Diarly: Diary, Private Journal

Name: Diarly: Diary, Private Journal
Rating: 4.7 (1300 reviews)
Author: Krzysztof Nowak

Journal & Notes with Password

Free · In‑App Purchases

1.3K Ratings
Ages

9+
Years
Category

Lifestyle
Developer

Krzysztof Nowak
Language

EN
+ 13 More
Size

164.8
MB

Turn your thoughts into a daily ritual—beautifully, effortlessly, and just for you. Start today and see how a few mindful minutes can change everything. Whether you’ve journaled for years or never written a single entry, Diarly makes it easy, beautiful, and rewarding to start. START YOUR DAY WITH FOCUS, END IT WITH CLARITY Begin with a thoughtful daily prompt, enriched automatically with the day’s weather, your location, calendar events, or health data. Note your plans and track your mood. In the evening, reflect on what happened, attach photos from your day, and capture your thoughts before bed. Everything saves automatically and syncs across your Mac, iPhone, and iPad. BUILD YOUR JOURNALING HABIT EFFORTLESSLY Stay consistent with daily templates, gentle reminders, streak tracking, and inspiring stats — all designed to help you write more without pressure. TRACK YOUR MOOD, IMPROVE YOUR WELL-BEING Mood tracking helps you spot patterns over time — connecting how you feel with what’s happening in your life. It’s a simple way to support your mental health, boost self-awareness, and build habits that help you feel your best for the long run. KEEP NOTES, NOT JUST JOURNAL ENTRIES Diarly isn’t only for daily logs — you can also create timeless, topic-based notes for ideas, projects, lists, or anything you want to remember. Store private thoughts, plans, and reference material right alongside your journal, without assigning them to a date. CAPTURE EVERY MOMENT Add unlimited photos, videos, drawings, and audio notes to bring your memories to life. Entries are organized with timelines, maps, and calendars so you can easily look back and see your journey unfold — and relive past moments with On This Day. CONNECTED WITH YOUR LIFE Diarly can work seamlessly with the apps and services you already use. Save mood entries to Apple Health, log mindful minutes toward your wellness goals, and record activity time automatically. Bring in calendar events to remember your schedule, add the day’s weather and location, and enjoy a Today Gallery that displays all the photos you took that day — beautifully linked to your journal. MAKE IT TRULY YOURS Pick from dozens of light and dark themes, customize layouts for each journal, and write in your preferred font or markdown style. PRIVATE BY DESIGN Your thoughts are yours alone. Diarly encrypts your journal database and offers Face ID or Touch ID for instant, secure access. SWITCHING IS SIMPLE Import your existing journals from DayOne, WordPress, Blogger, Ghost, Penzu, Evernote, and more — so you can continue your journey 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 & Conditions → https://diarly.app/terms_conditions/

Events

MAJOR UPDATE

Liquid Glass for Diarly iPad

Discover the Today Tab, Journal Tabs, Custom Backgrounds, and Liquid Glass, all available now on Diarly for iPad.
NEW SEASON

Happy Holidays from Diarly

As the year winds down, we wish you good health and quiet to welcome 2026. Happy journaling!

Ratings & Reviews

4.7

out of 5

1.3K Ratings

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
Sep 14

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
Sep 14

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 Sep 23
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. 💾
App is currently great, just a couple things I would like to see
08/29/2018

Al I. D.
This is the cleanest nicest diary app I have seen. I love that you use markdown but format it in a great looking way even while writing. And as others have said, the simplicity of the app realy makes it perfect for journaling. The thing I was looking for forever was the ability to specify a template for new entries, so thanks so much for that!There are just a couple missing things that are keeping me from switching over: 1) I love this app, but I can’t bring myself to commit to it if it doesn’t have the ability to export to a format that other apps use. I am worried that I’ll want to switch in a month or two and don’t want to go through manually transfering every day’s journal. 2) I write entries right before I go to bed, which is sometimes after midnight. Right now, I don’t see a way to change the date on an existing entry, I only see a way to create a brand new entry. This isn’t a huge deal, but it would just be a nice little convinience to be able to click the date and select a new one.

