Simple Journal

In-app purchases
4.6
1.08K reviews
100K+
Downloads
Content rating
PEGI 3
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About this app

A simple journal app. When you just need a place to write. With lock and images, and a whole bunch of settings to make it your own.

🌼 How to edit an entry? Long-tap the entry
🌼 Delete an entry? In the editor, swipe down for menu (delete through menu)
🌼 Change the font? See settings
🌼 Lock the app? See settings and enable 'lock automatically'
🌼 Get to settings? In the main screen, swipe down for the menu bar, tap the three dots, then tap settings.
🌼 Transfer notes to a new device? Export through settings for free, or sync to Drive with Pro.
🌼 Take care of backups? Export through settings for free, or sync to Drive with Pro (encrypted)
🌼 Print notes? With Pro, a printable (and searchable) html file will be included in all manually exported zips. Open and print it through a browser on a computer.

Ask anything: hello@simplejournal.app

╺╺╺ Free features ╺╺╺

✅ Autosave
✅ Export/import system for manual backups
✅ Distraction free editor
✅ Light and dark themes
✅ Add multiple journals
✅ Add images in text
✅ Search
✅ Location tags (enable in settings)
✅ Change font family and size in settings
✅ Basic formatting: bold, italic, underline, highlight, strike-through
✅ Auto-indent with spaces
✅ Lock automatically (with configurable timeouts)
✅ Unlock using fingerprint, password, or device credential
✅ Scrambled mode/lock (allows adding entries without unlocking)
✅ Keyboard shortcuts (for bluetooth keyboards and Chromebooks)

╺╺╺ Additional features with Pro╺╺╺

Encrypted sync to your Google Drive 🔐
Printable html in manual exports 🖨️
✅ Export one journal at a time (in addition to all at once)
✅ Encrypted manual exports (AES-256)
✅ Home screen shortcuts (edit entry / use entry as template)
✅ Pin entries to top of list
✅ Customize color themes
✅ Control font size with volume keys
✅ Remember cursor position in editor
✅ Reverse sort
✅ Sort by modification time
✅ Show character and word counts

Want to see something added or changed? Feel free to suggest!
Updated on
Jan 11, 2024

Data safety

Safety starts with understanding how developers collect and share your data. Data privacy and security practices may vary based on your use, region, and age. The developer provided this information and may update it over time.
No data shared with third parties
Learn more about how developers declare sharing
This app may collect these data types
App activity, App info and performance, and Device or other IDs
Data is encrypted in transit
You can request that data be deleted

Ratings and reviews

4.6
999 reviews
Martin
December 23, 2022
I've been using this app for a few years, backing up locally using settings>export data. Now that has stopped working, it just gets stuck in "exporting data" mode and just creates an empty file. But following this review the developer responded quickly. Turns out it's a known bug, and an upgrade fixed it. 😄 Great service.
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Magille Ltd
January 3, 2023
Sorry about that, there's a bug in 4.5.2 which is already fixed in 4.5.3 🤗 Thanks for the updated review 👍
Mand
December 23, 2020
The app does what it says on the tin and works smoothly. Price for backup is too high. Overall, good, but I personally don't like the aesthetic. That's just me. I'd like to be able to set different colours for background and font. Yes, I have tried dark mode... I find both options hard to use.
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Magille Ltd
January 2, 2021
There's now a one time purchase available (see the menu) if a subscription feels too expensive 🙂 Colors and fonts will likely see more customizability if enough people show support for me to keep working on small and big details alike. Appreciate the feedback.
Jason M
February 19, 2024
This app is GREAT! The scramble lock is SO COOL, my face lit up when I tested it out and realized what it actually did! The formatting is so.. well.. simple, it's a great place for keeping your thoughts. Furthermore, I think the way you can have separate journals with multiple entries is really cool! It's great for when you want to organize what ideas go where. I wouldn't say it's a standard note taking app, so keep that in mind. It definitely seems to be made for more of a diary type thing :)
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Magille Ltd
February 19, 2024
Thanks for the awesome review Jason! :) Def more a blend leaning on the diary/journal side, but I've heard from multiple people that they're working on e.g. books and whatnot in SJ, which always amazes me

What's new

4.11.7
• Fix "import done: message"
• Fix an issue that could cause entries with duplicate timestamps
• Fix device credential auth: Do not re-init auth after cancel
• Auth setting: Exit on cancel (enable if you rely on PIN solely)
• Refine auth related settings descriptions

Recent changes
• Setting to control editor context menu item order
• Pro setting: Sort by modification time (experimental)
• Pro settings: Show character and word counts in list view and in editor