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24 alternatives to Diary - One Line a Day

A minimalist journal app

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Diary - One Line a Day launched in 2020; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1
One Diary▲80
Capture your thoughts in a concise one-line diary entry
2023 · onediary.life · its alternatives →
2
Day One▲133
A simple journal for iPhone, iPad and OSX.
2013 · dayoneapp.com · its alternatives →
3
Gratitude Journal▲71
Three lines diary to show gratitude
2021 · play.google.com · its alternatives →
4
Day One 3.0 for Mac▲190
A simple journaling app for mac
2019 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
5
tinythoughts for Mobile▲123
Minimalist sentence-a-day journaling app with daily prompts
2020 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
6
Day One 2.0▲266
Ground-up rewrite of the best journal for Mac and iPhone
2016 · dayoneapp.com · its alternatives →
7
Daygram - Time Stamp Journal▲131
Minimal journal/e-ink style simple diary with password
2024 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
8
60 Seconds Everyday▲347
The fastest way of daily journaling
2017 · its alternatives →
9
Card Diary▲95
An minimalistic journalling, diary app
2019 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
10
Once▲179
Keep a journal like a real life book.
2018 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
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One Line, One Day▲2
One line. Every day. That's it.
Jun 2026 · play.google.com · its alternatives →
12
Day Log▲97
All in one journal with goals & habits tracker
2023 · daylog.crxapplications.com · its alternatives →
13
Five Minute Journal App▲202
The simplest, most effective way to be happier every day
2015 · intelligentchange.com · its alternatives →
14
The Daily Mini-Journal▲77
Take 5 minutes to plan out your day
2020 · its alternatives →
15
Mini Diary▲144
Simple and secure journal app
2019 · minidiary.app · its alternatives →
16
Everlog▲96
Minimalist journaling for iPhone and iPad
2020 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
17
Days▲90
A minimal and thoughtful journaling app
2020 · days.app · its alternatives →
18
The Daily Mini-Journal 2.0▲80
Take 5 minutes to plan out your day.
2021 · its alternatives →
19
Daily Journal▲144
The smartest Notion page to track all your daily events.
2022 · iamdave.gumroad.com · its alternatives →
20
tinythoughts▲181
Because keeping a journal is hard
2018 · tinythoughts.me · its alternatives →
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Ichinichi – One note per day, E2E encrypted, local-first▲136
Look, every journaling app out there wants you to organize things into folders and tags and templates. I just wanted to write something down every day. So I built this. One note per day. That's the whole deal. - Can't edit yesterday. What's done is done. Keeps you from fussing over old entries instead of writing today's. - Year view with dots showing which days you actually wrote. It's a streak chart. Works better than it should. - No signup required. Opens right up, stores everything locally in your browser. Optional cloud sync if you want it - E2E encrypted with AES-GCM, zero-knowledge,…
Mar 2026 · its alternatives →
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Minimalist offline journal app with a chat interface▲126
ZenJournal is a minimalist private journaling app for quick logging, search, and discreet writing. Open, type, done. No prompts, titles, or reminders.
2021 · thezenjournal.com · its alternatives →
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3 Pages Daily — Minimal journal▲11
Capture fleeting ideas, passing thoughts, and sudden sparks.
2025 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
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Minimal Diary▲79
Easily and quickly record the present and review the past
2021 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

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