Aloud is now free — every feature, no subscription. Speak for two minutes and your journal writes itself, entirely on your iPhone. New: photos pinned to your route.
You're walking the dog. You're on the train home. The lights are off and the day is still spinning in your head. That's when a journal matters most — and exactly when you're least likely to sit down and type one.
Aloud is the journal you talk to. Open it, speak for two minutes, and you're done. Your words become clean, well-written entries — with a title and a mood — automatically. All of it free.
JUST TALK. IT WRITES ITSELF.
• Speak naturally — Aloud transcribes instantly with Apple's newest on-device speech engine (iOS 26) — remarkably accurate, even in noise
• AI writes a title and senses the mood of every entry — tap the mood to change it
• Choose your Writing Style — Faithful, Balanced, or Polished — or rewrite any entry in a tap
• A weekly reflection gathers your themes, wins, and patterns into one gentle summary
PRIVATE. ABSOLUTELY.
Your journal never leaves your phone. No servers. No accounts. No analytics on your words. Transcription and AI run entirely on your device. If you turn on iCloud sync, entries live only in your own private, encrypted iCloud database — invisible to us, readable by no one but you.
GO DEEPER, LOOK BACK
• Talk it through — after an entry, tap one gentle question and keep talking; your answer folds into the same reflection
• See it differently — re-read any entry through a Kinder, Growth, Perspective, or Reframe lens
• Ask your journal — ask in plain words and get a private answer drawn only from your own entries
• Year in Aloud — a colour-coded map of your moods across the year
• Mood & movement — see how the days you move more line up with how you feel, read privately from Health on your device
• Log your moods back to Apple Health as State of Mind — only if you turn it on
• A gentle "what I'm noticing" surfaces the themes you keep returning to
• Share a line — turn one sentence into a beautiful card, private until you choose to share it
MADE FOR REAL LIFE
• Streaks with a weekly grace day — miss a day without losing your momentum
• Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets start an entry in one tap
• Works with Siri: just say "Think Aloud"
• Speak about a moment — Apple's Journaling Suggestions turn a workout, a place, or a photo from your day into a prompt (chosen by you, seen only by you)
• Pocket your phone — recording continues on your Lock Screen, and one tap stops and saves without unlocking
• Built for ADHD minds — no blank page, no typing, no friction
• Catch dreams before they fade: talk first, read later
• Find entries from iPhone search — titles only, never your words, never while Face ID lock is on
• AirPods record in studio quality (iOS 26)
• Free up space anytime — delete audio; every written word stays
A NOTE ON AI
Apple Intelligence features — titles, moods, weekly reflections, Ask your journal, reflective lenses, and "what I'm noticing" — are sharpest on an iPhone 15 Pro or later. On other devices, Aloud still transcribes perfectly and uses simpler on-device analysis instead.
FREE — ALL OF IT
Aloud is free. Every feature, on every device you own. No subscription, no in-app purchases, no trial to remember to cancel, no adverts, no account to create. And if that ever changes, everything you have already written stays readable and exportable, always.
Privacy Policy: https://www.accessibleresources.com/privacy/aloud
Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
Support: https://www.accessibleresources.com/apps/aloud/help
Speak for two minutes a day. Your journal writes itself — and nothing ever leaves your phone.
Aloud 2.5 — summaries that hear the whole thing.
NEW
• Summaries and to-dos now read your entire recording, not just its first few minutes. Longer entries and meetings get an overview with key points, decisions and open questions.
• To-dos name who took them on and when they're due, when that was said — and keep the exact words they came from.
• Meetings and conversations stay conversations, speaker by speaker, instead of being rewritten in one voice.
• One clear entry: a long one shows its opening and an Expand button, so everything below it is a tap away, not a long scroll.
• Fix misheard words. Tap any passage of the transcript to correct it, or fix a name everywhere at once — and Aloud can remember it for next time.
• iCloud sync between your iPhone and Mac now works as it should.
As always: no account, no servers, and the reading happens on your device.
Version 2.5
The developer, Accessible Resources Ltd, 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 Collected
The developer does not collect any data from this app.
Privacy practices may vary, for example, based on the features you use or your age. Learn More
The developer indicated that this app supports the following accessibility features. Learn More
Supported Features
VoiceOver
Voice Control
Larger Text
Dark Interface
Differentiate Without Color Alone
Sufficient Contrast
Reduced Motion
Captions
Information
Seller
Accessible Resources Ltd
Size
24.9 MB
Category
Lifestyle
Compatibility
Requires iOS 17.2 or later.
iPhone Requires iOS 17.2 or later.
iPad Requires iPadOS 17.2 or later.
Mac Requires macOS 26.0 or later.
Apple Vision Requires visionOS 1.1 or later.
Apple Watch Requires watchOS 10.0 or later.
Location
This app may use your location even when it isn’t open, which can decrease device battery life.