Show HN: GratefulTime - a modern open-source gratitude journal (iOS & macOS)

3 eszhd 2 6/12/2025, 10:16:17 PM apps.apple.com ↗
I’ve been building GratefulTime over the past month while learning mobile development for iOS.

It’s a minimalist gratitude journal, focused on privacy, clarity, and consistency

Key features:

- Daily notifications based on preferred time and time zone

- Entry of three gratitude items + a writing prompt

- Calendar view for browsing and reviewing past entries

- Adjustable settings for unlock time and time zone

- AI-generated monthly summaries of your gratitude entries

Built with:

- Frontend: React Native (Expo)

- Backend: Python (Flask) + PostgreSQL

Fully open source at https://github.com/eesazahed/gratefulness-mobile

Screenshots & more: https://gratefultime.app

Let me know your thoughts or questions

Comments (2)

TimorousBestie · 21h ago
> AI-generated monthly summaries of your gratitude entries

Kinda defeats the point of a gratitude journal, doesn’t it? Did demand for this feature show up in your market research?

eszhd · 20h ago
The summaries are entirely optional. Journal entries are never sent to AI by default. If a user wants one, they have to tap the option on the home page to generate one.