CLUSTER JOURNALING-PRIVATE-DAILY · 14 ENTRIES · EARLIEST ENTRY 2013-09-23
Private gratitude journaling apps
The cluster comprises journaling apps centered on gratitude, reflection prompts, and photo/video capture, often with private sharing or calendar views. The dated history is sparse and irregular, with single entries in most months from 2010 through 2026, and a single month (November 2025) having two entries. Traction leaders are Plume: Private Journal & Diary, Gratitude Plus – Journal, and Orca - Gratitude Journal, all with zero stars.
Entry timeline
ENTRY TIMELINE
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 ai-built · 1 hand-coded · 11 unlabelled
Operator · 1 hobby · 2 indie · 8 commercial · 3 unlabelled
Two labels per entry, never collapsed into one: how it was built, and who stands behind it. Counted over the 14 listed below. Unlabelled means nothing has decided yet — not that the answer is small.
- 01Plume: Private Journal & Diary0★1 molivePrivate journaling app that helps users record daily gratitudes, memories, and accomplishments through a calendar interface.
- 02Gratitude Plus – Journal0★23 dayslivecommercialGratitude journaling app that helps users record daily gratitude, share with personal circles, track mood, and receive affirmations and prompts.
- 03Orca - Gratitude Journal0★1 molivecommercialGratitude journaling app that lets users share photos and videos with private groups, with daily prompts and memory recaps.
- 045 Minute Journal・Daily Diary0★1 molivecommercialMobile journaling app that uses positive psychology prompts to guide daily gratitude practice in five minutes a day.
- 05gratitude0★1 mo—hobbyWeb app that lets people add gratitude notes to a shared jar and randomly pull one out to read what others are grateful for.
- 06Three Good Things Journal0★15 dayslivecommercialGratitude journal app that helps users write down three good things each day and build a habit of noticing positive moments.
- 07aloud-app0★3 mo—indieMobile-first social platform for documenting personal growth through video, visual feeds, and real-time conversation, with private journals and followable journeys.
- 08Grateful: A Gratitude Journal0★4 molivecommercialGratitude journaling app for iPhone that gives daily prompts, lets users add photos, and organizes past entries chronologically or by prompt.
- 09Birdy: Photo + Video Journal0★4 molivecommercialPhoto and video journaling app that gives users a private space to record moments, reflect with guided prompts, and build a gratitude practice.
- 10GraceNotes – Gratitude Journal0★6 mostalelivecommercialJournaling app that turns daily gratitude notes into visual cards with verses, offering prompts and home-screen widgets for mindful reflection.
- 11gratitude-planner-app0★10 mostale—Mobile app that combines a gratitude journal with a planner calendar for daily reflection and scheduling.
- 12Gratitude Journal - The Life-changing App0★10 yrabandonedlivehand-codedcommercialGratitude journal app that encourages daily grateful entries with customizable backgrounds and sharing.
- 13MiniMomnts | Quiet Social App & Gratitude Journal0★unknownliveai-builtSocial app for tracking small wins, writing gratitude notes, and connecting with close friends in a private space.
- 14Gratitude in Circles0★unknownliveai-builtindieMobile gratitude journaling app that shares daily reflections within friendship circles to foster connection.
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.