Journal your day, like a chat
Just open and write. Text, photos, video, voice — send a quick line and that's an entry. Everything stays on your own device first.
Free · Local-first · No account needed
Journaling, made effortless
No blank page to stare at — just send a line.
Chat-style entries
Write like you're sending a message. One line is one note — capture the thought right away.
Speak it out
Hold to talk and it turns into text. Jot things down while walking or on the go.
Photos & video
Keep the moment itself in your journal, not just the words.
Multiple notebooks
Travel, reading, food — keep separate threads that never get tangled.
Look back by date
Open the calendar and jump straight back to whatever you wrote that day.
End-to-end encrypted
Encrypted on your device before syncing — the cloud only ever sees ciphertext.
Multiple notebooks
One thread per part of life
Give your days a few separate storylines. Each notebook is its own chat — covers and entries never get mixed up.
- Create notebooks for travel, reading, food and more
- See each notebook's latest entry at a glance
- Switching notebooks feels like switching chats
Look back by date
Jump back to any day
Every day you write lights up on the calendar. Tap a date to revisit the words, voice notes, and videos from that moment.
- See your journaling streak across the month
- Tap a date to replay that day's audio and video
- Browse to remember; edit back in the journal
End-to-end encrypted sync
Your journal, for your eyes only
Pick S3 or WebDAV as your storage. Data is encrypted on your device with a recovery key before it ever leaves — the cloud only holds ciphertext.
- Works with S3 and WebDAV — bring your own storage
- The recovery key stays with you; no one else can decrypt
- Move devices and restore everything with your key
Privacy, by default
Islet is local-first — everything is saved on your device first. Turn on sync and your data is encrypted locally with a recovery key, then uploaded to storage you own. The cloud only ever holds ciphertext.
Start journaling today
Free, no account. Give your life a chat log worth keeping.