The Life Note Insider’s Guide
Everything we know about Life Note in one document: what it costs, its grades, getting a refund, getting help and what else to look at. Read it here, or keep a copy.
Life Note
The Insider’s Guide
AI journal whose mentors reply in the voice of historical thinkers
Every plan, grade, refund rule and rival among journaling apps, read from Life Note’s own pages.
Made by SpiritualHuman LLC · checked Oct 6, 2026 · toolgpa.com
Contents
- 01WelcomeWhat it is, who it suits, its grades and the ten things to know first
- 02What it costsEvery plan, the free plan, ways to pay less and how prices have moved
- 03What it doesIts main features, where it runs, what it works with and who makes it
- 04Where it standsIts grades against its category, and whether to keep it or make your own
- 05The alternativesThe tools it is most often weighed against, side by side
- 06Quick answersThe questions people ask about it, each answered in a line or two
- 07About ToolGPAWho made this guide, what else is on the site, and how to cite it
ToolGPA put this guide together from Life Note’s own pages, its app-store listings and our grades. Every fact in it is on Life Note’s page too, where it is kept up to date. Checked Oct 6, 2026.
Part 01 · Overview
Welcome
What it is, who it suits, its grades and the ten things to know first
2.2
GPA, above 2 of the 35 other journaling apps we grade
Life Note is an AI journaling app for the web, iOS and Android. Each entry gets a written reply from an AI mentor modeled on the writings of a historical figure, and the exchange can continue as a follow-up chat. The app also transcribes voice entries, charts emotions over time and sends a weekly letter with a generated artwork. The free tier allows three entries a week; a subscription removes that cap and raises the number of mentor replies per entry.
To get you started, here are 9 things to know about Life Note, taken from its own pages and our grades.
Each entry gets a reply from an AI mentor modelled on a historical thinker, and you can keep the conversation going.
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Best for getting a written reply to every entry
Life Note is a journal that writes back.
- 2
Paid plans start at $8.33 a month when paid by the year
As its pricing page puts it: $10.99 per month, or $99.99 per year.
- 3
There is a free plan
Free: 3 journal entries a week (10 in the first seven days), 1 mentor response per entry, limited Deep Chat and 10 voice recordings a week. Import, export and the app lock are included.
- 4
It runs on 3 platforms
Web, iOS and Android.
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Replies from AI mentors
Each entry is answered by an AI mentor drawn from more than 1,000 historical figures. Free accounts get one response per entry and subscribers up to three, from different mentors.
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Deep Chat
A mentor's reply can be continued as a conversation with follow-up questions, and past conversations can be archived. Free accounts have limited usage.
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Weekly Letter and Inner Portrait
Write three entries in a week and a mentor sends a letter on Sunday along with a generated artwork of the week. Both are available without a subscription.
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A 2.2 GPA, above 2 of 35
That is against the other journaling apps we grade, on value, the free plan, features, ease of use and platforms.
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Keep it
To replace Life Note you would be making an AI model, which you can rent by the request but not make. That is not a weekend's work, with an AI app builder or without one.
Life Note at a glance
- Pricing
- Free plan, from $10.99 per month, or $99.99 per year
- Free plan
- Yes
- Free trial
- None stated
- Runs on
- Web, iOS, Android
- Made by
- SpiritualHuman LLC
- Category
- Journaling Apps
- Our grade
- 2.2 GPA, fair
The report card
Best for getting a written reply to every entry
Life Note is a journal that writes back. Each entry gets a reply from an AI mentor modelled on a historical thinker, and you can keep the conversation going. But free stops at three entries a week, Premium is $10.99 a month, and its own security guide says it isn't end-to-end encrypted in the strict sense, because the mentors have to read what you wrote.
