Personal Diary (Journal) App 4+

No Ads, Simple & Easy to Use

Wern Jie Lim

    • 5.0 • 5 Ratings
    • Free
    • Offers In-App Purchases

Description

"When all you want is the digital equivalent of a paper diary, this is the perfect one." - goyyboy

"Loving the lighthearted feel of this deceptively powerful app." - plinkplok

"Good and accessible with VoiceOver" - Allan.summers

Need a simple, free, and easy to use journalling app? Meet Personal Diary!

With no advertisements, limitations nor any upfront cost, Personal Diary is your simplest and best journalling tool yet. Easily access all your entries in all your devices with iCloud Sync. Write diary entries without worrying that someone will peek at what you wrote, with passcode & biometric protection. Forgot about your diary? The app can 'summon' you back with a friendly nudge. You can also import as many photos as you wish into your entries. As an optional addition, you can set your mood, and add weather and tags to an entry.

Notable Features:
- Numeric passcode lock (any number of digits).
- Unlock using Touch ID or Face ID on supported devices.
- Auto-saves as you type.
- Simple & easy to use.
- Sync data between devices via iCloud Drive.
- Ability to pick a mood and weather of the day.
- Mood & weather can be automatically chosen.
- Import photos to your entries.
- Select a theme to suite your style.
- Dark Mode for better night use.
- VoiceOver fully supported.
- Simple Rich Text editing supported.
- Full support for physical keyboards, trackpad and mice.
- Fully compatible with all modern iPhone, iPad, Mac and Apple Watch models.
- Daily notifications for writing in your diary.
- No advertisements & absolutely FREE! :D

*Some features may not available on the Apple Watch. Primary editing and viewing functions, such as the Timeline interface and entry editor, are available on the watch.

Don't forget to let me know what you think of Personal Diary by leaving a review on the App Store! Reviews and ratings help and let other users find this app. If you have any problems or questions, feel free to send a feedback; I might be able to help! :)

Warning:
- Please do not forget your password. If you forget your password and your identity cannot be verified, you may not be able to access your data.

This app allows you to tip/donate to directly support the development of this app through in-app purchases. No new features will be provided when you tip, it's just to support the app's development if you would like to. Selecting a Small/Medium/Large Tip will initiate a one time payment for tipping. A Continuous Tip is automatic-renewal subscription to tip every month, and will renew automatically every month unless it's turned off or cancelled (through your account settings) at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. For this, your Apple account will be charged when payment is confirmed, and charged for auto-renewal within 24 hours prior to the end of the current period at the selected price.

You may locate our terms at https://legal.wern.cc/app/terms and privacy policy at https://legal.wern.cc/app/privacy.

What’s New

Version 3.0.13

- Improved: For new entry defaults, automatic inclusion of mood and weather info can now be separately disabled.
- Misc: Updated app description.

Recent changes in version 3.0.12:

- Improved: Loading all entries in a large journal is now up to 4 times faster, with up to 90% reduction in peak memory usage.
- Improved: Search now displays a progress indicator, and you may now begin searching even if entries weren't fully loaded (you'll still need to wait for all entries to be loaded to have a complete result).
- Improved: The app now automatically reduces its memory usage when your device is running low on memory (e.g., when multitasking with other apps).
- Fixed: The app may crash on devices with limited memory when loading a large journal.
- Fixed: The app may, in certain rare cases, crash when concurrently processing multiple tasks.
- Fixed: The date range picker for journal exports may take an unexpectedly long time to be editable on large journals, even if they were already loaded in the Timeline.
- Fixed: Keyboard shortcuts may not work correctly when your last interaction was not in the relevant view.
- Misc: Updated app icon, dependencies and links.

Ratings and Reviews

5.0 out of 5
5 Ratings

5 Ratings

ddwise ,

Excellent diary, love the multiple diary function!

I started using this about 2 weeks ago. I love it’s simple features. I like that it slides to a side bar out of sight until I swipe it over, unlock it with my face, then go directly to add an entry. Simple, clean with no fussy stuff. I track treatments for an autoimmune disease. I then thought, I wish I could write a different diary for helping me track the foods I eat for my weight loss. Low and behold, it has a book icon, where you can create different diaries. Yea! Just what I was looking for! So now it satisfies that need. I didn’t want to write my treatment and the foods I eat into the same diary, which would not be conductive for me to quickly check when my last treatment was.

This diary also supports backing up to my iCloud, and I can put images in the entries. I haven’t done that yet, but it’s a convenient feature.

So thank you support team for making a really nice app that I don’t need to subscribe to.

yesssahblesssahh ,

I LOVE THIS APP

Got the app like 30 minutes ago, I went on it right away and type on the app. I gotta say there wasn’t much who got this app but I seen the top review and they said it’s a great app for a dairy, and they were right!

This app is literally ad free?! Are you kidding me the developer is the best. I get to finally type my personal things on this app for my mental health and so much more. You can express your mood and the weather with emojis. You can even add your flies, photo or take a picture to add it on to the diary. You can even change the theme colors of your choice when you’re using dark mode and light mode, yes it has dark mode I’m really happy with this app. There’s so much more to it!! I will continue to be using this app just because I am very impressed! Thank you developer for this amazing Diary app you created.

SamsNorthernGirl ,

Been loving this app for a long time!

I started using this app I-don't-know-how-many years ago when my husband's vascular dementia was beginning to take more control of his mind. I needed a safe, simple place to write down my feelings/thoughts/etc. that he couldn't gain access to. But I didn't want to pay for it. This app popped up in my search and I've been using it ever since. I liked that it's simple to use, easy to "lock", and even had some cute metadata and the ability to attach photos from my phone's photo app. My husband got his angel wings last year so I no longer need to worry about him somehow getting access to it; but I do still like using it, especially on my new-to-me iPhone 11 with the Face ID. I just hope it won't get wiped away with iOS17* updates.

App Privacy

The developer, Wern Jie Lim, indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy.

Data Not Linked to You

The following data may be collected but it is not linked to your identity:

  • Location
  • Usage Data
  • Diagnostics

Privacy practices may vary, for example, based on the features you use or your age. Learn More

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