# Journalistic

> Micro journaling web app built around short bulleted entries

Journalistic is a micro journaling app: a day's entry is a handful of short bullet points, with #tags for activities and @mentions for people. Optional modules hold dreams, notes, collected quotes, ideas and goals, and a Reflect page brings older entries back into view. It is a progressive web app that runs in the browser and can be installed from it on phones and desktops. Everything is free at present; a paid Pro plan is announced on the site but has not launched.

- **Category:** Journaling Apps
- **Made by:** Toni Engelhardt (since 2019)
- **Website:** https://journalisticapp.com
- **Runs on:** Web
- **Facts last checked:** Oct 6, 2026

## Pricing

Journalistic is free to use.

- **Pricing model:** Free
- **Free plan:** Everything is free at present: unlimited entries, every module and sync across devices. A Pro plan is listed at $4.90 a month but marked coming soon, and its features are free until it launches.
- **Free trial:** None listed.

| Plan | Price | What you get |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Basic | $0 | Unlimited entries, the standard modules (Reflect, Dreams, Highlights, Tags, People, Notes, Wisdom, Ideas) and sync on unlimited devices. |

Read from https://journalisticapp.com/#pricing on Oct 6, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with Journalistic before buying.

## Key features

- **Bulleted micro entries:** Each day is logged as a few short bullet points instead of long paragraphs, which the vendor describes as a bullet journal with a low word count.
- **Tags, people and highlights:** A #tag marks an activity and an @mention marks a person, and tapping a bullet marks it as a highlight. Tags and mentions are visible only to you.
- **Optional modules:** Dreams, Notes, Wisdom (quotes and lessons), Ideas and Focus (a prioritized goal list) sit beside the daily log, and each module can be switched off.
- **Reflect:** A customizable stream shows yesterday's entry, the past week's notable items, the entry from one year ago and a random older entry called Memory lane.
- **Insights:** Statistics, timelines and charts are compiled from your entries, such as words per day or which weekdays you dream most. It is marked as a Pro feature and is free for now.
- **Data export:** All journal data can be downloaded from the Account page as plain text, Markdown or JSON. The JSON file carries most of the metadata.

## Good for

- People who want a few bullet points a day instead of long entries
- Keeping count of activities and people with #tags and @mentions
- Logging dreams alongside a daily journal

## Worth knowing

- A Pro plan at $4.90 a month is announced but not on sale; the docs say Focus, Insights and other Pro features will leave free accounts when it launches.
- There is no App Store app, and the Google Play listing the site links to was not found when checked; phones install it from the browser.
- Nothing can be imported, not even Journalistic's own exports; Day One and Journey imports are on the roadmap.
- End-to-end encryption is planned but not available, and the site's news page has no post after January 2024.

**Tags:** Daily notes, Notes, Goals

## Alternatives

- [Grid Diary](https://toolgpa.com/tools/grid-diary): Prompt-based diary and planner laid out as a grid of questions. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/grid-diary-vs-journalistic)
- [Penzu](https://toolgpa.com/tools/penzu): Private online journal for the browser, with iOS and Android apps. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/journalistic-vs-penzu)
- [Dabble Me](https://toolgpa.com/tools/dabble-me): Private journal you keep by replying to email prompts. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/dabble-me-vs-journalistic)
- [750 Words](https://toolgpa.com/tools/750-words): Private daily writing site built around a 750-word goal. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/750-words-vs-journalistic)
- [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-journalistic)

## Sources

The prices, plans, platforms and features above were read from these pages on Oct 6, 2026:

- https://journalisticapp.com/#pricing
- https://journalisticapp.com/faq
- https://journalisticapp.com/about
- https://journalisticapp.com/install
- https://journalisticapp.com/news
- https://journalisticapp.com/impressum
- https://journalisticapp.com/voynich
- https://docs.journalisticapp.com/pro-version.html
- https://docs.journalisticapp.com/advanced/data-import-export.html
- https://docs.journalisticapp.com/insights.html
- https://docs.journalisticapp.com/reflect.html
- https://docs.journalisticapp.com/features/focus.html

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