I haven't tried to disconnect from my network to see what happens to that adspace yet.
You can use the software provided you are ok with having adspace on your actual window. I am currently exploring MacJournal (which looks to be the closest fit at first glance), Memoires (which I found via a previous AskMe post), EverNote, one of the Omni products (not a good fit), and DevonNote. I am going to miss those features all together. As a user of Journler I had come to enjoy and appreciate the following features: dropbox, tagged entires, the ability to utilize almost any file type, iPod syncing, blog syncing, and a MacMail like interface. You’ll need to make a one-time $5 payment to unlock unlimited entries.As of today Journler has been abandoned by its creator.
Entries can also be associated with contacts, user tags, emotions and ratings for sorting and searching.
It’s the only app on our list to support iCloud syncing to an iOS companion app, and the location for every entry is recorded in an attractive map. But for being fairly simple at its core, it contains a surprising list of features. It ties together what are essentially TextEdit files attached to calendar days. Reminisce is a lightweight journaling application for the Mac. And if you want to add video to your entries, you can also pay a one-time $10 charge.
There’s a one-time fee of $30 for a single license or $50 for a “family pack” of five licenses. Even if the app shuts down, you’ll still have your entries in a fully-usable format. Everything is saved in rich text files in a non-obfuscated SQLite database for longevity. If privacy is a concern, entries can be encrypted with AES-256 encryption. Mémoires is billed as “ the easiest way to keep a journal or diary on your Mac.” Its user interface is slightly more streamlined than some of our other options, but it still contains many of the same excellent features.Įntries can be saved in multiple journals and include photos, rich text and hand-drawn doodles. The app is sold for a slightly-hefty $40. The app is built to be easy to use, so you can start journaling the second you open it, and it syncs with a MacJoural iOS app over Dropbox. You’ll find multimedia support for audio, video and images alongside a robust rich text editor, and users can create as many journals as they want to categorize their entries. Even so, it offers many of the same features as other journaling applications on this list.
The user interface might look a little dated.
MacJournal is a slightly older journaling application built by long-time Mac developers Mariner Software.
Journey costs $12.99 for the Mac application, or you can use the free Journey.cloud web application in any browser. You can even import from Day One and Day One Classic to keep continuity. If you decide to stop using the application, you can bulk export your memories as. You can upload images and videos to your journal entries, and the location of each entry is tracked on a map. The app syncs with Google drive, and you can use Journey.cloud for updating via browser. Like Day One, the stand-alone Mac application reminds you to make daily journal entries. It’s a dedicated journaling app and is the app most similar to Day One on this list. If using a note-taking app for journaling feels odd, you can use Journey instead. The paid version is on a subscription, but unless you like media-heavy journal updates, the free version should cover your journaling needs. That’s a major strike against longevity, but the application has ease of use on lock.Įvernote apps can expand the app’s base functionality, too: pair it with Alternote to get a more minimal UI or with to pull updates and images from your social media accounts. Unfortunately, your notes are saved in an obfuscated format, so it’s hard to figure out what’s what without the application. Plus, Evernote is hands-down the best note-taking application for the Mac. You can create multiple journals and edit them on a Mac and iOS application or use the web interface if you don’t have access to the apps.Īnd since Evernote has been around for years and seems to be doing well, a sudden shutdown or change in monetization strategy seems unlikely. Rich text is fully supported, as are audio, images and even video. While Evernote is far from a dedicated journaling application, it contains many of the features you’ve come to expect from Day One.