Stoic is a mental health journaling app that combines Stoicism and modern psychological science to support self-reflection and well-being.
Alternatives to Journey
Journey combines an encrypted journal with broad media support, search and filters, offline access, privacy locks, and apps for mobile, desktop, and web. Entries can include photos, videos, audio, GIFs, and music; users can also collaborate on shared journals or share selected entries by web link. Coach programs, prompts, and integrations with services such as Google Places, Apple Maps, and Apple Health add ways to reflect and connect entries with other activities. The free…
Mindsera is an AI-powered journal for recording writing and reflecting on thoughts over time.
Day One is a journaling app for writing and organizing entries across iPhone, Android, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch, Windows, browsers, and browser extensions.
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Rosebud
Rosebud is an AI journal for personal growth, designed to help users process emotions and identify patterns in their reflections.
Free planAndroidiOSWebmacOS7.6From $107.99 a year - 5

Daybook
Daybook is a digital diary and journaling app for recording thoughts and life's moments on Android, iOS, and the web.
Free planAndroidiOSWeb7.5From $39.99 a year - 6
Penzu
Penzu is an online diary and personal journal for private writing, available in browsers and through iOS and Android apps.
Free planAndroidiOSWeb7.5From $19.99 a year - 7
Skrive
Skrive is a personal journal built around one plain-text entry per day.
Free planAndroidiOSmacOS7.5Free plan - 8
tinythoughts
tinythoughts is a sentence-a-day journal for recording short entries and responding to a different writing prompt each day of the year.
Free planAndroidiOSWeb7.5From $3 a month - 9

Diaro
Free planAndroidiOSWeb7.4Free plan - 10
Gratitude
Gratitude is a journaling and mindfulness app for people who want to focus on positive experiences and live with intention.
Free planAndroidiOSmacOS7.4Free plan - 11
Reflectly
Reflectly is an AI-driven journal and mood tracker for recording daily thoughts and feelings on Android and iOS.
Free planAndroidiOS7.4Free plan - 12

StoryPad
StoryPad is a journal app for recording notes, feelings, workouts, and travel on a running timeline.
Free planAndroidiOSmacOS7.4$9.99 one-time - 13
Local Journal
Local Journal is an offline diary app for Android and iOS that keeps entries on the device.
Free planAndroidiOS7.2$6.99 one-time - 14
Moodflow
Moodflow is an emotional wellness app for logging moods, reflecting on emotional patterns, and receiving AI-generated insights.
Free planAndroidiOS7.2From $14.99 a year - 15

MoodHaven Journal
MoodHaven Journal is a free journaling app with guided prompts and end-to-end encryption.
Free planAndroidiOSWebLinux7.1Free plan - 16

Diarium
Diarium is a private journal app for recording memories with text, photos, videos, audio, locations, and tags.
Free planAndroidiOSmacOSWindows7.0Free plan - 17
Grid Diary
AndroidiOSmacOS7.0 - 18
Islet
Islet is a free, open-source journal app for keeping text and media entries in separate notebooks.
Free planOpen sourceAndroidiOS7.0Free plan - 19
Journal - From Me
Journal - From Me is a local-first writing app for journaling, notes, guided reflection, and responses to current events.
Free planiOSmacOS7.0From $4.99 a year - 206.9From $49.99 a year
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Five Minute Journal
AndroidiOS6.9From $19.99 a year - 22

Apple Journal
Apple Journal is a free journaling app for reflecting on everyday moments and special events.
Free planiOSmacOS6.6Free plan - 23
DailyBean
DailyBean is a journal and mood tracker for logging how a day went with a few taps.
Free planAndroidiOS6.6Free plan - 24
Mirror
Mirror is a free mental health journaling app for self-reflection, available on iOS and Android in the United States.
Free planAndroidiOS6.6Free plan - 256.6Free plan
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WriteDiary
WriteDiary is a freemium diary service for recording experiences, thoughts, and memories on the web or Android.
Free planAndroidWeb6.6Free plan - 27
Journiv
Journiv is a self-hosted journaling app for privacy-conscious users, available on the web and through self-hosted deployment.
Free planWebSelf-hosted6.4Free plan - 28
jrnl
jrnl is a free, open-source command-line application for creating, searching, and viewing journal entries.
Free planLinuxmacOSWindows6.4Free plan - 29
Momento
Momento is an iPhone journaling app that combines written entries, photos, videos, and imported activity feeds in a searchable personal journal.
Free planiOS6.4Free plan - 30
Twif
Free planiOSmacOS6.4Free plan

