Dabble me
Email prompts where replies become your journal entries
78 followers
Email prompts where replies become your journal entries
78 followers
Dabble Me is a private, email-based journal designed to help people actually stick with journaling. Instead of another app, it sends simple prompts you reply to by email. Past entries resurface automatically, turning journaling into a memory loop, not a chore. No social features, no AI, no algorithms. Free to start, with optional upgrades for photos, search, and organization. Built for real life, not streaks.
Dabble me
I built Dabble Me because I kept quitting every journal I tried. Not because I didn’t care, but because life got busy and the habit never stuck. I wanted something that met me where I already was: my inbox.
It’s been quietly working for over a decade, helping thousands of people keep a journal they actually return to. This launch is a much-needed polish and a fresh look on a proven product, not a brand-new experiment. Same simple idea. Same results. Just finally dressed like it deserves to be.
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@parterburn Congrats on the (re)launch! The UI looks really slick and it's super simple to use.
@parterburn Super cool Paul! Very smart approach.
SigniFi
Refreshing to see a tool that proudly says 'No AI' in 2026. 👏 Journaling should be about raw human thoughts, not auto-generated summaries. Regarding the 'memory loop' feature: does it resurface entries from exactly one year ago, or does it randomly pick meaningful past entries to surprise us?
Dabble me
@yoang_loo thanks! I've been testing some ai plays with it on my personal account (e.g. ai analyzes my entry to encourage further writing and sentiment analysis over time)...but rarely use it, and don't think the users would want it, either. The best use of ai in journaling is the reflecting of your own thoughts at the end of the month/year...that's been pretty powerful, but not something I need to build in given all the options out there. I do wish more apps would make it easier to use my own ai tooling for the data they collect.
Regarding the memory loop - the exact code is here. It's got some logic that tries to determine the best one to show: if an entry from exactly a year ago matches, it shows that, 5yrs ago, 1 week ago, etc. And then purely random is the fallback. But knowing where you were a year(s) ago seems to make those throwbacks feel more valuable for myself. You can also prevent it from sending you back certain entries (keyword or time-based), so that you don't have to be reminded all the time of potentially triggering entries.
I’m always intimidated by journaling apps with heavy UIs but getting a prompt in email feels familiar and welcoming.
Dabble me
@eugenie_thompson thanks! I'm the same...I've tried a bunch, but it's too easy to ignore the iOS notifications. I try to stay Inbox Zero, so the habit is already built-in for me to respond to the email that gets delivered. And with email-as-the-interface, it brings a bunch of other features built-in depending on your email client (voice to text, ai writing, grammar, light formatting, searchable history/backup of what you wrote, etc.).
Ductts
This is the best (and lowest effort, which matters!) journal app I've ever used, now for over a decade. Truly simply the best.