# Journey

> Cross-platform diary with maps, mood tracking and guided programs

Journey is a journal and diary app from Two App Studio for Android, iOS, Mac, Windows, Linux and the web. Entries combine formatted text with photos, video and audio, and can be browsed on a calendar, on a map or as throwbacks to past dates. Journals sync through Google Drive or Journey Cloud Sync, which has optional end-to-end encryption. It is sold as a free version, a one-time Premium license for a single platform, and a Membership that unlocks every platform.

- **Category:** Journaling Apps
- **Made by:** Two App Studio Pte. Ltd.
- **Website:** https://journey.cloud
- **Runs on:** Web, macOS, Windows, Linux, iOS, Android
- **Facts last checked:** Oct 5, 2026

## Pricing

Journey has a free plan. Paid plans start at $17.99 one-time per platform, or $49.99 per year for Membership.

- **Pricing model:** Free plan
- **Free plan:** Free version with no time limit: Google Drive sync, or 70MB and 60 entries on Journey Cloud Sync, limited photo uploads and 10 Odyssey AI questions a day. No desktop app, audio or video.
- **Free trial:** None listed.

| Plan | Price | What you get |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Free | $0 | Mobile and limited web access, Google Drive sync, 70MB and 60 entries on Journey Cloud Sync, shared journals and limited photo uploads. |
| Premium | $17.99 one-time purchase per platform (US App Store price) | Unlocks rich text, audio, themes, Throwback and export on the platform it was bought for, Android or iOS. Not supported on the desktop or web apps. |
| Membership | $6.99 per month, or $49.99 per year | Every platform including desktop and web, 10GB and 5,000 entries on Journey Cloud Sync, all coach programs, custom templates, email entries and Zapier. |
| Lifetime Membership | $199.00 one-time purchase | The Membership features on every platform for a single payment instead of a subscription. |

Read from https://apps.apple.com/us/app/journey-diary-journal/id1300202543 on Oct 5, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with Journey before buying.

## Ways to pay less

- **About 40% less with the annual Membership** (Annual discount): The US App Store listing prices Membership at $6.99 monthly or $49.99 a year, which works out to about 40% less than twelve monthly payments. Source: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/journey-diary-journal/id1300202543
- **Lifetime Membership for a single payment** (Lifetime license): Journey's membership page offers a lifetime purchase as an alternative to the subscription. The US App Store lists Lifetime Membership at $199.00. Source: https://journey.cloud/membership

## App Store prices by country

"Membership (Annual)", as each country's App Store showed it on Oct 9, 2026. These are the app's prices, not the website's.

| Country | Price | In US dollars |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | $29.99 | |
| United Kingdom | £28.49 | about $37.66 (26% more) |
| Germany | 31,99 € | about $35.85 (20% more) |
| Canada | $40.99 | about $28.81 (about the same) |
| Australia | $46.99 | about $32.80 (9% more) |
| India | ₹ 2,499 | about $25.83 (14% less) |
| Brazil | R$ 112,90 | about $22.56 (25% less) |
| Mexico | $589.00 | about $32.36 (8% more) |
| Turkey | ₺189,99 | about $3.86 (87% less) |
| Indonesia | Rp 429ribu | about $23.99 (20% less) |
| Philippines | ₱ 1,590.00 | about $25.31 (16% less) |
| South Africa | R499.99 | about $30.24 (about the same) |

## Key features

- **Multimedia entries:** Entries hold photos, videos and audio, with formatting such as tables, checklists and text color. The free version limits photo uploads and has no audio, video or text formatting.
- **Atlas, calendar and Throwback:** Atlas maps entries and media by tagged location, the calendar shows entries by date, and Throwback resurfaces entries from a week, a month or years ago.
- **Sync and end-to-end encryption:** Journals sync through Google Drive or Journey Cloud Sync. Journey Cloud Sync has optional end-to-end encryption with a passphrase the company does not store, and a Docker image for a self-hosted sync drive is offered.
- **Coach programs and templates:** More than 60 guided journaling programs and a set of prompt templates. Free and Premium get limited access; Membership unlocks all programs and custom templates.
- **Odyssey AI:** A chat assistant answers questions about your own past entries. Free and Premium accounts can ask 10 questions a day, and Membership raises that to 50.
- **Shared journals and web links:** Journals can be shared with other people, and selected entries published as web links that open in a browser. Free accounts get 2 web links, Membership 50.

## Good for

- People who want one journal on phone, desktop (including Linux) and web
- Travel journals, with entries tagged by place and shown on a map
- Guided journaling through coach programs and templates
- Buyers who would rather pay once than subscribe

## Worth knowing

- The free version has no desktop app access and caps Journey Cloud Sync at 70MB and 60 entries.
- A Premium license covers a single platform; the help center says the Journey Desktop and web apps do not support it.
- Turning on end-to-end encryption disables search, and the vendor says it cannot be reversed.
- Membership stops at 10GB and 5,000 entries; more needs the separate Signature subscription, whose price is not shown publicly.

## What people say

- **App Store rating of the iPhone and iPad app:** 4.6 out of 5 from 5,067 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/id1300202543

## Works with

Google Drive, Zapier, WhatsApp, Apple Health, WordPress, Ghost, Tumblr, Siri Shortcuts

**Tags:** Daily notes, End-to-end encrypted, Mood tracking, Templates, AI features

## 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-journey)
- [Diarium](https://toolgpa.com/tools/diarium): Private journal with a one-time Pro purchase and your own cloud sync. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/diarium-vs-journey)
- [Penzu](https://toolgpa.com/tools/penzu): Private online journal for the browser, with iOS and Android apps. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/journey-vs-penzu)
- [Diaro](https://toolgpa.com/tools/diaro): Diary and notes app that syncs through your own Dropbox. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/diaro-vs-journey)
- [Daybook](https://toolgpa.com/tools/daybook): Cloud-synced diary with guided journals and voice entry. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/daybook-vs-journey)

## Sources

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

- https://apps.apple.com/us/app/journey-diary-journal/id1300202543
- https://journey.cloud
- https://journey.cloud/membership
- https://journey.cloud/signature
- https://journey.cloud/downloads
- https://support.journey.cloud/en/categories/purchase-payment/articles/journey-license-comparison
- https://support.journey.cloud/en/categories/purchase-payment/articles/premium-license
- https://support.journey.cloud/en/categories/purchase-payment/articles/membership-license
- https://support.journey.cloud/en/categories/purchase-payment/articles/signature-license
- https://support.journey.cloud/categories/synchronization-cloud/articles/how-does-encryption-work-in-journey
- https://github.com/Journey-Cloud/self-hosted

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