OwnJournal

OwnJournal is a privacy-first journal app built on one idea: your data belongs to you. We don't store your journal on our servers — you choose where it lives.

WHAT'S FREE

• Write and edit entries with photos
• Mood tracking with a 5-level emoji picker (great, good, okay, poor, terrible)
• Tag activities — exercise, social, work, meditation and more
• Mood calendar heatmap and statistics (distribution, trends, streaks)
• Save and sync to your own cloud — iCloud, Google Drive, Dropbox or Nextcloud
• Optional end-to-end encryption
• Use across iPhone, iPad and Mac/PC
• Available in 21 languages
• Open source (AGPL-3.0)
• No ads

YOUR CLOUD, YOUR CONTROL

Your journal lives in your cloud account — iCloud, Google Drive, Dropbox or Nextcloud. It is never stored on OwnJournal's servers, giving you full control over your data, seamless sync across all your devices and no lock-in to a single service.

END-TO-END ENCRYPTION (OPTIONAL)

With E2E encryption turned on, entries are encrypted on your device with AES-256-GCM. Only you hold the keys — neither we nor your cloud provider can read your journal. Zero-knowledge by design.

MOOD & ACTIVITY INSIGHTS

Track how you feel and what you did. Tag activities, see a month-at-a-glance heatmap colored by your daily mood, view distribution, trends, best/worst days and streaks, and filter your timeline by mood, activity or tag to spot patterns. Perfect as a minimalist mood tracker or a full journal — use as much or as little as you want.

OWNJOURNAL PLUS

OwnJournal Plus is an auto-renewing yearly subscription that unlocks optional premium features: AI mood and theme analysis, AI title and tag suggestions, Activity Insights showing which activities correlate with better or worse moods, long-term mood and trend analysis, and PDF/Word export.

Subscription details:

• Title: OwnJournal Plus
• Length: 1 year, auto-renewing
• Price: USD 19.99 per year (the App Store shows the price in your local currency at checkout)
• 14-day free trial available for eligible new subscribers
• Payment is charged to your Apple ID at confirmation of purchase
• Renews automatically at the same price unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period
• Manage or cancel anytime in your App Store account settings

AI only runs when you explicitly use it. Plus is optional — the core journal works fully without it.

MINIMAL DATA COLLECTION

We collect only what's needed: email for sign-in, your display name if your sign-in provider supplies it, and anonymous diagnostics to improve stability.

OPEN SOURCE

OwnJournal is open source under the AGPL-3.0 license. Inspect the code, verify our privacy claims, see exactly how your data is handled. No black boxes.

Your thoughts and records stay yours.

Privacy Policy: https://ownjournal.app/privacy
Terms of Use (EULA): https://ownjournal.app/terms