A photo journal
Life isn't measured in days passed,
but in moments kept.
Keep a photo and a few words about your day. Once in a while, Hetki reads them back and writes your month into a story.
Free to start. Backed up on every plan. Android.
- A photo, a few words. That's a moment.
- Your month, written back. A story, not a slideshow.
- No streaks, no guilt. Come back whenever.
- Safe and private. Stored in the EU, never sold.
A moment
A photo, a few words. Done.
Add one photo or a few, and say whatever you want about them. How it felt and where you were are there if you want them.
Stuck for words? Ask Hetki to tidy them, fill them out, or say them another way. What you wrote stays, until you choose. Or press record and just talk: Hetki writes it down for you.
Writing help is on every plan. Voice notes are part of Hobby.
Your style
Write it your way.
Bold, italic, a highlight, a colour. And three typefaces to write in: a book, a typewriter, or handwriting.
Move or zoom a photo inside its square, so the faces stay in. Or show the whole photo, uncut.
All of it is free, on every plan.
Scene
A quiet place behind your journal.
Choose a picture to sit behind Hetki: plain Paper, one of eight quiet places through the year, or a photo of your own.
Your own photo never leaves your phone.
Paper is free. The other scenes, and your own photo, are part of Hobby.
The reflection
Your month, written back to you.
Pick a month, a week, or one trip. Hetki reads every moment you kept and writes one piece about them, with your photos inside.
Choose how it's written: The thread, In your own words, or What went well.
July 2026
You kept making room to notice things, alone, with others, and along the way.
The cat was lying in a patch of sun, and being late did not make you walk past. Three photos, then a roll onto his back as if for a belly rub, and the bakery smell on your hands carried that pause into the morning.
Once it is written
Read it, watch it, share it, keep it.
Read it like a letter. Watch it back as a slideshow. Share a card to your Story. Or keep a PDF to print.
The PDF is part of Hobby. The rest is on every plan.
Finding it again
Every day you kept, one tap away.
See your month at a glance. Heart the moments you love, give them a label, or search for any word you wrote.
A day with nothing kept looks like any other day. Nothing here is counting.
On every plan.
Close friends
Send a moment to a close friend.
Some days belong to two people.
Meet once, scan each other's code, and you are close friends for good.
After that, sending a moment is choosing their name, an envelope, and a short note if you like. They get one quiet notification and seven days to keep it, or to write back. Nothing is posted, and there is no feed.
Free on every plan: one moment a day, to up to three friends at a time. Hobby sends five a day to all your close friends, in four envelopes.
Also in Hetki
A few small things that help.
A widget. Keep a moment straight from your home screen, and see today's photo there once you have.
My plan. A short list on Home of what you mean to do. Tick one off, and it can become a moment.
A Private Journal. Longer pages behind your own PIN, never read by AI. Part of Hobby.
No pressure
Nothing to keep up with.
No streaks. No daily reminder. No small red number telling you you've fallen behind.
Write today, or in three weeks. Hetki will be exactly the same either way.
Safe and private
Your memories, kept safe.
A journal is somebody's memory. This is how Hetki looks after yours.
Stored in Germany
Your journal lives on servers in the EU, under EU privacy law.
Only you can open it
Every record is locked to your account. No other account can read it.
Private photos
Photos and voice notes sit in private storage, never at a public address.
Encrypted on the way
Everything between your phone and the servers travels encrypted.
Backed up, free
Every photo and voice note has a second copy, also in the EU. On every plan.
A PIN for what is private
The Private Journal, and any moment or reflection you lock, opens with your PIN, stored scrambled, never as the numbers.
AI only when you ask
Nothing goes to the AI unless you use a feature that needs it. Never used for training.
Never sold
Your journal is not for sale, and never shown to anyone you did not choose.
Yours to take or delete
Take a copy whenever you like. A deleted moment waits 30 days, then it is gone.
Every detail is in the Privacy Policy.
Three ways it can look
Dawn, Dusk, Night.
Dawn is bright and quiet. Dusk is warm. Night is for late writing.
Saturday · 23 August
Good morning
Saturday · 23 August
Good morning
Saturday · 23 August
Good morning
Dawn is free. Dusk and Night are part of Hobby.
Free, and a little more if you want it.
The free plan is a real one: a moment a day, a reflection a month, and your journal backed up.
Diary
Free
A real free plan, not a trial.
