Best Private Journal Products in 2025

With Life on Track, keep track of your daily life, decorate your journal with stickers, share with friends!

paid Free Trial $3.99 / Monthly

A simple journal application for the Mac, iPhone, and iPad. AboutTo learn more about Day One, see these two excellent reviews . PublishPublish is not available in Day One 2.

The easiest way to keep track of your habits

Track your consistency with cool grids

Game Engine

Use pre-built food journaling templates, or create your custom journal if you prefer.

Daylio enables you to keep a private diary without having to type a single line.

Keep all of your thoughts in one place using Penzu. The app is similar to a journal that you might write in but with a few modern touches that allow you to do everything from sending messages to decorating the pages.

A safe place for your notes, thoughts, and life's work

Open Source

Keeping a journal is hard. tinythoughts makes it easy.

freemium

Journalyst is a free forever and private journaling application

JournalOwl is an online journaling and therapy platform. We have redefined online therapy with our proprietary touchpoint technology for secure video therapy.

A diary that keeps your private memories forever.