YearCompass reflection

Launching December, 2025

Is There a YearCompass App? Here's the Closest Thing (and How It Works)

There isn’t an official YearCompass app, but Waypoints recreates the ritual inside a calm, private iOS experience, so you never have to flip back to a PDF again. The prompts, insights, and memories all live together in-app.

Short answer

Waypoints is an independent reflection app inspired by YearCompass that keeps every answer, intention, and big goal within the same mobile flow—copying the structure without relying on a separate booklet.

Past year review → Waypoints stores every reflection in a Year Review timeline with photos.
Year ahead prompts → Intentions, focus areas, and soft-check-in habits live inside the app.
Magical triplets / big goals → Tags and progress snapshots feel like a living plan you can revise.

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How the YearCompass ritual already guides you

YearCompass divides the ritual into three gentle moves: reflect on the past year, decide what the year ahead should hold, and pick a few bold intentions to carry with you. Waypoints keeps all three in the same place while giving you room for photos, tags, and quiet check-ins that stretch across every season.

Past year review: revisit lessons, milestones, and the feelings you carried into the next chapter.
The year ahead: choose intentions, focus areas, and rhythms that make your upcoming year personal.
Magical triplets / big goals: commit to key themes, habits, or projects and watch them evolve.

What a YearCompass app should feel like

Guided, calm prompts

Every reflection gently leads you from past memories into forward-looking clarity.

Soft page feel

Warm neutrals, rounded containers, and generous spacing keep the ritual meditative.

Gradual completion

Progress saves automatically so you can pause anywhere and return when inspiration strikes.

Year-round access

The same reflections stay on your device, ready for quick check-ins or deep re-reads.

How Waypoints mirrors the YearCompass structure

Waypoints keeps the YearCompass ritual inside a single, private iOS experience. The same three moves—reflecting on the past, choosing the year ahead, and spotlighting what matters—live in-app, with every year stored in one calm timeline.

YearCompass ritual

How it feels

Waypoints equivalent

Past year review

Pages for gratitude, lessons, and key memories.

Year Review + Waylines timeline that stores every reflection.

Best for: people who want a YearCompass-like app.

The year ahead

Intentions and focus prompts that guide planning.

Intentions, Focus Areas, and ritual check-ins that evolve over time.

Magical triplets / goals

Big goals you return to throughout the year.

Key goals + tags + progress snapshots that feel like a living plan.

Timing

Most people treat YearCompass as a once-a-year winter ritual.

Waypoints keeps the ritual ready year-round with gentle reminders.

Continuity

Every past year is its own booklet.

Every year lives in one place, so reflections stay retrievable.

Waypoints keeps the YearCompass ritual in one place

The YearCompass prompts are the spine of Waypoints, but every reflection, intention, and goal lives inside the app. That means you can answer once, revisit anytime, and never hunt for stray PDFs.

Your answers stay accessible on-device, with gentle nudges that honor the ritual without pressure.

How Waypoints anchors the ritual

These in-app patterns keep the YearCompass structure alive any time you reach for your phone.

Capture the past year with Year Review + Waylines so every lesson, photo, and feeling stays together.
Use Intentions, Focus Areas, and tags to plan the year ahead without juggling multiple documents.
Check in when inspiration strikes—everything autosaves, so you can finish the ritual across weeks or seasons.