Simple Journal

Need a place to write?

Writing is powerful. Writing brings clarity. Simple Journal is your daily driver when you need a private place to write.

Clear your thoughts, work through emotions or more complex issues, reflect on life, take notes, and write down all your creative ideas and master plans while you have them fresh in mind.

💡 I don't know about you, but personally, when an idea pops up in my mind, I need to get it written down, and if I don't, it's gone as fast as it came, never to come back. Consider what all those tiny ideas can grow into over time, if only you're able to act on them? To act on them, you first need to capture them, to write them down.

Perfected over ten years, Simple Journal gives you what you need to get stuff written down fast, to free up those valuable brain cycles and mental space for what truly matters to you. Stop mulling over stuff endlessly, write it down, and be done with it. Let it sit, and get back to it later on. Or let go, and be free.

➡️ Got an idea? Write it down. Review later.

➡️ Feeling stressed out? Write about it. Make this a habit. You'll soon find out it's a trance like state you can get into just by tapping away on a keyboard. You'd be amazed.

➡️ Working on a book? A script? A draft of a post or a message? As long as you don't need anything fancy, other than a place to write, SJ's got you covered.

Features in a nutshell: Add entries, categorize into multiple journals, add images, and secure your journal with extensive locking and privacy features.

Your entries are safe and secure, with data stored locally on device by default. Sync to Google Drive with Pro. Simple Journal has no ads, the upgrade is all there is. There is a small non-intrusive reminder about backups that will also take you to the upgrade page, but other than that, it is completely ad-free.

How to...

🌼 Edit an entry? Long-tap the entry

🌼 Delete an entry? In the editor, swipe down for menu (delete through menu)

🌼 Change the font? See settings

🌼 Lock the app? See settings and enable 'lock automatically'

🌼 Get to settings? In the main screen, swipe down for the menu bar, tap the three dots, then tap settings.

🌼 Backups? Export through settings for free, or sync to Drive with Pro (encrypted)

🌼 Print notes? With Pro, a printable and searchable html file will be included in all manually exported zips. Open and print it through a browser on a computer.

🌼 Transfer notes to a new device? Either export through settings for free, or use sync to transfer your notes

Always Free:

✅ Continuous autosave so you don't lose your stuff

✅ Clean UI and a distraction free editor with very few gimmicks

✅ Light and dark color themes (switch easily through the main menu)

✅ Categorize in multiple journals

✅ Add as many images as you like, inline in text

✅ Search through your past notes

✅ Location tags (enable in settings)

✅ Change font family and size in settings

✅ Basic formatting: bold, italic, underline, highlight, strike-through

✅ Auto-indent with spaces

✅ Lock automatically (with configurable timeouts)

✅ Unlock using fingerprint, password, or device credential

✅ Scrambled mode/lock (allows adding entries without unlocking)

✅ Keyboard shortcuts (for bluetooth keyboards and Chromebooks)

✅ Export/import for manual backups (a zip file, which contains both data and image files separately from each other)

With Pro:

✅ Encrypted sync to your Google Drive 🔐 Great for backups, but also syncs across your Android and Chromebook devices.

✅ Printable and searchable html file in manual exports 🖨️

✅ Export one journal at a time (in addition to all at once)

✅ Encrypted manual exports (AES-256)

✅ Home screen shortcuts (edit entry / use entry as template)

✅ Pin entries to top of list

✅ Customize color themes

✅ Control font size with volume keys

✅ Remember cursor position in editor

✅ Reverse sort

✅ Sort by modification time

✅ Show character and word counters per entry

Got feedback? Need help? Drop an email at hello@simplejournal.app