hibiA journal for the days
you’ll look back on.
One line, just for you.
hibi is a journal app for keeping what happens each day and how you feel, starting with just a few words.
No one else sees it,
so you can write anything.
Your journal stays on your device.
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Your journal is saved on your device. The people behind hibi have no way to access it.
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Backups go to your own Google Drive, a place you control. The people behind hibi can’t see it.
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There’s no advertising ID, and no third-party tracking.
Words from that day, arriving today.
Open On This Day, and your entries from 1 week, 1 month, 6 months, and 1 year ago line up for you today. You can start looking back the week after you write.
Pick up where that day left off.
Quote a past entry and continue it in today’s entry. The words from that day and the words from today stay connected.
A few words become a picture.
A line of up to 140 characters. Each entry turns into a different card on its own, depending on how long it is and whether it has photos, so each day keeps its own feeling, in its own card.
Your days become a pattern.
Switch Home to Gallery, and the photos from your entries line up as tiles. You can look back over your days through photos, not words.
Look back on your last month.
When a month ends, look back on its entries with a cover and highlights. Your Monthly Reports line up on the bookshelf, so you can read them again anytime.
Choose your atmosphere.
Choose from 4 themes: Midnight, Sunlight, After the Rain, and Summer Sky. The theme you pick changes the colors of the whole app.
Midnight
Sunlight
After the Rain
Summer Sky
Why we made hibi.
Social media is a place made to be seen by someone.
There wasn’t a journal where you could easily write even what you’d never put on social media, and where no one else would see it.
So we made hibi.
hibi cares about looking back on your journal as much as writing it.
What were you writing on this day a year ago?
Each time you look back, you’ll see what has changed, and what hasn’t.
All features are currently free to use.
There are no in-app purchases.
About hibi
hibi is a journal app provided and run by BMTX. The name comes from 日々 (hibi), the Japanese word for “days.”
- Provider
- BMTX
- App name
- hibi - Journal
(in Japanese: hibi － 読み返す日のための、日記。) - Category
- Journal app (Lifestyle)
- Platforms
- iOS / Android
- Language
- 日本語 / English
- Price
- All features are currently free to use. There are no in-app purchases.
- App Store
- https://apps.apple.com/jp/app/id6799611736
- Google Play
- https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=jp.bmtx.hibi
- Website
- https://hibi.bmtx.jp/en/
- Released
- August 18, 2026 (later updates are posted in News)