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For the press One Line in Time: press kit
One Line in Time is a journal for people who find Day One exhausting. One text field, one date, nothing else. No photos, no tags, no mood picker, no prompts, no AI. After a year, your entries render as a printable paperback. Made quietly by sthreelabs.
All materials on this page are free to use in editorial coverage of One Line in Time. Please credit sthreelabs.
i.Quick facts
- App name
- One Line in Time
- Maker
- sthreelabs
- Price
- $2.99 USD, one-time purchase. No subscription, no in-app purchases.
- Platforms
- iOS 17.6 or later. Universal (iPhone & iPad).
- Languages
- English (entries are in whatever language the user types)
- Privacy
- No account, no analytics, no third-party SDKs, no ads. Entries sync via the user's private iCloud and never leave it.
- App Store
- apps.apple.com/app/one-line-in-time/id6762843711
- Site
- sthreelabs.com/onejournal
- Press contact
- hello [at] sthreelabs [dot] com
ii.One-paragraph description
One Line in Time is a deliberately constrained daily journal. A single text field for today, then tomorrow another one. No photos, no tags, no mood picker, no AI prompts. Browse entries by date or calendar; full-text search across everything you've written. Export any range as a paginated PDF styled like a paperback, a real keepsake from a quiet habit. Paid once at $2.99.
iii.Longer description (for editorial use)
Most journaling apps grow features to encourage retention: moods, weather auto-capture, photo attachments, AI reflection prompts, voice notes. One Line in Time goes the other way: a single text field per day, with an explicit no-scaling rule. The entire app fits in a single sentence: write one line today; come back tomorrow.
The constraint is the design. A blank-page journal asks "what should I write?" and the answer can sprawl. A one-line field forces compression (what mattered today, in one sentence), which is the kind of journaling habit that actually survives multiple years.
Browse entries via a chronological feed or a calendar grid. Full-text search across everything you've ever written. The signature feature is the export: at any point, you can render a date range as a paginated PDF styled like an actual paperback book: same Crimson Pro typography, same warm cream paper, same hand-set feel as the rest of the sthreelabs collection. After a year, you have a real keepsake.
It's part of the small paperback family of apps under the sthreelabs label, alongside Tallies (habit counter), A Spell of Work (focus timer), and A Deep Breath (breathing paired with public-domain literature).
iv.What's distinctive
- The constraint. One line per day, no exceptions. No "rich text", no attachments, no expandable entries. Refusing to scale is the entire UX argument.
- The export. Any date range becomes a paginated PDF styled like a real paperback: Crimson Pro typography, warm cream paper, page numbers, indentation. The year-end book is the journaling-app deliverable nobody else makes.
- No prompts, no AI, no mood picker. The blank field is the prompt. The user does the thinking; the app does no inference.
v.Features (positive list)
- One text field per day: that's the entire compose surface
- Browse via chronological feed or calendar grid
- Full-text search across every entry
- Export any date range to a paperback-styled PDF (printable, gift-able, archivable)
- iCloud sync across iPhone and iPad, no account required
- Light, dark, and follow-system appearance
- Universal: same app on iPhone and iPad
vi.What it deliberately doesn't do
- No photos, voice notes, attachments.
- No mood, weather, or location auto-capture.
- No reminders, push notifications, or streaks.
- No prompts, AI suggestions, or "reflection coach."
- No subscription, no in-app purchases: paid once, yours forever.
- No account, no analytics, no third-party SDKs, no ads.
vii.Screenshots
High-resolution PNGs. Free to use in editorial coverage. Click any thumbnail to download.
viii.App icon
1024 × 1024 PNG. Two variants: light (default) and dark.
ix.Brand reference
One Line in Time (and all sthreelabs marketing) uses the paperback design language. If you'd like to color-match in editorial graphics:
Typography: Crimson Pro (300–600 weights, italics) for body and headings. JetBrains Mono 400 for numerals and small caps.
x.Pull-quotes (use freely)
Lines from the listing copy that are designed to drop cleanly into editorial.
xi.About sthreelabs
sthreelabs is a one-person studio making small, quiet apps for iPhone and Android. No app has a subscription or collects data, and each is deliberately scoped to do one thing well. One Line in Time is part of the paperback collection, alongside Tallies (habit counter), A Spell of Work (focus timer), and A Deep Breath (breathing paired with public-domain literature).
Made quietly by sthreelabs.
xii.Press contact
sthreelabs: hello [at] sthreelabs [dot] com
Press inquiries usually answered within 24 hours. Promo codes available on request for review purposes.
Made quietly by sthreelabs.