Hobby
€0.99 a month
or €9.99 a year, two months free.
| Feature | Diary | Hobby |
|---|---|---|
| Keeping moments | ||
| Moments per day | 1 | 5 |
| Photographs in one moment | 5 | 10 |
| A mood, if you want one | yes | yes |
| A place, in your own words | yes | yes |
| Thirty days to change your mind | yes | yes |
| Bold, colour and highlight | yes | yes |
| Three typefaces | yes | yes |
| Move or zoom a photo in its square | yes | yes |
| Favourites and labels | yes | yes |
| Search your whole journal | yes | yes |
| A widget for your home screen | yes | yes |
| Reflections | ||
| Reflections a month | 1 | 5 |
| How long a stretch | up to 31 days | up to 365 days |
| Watch it back as a slideshow | yes | yes |
| Share a card to your Story | yes | yes |
| Keep it as a PDF | not included | yes |
| Writing | ||
| Words, when you are stuck | 1 try per mode | 3 tries per mode |
| Voice notes | not included | 5 minutes each |
| Written down for you | not included | 60 minutes a month |
| A Private Journal with a PIN | not included | yes |
| Close friends | ||
| Being close friends, and a note back | yes | yes |
| Keeping a moment a friend sends you | yes | yes |
| Sending a moment | 1 a day | 5 a day |
| Envelopes | Yellow | Four to choose from |
| How it looks | ||
| Themes | Dawn only | Dawn, Dusk, Night |
| A Scene behind Hetki | Paper | All nine, or your own photo |
| Safekeeping | ||
| Backed up online | yes | yes |
| Synced across your devices | yes | yes |
| Take a copy with you, whenever | yes | yes |
Diary, free
Keeping moments
- Moments per day
- 1
- Photographs in one moment
- 5
- A mood, if you want one
- yes
- A place, in your own words
- yes
- Thirty days to change your mind
- yes
- Bold, colour and highlight
- yes
- Three typefaces
- yes
- Move or zoom a photo in its square
- yes
- Favourites and labels
- yes
- Search your whole journal
- yes
- A widget for your home screen
- yes
Reflections
- Reflections a month
- 1
- How long a stretch
- up to 31 days
- Watch it back as a slideshow
- yes
- Share a card to your Story
- yes
- Keep it as a PDF
- not included
Writing
- Words, when you are stuck
- 1 try per mode
- Voice notes
- not included
- Written down for you
- not included
- A Private Journal with a PIN
- not included
Close friends
- Being close friends, and a note back
- yes
- Keeping a moment a friend sends you
- yes
- Sending a moment
- 1 a day
- Envelopes
- Yellow
How it looks
- Themes
- Dawn only
- A Scene behind Hetki
- Paper
Safekeeping
- Backed up online
- yes
- Synced across your devices
- yes
- Take a copy with you, whenever
- yes
Hobby, €0.99 a month
Keeping moments
- Moments per day
- 5
- Photographs in one moment
- 10
- A mood, if you want one
- yes
- A place, in your own words
- yes
- Thirty days to change your mind
- yes
- Bold, colour and highlight
- yes
- Three typefaces
- yes
- Move or zoom a photo in its square
- yes
- Favourites and labels
- yes
- Search your whole journal
- yes
- A widget for your home screen
- yes
Reflections
- Reflections a month
- 5
- How long a stretch
- up to 365 days
- Watch it back as a slideshow
- yes
- Share a card to your Story
- yes
- Keep it as a PDF
- yes
Writing
- Words, when you are stuck
- 3 tries per mode
- Voice notes
- 5 minutes each
- Written down for you
- 60 minutes a month
- A Private Journal with a PIN
- yes
Close friends
- Being close friends, and a note back
- yes
- Keeping a moment a friend sends you
- yes
- Sending a moment
- 5 a day
- Envelopes
- Four to choose from
How it looks
- Themes
- Dawn, Dusk, Night
- A Scene behind Hetki
- All nine, or your own photo
Safekeeping
- Backed up online
- yes
- Synced across your devices
- yes
- Take a copy with you, whenever
- yes
If you ever stop paying, nothing is deleted. Every moment stays exactly where it is.
From the blog
On keeping a journal
- 6 October 2026Why keeping a journal is good for youWriting a little about your life clears your head, helps you know yourself and keeps the years you would forget. Here is why journaling is a good habit.
- 6 October 2026The gratitude habit, one moment at a timeA gratitude journal is one of the most studied habits in psychology. It lifts your mood, helps you notice the good, and works best at a gentle pace.
- 6 October 2026Why keeping small moments makes life feel fullerKeeping a photo and a few words about your day helps you enjoy moments more as they happen, and gives them back to you later. Here is why it matters.
Start with today.
One photo, a few words. That's a moment kept.