Everything in Philo
Items marked Scholar need the paid plan. The rest are free.
Each day
- Daily contemplation
- One entry a day, up to 600 characters, or 1,500 with Scholar.
- Quotes for what you wrote
- Three per contemplation, or five with Scholar.
- A reflection on every quote
- Built from your own words.
- Deeper analysisScholar
- More context, and a note from the author.
- Quote refreshesScholar
- Three refreshes per entry for a different view.
- Daily reminder
- At the time you choose.
Thinking it through
- Guided reflection
- One new conversation a week, or no weekly limit with Scholar.
- Three ways in
- Understand a feeling, question an assumption, or find a next step.
- Takeaways
- Drafted from your words. Saved only if you keep them.
- Small experiments
- One reversible thing to try, with what you expect.
- Decisions
- Four prompts, one at a time, then your choice.
- Check-ins
- On the date you choose, or not at all.
Over time
- Weekly Review
- One introductory review, or every eligible week with Scholar.
- Chronicle
- Every reflection on a calendar.
- This week
- A summary built only from your own records.
- Topics
- Keep related entries together and see what changed.
- Continuation
- Pick up an open topic where you left off.
- Principles
- Revise them with conditions and a dated history.
Yours to keep
- Compose
- A free journal with a Question of the Day.
- Library
- Saved quotes, takeaways and principles.
- Photos
- Five a month, or one on every entry with Scholar.
- Share cards
- Any quote, as a card.
- Sign in
- With Apple, Google or email.
- Private
- Only your account can read your entries.
Quote of the Day
A quote on your home screen
One new quote every morning, in small, medium and large widgets. Tap it to read the reflection, save it, or share it as a card.
QUOTE OF THE DAY
Life can only be understood backwards.
QUOTE OF THE DAY
Life can only be understood backwards; but it must be lived forwards.Søren Kierkegaard, Journals
Compose
Your open page
Start from the Question of the Day or from nothing at all. Link a note to a topic when it belongs with one.
Privacy
Your thoughts stay yours
Only your account can read your entries. Philo has no third-party ads or tracking and does not sell your data. To choose quotes and reply, it sends the text you are working on to language-model providers, never your name or email.