Nothing to bury.
A paper time capsule waits decades. This one opens a little every day, using the photos you already take and the music already in your library.
Guide
A time capsule that opens daily.
Backward is a free digital time capsule for iPhone and iPad. Write one line about today and it comes back on the same date next year, alongside the photos, videos and music from that date in years past. No digging required.
Step by step
Open Backward today.
Check in once a day. It takes about as long as making coffee.
Look back.
See the photos, videos and music from today’s date in past years.
Leave a line.
Write one sentence about today: what you did, how you felt, or the tiny thing you’d otherwise forget.
Come back next year.
On the same date, your line returns, stacked with the ones before it.
It gets better with time.
The first year is quiet. By the third, the same date holds a small stack of your own lines, one for each year, right next to the photos from those days.
Private by default.
No account, no ads and no third-party tracking. Your libraries stay on your device. Notes and streaks sync through your own iCloud account if you enable it.
Questions, answered.
What is a digital time capsule app?
An app that saves something from today and brings it back later. Backward saves a one-line note each day and returns it on the same date every year, alongside your photos and music from that date.
When do my notes come back?
On the same date next year, and every year after, stacked with the notes from earlier years.
Is Backward free?
Yes. Backward is free, with no in-app purchases, ads or account.
Start your time capsule today.
Future you is going to love this. Free on iPhone and iPad.
