Your life.
Captured.
Your daily video journal made simple. Record one second, compile beautiful chapters of your life. No subscription required.
One-time purchase. Your memories stay on your device.
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Everything You Need to Capture Life
Simple tools to document your journey, without the complexity or recurring costs.
Daily Capture
Build your daily video journal by recording one second each day or importing from your gallery. The habit has never been easier.
Smart Compilation
Automatically stitch your clips into beautiful chapters. Watch your life unfold.
Multiple Timelines
Create separate chapters for travel, family, pets, or any theme you want to track.
One-Time Purchase
Buy once, own forever. No forced monthly fees. Your memories, your terms.
Optional Cloud Backup
Subscribe only if you want cloud sync. Keep your chapters safe across all devices.
Export Anywhere
Share directly to social media or save locally. Your videos, your choice.
How It Works
Three simple steps to transform daily moments into lasting memories.
Capture
Record a moment or pick a clip from your gallery. Just one second is all you need.
Collect
Build your daily video journal over days, weeks, and months. Watch your story grow.
Compile
Generate beautiful chapters with one tap. Relive your memories in minutes.
Beautiful. Simple. Yours.
A clean, intuitive interface that makes capturing your daily moments effortless. See your timeline grow as you build chapters of your life.
- Visual calendar showing your captured days
- One-tap recording and importing
- Instant chapter compilation
- Works completely offline
Simple, Fair Pricing
No hidden fees. No forced subscriptions. Pay once for the app, subscribe only if you want cloud backup.
Unlike other daily video journal apps that charge $30-50/year forever, Time Chapters lets you own the app outright.
Free
$0
forever
Get started with the basics.
- 1 clip per day
- Manual chapters
- Recording streaks
- Unlimited clips
- Smart compilation
- Cloud backup
Cloud Backup
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- Everything in One-Time
- Automatic cloud backup
- Cross-device sync
- Never lose your memories
- Access anywhere
- Priority support
One-Time Purchase
Pay Once
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Own the app forever with all core features.
- Unlimited clips per day
- Unlimited timelines
- Smart compilation
- Local storage
- Export & share
- Cloud backup
Prices will be announced at launch. Sign up below to be notified.
Frequently Asked Questions
Everything you need to know about Time Chapters
Unlike other video journal apps that lock your memories behind monthly subscriptions, Time Chapters is a one-time purchase. Your videos stay on your device by default, giving you complete control over your data. Cloud backup is optional, not required.
Life happens. Time Chapters lets you add videos from your camera roll for past dates, so you can always fill in gaps. There's no streak pressure here. Capture what you can, when you can.
Absolutely. All your videos are stored locally on your device by default. We never upload your content to our servers unless you explicitly enable cloud backup. Your memories are yours alone.
Yes. You can compile your clips into shareable videos anytime, or export individual clips. Your content is never locked in. No subscription required to access what you created.
A one-second video clip is typically 1-3MB. A full year of daily clips takes roughly 500MB to 1GB. That's less storage than most people use on a single photo-heavy weekend.
Cloud backup and cross-device sync will be available as an optional subscription for those who want it. But the core app, including all capture and compilation features, is a one-time purchase with no recurring fees.
Loved by Memory Keepers
Join thousands who are capturing their lives
“I tried baby books, monthly photo shoots, all of it. Nothing stuck until I started capturing one second a day. Now I have three years of my kids' lives and it takes zero effort.”
“The no-subscription model sold me. My memories shouldn't come with a monthly fee. I bought it once and now I own my video diary forever.”
“I watched my year-end compilation and cried. Not because anything dramatic happened, but because I could see my whole year, the ordinary days included. That's powerful.”
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