What is YumeShip used for?

YumeShip is an iPhone app for keeping a private journal of stories, headcanons and love letters about a fictional character you care about, with templates, albums and countdowns. It is a good fit for writing private stories about a favorite character, and keeping anniversaries and memories of a fictional ship.

Yes. YumeShip has a free plan, and paid plans start at $2.99.

Is YumeShip open source?

No. YumeShip is proprietary (closed-source) software. In the Note Taking category, open-source options include FSNotes, Jrnl and Moe Memos.

What are some alternatives to YumeShip?

YumeShip competes with Day One and Penzu.

YumeShip: features, pricing and alternatives

About YumeShip

YumeShip is a journal app for people who imagine relationships with fictional characters, such as anime, otome, manga or K-pop favorites, a practice it calls yumeship or self-shipping. It has more than 15 aesthetic templates, space for headcanons and scenarios and a storyline feature for steering where your story goes. Sweet notifications arrive as if from your character through the day, a private message thread lets you text them and imagine the replies, and love letters are kept.

Memories are kept in albums for art and screenshots, with dates and countdowns for anniversaries and small games such as This or That and Incorrect Quotes. You can bring several characters together, map who is with whom and chat as a group. The listing says everything stays on your device with no feeds or followers. Premium, offered weekly, monthly or as a lifetime purchase, adds unlimited ships, polyships and templates. The app is free to download.

Key features

15+ aesthetic journal templates
Headcanons, scenarios and storylines
Notifications written as if from your character
Private message thread with your character
Love letters kept in the journal
Albums, dates and countdowns
Multiple characters mapped together
Data stays on the device

Good fit for

Writing private stories about a favorite character
Keeping anniversaries and memories of a fictional ship

Tags: journal; ios; fandom; anime; writing; private; otome; roleplay

YumeShip: questions and answers

What is YumeShip used for?: YumeShip is an iPhone app for keeping a private journal of stories, headcanons and love letters about a fictional character you care about, with templates, albums and countdowns. It is a good fit for writing private stories about a favorite character, and keeping anniversaries and memories of a fictional ship.
Is YumeShip free?: Yes. YumeShip has a free plan, and paid plans start at $2.99.
Is YumeShip open source?: No. YumeShip is proprietary (closed-source) software. In the Note Taking category, open-source options include FSNotes, Jrnl and Moe Memos.
What are some alternatives to YumeShip?: YumeShip competes with Day One and Penzu.