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24 alternatives to A friendship-centric journal

Spend time with the people you care about. Introvert-tested. Extrovert-approved. - JacobEvelyn/friends

A friendship-centric journal helps users spend quality time with people they care about. Designed for both introverts and extroverts, it provides tools to track and nurture relationships. The application focuses on… Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. A friendship-centric journal launched in 2016; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1IM
I’m an introvert – made an app to help maintain connections with people▲169
2021 · cq.mtc.dev · its alternatives →
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Retro▲244
A friends-only photo journal for moments big and small
2023 · retro.app · its alternatives →
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Journal.▲139
A social journal with daily prompts
2024 · journal.fm · its alternatives →
4JT
Journal Together, journal with your friends over email, for free▲14
2020 · journaltogether.com · its alternatives →
5
Journals on Retro▲151
A place to collect memories with a select group of friends
2024 · retro.app · its alternatives →
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Monica▲302
Open-source CRM to keep track of your friends and family
2017 · monicahq.com · its alternatives →
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Hippo▲171
Keep track of friends, family and colleagues you care for.
2019 · gethippo.app · its alternatives →
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JournalBook – Privacy centric, offline first, personal journal app▲268
2019 · journalbook.co.uk · its alternatives →
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Friendsome▲167
Improve your relationships by improving your memory.
2017 · its alternatives →
10AC
A “CRM” for personal relationships▲126
Android: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.spreadvk.e... iOS: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/the-new-elim/id6463781107 We know life can be busy. And we often struggle to make time for the people that matter most to us. According to a Harvard study from 2021, "36% of all Americans [...] feel “serious loneliness.”" [1] We created an app to help people focus on their most personal relationships and guide them through forming more meaningful connections with them, in the hopes to combat the "Loneliness Epidemic". We just…
2023 · elim.app · its alternatives →
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Emote▲130
Mood journaling app that shares your moods with friends
2023 · its alternatives →
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Papery▲238
A journal, habit tracker, mood tracker, todos, all in one
2024 · papery.me · its alternatives →
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Friend Review▲80
Rate moments, discover your best friends!
2022 · friendreview.xyz · its alternatives →
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Stop Being Lonely▲69
An introvert's guide to friends and relationships
2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
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Huddle▲155
The offline social journal app
2024 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
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Journal Together▲96
Journal with your friends over email, for free
2020 · its alternatives →
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Cercle▲116
The bat signal for your closest friends.
Jul 2026 · cercle.me · its alternatives →
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Jumble Journal▲147
AI copilot for journaling and introspection
2023 · jumblejournal.org · its alternatives →
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Exprescial▲74
An interest based app to express and socialize
2023 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
20
Type Study Buddy▲99
A hopefully helpful Figma file for conducting type studies.
2020 · figma.com · its alternatives →
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Friendzone▲130
Privacy-first second brain for relationships
2025 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
22
A Sex Journal for Couples▲142
A simple tool for extraordinary sex.
2019 · kickstarter.com · its alternatives →
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JournalBot▲119
The journal you'll actually use
2019 · journalbotapp.com · its alternatives →
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Introspect AI Journal▲119
A co-pilot for your thoughts
2023 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

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