The day you begin writing the story of your life. From the every-day to the most precious moments, Yesterday is your space to capture memories. Printed yearly in novel format.
A frictionless, minimal journalling experience. Write on web, iOS app or simply send an email. No AI summaries, ads, likes or shares. Just you and your loved ones, in your words.
Printed yearly as a novel style paperback with French flaps and beautiful typography, your own memories sit proudly on your bookshelves.
First 100 founding members write free forever. Only pay when you print — £120 for 3 copies posted to your door. Extra copies available for £15.
When you sign up, we'll ask you to provide a special date. Your books will run for a year, ending on this date. Then, simply write about your life, as often as you like. Use the web app, iOS app or send an email to journal@yesterdayjournal.com. If emailing, make sure to include a date in the subject line. Otherwise, it will be logged under today (you can change this later).
You can configure and style your book any time to watch it grow — name it, style the cover and add a message and image to the start/end. Once the book's end date passes, or any time after 12 entries, you can generate an instant print proof to approve. When you're happy, it will be printed and sent to your door, hassle free. As standard, we send 3 copies, one to read, one to archive and one to gift. Add more for £15 a copy.
Founding members write free forever, with access to the web and iOS apps. Only pay when you print — £120 for 3 copies or add extra books for £15 a copy.
Yesterday is a minimal, frictionless journalling experience. Everything is designed with your book in mind. You can add italics, symbols and our signature tilde (~) dividers. That's it.
Use the web app, iOS app (where you can write offline) or send an email to journal@yesterdayjournal.com. If emailing, make sure to include a date in the subject line. Otherwise, it will be logged under today (you can change this later).
Write however you like. Yesterday started as a book addressed to the founder's first daughter, so was written directly to her in the present tense ('it is warm and the sun is just poking over the buildings, you are up, of course'). You could write like that, or any way you like. Present tense, past tense, first, second or third person. It's your life to tell.
For a book length similar to a novel, we'd recommend a few paragraphs three times a week. However, you can write as often or as little as you like.
Any time after 12 entries — or once your end date passes — you can create your book. We'll walk you through naming it, styling the cover and adding images and messages to the start and end, then generate a proof to approve.
Yesterday books end on a date you specify, or print any time after you've written 12 entries. After you create and approve your print proof, books arrive in 30 days.
Yesterday books are designed around a specific style. You can change the cover colour, series title, book title and add a monogram to the back. Inside, you can add a photo and message to the start/end. You can't change font, layouts or add more photos.
For now, Yesterday is only available in English. You can write in any language you like, but dates will display in the app and print in your books in English. The app interface is also English only. If you want to write and print in another language, contact hello@yesterdayjournal.com to see if we can help.
Book postage is completely free.
Yesterday books are printed on demand, so are non-refundable. However, we value our customers and are always willing to listen and try to find a solution if something's up. Just email hello@yesterdayjournal.com.
Stop any time — there's nothing to cancel. You can export all your entries with a few clicks whenever you like.
Yesterday was built to scratch our own itch. We'll be writing like this and making these books for our whole lives. That means you can too. Don't trust us? If anything does ever happen to Yesterday as a company, we vow to open source the product and share our print relationship so you can keep writing and printing books.
Yes. Yesterday is a privacy first platform. That means no social shares or likes. No AI features that send your data to big tech companies. The only way to share your entries is by gifting someone a book.
We use only cookieless, privacy-respecting analytics and error monitoring — enough to count visits and catch bugs, never enough to read your writing. No cookies, no cross-site tracking, no ad networks, and nothing sold or shared.
Yesterday is built and run by Max and Charlotte Quinn, a couple with two daughters and a Cocker Spaniel. When our first daughter was born, Max started writing short passages of our lives, simply to savour and remember the precious moments. A year later, he printed them into a book. Just a few copies for us, close family and friends. He's been printing them yearly ever since. Yesterday was built to help others do the same.