

Diarly
Diarly is a private, beautifully designed journaling app for Mac, iPhone, and iPad — created to make daily reflection effortless, meaningful, and enjoyable.
Cost / License
- Freemium (Subscription)
- Proprietary
Application types
Platforms
- Mac
- iPhone
- iPad
- Apple Watch
Features
Properties
- Lightweight
- Privacy focused
- Minimalistic
- Customizable
Features
- End-to-End Encryption
- Support for MarkDown
- Cloud Sync
- Calendar View
- Handwritten Notes
- Works Offline
- Full-Text Search
- Dark Mode
- Mood Tracking
- No Tracking
- Goal Tracking
- Distraction-free Writing
- Sync with iCloud
Diarly News & Activities
Recent activities
- bonifacy updated Diarly
voising added Diarly as alternative to Plume - Private Journal
niksabba added Diarly as alternative to TagJournal
ownjournal added Diarly as alternative to OwnJournal
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What is Diarly?
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:
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“An impressive number of features for such a minimalistic app — remarkably intuitive.”
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“Exceptional app, works perfectly every time. Well worth the price.”
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“The most effective and efficient way to keep a daily journal. Can’t do without it.”











Comments and Reviews
Seems quite nice, but the fact that it's so platform locked and exist only for Mac and iOS - hence making app useless as soon as you switch from iOS to Android. That makes it seem like a worse deal than other journaling apps.
Straight forward app, no gimmicks but highly useable. Help is quick, ideas are welcomed, constantly developed. Not expensive for the premium addition. Multiple diaries / journals which can be individually customised .
Best journaling app available! So beautiful and hassle free, it allows me to actually focus. Just open and start writing.