#diary app

[sanguinifex]

What’s a good journal app for Windows that won’t snitch on me or sell my data? I know I’m not going to be able to keep a journal if it’s on paper. It doesn’t need to be free, but needs to have each entry or at least each day as a separate page or post, I need to be able to search entries by date or keywords, and ideally I could view entries either reverse or forward chronologically. Ideally I should also be able to export entries in a variety of file formats.

[thebedlamcollective]

✨ Hoshi Moth ✨

I built a little sky diary. Every day I write one line, and it turns into a star. Over time, the stars spiral out into constellations—my own messy, beautiful year in the sky.

It saves online, you can filter by month/year, and export as an image if you want to keep your sky. 🌌 There's even different themes!

🪶 Try it here: http://hoshimoth.neocities.org

[musabetsunikki]

3 months ago, when I installed the Mirai Nikki app and pressed the 'predict the future' button, this appeared.

I got a dead end...

[adhdapp]

Hello! I already use this app and love it, but recommending it in case it could help someone else! It's called Daylio, it's for journaling and mood tracking. It's free to download and use, but there is a premium option, but I've only used the free version and never felt it was lacking. It has a daily streak incentive, mine is 1841, I've been using it since 2019, as well as some other accomplishments for various things. I find it easy to use and you can customize activities to be anything, like it comes with pre-set ones like "relax" and "friends", but you can add and change and delete them, so I also have ones like "Baking" and "excited...?". It's a nice way to look back at memories and a quick and easy place to record them. I write a lot in the notes section of the entry, but you don't have to, you can leave it blank, or add images or voice recordings (but I've never used those so I don't know how they work). And if I miss a day and break my streak, it's very easy to go and put one in for that day so my streak remains because I like it when the number goes up. As someone with memory issues, I find it a comforting habit to make a record of something everyday and these are my thoughts!! Have a great day :) !

Daylio: Mood Logging

This is actually another app I already have the premium version for, lol. I bought it before it became monthly (Really unfortunate that it became monthly)

Rating: Certified, If what you're looking for is a mood tracker and/or diary app

does feature a to-do list daily tasks options, but it's very much a secondary feature

cute, very customizable (especially with premium), easy to use

Celebrates milestones and gives you a lovely visual overview of things.

HOWEVER: While the achievements and the streak counter and the visuals are cute (especially because you can retroactively add things to keep your streak) this app works best if you're inclined to micromanagement and willing to update it at least once a day, and personally that's not something I can keep up too long

Red flags: none, no data shared with third parties, data safety all seems good, and the app itself comes with a pin-lock if you want to be extra cautious with your entries.

Dopamine hits: So the visuals of the emoji calendar are cute and fun and a nice layout, particularly if you've got the premium and have the extra emojis, and the ridiculously high streak counter and achievements are also nice, but personally this app doesn't give me enough from day to day to keep me going. You have to really enjoy the logging process or making the streak number go up to make this work. If you're the kind of person with a really long snapchat streak, this one's for you? otherwise, eh, it can be a bit touchy.

Features + Price

Major Events: Basically pretty milestones for you to record as big letters in your diary

Mood tracking: obviously the main focus, your moods are color coded so you can view sort of how you're doing mental health wise on a pie chart, which can be really handy if you struggle with a mood disorder or want to see how certain activities are correlating with other things in your mental health. Do you always feel like ass when you talk to your boyfriend? this app might be able to help you clock that trend

Visual calendar overview: pictured above

goals: the goals checkoff is actually a must faster process than logging your moods, which is a few screens of selecting one of your preset moods and then the activity you're doing and then maybe adjusting the time. It can be a little finicky.

so this is Freemium.

Premium: 4.99 a month or 35.99 a year (USD)

So i'll admit, I downloaded this app back before they Had important days and goals so I suppose there must be a limit on them for free users? I bought it so that I could add custom moods and track my migraines.

This app is fundamentally not really For to-do stuff. You can use it that way! But where I think i'd find this app has the most usefulness is if you're struggling with short-term mental health trends and you need something to keep track of how you're feeling and where your moods are coming from. As far as ADHD goes this is sometimes useful if you're struggling with RSD, or with sensory issues, or just not clocking which parts of your life are making you overstressed. That said, I could definitely see this working for someone who wants to keep a diary in a short simple easy way. However if you're just looking for text entries, this is also not necessarily the easiest way to do it, since it's focus is mood logging. which it is very good for! it does that job effectively! it's the other stuff it's a little eh about.

Roadmap: This app was updated at the start of this month to add easier searches, and has added a lot in the years since I opened it last, so I definitely believe they're committed to following through and keeping posted. I'm not so sure about the pricetag for premium, but if you're looking for a mood logger and the format works for you, by all means, keep on keepin on.

[recsbylotte]

Does anyone know of an app or a website or something that reminds you to write? Like in a reflection/diary type of way? It’d be super epic if I could insert questions and it would help remind me to answer them step by step. But I’ll even settle for just good habit trackers or so that can help me! [I need some systematic motivation to write about my internship so I won’t have to do it all at once in 24 weeks as I normally would.]

Thank you in advance and lots of good karma to all of youuu 🥰

[ainomirainikki]

I wrote a diary entry about Ayaka.

In my mind, there's no one but her.

Nothing else matters when it's just the two of us.

[ainomirainikki]

6 days ago, while using the Mirai Nikki app, I wrote a diary entry dedicated to my 9 year old self.

I was so dumb back then, that I thought being a yandere was something quirky and cute.

My life is somewhat a mess due to the choice I made, but it's also great, so I'm still happy.

[darciamoonz]

The perfect spot to post my deepest inner most thoughts. I thought my very first post would be a grand introduction, but instead it's this. My adventure with Daylio started when I was in a very very depressing place in my life and I had no outlet. This was and still is my sanctuary on the side....well at least until I retrieve my Book of Shadows 😊.