# DrawerJournal - Private Diary

> Journal & notes with password

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/id1553585038](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id1553585038)

## Overview

- **ID:** `id1553585038`
- **Platform:** Apple
- **Type:** Apple app
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** ToastPlanet Inc.
- **Category:** Lifestyle
- **Rating:** 4.60 / 5 (74 ratings)
- **Version:** 9.5.2
- **Last updated:** 2026-09-14
- **First published:** 2021-02-16
- **Size:** 39 MB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-24
- **Store listing:** [Apple App Store](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/drawerjournal-private-diary/id1553585038)
- **Website:** [https://drawerjournal.com/](https://drawerjournal.com/)
- **Privacy policy:** [https://toastplanet.com/drawerjournal/privacy](https://toastplanet.com/drawerjournal/privacy)

## Description

**DrawerJournal** is a private offline diary and mindfulness journal for capturing thoughts, feelings, memories, and daily moments. Create timestamped timeline entries with text, photos, and voice recordings—without cloud uploads, accounts, or sign-ups. All journal data stays securely on your device.

Protect your reflections with Face ID, Touch ID, or a passcode. Organize entries with customizable labels, find memories quickly with powerful search, and personalize your journal with themes, fonts, text sizes, dark mode, and background images. Use DrawerJournal as a daily diary, gratitude journal, mood tracker, voice diary, scrapbook, or private notes app.

## Rankings

- #151,728 — Overall

## Review summary

Users praise DrawerJournal for being easy to use and well-suited for journaling, with strong positive sentiment and willingness to subscribe. Recurring drawbacks include missing cross-device sync/sign-in, no 12-hour clock option, and lack of easy backup/cloud sync (manual exports/data portability). Notable feature requests include drawing support and a time-travel/random-entry feature, signaling a desire for broader functionality while keeping the core journaling experience.

### Pros

- Easy to use / easy to access
- Very positive reception and willingness to subscribe/support the developers
- Strong journaling‑focused design with a simple, timestamped feel

### Cons

- Lack of cross-device synchronization and sign-in across devices (no cloud sync)
- Time format is fixed to 24-hour; no option for a 12-hour clock
- No easy backup or cloud sync; requires manual backups or data export (data portability can be heavy)
- Feature requests that recur in reviews include a drawing section and time travel/random-entry capability

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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id1553585038)