Simple Journal

Magille Ltd

In-app purchases

About this app

Write when you feel like you need to.

How to

🌼 Edit an entry? Long-tap the entry
🌼 Delete an entry? In the editor, swipe down for menu (delete through menu)
🌼 Change the font? See settings
🌼 Lock the app? See settings and enable 'lock automatically'
🌼 Get to settings? In the main screen, swipe down for the menu bar, tap the three dots, then tap settings.
🌼 Backups? Export through settings for free, or sync to Drive with Pro (encrypted)
🌼 Print notes? With Pro, a printable and searchable html file will be included in all manually exported zips. Open and print it through a browser on a computer.
🌼 Transfer notes to a new device? Either export through settings for free, or use sync to transfer your notes

Free features

✅ Continuous autosave so you don't lose your stuff
✅ Clean UI and a distraction free editor with very few gimmicks
✅ Light and dark color themes (switch easily through the main menu)
✅ Categorize in multiple journals
✅ Add as many images as you like, inline in text
✅ Search through your past notes
✅ Location tags (enable in settings)
✅ Change font family and size in settings
✅ Basic formatting: bold, italic, underline, highlight, strike-through
✅ Auto-indent with spaces
✅ Lock automatically (with configurable timeouts)
✅ Unlock using fingerprint, password, or device credential
✅ Scrambled mode/lock (allows adding entries without unlocking)
✅ Keyboard shortcuts (for bluetooth keyboards and Chromebooks)
✅ Export/import for manual backups (a zip file, which contains both data and image files separately from each other)

Pro features

✅ Encrypted sync to your Google Drive 🔐 Great for backups, but also syncs across your Android and Chromebook devices.
✅ Printable and searchable html file in manual exports 🖨️
✅ Export one journal at a time (in addition to all at once)
✅ Encrypted manual exports (AES-256)
✅ Home screen shortcuts (edit entry / use entry as template)
✅ Pin entries to top of list
✅ Customize color themes
✅ Control font size with volume keys
✅ Remember cursor position in editor
✅ Reverse sort
✅ Sort by modification time
✅ Show character and word counters per entry

Ratings and reviews

Exactly what the name says. Absolutely just the basics, no ads, no hidden fees, just 3 payment options for "pro" but the app is perfectly usable without paying. The reasons I'm docking a star are transferring to another device is really annoying and confusing (could just be a skill issue) and the lack of more customization. It's pretty basic not bad but it gets a little boring after a while. Altogether, it's a near perfect journaling and simple note-taking app that does exactly what it needs to.

customer service is phenomenal! thank you so much for the recent update! my android was one of the versions that had the bug. it was really annoying on long journal entries. I love this app for its simple, no ads, no fluff format. I was dreading the thought of finding another and moving everything. ❤️

It just up and deleted my entire history after updating today...all my writing I just gone. I am beyond infuriated about this. I shouldn't have to pay for pro to prevent your app from deleting my content. I guess if you have arthritis then a voice recorder is the only way left to document things these days because this far from the first app to do things like this. would give zero if I could, what a scam.

What’s new

- Build target Android 16
- Lots of layout rework and improvements related to target api level change
- Settings screen rework, with basic/advanced mode
- New setting: Skip keyboard close on back gesture