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Work · July 31, 2026

The Log

Pay-once markdown journal — your files, no subscription

The Log launched on July 31, 2026 with 3 votes, #8,766 of 24,623 launches that month and more than 50% of that year's launches.

What it does

The Log is a private, on-device markdown journal for iPhone and iPad. Plain-text files, no subscription, no account, works with Obsidian. One-time purchase, yours forever.

Only $34.99 $24.99 £34.99 £24.99 $34.99 £34.99 buys you everything, forever — future features included. Ten years of entries across three apps, and one Tuesday morning I opened one of them and couldn't see half my own writing without upgrading. So I built this. A robust markdown journaling app that's probably the only one you're going to need. You pay once, $34.99 $24.99 . £34.99 £24.99 . $34.99 . £34.99 . That's it. This is an ongoing project — more features will keep arriving, and you'll never pay again for them. Works on iPhone and iPad. Mac version available as a separate purchase in the App Store — work in progress. Full-screen view with photo strips, tags, weather and location. Every…from thelog.cloud

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