Paperkept
Private journal with a lock
Free · In‑App Purchases · Designed for iPad. Not verified for macOS.
What you wrote is still there.
Paperkept is a journal that keeps what you put in it. There is no account to be logged out of and no server to lose it — your journal lives on this device, encrypted, and nothing you write is sent anywhere.
Your writing, kept
Every keystroke goes to the disk as it is typed. Close the app mid-sentence, kill it from the app switcher, come back a week later: the words are there.
Free forever, including if you stop paying
Writing, and as many entries as you like · Reading every entry you have ever written · Full-text search · On this day, from earlier years · Your year, counted: entries, words, days written on, the fullest month · One daily reminder, at a time you choose, that never quotes what you wrote · Export of everything, at any time.
A real lock, and it is free
Face ID, Touch ID, and a six-digit passcode of your own that the device passcode cannot open. Asked when you open the journal and after you have been away. The lock is the reason most people come here, so it is not something we charge for.
A subscription adds
Dictation — speak and it becomes text, transcribed on this device. The audio never leaves the phone and no recording is kept · Photographs inside your entries · More than one notebook, to keep work and dreams apart, each able to take a passcode of its own · A shape for a notebook, so every entry starts the same way: gratitude, three lines, morning pages · Cream and slate paper, and a reading serif · Your journal as a printable book — a PDF with a cover, a contents page and your photographs in place · A daily copy into a folder you choose, which a second device can catch up from.
Nothing is ever taken away
Stop paying and the subscription stops adding — it takes nothing back. Photographs already in your entries stay there and stay in your exports; notebooks you made stay readable and searchable.
Take it with you, always
Export everything — entries and photographs — into one plain Markdown file, and read it back in whenever you like. Import from Day One, Journey and most other journals. Exporting is free forever, including after a subscription ends: your own words are never behind a paywall.
What it does not do
No AI reads your entries. No account. No cloud of ours. No analytics, no crash reporting, no advertising identifiers. No mood scores, no streaks, and no wellbeing claims — this is a journal, never therapy.
Subscriptions
Yearly and monthly subscriptions renew automatically until cancelled; cancel at least 24 hours before the period ends in your Apple Account settings. The yearly plan starts with a two-week free trial.
Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
Privacy Policy: https://paperkept.com/privacy.html
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The developer, Artsiom Rusau, 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.
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Information
- Seller
- Artsiom Rusau
- Size
- 44 MB
- Category
- Lifestyle
- Compatibility
Requires iOS 16.4 or later.
- iPhone
Requires iOS 16.4 or later. - iPad
Requires iPadOS 16.4 or later. - Mac
Requires macOS 12.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later. - Apple Vision
Requires visionOS 1.0 or later.
- iPhone
- Languages
- English
- Age Rating
4+
- 4+
- In-App Purchases
Yes
- Paperkept, monthly $1.99
- Paperkept, bought once $14.99
- Paperkept, yearly $7.99
- Copyright
- © 2026 Artsiom Rusau