Diarium — Journal / Diary 4+

Day To Day Logging

I like remembering details... how I felt, thoughts, things I did, said, promises I’ve made, goals, and much more. This is my favorite diary app because it enables me to capture the present, be reminded of the past, and plan for my future. I record everything I do each day and try to back log as much as possible from before downloading the app. I also use it on my computer and it is just as good if not better because typing is easier.

With the new features I can structure my entries to look nicer. I really like using bullet points to capture simple and clear logs of what I did each day. My life has become a documented story and I especially like adding pictures everyday.

I can recall what I had for dinner 2 years ago on a specific day and time. I can recall, how I felt about a decision I made in the past and make better choices for the future. I can plan/set goals for the future and then see if I accomplished them.

I highly recommend this app if you’re interested in journaling, self-reflection, tracking your life, remembering, notes, and much more. I especially like how I can use my own personal cloud for saving my data. This gives me the freedom to choose between OneDrive, google cloud, and other reputable cloud storage options. This provides some level of comfort that my personal information goes where I choose.

This app is a great tool and I highly recommend it!

Great app, great value. Only a few things I’d add.

Tried some other, more expensive options and they ended up sucking. This one has dark mode, Face ID, and only cost you a cup of coffee. Very nice and thanks to the developer for sharing.

Only suggestion I can make is I want to be able to long press the app icon and go straight into a new entry, or at least have a bigger new entry button, or give it a Siri shortcut or something. Just need to be able to actually start writing within a second or two of unlocking my phone.

Would also like to be able to disable or enable maps, timeline, calendar buttons and have separate notebooks but I guess the tags can function for that purpose.

Should be able to favorite entries and more quickly select a tag by typing in line with an escape character.

Seems to crash a lot if you adjust the settings. Have had it crash in the middle of a journal entry. Though oddly when I went back into the app it didn’t lose my text.

Gotta say I am impressed with the developer’s patience and tempered responses to some of the poor reviews here that are obviously user error. Really gives me faith that this app will be around for a while.

Developer Response ,

Thanks a lot for your kind words and nice review - highly appreciated! :)
You bring up some very good suggestions to improve the app, I will certainly consider implementing a way to get writing more quickly, be it a shortcut or Siri. You can also suggest features like this in the feedback forums: https://timopartl.com/feedback?app=Diarium
Have a great summer! :)

Finally, the Journal app I was looking for

I love this app. It makes it easy to make daily entries, easy to find prior entries, and fairly easy to move entries from other apps into this one. It syncs well, and so far it has not let me down.
Update after using this app for over 3.5 months: I have been keeping my journal, and I have not missed a day. Because I wanted to re-connectvwith writing journal entries in longhand, I use Nebo to hand write entries, and I then convert them to text and paste them into Diarium. Sometimes I'll make quick additions by typing them in, but my handwriting has improved, and this feels like a very natural way to keep a journal. This app does everything I need, and I am profoundly grateful to its authors for doing such a great job with it.

Developer Response ,

Thank you so much for taking the time to write this review! Happy to hear you are successfully using the app for quite a while already and had a good experience with it ☺️