The Die Hards
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I have been using Day One since the old version 1.0 days, and have captured countless (technically they can be counted, but you get the idea) memories. When Day One switched to a subscription model, I went along with it — mainly because us longtimers were grandfathered into a discounted Premium plan.
My question is this: Are there plans for a discounted Gold tier for us who have been there from the beginning? I’m not asking for something-for-nothing, but it’d be nice to have our dedication rewarded.
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This is exactly my question. I am currently on a legacy subscription, from the ‘Day One Plus’ era.
if I want to keep the AI features after the trial period, this will cost me £69.99 p.a.
This is a hike of 138%. Sadly much too much for a pensioner.
Can Day One consider a legacy subscription for long-term subscribers on previous legacy schemes?
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@nrp2zfmt8h Thanks for your feedback. We don’t currently have any plans for a discounted Gold subscription.
Plus users have always kept the features they originally paid for, and if those features still suit their needs, that’s great. We have not taken away anything from that tier as we’ve continued to develop new features.
People subscribing to Day One is what allows us to continue to develop and improve the app. Without continued support, we cannot continue to develop.
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I’m in the same boat, user since first version. I have paid for years, to support developing the app. Accepted the forced sync with DayOne server.
So there should be the point, where DayOne should honor this. BTW, labs has always been a premium feature, and is not included in new Silver.
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Thanks for the questions regarding the gold plan and discounts. We will continue to consider this, but the current price for gold ($75) is discounted from where Gold will likely be priced in the future as the AI features mature.
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So.
Not only is it unlikely that long-term subscribers will be recognised in the form of a discount, but it reads as though we need to pay up now, because it’s going to get even more expensive in future.
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@paulmayne — I wanted to pop back in here and thank you for all of the hard work, and time you and your team have poured into Day One. If I’m cranky about business stuff, it does not mean I do not appreciate what the team has done.
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demilo – I agree with you. I too have paid subscriptions from the early days, and felt this was reasonable to support the app development. Without the early subscribers the app would have disappeared years ago. I think the Day One team have created a very special product, which plays an important role in the life of many people.
What is upsetting is that with the subscription restructuring which accompanies the arrival of AI, the long-term loyalty of early adopters is being swept aside. -
Today I dropped DayOne in fact of a big banner about upgrade from Silber (the old Premium) to Gold. No, that’s not the way I am used to be disturbed.
Exported my complete journals with about 10k entries and moved on to an other app.
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My question is…If those of us who’ve been moved from Premium to Silver and are paying $34.99/year currently, wish to upgrade to the Gold tier for $40.00 more per year, if we decide to drop back down to silver, can we return to our current Silver tier pricing with all the same benefits we currently have at Silver? I’ve been unable to get an answer on this and have only a few days left of the Ai Chat trial.
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Here’s the answer I received by email since I also asked there:
Good thinking to check before making any changes.
Upgrading from your current legacy Silver plan to Gold would end your existing Silver subscription at the $34.99/year rate. If you later decided to come back to Silver, you would be starting a new Silver subscription at the current standard pricing rather than returning to your legacy rate as that price is no longer offered.
In short, the legacy pricing does not carry over once you move to a different tier. It is a benefit tied specifically to your current subscription, and it cannot be reinstated if you leave it.
If you value that rate, our recommendation is to stay on your current Silver plan. The savings are real and worth protecting.
If you do decide to upgrade to Gold at some point, just know it is a one-way decision from a pricing standpoint. You would have full access to Gold features (including AI Daily Chat) for as long as you stay on Gold, but returning to Silver afterward would be at the current Silver price.
Hope that helps.Cam
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I’ve also been a user for many years. My two cents has a lot of caveats, but IF you are interested in the Gold features (which is all AI stuff), AND if you are using AI for other stuff in your life or workflow, it makes a lot more sense to stay on your grandfathered tier and just loop Day One into your agent via the Day One MCP and the new CLI (https://www.npmjs.com/package/@dayone/cli). I’m doing this now and it works great.
In fact, you could easily spin up an OpenClaw instance and build that “chat-to-journal entry” workflow for pretty cheap (maybe even free using a local model) and just do it via iMessage. Apps love to add AI to everything for an upcharge, but it makes way more financial sense IMHO to keep your AI usage in one place and choose apps that have MCPs and APIs that can hook into what you’re already paying for.
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