# Diarium

> Private journal with a one-time Pro purchase and your own cloud sync

Diarium is a private journal app by Timo Partl for Windows, Android, iPhone, iPad and Mac. Entries take rich text, photos, video, audio and files, and can be browsed by calendar, timeline, map or an On this day page. Integrations add context such as calendar events, weather, fitness data and social posts. No account is needed: the journal stays on the device, with optional sync through your own cloud storage. Pro is a one-time purchase per platform, not a subscription.

- **Category:** Journaling Apps
- **Made by:** Timo Partl (since 2016)
- **Website:** https://diariumapp.com
- **Runs on:** Windows, macOS, iOS, Android
- **Facts last checked:** Oct 5, 2026

## Pricing

Diarium has a free plan. Paid plans start at $14.99 one-time purchase per platform.

- **Pricing model:** Free plan
- **Free plan:** Free to use on Android, iPhone, iPad and Mac, without Pro features such as Cloud Sync, unlimited attachments, Word export, widgets, custom fonts, weather and integrations. Windows is a paid app.
- **Free trial:** 7-day trial of all Pro features on Android, iOS and macOS before buying.

| Plan | Price | What you get |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Free | $0 | The app on Android, iPhone, iPad and Mac without Cloud Sync, unlimited attachments, Word export, widgets, custom fonts, weather or integrations. |
| Pro version (Android, iOS or macOS) | $14.99 one-time purchase per platform | Unlocks Cloud Sync, unlimited attachments, Word export, connected feeds, custom fonts, widgets and weather. iOS and macOS count as separate platforms. |
| Diarium for Windows | $19.99 one-time purchase (Microsoft Store) | A paid app that already includes Pro. The same app is also sold as a direct download on Gumroad for $30. |

Read from https://apps.apple.com/us/app/diarium-journal-private-diary/id1436044299 on Oct 5, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with Diarium before buying.

## Key features

- **Rich entries with attachments:** Entries support rich text formatting, tags and locations, plus photos, videos, audio recordings, PDFs and other files. Several entries can be created per day.
- **Calendar, timeline and map views:** Look back through a calendar, a scrolling timeline, a map of places visited, an attachments gallery and an On this day page with optional notifications.
- **Automatic feeds:** Connected services add context to a day: camera roll photos, calendar events, weather, Strava and Apple Health data, Microsoft To Do tasks and Last.fm scrobbles. Some feeds require Pro.
- **Sync through your own cloud:** Pro syncs the journal across platforms using your OneDrive, Google Drive, Dropbox, iCloud or WebDAV storage. The uploaded data is compressed and encrypted.
- **Import and export:** Migrates journals from Day One, Diaro, Journey, Daylio, Diarly, Daybook, Evernote and Apple Journal, and exports to Word, plain text, HTML or JSON.
- **Lock without an account:** No login or sign-up is required and the app carries no ads. The journal can be protected with a password, PIN or biometrics such as Face ID and Windows Hello.

## Good for

- People who want to pay once instead of subscribing
- Journaling across Windows, Android, iPhone, iPad and Mac
- Keeping a journal on your own device and cloud storage with no account
- Pulling calendar, fitness and social activity into daily entries

## Worth knowing

- Pro is bought separately for each platform, and iOS and macOS count as separate purchases.
- Cloud Sync, unlimited attachments, Word export, widgets and integrations require Pro.
- There is no free version on Windows, where Diarium is a paid app listed at $19.99 in the Microsoft Store.
- By default the journal is stored only on the device, so without Cloud Sync you need to make your own backups.

## What people say

- **App Store rating of the iPhone and iPad app:** 4.8 out of 5 from 2,034 ratings in the United States, read Oct 5, 2026. This is the store's rating of the app, not a score from ToolGPA. Source: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/id1436044299

## Works with

OneDrive, Google Drive, Dropbox, iCloud, Strava, Apple Health, Microsoft To Do, Last.fm

**Tags:** Daily notes, One-time purchase, Local-first, Works offline, Templates, Mood tracking

## Alternatives

- [Day One](https://toolgpa.com/tools/day-one): Encrypted journal for text, photos, audio and video across devices. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/day-one-vs-diarium)
- [Journey](https://toolgpa.com/tools/journey): Cross-platform diary with maps, mood tracking and guided programs. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/diarium-vs-journey)
- [Diaro](https://toolgpa.com/tools/diaro): Diary and notes app that syncs through your own Dropbox. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/diarium-vs-diaro)
- [Diarly](https://toolgpa.com/tools/diarly): Private Markdown journal for Mac, iPhone, iPad and Apple Watch. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/diarium-vs-diarly)
- [Daybook](https://toolgpa.com/tools/daybook): Cloud-synced diary with guided journals and voice entry. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/daybook-vs-diarium)

## Sources

The prices, plans, platforms and features above were read from these pages on Oct 5, 2026:

- https://apps.apple.com/us/app/diarium-journal-private-diary/id1436044299
- https://diariumapp.com
- https://forum.diariumapp.com/d/15
- https://forum.diariumapp.com/d/14
- https://forum.diariumapp.com/d/13
- https://apps.apple.com/us/app/diarium-diary-private-journal/id1502834782
- https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=partl.Diarium&hl=en_US&gl=US
- https://apps.microsoft.com/detail/9NBLGGH4VZZ1?hl=en-US&gl=US
- https://timopartl.gumroad.com/l/diarium

Page: https://toolgpa.com/tools/diarium
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