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- Last 7 days of history
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Proof of your real, meaningful life.
Two tiny check-ins a day. The people, the wins, the moments you’d otherwise forget.
Social media profits from your insecurity
Every scroll shows you someone else’s perfect vacation, perfect body, perfect life. Algorithms are designed to make you feel behind.
Meanwhile, your real relationships, the people who actually matter, fade into the background.
- 48% of teens say social media has a mostly negative effect on people their age
- 186× times a day the average American checks their phone
- 3h 14m the average American spends on their phone, every day
- 1 in 3 teen girls with body image issues said Instagram made them feel worse, per Meta’s own research
Sources: Pew Research Center, 2025 · Reviews.org, 2025–26 · Meta internal research, via the Wall Street Journal · more in the research behind Closer
☀ Morning
Start the day on purpose
One question before the coffee’s ready. Set an intention, and the day has a spine.
30 seconds.
Morning check-in
What’s your intention for today?
Be present with the kids Finish the pitch draft Call Mom back Take the long walk
☾ Evening
Close the day with proof
How you felt. Who made it better. One small win to keep.
60 seconds.
Evening reflection
Who made today better?
Sarah Mom James + Someone new
One win, no matter how small
It counts even if no one saw it.
Attach a 20-second video selfie. Your face, your voice, that day. Kept.
Closer presents
Your Year in Real Life
2026 so far
- 287 days captured
- 23 people appreciated
- 47 day best streak
- Jan 8
“Made Sarah soup when she was sick”
Feb 12“Dad called just to say he was proud of me”
Mar 27“Took the long walk. Left the phone.”
- Apr 15
“Mom laughed until she cried at dinner”
May 3“Strangers complimented my presentation at work”
Jun 2“Taught James to make Grandma’s dumplings”
- Jul 9
“Watched the storm roll in from the porch”
Aug 19“First time I felt truly confident in months”
Sep 14“Said no to the thing I didn’t want to do”
This is proof. You lived a meaningful year.
Your Circle
The people who make your days better
Closer notices when someone who matters goes quiet, and nudges you to reach out.
- Sarah Close friend
- Mom Family
- James Partner
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We couldn’t read your journal if we wanted to.
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Your journal lives on your iPhone and in your own private iCloud. There is no sign-up, and nothing of yours ever touches a server of ours. We don’t have any.
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Insights and voice run entirely on your phone with Apple’s on-device AI. Your words are never sent to any server or AI service.
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Yours forever
Fire-safe backups to your own iCloud Drive, one-tap export, and a delete-everything that actually deletes, from your device and your iCloud.
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- Unlimited Circle
- Year in Real Life story
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