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CLUSTER JOURNALING-MOOD-TRACKING · 26 ENTRIES · EARLIEST ENTRY 2017-11-29

Private encrypted journaling apps

This cluster consists of private journaling apps that emphasize on-device encryption, offline access, and mood tracking, often including rich media (photos, video, audio) and timeline/calendar organization. The dated history shows two early entries in 2017 and 2018, a long gap, then a small cluster of entries from mid-2025 through mid-2026, indicating recent renewed activity rather than a steady pattern. Among traction leaders (MindLog, Munra, within), all show zero stars, suggesting early-stage or pre-market traction despite their activity signals.

Entry timeline

ENTRY TIMELINE

NOV 2017: 1JUL 2018: 1SEP 2018: 1FEB 2021: 1FEB 2025: 1MAY 2025: 2JUL 2025: 1AUG 2025: 2FEB 2026: 2MAR 2026: 1MAY 2026: 2JUL 2026: 2AUG 2026: 6SEP 2026: 2OCT 2026: 1
NOV 2017OCT 2026

Each bar is the month a member carries, which is a creation date where the source published one and a crawl date otherwise. Nothing in the index was found before 11 August 2026, and coverage broadened sharply on 14–15 August, so a bar from then on reports how much we found that month, not how much was built; an earlier bar reports how far back a member's own source dated it — not how long we have been watching.

Members by activity

Activity signals, not revenue.

Build origin · 2 hand-coded · 18 unlabelled

Operator · 5 hobby · 1 commercial · 1 open source · 13 unlabelled

Two labels per entry, never collapsed into one: how it was built, and who stands behind it. Counted over the 20 listed below. Unlabelled means nothing has decided yet — not that the answer is small.

  1. 01Hurroz: Expressive Journaling.0★1 moliveSocial journaling app where users write privately, share long-form stories, post anonymously, and join small writing groups to read and support real personal writing.
  2. 02Journal-0★1 molivehobbyPrivate journaling app for logging personal thoughts and trades with asset, category, and mood tags, supporting pasted screenshot attachments.
  3. 03moon-dancer0★15 days—hand-codedhobbyOffline-first desktop journal that tracks lunar phases, notes, memories, and provides local backup and PIN lock.
  4. 04ai-diary0★todaylivehobbyPrivate local-first journaling app that records encrypted daily reflections and tracks emotional patterns over time.
  5. 05DrawerJournal - Private Diary0★5 dayslivePrivate offline diary app that captures thoughts, photos, and voice memos in a timeline without accounts or cloud uploads.
  6. 06Journal - From Me Companion0★23 daysliveA private journaling app for iPhone that offers a calm, distraction-free space for writing and daily prompts.
  7. 07Folio: Journal & Notebook0★1 moliveMinimalist journaling app for daily writing with optional prompts, night mode, and private local storage, emphasizing ease over streaks.
  8. 08Video Journal - Happy Reasons0★10 dayslivePrivate journaling app for creating video, audio, and written entries with prompts, challenges, mood tracking, and optional cloud backup.
  9. 09within0★1 mo—Self-hosted private journal that stores entries on a home server, supports photos and search, and works offline on mobile.
  10. 10journal0★29 dayslivehobbyOffline-first personal journaling app that supports formatted entries and photos, with timeline, calendar, search views, and background sync.
  11. 11Tryst0★10 daysliveopen sourcePrivate offline journal tracker for recording intimate life events and encounters, with encrypted storage, biometric unlock, and no internet access.
  12. 12ras0★1 mo—hand-codedhobbyPrivate mobile-first journal app with rich-text entries, photo uploads, autosave, and chronological calendar archives for a single user.
  13. 13me-and-myself0★1 mo—Private journaling app that tracks mood, supports rich-text entries, and provides an AI chat for reflective feedback.
  14. 14StoryPad: My Diary Journal0★29 daysliveOpen-source private journaling app with rich text editing, photo memories, mood tracking, and timeline organization.
  15. 15Inkwell: Private Journal0★2 molivePrivate journaling app that stores entries locally on the device with photos, sketches, search, and export.
  16. 16Nami - Mood Tracker & Journal0★2 molivePrivate mood journal that lets users record a mood score quickly, optionally add tags, photos, and voice notes, and review trends in charts.
  17. 17Dear Diary: My Private Journal0★3 molivePrivate journaling app with mood tracking, daily prompts, powerful search, and offline access.
  18. 18Wisp: Private Journal & Diary0★2 molivePrivate journaling app with encrypted offline entries, mood tracking, photo captions, daily check-ins, and weekly reflections.
  19. 19Gamu Journal: Private Diary0★2 moliveOffline-first encrypted diary app for daily writing, mood tracking, and memories with prompts, photos, and voice notes, all stored locally.
  20. 20Journey - Diary, Journal0★5 molivecommercialPrivate journaling app that captures photos, videos, audio, and text with mood tracking and end-to-end encryption.

Ranked by traction, highest first, and paged 20 at a time — this is a window on the cluster, never the whole of it. Ties are broken by a stable id so a product cannot appear on two pages or fall between them. Browse every cluster.