Diarly: Diary, Private Journal

Name: Diarly: Diary, Private Journal
Rating: 4.7 (1414 reviews)
Author: Krzysztof Nowak

Journal & Notes with Password

Free · In‑App Purchases

1.4K Ratings
Age Rating

9+
Years
Category

Health & Fitness
Developer

Krzysztof Nowak
Language

EN
+ 13 More
Size

166.3
MB

Turn everyday moments into a journal you'll actually keep — one small entry at a time. Diarly is a private journal and notes app for iPhone, iPad, Mac, and Apple Watch — built for daily writing, personal reflection, and the small moments you want to keep. A JOURNAL THAT STARTS WITH YOUR DAY Open Diarly and the page is already partly there: a prompt, the weather, your location, calendar events, photos from today, and Apple Health data if you choose to connect it. Add a sentence, track your mood, attach a photo, or write the full story. Diarly helps you begin without staring at an empty page. BUILD A PRACTICE YOU CAN KEEP Daily templates, gentle reminders, streaks, and writing stats help you stay consistent without pressure. Write every day, once a week, or whenever something is worth remembering. INSIGHTS, NOT INTERPRETATIONS Over time, Diarly helps you notice patterns across your words, moods, tags, and life events. Insights surfaces what is there, one entry at a time. The meaning is yours. NOTES BESIDE YOUR JOURNAL Diarly is not only for dated entries. Create timeless, topic-based notes for ideas, projects, lists, plans, reference material, or a personal quotes library you can show on your Home Screen widget — all stored privately alongside your journal. EVERYTHING IN ONE PLACE Add unlimited photos, videos, drawings, and audio notes. Browse your entries by timeline, calendar, map, gallery, or today view — your personal journaling dashboard with today’s entries, streaks, mood check-ins, prompts, pinned notes, quotes, tags, calendar, and On This Day. Build a journal that becomes more valuable the longer you keep it. CONNECTED WITH YOUR LIFE Diarly works with the apps and services you already use. Save mood to Apple Health, log mindful minutes, record activity time, bring in calendar events, add weather and location, and see the photos you took that day in Today Gallery. PRIVATE BY DESIGN Your thoughts are yours alone. Set a password to encrypt your entries and notes, stored that way on your device and in iCloud. Unlock quickly with Face ID or Touch ID. TRULY YOURS Make Diarly feel like your own. Choose from dozens of light and dark themes, build a custom feed for each journal, add the widgets and backgrounds you want. SWITCHING IS SIMPLE Import your existing journals from Apple Journal, DayOne, WordPress, Blogger, Ghost, Penzu, Evernote, and more — so you can continue without starting over. WHY PEOPLE LOVE DIARLY: * “An impressive number of features for such a minimalistic app — remarkably intuitive.” * “Exceptional app, works perfectly every time. Well worth the price.” * “The most effective and efficient way to keep a daily journal. Can’t do without it.” TRY DIARLY FREE WITH UNLIMITED ENTRIES AND CORE FEATURES. Upgrade for password protection, cross-device sync, unlimited journals, custom themes, AI assistance, and more — one subscription covers all your devices, with a 7-day free trial. ——————————————— Help Guides → https://diarly.app/help Privacy Policy → https://diarly.app/privacy Terms of Use (EULA) → https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Events

MAJOR UPDATE
Diarly's new Insights

Diarly's new Insights give you a meaningful look into your journaling history. Also introducing Background Gradients.

Ratings & Reviews

4.7

out of 5

1.4K Ratings

Awesome app and support team
03/26/2024

Leo McBride
When there is a problem your not ignored, they respond fast and normally have a fix within days. Not like other apps that ignore you cause they don’t care. They care about their customers and their apps performance. Awesome app. Does it have bugs? Yes! but what app doesn’t? Plenty of features. Great price for those that need more options and its yearly not monthly. I have been with them for 5 years and counting. I am here to stay. No other diary app can come close not one. Enjoy. Believe it or not it saved my life. Don’t believe me I wrote a book about getting clean off doctor induced Vicodin addiction this app was with me from day one. Helping get threw every horrible part in recovery. From seeing how much I got done everyday to being able to track what I could and could not eat when I had bad days and good days. It kept me going just to see the celebration of making my word count daily to seeing my improvements from day to day. I recommend this to everyone and have had many friends and book purchasers download and even wrote me that the app was awesome. Enjoy your journaling in a digital format. No more big bulky books and one more thing. You can add pictures tags and even look up a certain incident in the search bar. Plus it does log in mindfulness minutes in the apple health app. Awesome just awesome. Well worth a try. You’ll fall in love with it fast. Of course there is a time frame to learn the app and all its function but that’s with any app. Thanks for all your help and support from Diarly. Thank you so much. ~ Doc ( Leo McBride)

Developer Response
Hello & Thank you for the review.We are constantly working on app improvements, and we hope you will enjoy future updates.We try to balance number of features and simplicity.
Awesome app and support team
03/26/2024

