Softly: Private Journal
Jean Millan Lifestyle iPhoneiPadiPod touch
Softly: Private Journal is a free Lifestyle app for iPhone and iPad by Jean Millan. Rated 5.0/5 from 4 ratings. Requires iOS 17.0. Updated May 21, 2026.
- Rating
- 5.0
- 4 ratings
- Price
- Free
- on the App Store
- Size
- 60 MB
- Age 4+
- Updated
- May 21
- 2026 · v1.1
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About Softly: Private Journal
Softly is a private journal for your days. No achievements. No streaks. No productivity metrics. Just you, a word when you want one, and a space that comes back every night to receive you the way you arrived. WRITE HOWEVER FEELS RIGHT Free diary, gratitude in three lines, a mood with a tap of a moon, or an affirmation when you need to hear it. Four ways to leave the day without losing it. YOUR MONTH IN WATERCOLOR Each day lights up with the color of how you felt. A hand-painted emotional calendar — not a bar chart. YOUR CONSTELLATION OF WORDS The words that return most to your writing appear as a constellation that shifts with you. You see patterns without anyone interpreting them for you. TIME CAPSULES Seal a piece of writing today (AES-GCM encrypted). Open it in a month, a year — whenever you're ready to listen to yourself again. TOTAL PRIVACY Everything lives on your device. On-device speech recognition. Face ID for your space. No tracking, no accounts, no server watching. WATERCOLORS THAT BREATHE Each time you return, a new variant of a sprig, flower, or lavender greets you. The notebook changes with you. Softly is for the days you want to write — and for the days you only wanted to open the app. Here, both count.
What’s new
Version 1.1 · Updated May 21, 2026
Revisit any past month in your Diary. Tap the chevrons next to the month title to travel back — every entry you've written is still there, waiting for you. Small refinements: • Quick access to language settings from You • Cleaner date format on Brightest days • Localization polish
App privacy
The developer, Jean Millan, reported these privacy practices to Apple.
Data Not Collected
The developer does not collect any data from this app.
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