Most AI journaling apps power their "AI" features by sending your entries to a cloud service. This one doesn't — the AI companion runs entirely on your own device, and your words never leave it.
To summarize your entries, discuss your patterns, or help write your story, an AI needs to read what you wrote. The common way apps deliver that feature is by sending your entry text to a cloud AI provider's servers each time you use it — which means a copy of your private writing passes through a company you've never heard of, every time.
Ask what you were worried about last fall, or what patterns it notices in your own writing — answered by a model running on your machine, not a server.
56 guided questions across 7 chapters — Beginnings, The People, Turning Points, Work & Craft, Love, What You Know Now, Legacy — for the days you don't know what to write.
When you're ready, compile everything you've answered into a printable, PDF-ready narrative — a memoir assembled from the life you've already recorded.
Speak your entries; transcription happens on-device, never sent anywhere to be processed.
"If we had to read your journal to make the AI work, we would have built a different product."
One license, $79, once. The journal and the AI companion both work forever — no ongoing cost required. An optional $29/yr adds software updates and encrypted cloud backup, if you want them.
An AI journaling app is a journal or diary application that uses artificial intelligence to help with writing — discussing your entries, summarizing patterns over time, suggesting reflection prompts, or compiling your entries into a life story. Most AI journaling apps send your entry text to a cloud AI provider to power these features.
Yes. Encrypted Diary's AI companion runs entirely on your own device using Ollama, rather than sending your entries to a cloud AI service. Your writing never leaves your computer, even when you use the AI features.
Yes. Because the AI runs locally rather than in the cloud, Encrypted Diary's AI companion works fully offline, with no internet connection required to use its AI features.
The license is a one-time payment of $79 that includes the diary and the AI companion, with no required subscription. An optional $29/year add-on provides software updates and encrypted cloud backup.
Yes. Encrypted Diary offers a free 14-day trial of the full application, including the AI companion, with no credit card required.