ThoughtsA reflection, caught in passing.
Vael
/vāl/ · noun
A private journal in rhythm with nature.
Capture your thoughts and dreams by the seasons and moon, then revisit them as chapters in your almanac.
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The Wheel of the Year
Time turns with you.
Vael opens on a turning wheel of days. Spin it to move through the year and feel where you stand—deep in a season, beneath a waxing moon, close to the turn of the next.
- Date-first. Every entry belongs to a day, and every day to a season.
- Seasonal markers. Solstices, equinoxes, andx the sabbats of the Wheel of the Year.
- Moon phases. Full and new moons, marked on the wheel and in your day.
Dark or light, themed to you.
Journal
Captured moments, gathered by day.
Built for microjournaling: a thought, a dream, a moment of gratitude. One quiet feed holds it all together, every moment tagged with the feeling your days held.
- One timeline. All eight entry types, woven together by date.
- Find anything. Filter by entry type or search your entire journal from a single tap.
- Note your mood. Mark how you felt, on a gentle warm-to-cool scale.
- Quick to capture. Never lose a fleeting thought, start an entry from the app icon the moment it strikes.
Eight kinds of entry
However you practice.
Each kept distinct: its own colour, its own place in your journal.
DreamsWhat the night left behind.
GratitudesThe good, noticed and kept.
MeditationsStillness, marked.
SpellsWill, given shape.
RitualsHeld with intention.
Tarot ReadingsThe cards, and what they stir.
PrayersWords sent outward.
Almanac
A book of your seasons.
The Almanac reads your journal back to you as chapters, one for each season you live through. It grounds you in the present, and recalls the moments that mattered in seasons past the way you might reminisce with a close friend.
- This chapter. Where you are now, in the turning of the year.
- Earlier chapters. Seasons past, written once and kept.
- A living timeline. Each season's mood, moons, and entries, offering texture rather than tracking.
Apple Intelligence
Reflections, written for you.
With Apple Intelligence, Vael can gather a season of your entries and quietly author your Almanac into warm, flowing prose, composed entirely on your device, never leaving it. What it observes is always honest; the writing is the gift.
Premium · On-deviceThe Almanac itself is free. Authored prose is the premium touch.
Private by design
Yours alone.
Vael is a private place to think. Privacy isn't a setting here. It's the foundation.
Local-first
Your journal lives on your device, not on our servers. No account needed to begin.
No tracking
No analytics, no advertising, no profiles. Vael has no interest in watching you.
On-device intelligence
Apple Intelligence features run entirely on your device. Nothing is sent to us.
Your iCloud, or none
Optional sync travels through your own private iCloud, never a Vael server.
Yours to keep
Export everything to Markdown anytime, and keep backups you control.
Locked to you
Add a biometric lock so your reflections open only for you.
Make it personal
Shaped around you.
From the colours to the calendar to the wheel itself, tune it to the shape of your days.
Your wheel
Decide what the home wheel shows: seasonal markers, moons, and the days you’ve written.
Your seasonal calendar
Follow the seasons, the solstices and equinoxes, or the full Wheel of the Year and its eight sabbats.
Your entry types
Switch on just the kinds you keep, and tuck away the ones you don’t.
Themes
Four elemental themes in light and dark, free for all, or a fully custom palette.
Custom · PremiumCalendar context
Bring your calendar alongside your entries, so each day carries its real-world context.
PremiumSync your devices
Keep your journal with you everywhere through your own private iCloud.
PremiumBegin your first season.
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