My Diary - Journal with Lock

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Last verified 4 Sep 2026

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Last verified 31 Aug 2026

4.7 28075 ratings · App Store

1. 5/5This is the best diary app ever

   Okay… So this is my first ever time downloading a diary app and this app actually suprised me, because I downloaded atleast 4 apps ( including this one ) and I deleted them all. I loved this app because of the beautiful theme you can choose from and I believe that you need to upgrade to premium to get most of the theme and other featrues in this app. But the weird thing is, when I click on the premium membership, it says that it’s $0.00. I don’t know if this what’s showing just on my screen, but for me this doesn’t relaly bother me since I’m fine with the limited features this app offers me. I can wrtie my diary and it shows me the date and I can choose emojis to use to represent how I felt on that day. I can also use Korean and I believe multiple other languages as well. I also downloaded this diary because of a feature that this app offered me. It said that this diary had a lock! I wanted to check it out, so I clicked on a couple simple buttons and it let me choose from a pattern passcode ( the one Samsung has inorder to open the home page ), it let me create a nubmer passcode, which was up to 4 digits, and finally the fingerprint. I tested it out and it was fantastical. I chose the fingerprint, since I thought that that was going to be the most safest way to lock my diary. My iPad is an apple, model 10 one. The latest one if I believe so. I put my hand on top of the button where it scans my fingerprint and the lock worked perfectly. Now I don’t need to worry about any of my friends or familys finding out about my darkest secrets and inner feelings. Hehe

   Skyleedooshi · 4 Sep 2026

2. 4/5So far the BEST journaling app out there

   I tried a few different apps at the beginning of the year. I wanted some ability to be a little more creative, but not so much that it takes me hours to figure out what on earth I'm doing. The only reason for four stars is because Apple's new Journal app is amazing for prompts because it gives pictures I've taken, places from Google maps and so much more as prompts and if there were way that this app could connect to those things too: IT WOULD BE PERFECT. Apple’s “Journal” app is it more interactive, but it looks cooler because it's got the actual things you did available effortlessly. BUT it's not available on iPad... so here I am copying, pasting, inserting & trying to remember as life goes by at the speed of light what I did all day. 👉🏻Another thing is I can’t seem to find (and I’ve clicked on everything) a way to change the color. The themes are limited; I would like to be able to add my own “wallpaper” if you will. 👉🏻You also can’t add an additional “mood” if your mood changes through the day. Or even just add the icon in the text. Sure, you can add emoji’s but I have chosen the “cat” mood because I am a premium member but I can’t even insert a new cat into the text of my journal should my mood change during the day & I want to record it. 👉🏻There is no landscape view either 👉🏻Agree with other reviewers that there should be 1) a way to use handwriting with the apple pen —seems pretty basic 2) a way to export entries/entire journal to a preferred cloud, drop box, file etc.

   SuziQRSM · 4 Sep 2026

3. 5/5LOVE IT but questions

   I downloaded this app back in 2022 and immediately payed for the premium version. What a beautifully made app to write all your words in. You will always be inspired. And I always recommend it to others. I recently was writing a lengthy page, which isn’t unusual for me, but this time I included photos. Which I don’t usually do. Seven photos to be exact. Everything was fine but when I tried to add the seventh photo everything I wrote underneath it disappeared. As you can imagine I was shocked since that was basically three paragraphs gone. I was able to remedy this by deleting the seventh photo and voila, the three paragraphs came back. When I decided I wanted to change the sixth photo to something else I deleted it and tried to add a different picture but then the same problem popped up; now everything under the sixth photo vanished. I’m not sure if this app has a photo limit I wasn’t aware of before but I’m afraid to add any more photos or change any in case it happens again. Could the app developer please let me know?

   gemiplex · 4 Sep 2026

4. 4/5Great simple diary app!

   This app is super cute! It’s easy not to get overwhelmed with its features, but one thing it does lack is proper formatting. It would be cool if we could wrap text around personal images, or customize how the image is displayed by clicking and dragging it like a sticker. I wanted to put two images that were related to each other together on the same line, and couldn’t. It also would be nice if we could use different text alignments for different parts of an entry. I also have to [b]re-bold[/b] my text a lot, since saving it sometimes gets rid of that formatting. Formatting is a little clunky and the app doesn’t always do what you tell it, but since it’s appeal is simplicity, it’s understandable. The stickers are probably my favorite part! They’re super cute, and you can put them on top of images. It also comes with a lock, which is great, cause I’m writing some really cheesy stuff I would be mortified about someone who knows me seeing. The custom emojis in the app are also really cute. I like to use the stars as bullet points. One last suggestion to add is page dividers/page breaks. So far I just input a line of “—————“ when I wanna break up text. Really just adding an option for users to input custom HTML or some sort of forum formatting like BBCode could add lots to this app.

   UnProxxi · 4 Sep 2026

5. 2/5Decent, but Predatory and Greedy

   I like the free themes you can choose from. Design is clean. Writing is okay. But locking entry saves behind an ad wall is a really gross strategy, and it’s pathetic to see yet another developer turn to inconvenient 30-second long ads instead of banners. Locking basic formatting features behind their “Pro” version is also extremely disappointing. Even Apple’s basic pre-installed Notes app allows boldening, italicizing, and underlining. I thought unlocking a Pro feature through regular entries would be fun, but it was merely a sticker pack. Another user wrote about iCloud saving not being default - this should REALLY be stressed in the very beginning, when one first opens the app, to warn the user. There’s genuinely nothing about the app that makes me want to pay $30-$50 for a “lifetime” of use. $10 max, maybe. I think the developers are disconnected not only from the experience of journaling, but also from the economics of users (instead of just the economics of themselves). For my purposes, I will cope. But the moment something cuter and cheaper comes out, I’ll be taking my usage elsewhere. It’s clear the only opinions that are valued are the ones from those who pay, and it’s just not a smart move anymore to spend money on a subscription to basic journal app functionality. I am more inclined to spend money on ad blocking than I am to support such an inconveniently greedy team. Hopefully something changes, and those changes are actually reflected in the update notes rather than the same unhelpful copy/paste “we’re always improving” garbage.

   Scribblewhiskers III · 4 Sep 2026

4.8 1263513 ratings · Google Play

1. 5/5

   happy

   Xoliswa Booi · 1 Aug 2026

2. 5/5

   I love it

   prashanthi shree · 1 Aug 2026

3. 1/5

   Too many ads when using it

   Lazarus Goremucheche · 1 Aug 2026

4. 5/5

   it's really nice and I can just write my feelings away!

   Stephanie Emenayom · 1 Aug 2026

5. 5/5

   i actually enjoyed using this app and its great thats why it deserves a 5 star rating

   Tiva Investments · 1 Aug 2026

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