| Subject | Grade | Comment |
|---|---|---|
| Value for money | D | Premium is $10.99 a month, or $99.99 a year, which is $8.33 a month where the middle for journaling apps here is $4.17 and the dearest tenth starts at $10.75. The thing you'd actually be paying for, a journal you can write in daily, sits on that plan. |
| Free plan and trial | C | Free gets 3 entries a week, 10 in your first seven days, one mentor reply an entry and 10 voice recordings a week, with import, export and the app lock thrown in. Three entries a week is not a daily journal, so the cap arrives on Thursday. |
| Features | C | It does the AI-reply journal fully: more than 1,000 mentors, follow-up chat, voice entries turned into text, charts of your feelings, a Sunday letter with artwork, and import from Day One, Journey and Reflectly. The gap its own guide names: this isn't end-to-end encrypted, because mentors must read what you wrote. |
| Ease of use | B | No rating on record, but there's nothing to set up: you write an entry and a reply turns up. Some parts need a run-up, mind. Emotional trends appear after 3 entries and questions about your own history after 10. |
| Platforms and integrations | B | Web plus both phones, with no desktop app, so on a computer it's the browser and the App Store listing is designed for iPhone. It does connect out: a read-only connector lets Claude, ChatGPT or Gemini read the journal, though not add to it. |
An A is worth 4 points, a B 3, a C 2, a D 1 and an F nothing. The GPA is the average of the five.
Who Life Note is for
- Fits if a blank page puts you off and you'd like something to answer back
- Works for moving from Day One, Journey or Reflectly, since their exports import for free
Who it is not for
- Tight if you're staying free and write daily, because the cap is 3 entries a week
- Skip it if you want entries nobody else's software can read, as the mentors must read them to reply
- Pricey if all you want is a plain diary, at $8.33 a month on the yearly plan against a middle of $4.17
- Not for you if you want a desktop app, as computers get the browser and the App Store app is built for iPhone
- Watch out: the homepage says end-to-end encrypted while its security guide says not strictly, and the AI connector is read-only
Good to know
Good for
- People who want a written response to each entry instead of a blank page
- Readers of philosophy and psychology who want replies styled on a chosen thinker
- Journal keepers moving from Day One, Journey or Reflectly, whose exports import free
Worth knowing
- Free accounts are limited to 3 journal entries a week and 1 mentor response per entry.
- The security guide says Life Note is not end-to-end encrypted in the strict sense, because mentors must read entries to reply, although the homepage uses that term.
- No desktop app is listed: on a computer it runs in the browser, and the App Store listing is designed for iPhone.
- The connector for Claude, ChatGPT and other MCP clients is read-only, so an assistant cannot add entries.
Part 02 · Pricing
What it costs
Every plan, the free plan, ways to pay less and how prices have moved
$8.33
A month to start, paid by the year. There is a free plan too
Life Note has a free plan. Paid plans start at $10.99 per month, or $99.99 per year.
The thing you'd actually be paying for, a journal you can write in daily, sits on that plan.
Free
$0
3 entries a week, 1 mentor response per entry, limited Deep Chat, 10 voice recordings a week and standard-resolution photos.
Premium
$10.99
per month, or $99.99 per year
Unlimited entries, up to 3 mentor responses per entry, more Deep Chat usage, higher memory quality and 200 voice recordings a month.
The free plan
Free: 3 journal entries a week (10 in the first seven days), 1 mentor response per entry, limited Deep Chat and 10 voice recordings a week. Import, export and the app lock are included.
Read from mylifenote.ai on Oct 6, 2026.
Ways to pay less
Annual discount
Save 24% with the annual plan
Life Note's FAQ lists Premium at $10.99 a month or $99.99 a year and describes the yearly price as a 24% saving.
Stated on mylifenote.aiOther savings
Free subscription time for referrals
Each account has a referral link in Settings. Five friends who sign up and journal earn one free month, and ten earn a full year.
Stated on guide.mylifenote.ai
What the app costs elsewhere
Each country’s App Store price for “Life Note Monthly Plan”, against $10.99 in the United States, in dollars at the day’s rate. The four cheapest and the four dearest of 11.
| Country | Price there | In dollars | Against the US |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | ₹ 999 | $10.33 | 6% less |
| Canada | $14.99 | $10.54 | about the same |
| Philippines | ₱ 699.00 | $11.13 | about the same |
| Indonesia | Rp 199ribu | $11.13 | about the same |
| United Kingdom | £9.99 | $13.21 | 20% more |
| Germany | 11,99 € | $13.44 | 22% more |
| South Africa | R229.99 | $13.91 | 27% more |
| Brazil | R$ 69,90 | $13.97 | 27% more |
Part 03 · Features
What it does
Its main features, where it runs, what it works with and who makes it
3
Places it runs: Web, iOS and Android
AI journal whose mentors reply in the voice of historical thinkers. Here is what it does, as its own site describes it, and what it covers: AI features, dictation, chat assistant, daily notes, goals, mood tracking.
