Hey Product Hunt! I’m the solo dev behind Shoebox. I built this because my weeks had lost their texture. If you asked me what happened last Tuesday, I’d just say "work, gym, dinner." My days were collapsing into a blur in memory, not because nothing happened, but because I wasn't "encoding" any of it. I tried the popular journaling apps, but bounced off all of them. I didn't want streaks, AI coaches, $40/yr subscriptions, or vague prompts like "how was your day?" I just wanted a digital shoebox to drop small things into. Your brain mostly ignores things it predicts. Attention follows prediction error (surprise). Shoebox tries to hijack that. Each morning, it gives you one highly specific prompt. Things like: a five-minute friendship a sudden change in the lighting or weather the exact moment your energy shifted today You don't sit and write an essay. You just read it once in the morning. This acts as a cognitive primer (like when you buy a red car and suddenly see red cars everywhere). Your brain quietly scans for it all day, catching a bunch of other small moments you'd normally filter out. When one lands, you type a sentence and close it. 10 seconds. You also can ignore the prompts completely and just use the app for capturing small moments you might otherwise forget, like the barista that gave you a genuine smile while they were clearly busy. I built this for myself, so I was incredibly strict about what it doesn't have: No Server: It uses SwiftData + CloudKit. It syncs via your own iCloud. I literally cannot read your entries. No analytics, no tracking. No Gamification: No streaks, no push notifications. Skip a month, nothing pesters you. No Subscriptions or Ads: It's completely free. The feed is built like a physical rolodex—designed to be scrolled slowly, one memory per screen, with a satisfying haptic click. I built this assuming you'd eventually delete it or stop using it as much once your brain naturally re-learns how to notice things on its own. Until then, I'd genuinely love your feedback, especially on which prompts resonate with you and which ones fall flat!

shoebox

a quiet place to save moments you'd otherwise forget

a quiet place to save moments you'd otherwise forget