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 (Christopher Doherty)
- Price
- $2.99 USD, one-time purchase. No subscription, no in-app purchases.
- Platforms
- iOS 17 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
- [email protected]
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, iPad, Mac — 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 iOS apps. Every app is paid once, has no notifications, collects no data, and 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 Christopher Doherty.
xii.Press contact
Christopher Doherty — [email protected]
Press inquiries usually answered within 24 hours. Promo codes available on request for review purposes.
Made quietly by sthreelabs.