Your all-in-one planner

with a calendar, to-dos, habits, goals, countdowns, notes, and a journal

It’s all on your mind.

The call you keep putting off. The habit you keep trying to break. The trip you can’t stop counting down to. Put it into words and you don’t have to carry it around anymore.

Features

Plan your day with
to-dos & events

Drag and drop your to-dos and events to plan your day. TapTapClickTap a number to complete it. All your events sync automatically with Apple Calendar, Google Calendar, and more.

The LYS Calendar on an iPad, Saturday’s plan: Take Jack to swim lessons and Sign Emma’s soccer form checked off, then RSVP to the birthday party, Emma’s soccer game at 10am on its own ink card, Leg day workout on a run of 8 days, Book Jack’s passport appointment, Get groceries and gas, and Date night at 7pm on its own ink card, beside October’s month and the days coming up, the events on ink cards and Wednesday opening with Leg day workout wearing its run.
The LYS Calendar on a Mac, Saturday’s plan: School drop-off, Sign Emma’s soccer form and the Team meeting at 10am checked off, then Leg day workout, a routine on Wednesdays and Saturdays with its flame and a run of 8, Call Mom, Renew the kids’ passports, Lunch with Brielle at 12:30pm on its own ink card, RSVP to the birthday party, Get groceries and gas, and Soccer practice at 5pm, beside the months of October, November and December.
The LYS Calendar tab for Saturday, October 17: Take Jack to swim lessons and Sign Emma’s soccer form checked off, then RSVP to the birthday party, Emma’s soccer game at 10am on its own ink card, Leg day workout on a run of 8 days, Book Jack’s passport appointment, Get groceries and gas, and Date night at 7pm on its own ink card.
The LYS Calendar on Android for Saturday, October 17: School drop-off and Sign Emma’s soccer form checked off, then RSVP to the birthday party, Team meeting at 10am on its own ink card, Leg day workout on a run of 8 days, Book Jack’s passport appointment, Get groceries and gas, and Soccer practice at 5pm on its own ink card.

Quit a habit one day at a time

Each habit you’re quitting counts the days since you stopped. If you slip, start over: every try is kept, with what you learned from it. Write down why you’re quitting, so the reason is there when you need it.

LYS Habits on an iPad: the habits being quit on their ink cards, No more vaping at 66 days, No sweets after dinner, No scrolling in bed and No online shopping, beside No more vaping’s page: 66 days in its ring with 15 hours and 59 minutes to go, Start over, why I’m quitting, and its tries.
LYS Habits on a Mac: the habits being quit on their ink cards, the most days first, No more vaping at 66 days, No sweets after dinner at 23, No scrolling in bed at 9 and No online shopping at 2, each over a bar showing how far its own day has gone, beside No more vaping’s page: 66 days in its ring, Start over, why I’m quitting, and its tries.
The LYS Habits tab: the habits being quit, each on its own ink card counting the days since the last start, No more vaping at 66 days, No sweets after dinner at 23, No scrolling in bed at 9 and No online shopping at 2, each over a bar of how far its own day has gone.
LYS Habits on Android: the habits being quit, the most days first, each on its own ink card counting the days since the last start, No more vaping at 66 days, No sweets after dinner at 23 and No scrolling in bed at 9, each over a bar of how far its own day has gone, and No online shopping under them.

Achieve your goals by writing them down

Write down what you want to do and give it a date. Each goal counts the days until then. When you get there, complete it.

LYS Goals on a Mac: 6 goals ahead on a road of the year to come, then each goal on its own ink card counting the days to go, Run my first 5K in 40 days on November 26, Pay off the credit card in 90, Trade in the minivan in 135 and Redo the kitchen in 196, beside Run my first 5K’s page: 40 days to go on an ink card, and its notes, each under its day and time.
The LYS Goals tab: 6 goals ahead on a road of the year to come, then each goal on its own ink card counting the days to go, Run my first 5K in 40 days on November 26, Pay off the credit card in 75 on December 31, and Trade in the minivan in 135 on March 1, 2027.
LYS Goals on Android: 6 goals ahead on a road of the year to come, then each goal on its own ink card counting the days to go, Run my first 5K in 40 days on November 26, Pay off the credit card in 75 on December 31, and Trade in the minivan in 135 on March 1, 2027.

Countdown to the things you’re excited for!

Count down to trips, birthdays, concerts, or a show coming out. When the day arrives, complete it, and it joins your past countdowns, a little memory lane of everything you looked forward to.

LYS Countdowns on a Mac: 7 countdowns ahead on a road of the year to come, then each countdown on its own ink card with its days and a bar filling toward its day, the new season of Love is Blind in 5 days on Thursday, October 22, Jack’s birthday in 20, Girls’ weekend in 29 and Thanksgiving in 40, beside the soonest one’s page: 5 days on an ink card, and its notes, each under its day and time.
The LYS Countdowns tab: 7 countdowns ahead on a road of the year to come, then each countdown on its own ink card with its days and a bar filling toward its day, Jack’s birthday in 12 days on Thursday, October 29, Girls’ weekend in 28 on Saturday, November 14, and Thanksgiving in 40.
LYS Countdowns on Android: 7 countdowns ahead on a road of the year to come, then each countdown on its own ink card with its days and a bar filling toward its day, Jack’s birthday in 12 days on Thursday, October 29, Girls’ weekend in 21 on Saturday, November 7, and Thanksgiving in 40.
LYS Goals on an iPad, the goals and the countdowns side by side, each on its own ink card under a road of the year to come: Run my first 5K in 40 days, Pay off the credit card in 75, Trade in the minivan in 135, Redo the kitchen in 196 and Family trip to Hawaii in 246, and beside them Jack’s birthday in 12 days, Girls’ weekend in 28, Thanksgiving in 40 and Winter break in 62, each with its bar.