Leo McBride

When there is a problem your not ignored, they respond fast and normally have a fix within days. Not like other apps that ignore you cause they don’t care. They care about their customers and their apps performance. Awesome app. Does it have bugs? Yes! but what app doesn’t? Plenty of features. Great price for those that need more options and its yearly not monthly. I have been with them for 5 years and counting. I am here to stay. No other diary app can come close not one. Enjoy. Believe it or not it saved my life. Don’t believe me I wrote a book about getting clean off doctor induced Vicodin addiction this app was with me from day one. Helping get threw every horrible part in recovery. From seeing how much I got done everyday to being able to track what I could and could not eat when I had bad days and good days. It kept me going just to see the celebration of making my word count daily to seeing my improvements from day to day. I recommend this to everyone and have had many friends and book purchasers download and even wrote me that the app was awesome. Enjoy your journaling in a digital format. No more big bulky books and one more thing. You can add pictures tags and even look up a certain incident in the search bar. Plus it does log in mindfulness minutes in the apple health app. Awesome just awesome. Well worth a try. You’ll fall in love with it fast. Of course there is a time frame to learn the app and all its function but that’s with any app. Thanks for all your help and support from Diarly. Thank you so much. ~ Doc ( Leo McBride)
Developer Response 09/19/2022
Hello & Thank you for the review.We are constantly working on app improvements, and we hope you will enjoy future updates.We try to balance number of features and simplicity.
Fantastic App!
12/09/2021

KatieLewisQuiltng
I've only been using Diary for a short time so far, but I'm really loving it. I'm amazed at how much they've included in the free version. I'm seriously considering replacing my bullet journal with Diary. There are basically two sections: Timeline (i.e. a place to create journal entries based on dates) and Notes (a place to create entries that are independent of the calendar). I'm using the Timeline for my Planner and Journal and plan to use it to also drop in photos to add a little scrapbook element. I've set up the Prompts to automaticaly insert a checklist of the routines/habits I'm working on developing each time I start a new entry. I also have it set it up to automatically insert my current location, today's weather, and important events from my calendar. I use Tags which then makes sections of my journal searchable - like having an index - so no searching my planner for the notes I took at a specific meeting. I can also search Diary for words or phrases. I use the Notes section for annual planning, brainstorming, notes for an online course I'm taking, etc. Tags and searching also include notes AND I can link my Notes and Timeline entries together. So a task on my timeline "Do module 3 lessson 1" can link to the notes for that class in my notes section. Everything I love about an analog bullet journal plus the searchability and linking of a digital platform. Plus I type faster and longer than I can write, so my journal entries are more representative of what I really want to get on "paper". I highly recommend Diary!

Developer Response
Thank you very much for your review and for taking the time to write it - we really appreciate it. ❤️
Fantastic App!
12/09/2021

KatieLewisQuiltng

I've only been using Diary for a short time so far, but I'm really loving it. I'm amazed at how much they've included in the free version. I'm seriously considering replacing my bullet journal with Diary. There are basically two sections: Timeline (i.e. a place to create journal entries based on dates) and Notes (a place to create entries that are independent of the calendar). I'm using the Timeline for my Planner and Journal and plan to use it to also drop in photos to add a little scrapbook element. I've set up the Prompts to automaticaly insert a checklist of the routines/habits I'm working on developing each time I start a new entry. I also have it set it up to automatically insert my current location, today's weather, and important events from my calendar. I use Tags which then makes sections of my journal searchable - like having an index - so no searching my planner for the notes I took at a specific meeting. I can also search Diary for words or phrases. I use the Notes section for annual planning, brainstorming, notes for an online course I'm taking, etc. Tags and searching also include notes AND I can link my Notes and Timeline entries together. So a task on my timeline "Do module 3 lessson 1" can link to the notes for that class in my notes section. Everything I love about an analog bullet journal plus the searchability and linking of a digital platform. Plus I type faster and longer than I can write, so my journal entries are more representative of what I really want to get on "paper". I highly recommend Diary!
Developer Response 12/14/2021
Thank you very much for your review and for taking the time to write it - we really appreciate it. ❤️
Love it! Enhancement suggestion for the devs~
08/09/2018

Mariezeee
I pretty much never write reviews. But I’ve been low-key searching for the perfect app for my journaling over the years. And I’ve finally found the one! I love how you can really simplify the look of the screen to help you stay focused on your writing, yet lots of useful little features are just a click or two away. I love how there’s a little preview for each entry, and the themes, and the search — I just really like all of the features and how they’re neatly tucked away. And I really appreciate the added protection of the password. *So* worth the one-time in-app purchase.There are enough options that I can feel like I’m customizing the app to my liking, but not too many options such that I feel overwhelmed and distracted by features rather than what the app is intended for - writing. One idea that would make this *perfect* for me, would be if the devs added the option to choose your cursor color as well as the theme. I love the pink cursor that is built into the darkest theme, but I prefer the second-darkest theme. If I could have the best of both worlds, this would be completely perfect for me. (It’s already pretty close to perfect in my opinion!)

