# StoryPad: My Diary Journal

> Your journal, diary, and notes on a simple yearly timeline.

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/com.tc.writestory](https://chrome-stats.com/d/com.tc.writestory)

## Overview

- **ID:** `com.tc.writestory`
- **Platform:** Android
- **Type:** Android app
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Thea Choem
- **Category:** LIFESTYLE
- **Downloads:** 119,403
- **Rating:** 4.27 / 5 (961 ratings)
- **Version:** 2.33.1
- **Last updated:** 2026-09-13
- **First published:** 2021-03-24
- **Publisher country:** KH
- **Size:** 55 MB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-19
- **Store listing:** [Google Play Store](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.tc.writestory)
- **Website:** [https://storypad.me](https://storypad.me/)
- **Privacy policy:** [https://storypad.me/privacy-policy/](https://storypad.me/privacy-policy/)

## Description

**StoryPad** is an open-source, privacy-focused diary and journal app for recording thoughts, emotions, notes, photos, and memories on one continuous timeline. Create rich-text entries with formatting, checklists, quotes, links, multiple pages, custom fonts, themes, and layouts.

Revisit past entries with throwback memories, track moods and activities, organize stories with tags and bookmarks, and quickly search by title, year, tag, or content. StoryPad keeps your data on your device, supports PIN or biometric locking, offline use, local exports, and private Google Drive backup and sync. Export journals as text, Markdown, or StoryPad files, with compatibility for Obsidian and other Markdown editors. Available in more than 20 languages.

## Rankings

- #204,339 — Overall

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `android.permission.ACCESS_ADSERVICES_AD_ID`
- `android.permission.ACCESS_ADSERVICES_ATTRIBUTION`
- `android.permission.ACCESS_FINE_LOCATION`
- `android.permission.ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE`
- `android.permission.FOREGROUND_SERVICE`
- `android.permission.FOREGROUND_SERVICE_MEDIA_PLAYBACK`
- `android.permission.INTERNET`
- `android.permission.MODIFY_AUDIO_SETTINGS`
- `android.permission.POST_NOTIFICATIONS`
- `android.permission.READ_EXTERNAL_STORAGE`
- `android.permission.RECEIVE_BOOT_COMPLETED`
- `android.permission.RECORD_AUDIO`
- `android.permission.USE_BIOMETRIC`
- `android.permission.USE_FINGERPRINT`
- `android.permission.VIBRATE`
- `android.permission.WAKE_LOCK`
- `com.android.vending.BILLING`
- `com.google.android.finsky.permission.BIND_GET_INSTALL_REFERRER_SERVICE`
- `com.google.android.gms.permission.AD_ID`
- `com.tc.writestory.DYNAMIC_RECEIVER_NOT_EXPORTED_PERMISSION`

## Review summary

Reviewers consistently praise StoryPad as ad-free, with a clean, intuitive UI and strong local-first privacy. It excels at organized journaling and mood tracking, offering a distraction-free writing environment. Some recurring concerns focus on monetization (subscription costs) and the desire for stronger backup options and encryption. A minority report occasional stability hiccups after updates. Overall, it’s regarded as a high-quality, privacy-friendly diary that could expand through improved backups and advanced features.

### Pros

- Ad-free experience across reviews
- Clean, minimal, intuitive UI
- Local-first data storage and privacy-conscious design (data on device, no mandatory signups)
- Strong organization and journaling capabilities (easy to structure entries, mood tracking)
- Optional backup/Cloud sync and Markdown support (noted by some users)

### Cons

- Monetization concerns and pricing model (subscription/paywall) mentioned by multiple reviewers
- Backup/privacy trade-offs (backups exist but lack end-to-end encryption; desire for more robust/local backup options)
- Some reports of occasional reliability issues after updates (slower load times, occasional crashes) and data-migration concerns

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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/com.tc.writestory)