Open your Daylio journal on a PC, Mac or any browser
Daylio has no computer version, and its own help page points to an Android emulator. You don’t need one to read what you wrote. Export a backup from the app, open it here, and your entries, moods, activities and photos are on the big screen: a calendar, note search, mood charts and the Year in Pixels. The file is read in this tab and never uploaded.
Open your Daylio backup
The file Daylio makes under More, Backup & Restore, Advanced options, Export. Its name ends in .daylio. Backups from Android and iPhone both work.
Or drag the file onto this box. The sample is a made-up journal, built in your browser.
No backup on this computer yet? Send it from your phone in a minute.
Reading your backup
Your journal is read in this tab and never uploaded, and Dayfold never changes the backup file. We count page visits with Cloudflare Web Analytics: no cookies, no personal data, and never your files.
Your journal
Each square is one day, coloured by the average mood of that day’s entries. Pick a square to read that day.
Month by month
The share of each mood in the month’s entries, with the month’s average mood (1 to 5) under it.
Days at each mood
A day with several entries counts once, at its average.
By day of the week
Year by year
How often you did each thing
Days with the activity, and their share of all the days you wrote.
Activities and moodPro
Your average mood on the days with an activity, next to the days without it. This shows what tends to go together in your entries; it does not show that one causes the other. An activity needs at least five days with it and five without.
Pro saves your journal as files you keep. Everything is made in this tab.
Journal book (PDF)
Every entry in date order with its mood, activities and photos, and a page for each year with its pixels. Ready to read or print.
Year in Pixels poster
A print-size PNG (3000 by 4243 pixels) and PDFs for A3 and A4, with your mood names and the year’s numbers.
The preview of this year is part of Pro.
Markdown for Obsidian (ZIP)
One note per day with its mood and activities as tags, a note for each year that links every day, and every photo.
Spreadsheet (CSV)
One row per entry: date, time, weekday, mood, mood level, activities, title and note. Opens in Excel, Numbers and Google Sheets.
Every year, and your journal in files you keep
- Every year in your backup: the calendar, search, charts and Year in Pixels for all of them, and year by year.
- A PDF journal book with your photos, in A5 or A4.
- Markdown for Obsidian and other notes apps, with every photo, in one ZIP.
- A CSV of every entry for a spreadsheet.
- A printable Year in Pixels poster for any year, as a PNG and as PDFs for A3 and A4.
- Activities and mood: your average mood on the days with each activity and on the days without. It shows what goes together, not what causes what.
$6 once
One payment of $6, no subscription. Paste the key on any browser you use.
Buy Pro on GumroadPayment and the key come from Gumroad. Your journal is not part of the purchase and is never sent anywhere.
Get the backup from your phone to the computer
Daylio makes the backup file by hand, under Advanced options. Its help pages give these steps:
Android
- Open Daylio and tap More, then Backup & Restore. If it asks you to pick a Google account, press back: that is for Google Drive backups.
- Scroll to the bottom, tap Advanced options, then Export.
- Choose Gmail or another email app and send the backup to an address you can open on the computer.
iPhone
- Open Daylio and go to More, then Backup & Restore.
- Tap Advanced options, then Export.
- Choose Mail or another email app and send the backup to yourself.
On the computer
Open the email, save the attachment and choose it at the top of this page. If the file lost its .daylio ending on the way, Dayfold reads it anyway.
Source: Daylio’s help page Move backup between iOS and Android (updated 20 January 2025), last checked 22 October 2026. More in where your Daylio backup is.
Questions
Is there a Daylio app for PC or Mac?
No. Daylio’s help page says it is not being developed for computers or the web, and suggests an Android emulator such as BlueStacks if you want it on a computer, with a warning that using two devices means a backup and restore every time you switch. Dayfold is not a Daylio app: it reads a backup, so you keep writing on your phone and read on the big screen.
Is my journal uploaded anywhere?
No. The backup is opened by JavaScript in your browser tab and is never sent to a server. Photos are read from the file only when they are shown. The only request Pro makes is the license key check with Gumroad. Closing the tab discards everything.
Can I write or edit entries here?
No. Dayfold only reads. It never changes your backup and never makes a new one, so nothing you do here reaches the app. To see new entries, export a fresh backup and open it.
Does it work with backups from an iPhone?
Yes. Backups from Android and iPhone use the same .daylio format, and Dayfold reads both, with their photos.
How do I get my Daylio entries as a PDF or CSV?
Open your backup here. With Pro you can save a PDF journal book with your photos, a CSV with one row per entry and Markdown files for Obsidian, all from the same backup file.
How are the Year in Pixels colours worked out?
Each square is a day. With one entry it takes that entry’s mood colour; with several, their average, rounded to the nearest of the five levels. A day without entries stays empty. Custom moods take the colour of the level they belong to.
What does the free version show?
Everything for the latest year in your backup: the calendar with every entry and photo, search, mood charts, the Year in Pixels and how often you did each activity. In January and February the year before is free too. Pro opens every other year and the files to save.
Is Dayfold made by Daylio?
No. Dayfold is an independent tool by Peak Apps Studio. It is not affiliated with, endorsed by or sponsored by Daylio or its makers, Relaxio s.r.o. and Habitics s.r.o.