A journal you can sit in
Leaf by Leaf
Sit under an old tree, let the wind and the music settle you, and write down what's going on. A few short pages walk you through it. Then the tree lets the leaf go.
For Mac and Windows. One-time purchase. Works offline, and your pages stay on your computer.
Try it now: untangle one thought in seven short pages, like in the game. Nothing you write here is saved or sent.
That was the whole thing, in a few minutes. The game also has morning and evening pages, a weekly big question, tasks, seven places, and a tree that grows with every page.
How it works
Five quiet minutes, one page at a time
Tap a step to see it in the scene.
Contents
A page for every kind of day
Thinking traps you learn to spot
Your tree
A tree that grows with you
Every page earns XP and moves your tree through the seasons. Achievements reward coming back: three days in a row, then a week, then thirty days for the golden pen. Share your streak as a picture when you are proud of it.
Your journal
Every page, kept
Your pages are laid out like sheets of paper, by month. Give each one a name, search them, open any to read it again, and see what you think about most.
Places
Seven places to sit. A new one every level.
Pick one and the scene behind this page takes you there.
Make it yours
Your person, your paper, your pen
Dress them here and look at the tree: that's them.
Papers
Pens
Handwriting
Sound
Wind, waves, a brook and a fire that pops
Every place has its own sound. Leaves and birds on the hill, waves and gulls at the shore, a river past the cabin, rain on the café window, a crackling fire and a purring cat at home, a brook babbling over the stones with songbirds in the bushes. The music changes with it: slow pads outside, quiet lo-fi jazz in the café, fingerpicked guitar by the fire.
Best with headphones.
Private
Your pages stay with you
No account and no cloud. Everything you write is stored on your computer, and the game runs without internet. It speaks English, Spanish, German, French, Portuguese, Italian and Lithuanian.
Get the game
Yours to keep
- All four kinds of pages, plus Tasks
- Seven places to unlock, from the hill to the brook
- A tree of achievements, from three days in a row to the golden pen
- Six papers, six pens, six handwritings and a person to dress
- Mac and Windows in one purchase, both work offline
Mac: macOS 10.15 or newer, Apple silicon or Intel. Windows: Windows 10 or 11, 64-bit.
Questions
Before you sit down
Is this therapy?
No. It borrows the structure of a CBT thought record (the situation, the thought, the feeling, the evidence, a fairer thought) and turns it into a quiet ritual. If you are going through something heavy, please talk to a professional too.
Where are my pages stored?
On your computer, inside the game. There is no account, nothing is uploaded, and the game works without internet.
Which computers does it run on?
Any Mac with macOS 10.15 Catalina or newer, Apple silicon or Intel. Any PC with Windows 10 or 11, 64-bit.
Do I get both versions?
Yes. One purchase includes the Mac and the Windows download, so you can write on either.
Which languages?
English, Spanish, German, French, Portuguese, Italian and Lithuanian. The game picks your computer's language, and you can change it any time.
How do levels and achievements work?
Every page, every finished task and every streak day earns XP. Levels open new places, papers, handwritings and things for your character. Achievements reward coming back: some of them give you a special pen or paper, like the golden pen after thirty days in a row.
I lost my download link.
It is in the receipt email from the checkout. Install help