Developer Response
Hello & thank you for such positive review and suggestions! Can confirm that new version will allow making custom themes (by modifying exported theme css). We hope you like it!Please don't hesitate to contact us if something does not work as expected or maybe will have more ideas how to make app better.
Love it! Enhancement suggestion for the devs~
08/09/2018

Mariezeee

I pretty much never write reviews. But I’ve been low-key searching for the perfect app for my journaling over the years. And I’ve finally found the one! I love how you can really simplify the look of the screen to help you stay focused on your writing, yet lots of useful little features are just a click or two away. I love how there’s a little preview for each entry, and the themes, and the search — I just really like all of the features and how they’re neatly tucked away. And I really appreciate the added protection of the password. *So* worth the one-time in-app purchase.There are enough options that I can feel like I’m customizing the app to my liking, but not too many options such that I feel overwhelmed and distracted by features rather than what the app is intended for - writing. One idea that would make this *perfect* for me, would be if the devs added the option to choose your cursor color as well as the theme. I love the pink cursor that is built into the darkest theme, but I prefer the second-darkest theme. If I could have the best of both worlds, this would be completely perfect for me. (It’s already pretty close to perfect in my opinion!)
Developer Response 08/11/2018
Hello & thank you for such positive review and suggestions! Can confirm that new version will allow making custom themes (by modifying exported theme css). We hope you like it!Please don't hesitate to contact us if something does not work as expected or maybe will have more ideas how to make app better.
Very convenient
09/14/2025

taeiulover
I’m using this app for 2 days now, I wrote my poem there and the events from each day. It’s hard for me to write by hand in journal, quite dismotivating, so I never had one. I dislike the inability to freely put my photos, read my handwriting or buy lots of stickers to decorate. Here I was able to choose the font, theme and write as much as I want. It’s amazing and so comfortable. I love that I can upload photos to decorate my writings. The only thing that I worry in a long term about is the safety of my writings to be saved for a long time. I don’t know the limit of the writings I can do yet, I don’t know how to save them to never loose them yet but also don’t want to use iCloud for it. So I really hope this app can serve me for years and one day my writings won’t disappear. Also what I can suggest is to maybe give more freedom to put photos in different places, it would be lovely. Like I could put a small cute sticker on the upper right corner of my writings or somewhere on the side, near my writings, not above or under it. I enjoy the simplicity of the app and all the functions I need are free.

Developer Response
Thank you for such a detailed and thoughtful review! We understand your concern about data safety — you can always make manual backups (File → Export) to keep your writings safe long-term. 💾
Very convenient
09/14/2025

taeiulover

I’m using this app for 2 days now, I wrote my poem there and the events from each day. It’s hard for me to write by hand in journal, quite dismotivating, so I never had one. I dislike the inability to freely put my photos, read my handwriting or buy lots of stickers to decorate. Here I was able to choose the font, theme and write as much as I want. It’s amazing and so comfortable. I love that I can upload photos to decorate my writings. The only thing that I worry in a long term about is the safety of my writings to be saved for a long time. I don’t know the limit of the writings I can do yet, I don’t know how to save them to never loose them yet but also don’t want to use iCloud for it. So I really hope this app can serve me for years and one day my writings won’t disappear. Also what I can suggest is to maybe give more freedom to put photos in different places, it would be lovely. Like I could put a small cute sticker on the upper right corner of my writings or somewhere on the side, near my writings, not above or under it. I enjoy the simplicity of the app and all the functions I need are free.
Developer Response 09/23/2025
Thank you for such a detailed and thoughtful review! We understand your concern about data safety — you can always make manual backups (File → Export) to keep your writings safe long-term. 💾

- Stats is now Insights, rebuilt from scratch to help reveal patterns across your journal entries. Insights looks at words, tags, moods, and saved health data to surface trends you might otherwise miss. - Personalize Today and Journal views with new gradient background options. Open Insights to explore your journal in a new way! ~ ~ ~ Love the update? Please consider leaving a rating on the App Store — it helps more than you know. Have feedback? We’d love to hear from you.

Version 3.5.3 May 27

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Supported Features
- VoiceOver
- Larger Text
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Seller: Krzysztof Nowak
Size: 166.3 MB
Category: Health & Fitness
Compatibility: Requires iOS 18.0 or later.

iPhone
Requires iOS 18.0 or later.

iPad
Requires iPadOS 18.0 or later.

Mac
Requires macOS 14.6 or later.

Apple Vision
Requires visionOS 2.0 or later.

Apple Watch
Requires watchOS 10.0 or later.
Languages: English and 13 more

English, Dutch, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Spanish, Traditional Chinese, Ukrainian
Age Rating: 9+

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In-App Purchases: Yes

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Events

Diarly's new Insights

Ratings & Reviews

Awesome app and support team

Fantastic App!

Love it! Enhancement suggestion for the devs~

Very convenient

What’s New

Subscriptions

Premium Journal – Yearly Plan

App Privacy

Data Linked to You

Data Not Linked to You

Accessibility

Supported Features

VoiceOver

Larger Text

Dark Interface

Information

Supports

Family Sharing

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