yaja : Bullet Journal

SreejithJ

About this app

Yaja is a private, local-first journal for people who want to write more without dealing with clutter, accounts, or subscriptions. Capture a quick thought, save a memory, track a todo, or reflect deeply—Yaja stays fast, calm, and out of your way.

📝 Write your way
Yaja stores entries as clean markdown files, so your journal stays simple, readable, and portable.
• Markdown-based writing
• Templates, shortcodes, todos, and event entries
• Fast editing without a heavy workflow

⚡ Capture fast
Built for real life, not perfect routines.
• Quick Capture from the app or home screen
• Quick Todo and event entry flows
• Widgets that help you journal in seconds

📅 Remember more
Yaja helps you return to your writing, not lose it.
• Calendar and Timeline views
• Lookback and “On this day” memories
• Weekly and monthly reviews
• Favorites, labels, and revisit dates

📊 See your patterns
More than a diary, Yaja helps you notice what matters.
• Writing stats and heatmap
• Streaks, gaps, and activity trends
• People, places, and keyword insights
• Upcoming events and recurring reminders

🔒 Private by default
Your data stays with you.
• 100% local storage
• No ads
• No account required
• PIN and biometric lock
• Backup ZIP export and restore
• Import from Day One and Journalistic

🎨 Made to feel good
Yaja combines a distraction-free writing experience with a polished Material 3 design.
• Light, Dark, and AMOLED themes
• Custom fonts and expressive widgets
• Fast, smooth, modern Android experience

If you want a journal that is beautiful, fast, private, and genuinely useful every day, Yaja is for you.

What’s new

Improved Home dashboard
• Faster dashboard loading, especially for large journals
• Today actions now always write/open today, even after viewing older dates
• “On this day” can now show up to 3 past years
• New writing prompts on unwritten days
• Backup reminder now shows how many days ago the last backup ran

Fixed
• Dashboard staying on yesterday after overnight idle
• 12/24-hour clock mismatch
• Stale recent-entry previews
• Empty dashboard rows showing when there’s nothing due