Organize your notes with folders

Keep every list and idea in one place, your folders right beside your notes, sorted from A to Z. Pin the notes you reach for most, lock the private ones with Face IDyour screen lockTouch IDFace ID or Touch ID, and archive the ones you’re done with.

LYS Notes on an iPad: Passwords pinned and locked at the top, then notes and folders together A to Z, the folders Grocery lists, Home and Recipes on their own ink cards between the notes, beside the open note, Books to read, with Atomic Habits checked off.
LYS Notes on a Mac: Passwords pinned and locked at the top, then notes and folders together A to Z, three folders on the ink each between two notes, Grocery lists holding 2, Home holding 4 and Recipes holding 7, beside the open note, Books to read, with what’s reading now, up next, and finished.
The LYS notes library, organized: Passwords pinned and locked at the top, then notes and folders together A to Z, Books to read, Halloween costume ideas, Packing list for the beach and Travel bucket list on their letter tiles, with the folders Grocery lists, Home and Recipes on their own ink cards between them.
LYS Notes on Android, organized: Passwords pinned and locked at the top, then notes and folders together A to Z, Books to read, Halloween costume ideas, Packing list for the beach and Travel bucket list on their letter tiles, with the folders Grocery lists, Home and Recipes on their own ink cards between them.

Folders inside folders, as deep as you like

A folder can hold folders of its own, as many levels as you need. Recipes holds Baking, and Baking holds Breads, each sorted from A to Z with its notes.

The Recipes folder on an iPad: the folders Baking, Dinners and Holiday cookies on their own ink cards among the notes Grandma’s lasagna and Meal plan, beside the open note, Grandma’s lasagna.
Folders inside folders on a Mac: Recipes open under its path bar, holding three folders of its own, Baking, Dinners and Holiday cookies, with Grandma’s lasagna among them, open beside the list.
The Recipes folder open in LYS: the folders Baking, Dinners and Holiday cookies on their own ink cards, among the notes Grandma’s lasagna and Meal plan, A to Z.
The Recipes folder open in LYS on Android: the folders Baking, Dinners and Holiday cookies on their own ink cards, each holding 2, among the recipes Chocolate chip cookies, Grandma’s lasagna and Sunday pancakes, A to Z.

Make a grocery list from your usuals

Add what you need and cross things off as you shop. Everything you buy goes into your usuals, so next week’s list only takes a few tapstapsclickstaps.

The Costco grocery list on an iPad: five numbered items to buy over an add-an-item row, then the usuals, each a tap to add, beside its folder, Grocery lists, with Costco and King Soopers.
The LYS grocery list on a Mac: the Costco run open inside its Grocery lists folder, beside King Soopers, six numbered items to buy over an add-an-item row, beside the usuals, each a click to add.
The Costco grocery list, opened from the Grocery lists folder: five numbered items to buy over an add-an-item row, then the usuals, each a tap to add.
The Costco grocery list on Android, opened from the Grocery lists folder: five numbered items to buy over an add-an-item row, then the usuals, each a tap to add.

Record your day
by answering 5 questions

Every night, answer the same five questions about your day. It only takes a few minutes, and the day is written down before it disappears.

The LYS Journal on an iPad: today’s five questions on an ink card beside the first one open, What was the hardest part of your day, with its answer being written.
The LYS Journal on a Mac for Saturday: tonight’s five questions, the first open on its card with a long answer about the morning’s rush and Done beside it, beside the Rewind’s counts and its wheel of days.
The LYS Journal tab for Saturday: five numbered questions on an ink card, waiting to be answered, with an italic line at the foot.
The LYS Journal on Android for yesterday, Friday: each answered question on its own numbered ink strip, the answer on the paper under it, the hardest part of the day a long day of back-to-back meetings and the best finishing the proposal early.

Rewind to any day to see what was on your mind

Turn the wheel to goTurn the wheel to goScrollTurn the wheel to go back a week, a month, or a year, and read what you wrote that day. Every day you record is a day you get to remember.

The journal’s Rewind on an iPad: a year ago today, Friday, October 17, 2025, written out, each answered question on its own numbered ink strip with its answer under it, under the wheel of days and the counts of entries, days written and this month.
The journal’s Rewind on a Mac: a year ago, Friday, October 17, 2025, written out, each question on its own ink strip with its number, as tonight’s questions stand, and its answer on the page under it, the first about locking the door of the old house for the last time, beside the counts of entries, days written and this month, and the wheel of days turned back a year.
The LYS journal’s Rewind: the count of entries and days written, a wheel of days turned back to a year ago, Friday, October 17, 2025, and that day written out, each answered question on its own numbered ink strip with its answer on the page under it, the first about locking the door of the old house for the last time.
The journal’s Rewind on Android: the counts of entries and days written, the wheel of days turned back to a year ago, Friday, October 17, 2025, and that day written out, each question on its numbered ink strip over its answer, the first about locking the front door of the old house for the last time.

Your planner is private.

  • End-to-end encrypted.

    Your goals, habits, to-dos, notes, and journal entries are encrypted on your device before anything leaves it.

  • Not even us.

    We can’t read your content, even if we wanted to.

  • Not even hackers.

    If our servers were ever breached, attackers would only find encrypted gibberish.

  • Not even courts.

    We can’t decrypt your content for anyone. We don’t hold your keys.

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hi!

my name is John, and i’m the founder of LYS.

i created this app because i wanted to love my life.

i wanted to be excited about life!

excited to wake up each day, and excited for the future.

everyone has their own future that if they can create, they’ll love their life.

my goal is to make it easier for everyone to create that future.

LYS, which stands for Love Yourself, is the first app i’ve built.

i hope you love it, and i hope you love yourself.

John Leonard Colorado, USA

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