Private markdown journal for iPhone & iPad

You probably don't need another monthly subscription just to keep a diary.

Only $34.99 $24.99 buys you everything, forever — future features included.

Available on the App Store Launch price — sale ends soon
The Log dark theme
One-time purchase
No subscription, ever
No account
Nothing to sign up for
Plain-text markdown
Your files, any app
On-device
Your data never leaves
Diary · Journal · Notebook · Captain's log

The Log is a markdown diary, a journal, a notebook, a captain's log.

Call it what you want — it doesn't mind.

The Log app icon

Don't pay for subscriptions.

Ten years of entries across three apps, and one Tuesday morning I opened one of them and couldn't see half my own writing without upgrading.

Memories I wrote. On my phone. Behind a paywall.

So I built this. A robust markdown journaling app that's probably the only one you're going to need.

You pay once, $34.99 $24.99. That's it.

Features

Everything you need.
Nothing you don't.

This is an ongoing project — more features will keep arriving, and you'll never pay again for them.

Universal App

Works on iPhone and iPad. Mac version available as a separate purchase in the App Store — work in progress.

The Log on iPad — split view with entry list and editor
The Log on iPhone — dark entry list

Editorial Entry View

Full-screen view with photo strips, tags, weather and location. Every memory, beautifully presented.

Editorial entry view with photos and metadata

Rich Editing

Photos, tags and formatting as you write. A sleek toolbar keeps the essentials one tap away.

Writing an entry with the editing toolbar

Markdown Syntax

Type ### for a heading, **bold** for emphasis. It formats live as you type — no toolbar needed.

Live markdown formatting

Entries Map View

Every entry with a location is pinned on a map. See the shape of your life across cities and continents.

Map view with entry locations pinned

To-Do's and Insights

Type - [ ] to make a to-do. Insights shows your streak, word count and what happened on this day in past years.

Insights screen with to-dos and stats

Calendar View

Your history at a glance. Entry photos appear on the calendar — every day you wrote, remembered.

Calendar view with entry photos per day

Advanced Filtering

Filter by mood, date range, tags or favourites. Sort happiest first, saddest first, or newest.

Advanced filtering by mood, tags and date

Tags and Search

Search all entries instantly. Tap any tag to filter — or combine tags to pinpoint the right entry.

Tag browsing and search

Notes Linking

Connect entries together with [[wiki-links]]. Build a web of related memories, ideas and journeys.

Linked notes via wiki-links

Dark & Light Themes

Pick what suits you, or let the system switch automatically morning and night.

Theme picker with dark and light options
The Files

Markdown,
at your service.

Every entry is plain text. Move it, copy it, open it in any app. It doesn't need The Log to exist. If you use Obsidian, it works with that too. Total freedom!

~/obsidian/vault/thelog
2026-06-13.md
2025-12-31.md
2024-07-04.md
2022-02-14.md
2019-08-01.md
The Log editor
Import

Your old entries
come with you.

Import from Journey, Obsidian, plain Markdown today. Day One, Diarium, Daylio, Apple Journal — coming.

→ How to migrate from Journey
Journey Markdown Obsidian
►
The Log

Start writing.
Keep everything.

One purchase. No account. Your files.

Available on the
App Store
iOS 17.0 or later · $34.99 $24.99