# If you miss OhLife

OhLife was a journal you kept by email: it wrote to you, you replied, and your reply became the entry. It closed in 2014.

ohmylife is a journal that works the same way. It is not connected with OhLife or with the people who made it.

## What OhLife was

OhLife began in 2010. Writing about it that August, TechCrunch described how it worked: "Simply reply to that email message and you'll have your first journal post." ([TechCrunch, 17 August 2010](https://techcrunch.com/2010/08/17/ohlife-personal-journal-email/))

In September 2014 its makers announced that it was shutting down. ([The announcement, as discussed on Hacker News, 20 September 2014](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8345881))

## What is the same here

- Each evening an email arrives: how did your day go?
- You reply the way you would to a friend. Two sentences is plenty. That reply becomes the day's page.
- Turn it on, and each email carries something you wrote on an earlier day, so writing today gives you back a piece of your past.

[How it works](/journal-by-email/) goes through each part.

## What ohmylife adds

- A journal on the web as well: write or change any day, mark how it felt, and tag a day with a word to find it again.
- Photos kept with your days: attach one to your reply, or add it on the web.
- The earlier versions of every day, each showing when it was written and by whom.
- As many journals as you like, each with its own days and its own email.
- Your own [AI assistant](/ai-assistants/) reading your journal and writing in it for you, within what you allow.

All of it is free. [The pricing page](/pricing/) lists what is included.

## So that a journal is not lost with the service that kept it

A journal should outlive whatever keeps it. So you always hold a copy of your own:

- Download the whole journal whenever you like, photos and all, as plain files any computer can open.
- Once a year a copy arrives by email without your asking.
- If ohmylife ever closes, you will be told well beforehand and sent your journal first.

## Questions people ask

### Is ohmylife made by the people who made OhLife?

No. ohmylife is not connected with OhLife or with the people who made it. It is a journal that works the same way: by replying to an email.

### Does ohmylife email me every day?

On the days and at the hour you choose. Each email has a link that stops them for that journal.

### Is it free?

Yes. Nothing is charged, and no card is asked for. [The pricing page](/pricing/) lists what is included.

### What if ohmylife closes too?

You will be told well beforehand and sent your journal first. You can also download all of it at any time, and once a year a copy is emailed to you without your asking.

Last changed 13 November 2026.

[Start your journal](/app/). Sign in with Google and write your first day tonight.

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Contact: hello@ohmylife.app