StoryPad: My Diary Journal

Thea Choem

In-app purchases

About this app

StoryPad is an open source, privacy-focused, local-first journal that lets you capture your life: notes, thoughts, emotions, and memories on a single, continuous timeline. No folders. No tabs. Just your life, beautifully organized.

Featured by It’s FOSS and MakeUseOf for our commitment to open-source and user privacy.

== KEY FEATURES ==

📝 Fully Customizable Writing
• Bold, italic, underline, strikethrough
• Text color, background color, highlights
• Quotes, checklists, ordered/unordered lists
• Text alignment, indentation, links
• Support for multiple fonts, adjustable font sizes & weight

🕓 Throwback Memories
Revisit what you wrote on this exact day - 1, 2, or even 3 years ago.
Reflect on how far you've come and respond to your past self, right from your timeline.

📌 Throwbacks appear only if you've written something on this day in a previous year or a few years ago.

📸 Photo Memories
• Add multiple photos per page
• Align photos left, right, center, or full-width
• Image previews included in export

🗓 Mood & Activity Insights
• Express exactly how you feel using any emoji from your system keyboard
• Track your mental well-being over time with mood history and calendar view

📄 Multi-Page Entries
• Add multiple pages inside 1 entry
• With multiple layouts to fit your writing style
• Great for journaling prompts, novels, long-form writing, and daily notes

🔖 Organization & Search
• Tag, bookmark, or pin important stories to the top.
• Fast search by title, tag, year, or content.

🔐 Privacy First
• Lock with PIN, FaceID, or fingerprint
• Security question recovery
• Everything stays on your device unless you choose to sync

☁️ Backup & Sync
• Direct sync with your private Google Drive folder - only you can see it
• Works offline anytime
• One-tap local export for safe backup

🎨 Make It Yours
• Choose from serene environments, animals, and textures.
• Personalized Fonts: Select and style 1,300+ Google Fonts.
• Custom Themes: 20+ colors with automatic Light & Dark modes.

📤 Export & Portability
• Universal Formats: Export to Text, Markdown, or StoryPad format.
• Obsidian Ready: Fully compatible with Obsidian and other markdown editors.
• Offline Backup: Import or export your entire journal locally at any time.
• Easy Sharing: Share stories directly to X, Facebook, or with friends.

🌍 Accessible for All
• Available in 20+ languages
• Open-source for full transparency

== Make Every Day a Story ==

Website:
https://storypad.me

Open Source:
https://github.com/theachoem/storypad

Ratings and reviews

This app is almost exactly what I've been looking for. A simple, clean layout that creates a chronological timeline. Part of why I bounce off journaling apps is the pressure to write long, reflective essays. I prefer short updates throughout the day. The one thing that I really dislike is the unremovable "looking back" tag on entries that are a day or more in the past. I take notes in many ways & this tag discourages me from filling in a previous day. If this tag was optional I'd buy premium.

This app is exactly what I was looking for. I wanted a simple way to journal and do creative writing in one place with better organizational tools than a simple notes app could offer. I also wanted to be able to track moods and symptoms without all the statistics of a mood app, as those can create obsessiveness for me. All basic functionality is available up front. Paid add-ons are very low-cost and feel like a way to thank the devs for their hard work rather than being nickel and dimed.

So far, so good. I am enjoying Story Pad. Whether it is a quick note or a longer entry, all the tools are there to make the experience simple, relaxing and enjoyable. Once I have an entry, I just open the app and type. If I am not sure what to say, there are templates to guide me. For even further customizations you can change the fonts or add a wallpaper to make it more you. It is my second day and I am satisfied.