it!! Give it a try and support this developer!!”
thuhonguyen
Feb 28, 2024
“It was important to me that if I want to build a habit of using this app every day, that it looks nice and doesn’t feel cluttered with ads. I’m glad to have found that and have been using Grateful for years!”
rosie_sherm
Jan 10, 2023
“I wanted a gratitude journal for the new year and I’ve been able to stay really consistent with it thanks to this app. Super easy to use and lovely interface makes it a pleasure. Thank you!”
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