Journal Apps: a quick look

Just some high level information about journal apps for my reference.

JOURNAL FEATURES
These seem to be the most common or spoken to features for journal apps.

  • encourage daily entries

  • reminders

  • templates, themes, and tags

  • map feature

  • calendar feature

  • prompts for memories

  • end to end encryption

  • analysis AI to help you ask yourself questions

  • export and print features

  • send emails to users

  • Penzu Pro+ is $50/yr, Penzu Pro is $20/yr, there is a free tier

  • Daybook Pro is $30/yr

  • sites have blogs

Journal apps out in the space.

  1. Day One:

    A app for keeping a journal, great for micro-journaling or whatever you want your daily writing to look like. It allows you to include photos, videos, and sketches, and even upload voice notes. Owned by the company that owns Wordpress.

  2. Grid Diary:

    Combines diary and planner templates with reflective prompts to help you focus on specific areas of life, track them by day, week, and year, and flourish. 

  3. Daylio:

    A mood-tracking journal and diary app that enables you to maintain a private journal without having to type a single line. 

  4. Momento:

    A diary app that lets you keep a private journal with modern features, allowing you to assign photos, videos, places, people, and events to your entries. 

  5. Journey:

    A secure and versatile journaling app that focuses on journaling and reflection, fostering a daily habit of mindfulness and introspection. 

  6. Penzu:

    A diary and personal journal focused on privacy. 

  7. Diaro:

    A multi-platform diary, journal, notes, and mood tracker designed to record your activities, events, appointments, experiences, thoughts, feelings, ideas, and secrets. 

  8. Diarium:

    A journal app for iOS, macOS, Windows, and Android devices with features like adding photos and videos, hands-free text input via dictation, adding locations and tags, and more. 

  9. Daybook:

    A journaling app for capturing life's moments, big and small, available across Android, iOS, Web, Alexa, and the Open AI ChatGPT Store. 

  10. Reflectly:

    A journaling app that provides a personalized journey for users, using artificial intelligence to offer tailored prompts and insights based on individual preferences. Reflectly is a journal utilizing artificial intelligence to help you structure and reflect upon your daily thoughts and problems.

  11. Gratitude Happiness Journal:

    An app that lets you write and send thank-you notes to people in your life, with features like inspirational quotes and reminders to practice gratefulness. More zen-ish and for self care.

  12. Notion:

    A versatile platform that can be used as a digital journal, offering a canvas for creativity and organization. 

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