The gap its own guide names: this isn't end-to-end encrypted, because mentors must read what you wrote.
- Replies from AI mentors
- Each entry is answered by an AI mentor drawn from more than 1,000 historical figures. Free accounts get one response per entry and subscribers up to three, from different mentors.
- Deep Chat
- A mentor's reply can be continued as a conversation with follow-up questions, and past conversations can be archived. Free accounts have limited usage.
- Weekly Letter and Inner Portrait
- Write three entries in a week and a mentor sends a letter on Sunday along with a generated artwork of the week. Both are available without a subscription.
- Voice journaling
- Spoken entries are recorded and transcribed into the journal. Free accounts get 10 recordings a week and subscribers 200 a month.
- Inner Weather and Inner Wisdom
- Inner Weather shows top feelings and emotional trends after 3 entries. Inner Wisdom answers questions from your own journal history once you have 10 entries.
- Import, export and AI connections
- Takes export files from Day One, Journey, Reflectly, ChatGPT and Claude, and exports to CSV, JSON, Markdown or ZIP. A read-only MCP connector lets Claude or ChatGPT read the journal.
Where it runs
- Web
- iOS
- Android
What it works with
- Claude
- ChatGPT
- Gemini
- Cursor
- Claude Code
Life Note is made by SpiritualHuman LLC.
Part 04 · Standing
Where it stands
Its grades against its category, and whether to keep it or make your own
2/35
Other journaling apps it is graded above
Life Note's GPA of 2.2 is higher than 2 of the 35 other journaling apps we grade, and level with 4.
It stands best on platforms and integrations (B, above 22 of 35) and worst on value for money (D, above 0).
Its paid plans start at $8.33 a month when paid by the year, against a middle price of $3.66 for the category: 18 of the 21 others that charge start lower.
On features, ease of use and platforms it scores 2.7 out of 4. 6 tools score higher and cost less.
Each grade against the category
Every bar is all 36 journaling apps we grade, cut by the letter each got. Life Note’s own letter is outlined.
- DValue for moneyAbove 0 of 35
- CFree plan and trialAbove 2 of 35
- CFeaturesAbove 0 of 35
- BEase of useAbove 3 of 35
- BPlatforms and integrationsAbove 22 of 35
Price against what you get
Each dot is one of 29 journaling apps. Further left costs less; higher up scores better on features, ease of use and platforms. Life Note is the marked dot.
What paid plans start at, a month (each step along is roughly double) →
Keep it, or make your own?
Whether this is something you could build for yourself with an AI app builder, and what you would give up.
Keep it
To replace Life Note you would be making an AI model, which you can rent by the request but not make. That is not a weekend's work, with an AI app builder or without one.
That makes this kind of software worth paying for, not this one in particular: 29 of the 35 other journaling apps grade higher. It costs $99.99 a year.
What you could make
- Daily notes, mood tracking and goals: an app builder makes these well.
What you could not
- An AI model, which you can rent by the request but not make.
- Dictation that types into any app on your computer.
- A real app for iOS and Android. Something home-made would be a web page.
- It plugs into other products, Claude, ChatGPT and Gemini among them.
What this rests on. Life Note’s listing: what it does, where it runs, what it plugs into and what it costs. It is a judgement about the kind of software this is. We have not built a replacement for it, and making your own means looking after it too. How we decide, and every tool’s verdict.
Part 05 · Alternatives
The alternatives
The tools it is most often weighed against, side by side
Rosebud, Mindsera, Reflection, Stoic and Day One
The 5 tools Life Note is most often weighed against, with where each one differs from it.
- 2.2GPA
Rosebud
Free trial · from $8.99/mo
AI journal that replies with reflections and follow-up questions.
- Life Note has a free plan. Rosebud does not, though it has a free trial.
- Life Note also covers chat assistant.
- 2.4GPA
Mindsera
Free plan · from $10.75/mo
AI journal that analyzes entries for emotions and patterns.
- Life Note also covers goals.
- Mindsera also covers templates.
- 2.8GPA
Reflection
Free plan · from $5.75/mo
AI-coached journal with guided programs and voice entries.
- Only Reflection lists a macOS app.
- Life Note also covers goals and mood tracking.
- Reflection also covers templates.
