My Journal – Private Diary

End-to-end encrypted, with no account and no subscription. Sync through a server you run, or not at all. Open source, with your entries in Markdown. Native on iPhone, iPad and Mac.

My Journal is a simple, private journal for people who want to own their writing. It does the basics well, with a clean interface that stays out of the way.

PRIVACY
• No account and no sign-up. No analytics, ads or tracking.
• Entries, journal names, templates, images and image descriptions are encrypted on your device, with a key protected by your master password. Your server never sees the password or the key.
• App Lock with Face ID, Touch ID or your passcode. While it’s on, the app switcher doesn’t show your journals.
• Location data is removed from photos you add.
• Works offline. Everything is saved on your device first.
• Erase Journals and Settings removes all journals and settings from this device.

YOUR SERVER, OR NONE
• Sync is optional and needs a server you set up: the open-source server, on a home server, a computer you keep on, or a hosting service you choose. Your server stores only encrypted data it can’t read.
• Your iPhone and iPad reach it over a private network you set up, such as a VPN, or over HTTPS.
• Add an iPhone or iPad by scanning a code on a device you already use, or any device by entering your master password.
• Sync works quietly and tells you only when something needs attention.
• If an entry changes on two devices before they sync, both versions are kept as separate entries. Nothing is overwritten.

OPEN AND PORTABLE
• The apps and the sync server are open source under the Apache License 2.0. You can build them yourself.
• Entries are written in Markdown, which you can view in the app. The sync, encryption and archive formats are documented.
• Export all your journals, with images and earlier versions, to one archive, encrypted with your master password, and restore it in My Journal on any of your devices.
• Export your journals as Markdown files, with…