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Watch your journey grow
Journey is a free fitness photo journal for iPhone. Matching-angle comparisons, private lift and bodyweight records, and a tree that grows as you keep showing up.
- Free
- iPhone
- Starts private
- No ads or trackers
Journey is in testing. Places in the beta are limited and the build changes often.
Inside the app
Four screens do most of the work. Everything on them stays on your account unless you decide to publish it.
Set your starting point
Record the tests you actually do — squat, bench press, deadlift, overhead press, bodyweight, push-ups, pull-ups, plank and a timed 2 km run. Leave the rest blank.
Your baseline is the number everything else is measured against, and it stays private to you.
- Recorded singles, never an estimate from a set of ten
- Leave out any test that isn't part of your training
- The snapshot never leaves your account
Re-test when you're ready
Baseline, previous and current sit in one table, so a re-test reads as change rather than a number on its own.
Set your own re-test cycle, keep the full history, export it, or delete a snapshot for good.
- Re-test on your own schedule, not a fixed 12-week block
- Missing results stay empty instead of counting as a drop
- A bodyweight change is shown as a change, not a win or a loss
Weigh in at your own rhythm
Log daily, weekly or whenever you remember. The chart spaces entries by their real dates instead of pretending you weighed in every day.
Weekly and monthly averages, kg or lb, and a curve that doesn't overshoot.
- 7 days, 1 month, 3 months, 1 year or everything
- Averages only count the days you actually recorded
- One entry per date, replaced if you weigh in again
Same angle, new chapter
Front, back and both sides, two dates at a time. Compare side by side or drag the reveal across, then zoom and adjust the framing until the two line up.
Export the comparison exactly as you framed it. Photos stay private unless you publish one yourself.
- Front, back, left side and right side
- Side by side, or drag the reveal across
- Your originals are never cropped, filtered or recoloured
Your tree keeps the score
Every account starts as a seedling. Growth is earned by what you record, and the tree moves through eight stages as it adds up — a picture of your consistency, not a score on your body.
Day one
One shoot, thin roots, and a lot of mountain ahead of it.
Taking hold
Training days and check-ins add up, and the trunk starts to hold its own.
Established
Streaks, recorded PRs and milestones fill the canopy out.
- Training days — logged sessions
- Photo check-ins — dated, private by default
- Streaks — consecutive days you show up
- Recorded PRs — a new best on a main lift
- Milestones — workout counts along the way
- Eligible referrals — someone you brought in who stays
Growth has no cash value and is not a health assessment. Breaks and deleted entries never wipe what you've already earned.
Share the part you want to share
The journal is private. Community is a separate, deliberate step: you publish a photo when you want to, and you can make it private again afterwards.
Bring someone with you
Your invitation card carries your custom code, your Growth total and your stage — never your private records.
Referrals that stick add Growth to your tree as well as theirs.
- Pick your own code instead of a string of letters
- Your login email is never used as the public code
Make it yours
System, Light or Dark — Journey follows your phone unless you tell it otherwise. Weight in kg or lb, distance in km or mi, and a display name and username you can change whenever you like.
Private by default
Progress photos are personal. Journey is built so that sharing is always something you did on purpose.
- Your journal starts private Photos, bodyweight, lifts and baselines are yours until you publish something.
- Publishing happens one post at a time There is no bulk share, and a post can go back to private without losing its photos or comments.
- Leaderboards are opt-in You choose whether you appear, which results are shown, and whether to show a country.
- Photos are re-encoded and stripped Uploads are resized and their metadata removed before they are stored.
- Export or delete, whenever you want Settings has a full JSON export and account deletion that removes your photos and records.
- Nothing to buy, nothing sold No ads, no analytics trackers, no paid tiers and no coaching upsell.
The full detail is in the privacy policy.
Get early access
Journey is in TestFlight while the last pieces are verified on real devices. Places are limited and builds change week to week.
You'll need an iPhone and Apple's free TestFlight app to install a beta build.
Not in the beta yet?
Leave your email and you'll hear from us the day Journey opens up.
One email when it matters. Unsubscribe any time.
Questions
What does Journey cost?
Nothing. There is no subscription, no in-app purchase and no paid tier.
Is it on the App Store?
Not yet. Journey is in testing, so TestFlight is the only way in at the moment. Join the list above and you'll hear the day that changes.
Who can see my photos?
Nobody, unless you publish one. Photo check-ins, bodyweight, lifts and baseline snapshots are private to your account, and publishing is a choice you make post by post.
What is Growth?
A running total of the activity you record — training days, check-ins, streaks, recorded PRs, milestones and eligible referrals. It moves your Tree of Life through its eight stages, and that's all it does.
Are the leaderboards verified?
No. They rank results members entered themselves, with no video review, weight classes or divisions. Treat them as friendly competition rather than a record book.
Can I get my data out?
Yes. Settings exports your records as JSON and deletes your account along with its photos and personal records.
I bought Journey: Body Transformation — is this the same app?
No. That's the earlier paid app and it still works as it always has. This Journey is a separate, free app with a photo journal, Tree of Life and community. For help with the paid app, email contact@journeywithshannon.com.