- 2.6GPA
Stoic
Free plan · from $6.99
Guided journal with morning and evening reflections and mood tracking.
- Only Stoic lists a macOS app.
- Life Note also covers dictation, chat assistant and goals.
- Stoic also covers templates and habit tracking.
- 3.2GPA
Day One
Free plan · from $49.99/yr
Encrypted journal for text, photos, audio and video across devices.
- Only Day One lists macOS and Windows apps.
- Only Day One lists a browser extension.
- Day One is end-to-end encrypted, according to its own site.
Part 06 · Questions
Quick answers
The questions people ask about it, each answered in a line or two
13
Questions, each answered in a line or two
The short version of everything above, for when you only need the answer. Each one is told in full in its part of the guide.
Is Life Note free?
Life Note has a free plan. Free: 3 journal entries a week (10 in the first seven days), 1 mentor response per entry, limited Deep Chat and 10 voice recordings a week.
How much does Life Note cost?
Life Note lists 2 plans. Free: $0.
What platforms does Life Note work on?
Life Note is available on Web, iOS and Android.
Does Life Note offer any discounts?
Life Note publicly lists the following: Save 24% with the annual plan; Free subscription time for referrals.
Does Life Note have a Windows app?
No Windows app was listed when its pages were read on Oct 6, 2026. Life Note is listed for Web, iOS and Android.
Does Life Note have a macOS app?
No macOS app was listed when its pages were read on Oct 6, 2026. Life Note is listed for Web, iOS and Android.
Is Life Note open source?
Life Note is not described as open source on its own site, as read on Oct 6, 2026.
What does Life Note integrate with?
Life Note's listing names Claude, ChatGPT, Gemini, Cursor and Claude Code.
Who makes Life Note?
Life Note is made by SpiritualHuman LLC.
What are the alternatives to Life Note?
The closest alternatives to Life Note in our directory are Rosebud, Mindsera, Reflection, Stoic and Day One.
How does Life Note compare with other journaling apps?
Life Note's GPA of 2.2 is higher than 2 of the 35 other journaling apps we grade, and level with 4.
Is Life Note good value for money?
ToolGPA grades Life Note D for value for money. Its paid plans start at $8.33 a month when paid by the year, against a middle price of $3.66 for the category: 18 of the 21 others that charge start lower.
Could I make my own version of Life Note?
To replace Life Note you would be making an AI model, which you can rent by the request but not make.
Where this guide comes from
The prices, plans, platforms and features were read from Life Note’s own pages on Oct 6, 2026, and the grades were given on Oct 10, 2026. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from Life Note's own pages on 6 October 2026. Also tested with a demo account on 2026-07-04.
Every tool we list gets five grades, A to F, each with its reason, and a GPA that averages them. How each is decided is at toolgpa.com/grades. This guide is ToolGPA’s own work; it is not made, paid for or approved by SpiritualHuman LLC. Prices change, so check mylifenote.ai before you buy.
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Part 07 · About
About ToolGPA
Who made this guide, what else is on the site, and how to cite it
3,189
Tools graded, in 94 categories
ToolGPA grades software the way a school report grades a pupil: five subjects, a letter for each with the reason written beside it, and a GPA that averages them. Prices, plans and platforms are read from each maker’s own pages and dated, so you always know how fresh a figure is.
Every grade, review and ranking on ToolGPA is our own judgement. No company can pay for a grade or change one. Every tool on the site has a guide like this one, free to download and pass on. It all lives at toolgpa.com.
3,189
tools graded
94
categories
426
price changes on record
579
apps priced in 12 countries
What else is on toolgpa.com
- Life Note, kept up to dateEverything in this guide, with prices and grades as they are todaytoolgpa.com/tools/life-note
- How grades are givenThe rules behind every letter and every GPAtoolgpa.com/grades
- Value chartsWhat each tool costs against what it scores, for every categorytoolgpa.com/charts
- CompareAny two tools side by side, plan by plantoolgpa.com/compare
- Price changesEvery price rise and cut on record, each with its sourcetoolgpa.com/price-changes
- Prices by countryWhat apps cost on the App Store in 12 countriestoolgpa.com/prices-by-country
- Pay lessEvery public discount: yearly billing, students, nonprofitstoolgpa.com/save
- Keep or makeWhich tools are worth paying for, and which you could build yourselftoolgpa.com/keep-or-make
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