Developer Response
Hello & Thank you for your review! Can you please contact us by sending us an email to hello@pureformstudio.com so that we can learn more about your needs? We got some ideas for both of your points but would like to know if they match your requirements before we start implementing.
App is currently great, just a couple things I would like to see
08/29/2018

Al I. D.

This is the cleanest nicest diary app I have seen. I love that you use markdown but format it in a great looking way even while writing. And as others have said, the simplicity of the app realy makes it perfect for journaling. The thing I was looking for forever was the ability to specify a template for new entries, so thanks so much for that!There are just a couple missing things that are keeping me from switching over: 1) I love this app, but I can’t bring myself to commit to it if it doesn’t have the ability to export to a format that other apps use. I am worried that I’ll want to switch in a month or two and don’t want to go through manually transfering every day’s journal. 2) I write entries right before I go to bed, which is sometimes after midnight. Right now, I don’t see a way to change the date on an existing entry, I only see a way to create a brand new entry. This isn’t a huge deal, but it would just be a nice little convinience to be able to click the date and select a new one.
Developer Response 08/30/2018
Hello & Thank you for your review! Can you please contact us by sending us an email to hello@pureformstudio.com so that we can learn more about your needs? We got some ideas for both of your points but would like to know if they match your requirements before we start implementing.
Great little program!!
Jul 20

cololinda
UPDATE: The more I use this program the better I like it! I’m not an AI fan so I’m not subscribing to that feature, but the rest of it is so easy to learn and to use! I would get discouraged with other journalling programs after a few days, but I was able to really USE this one after poking around a bit. Did give up on the “Master To-Do” list note, but that’s just part of learning. TRY IT! Free 1 week trial is all you’ll need to get going.Diarly looked a bit daunting right at first, but a little playing around with it, experimenting, and searching on the help articles - after 3 days I’m definitely subscribing to this! It’s simple yet flexible, adaptable to however you want to use it. I needed to keep track of when I’ve done what, and tags make that easy. I wanted a place to make notes on books I’m reading, and set up a Book Notes journal with my own template to record information easily. I set up a master to-do list, and can refer to that when I need to know what’s important but not urgent, and have a daily to-do list that carries over things I didn’t get done (the master list keeps that from being overwhelming).The program has journaling prompts if you want them, or you can put in your own. Pictures, screenshots - whatever is useful for you!I’ve tried several journaling programs, and none of them have inspired me, but this is so flexible I can record what I need to, and write more if I want to. LOVE THIS!

Developer Response
Your words really touched us — thank you for such a rich, thoughtful, and motivating review. It's amazing to hear how deeply you explored the app and made it your own. We’re grateful for the time you took to share all this! 🥺
Great little program!!
Jul 20

cololinda

UPDATE: The more I use this program the better I like it! I’m not an AI fan so I’m not subscribing to that feature, but the rest of it is so easy to learn and to use! I would get discouraged with other journalling programs after a few days, but I was able to really USE this one after poking around a bit. Did give up on the “Master To-Do” list note, but that’s just part of learning. TRY IT! Free 1 week trial is all you’ll need to get going.Diarly looked a bit daunting right at first, but a little playing around with it, experimenting, and searching on the help articles - after 3 days I’m definitely subscribing to this! It’s simple yet flexible, adaptable to however you want to use it. I needed to keep track of when I’ve done what, and tags make that easy. I wanted a place to make notes on books I’m reading, and set up a Book Notes journal with my own template to record information easily. I set up a master to-do list, and can refer to that when I need to know what’s important but not urgent, and have a daily to-do list that carries over things I didn’t get done (the master list keeps that from being overwhelming).The program has journaling prompts if you want them, or you can put in your own. Pictures, screenshots - whatever is useful for you!I’ve tried several journaling programs, and none of them have inspired me, but this is so flexible I can record what I need to, and write more if I want to. LOVE THIS!
Developer Response Jul 22
Your words really touched us — thank you for such a rich, thoughtful, and motivating review. It's amazing to hear how deeply you explored the app and made it your own. We’re grateful for the time you took to share all this! 🥺

This version includes subtle upgrades and reliability tweaks. ~ ~ ~ We hope this update brings a little extra joy to your journaling journey. If you're enjoying Diarly, we'd love a quick rating :)

Version 3.3.14

Dec 2

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Larger Text

Dark Interface

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