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            "page": "https://listme.name/software/journey",
            "tagline": "Diary app with map-based entries, templates and eBook printing",
            "summary": "Journey is a diary and journal app from Two App Studio Pte. Ltd. for iOS, Android, Mac, Windows and the web. It adds photos and locations to entries, a map view of those places, templates and eBook printing. The core app is free, and premium features are sold as in-app purchases.",
            "developer": "Two App Studio Pte. Ltd.",
            "platforms": [
                "ios",
                "android",
                "macos",
                "windows",
                "web"
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            "open_source": false,
            "strengths": [
                "Map view of entries by location",
                "Face ID, Touch ID and Android biometric locks",
                "Runs on mobile, desktop and the web"
            ],
            "limits": [
                "Premium features are sold as in-app purchases"
            ],
            "checked": "2026-10-10",
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            "overview": "Journey organizes entries in a calendar and on a map, where media from specific locations can be seen in its Atlas view. Templates cover topics such as self-improvement, healthy living and planning, and a passcode, Touch ID, Face ID or Android biometric lock can protect the journal. Entries can be printed as eBooks.\n\nPremium features are unlocked by in-app purchases on both mobile stores. The site describes the app as available on web, Mac, Windows and Linux as well. Compared with Penzu and Diarium, Journey leans on its map and eBook printing rather than a single diary view."
        },
        {
            "slug": "jrnl",
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            "website": "https://jrnl.sh/",
            "page": "https://listme.name/software/jrnl",
            "tagline": "Command-line journal with plain text files and optional AES encryption",
            "summary": "jrnl is a command-line journal that stores entries as plain text and can encrypt them with AES. It is released under GPL-3.0 and installs from PyPI and Homebrew. It creates, searches and displays entries from a terminal.",
            "developer": "jrnl contributors",
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            "price_note": "Free and open source; installs from PyPI and Homebrew",
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            "license": "GPL-3.0",
            "source": "https://github.com/jrnl-org/jrnl",
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                "Plain text files you can read and move",
                "Optional AES encryption",
                "Open source under GPL-3.0"
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                "Command line only, with no graphical interface",
                "No mobile app or sync described in its README"
            ],
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            "overview": "jrnl takes a single command to add an entry, such as jrnl followed by a date phrase and the text, and it searches and displays past entries. Journals are kept as human-readable plain text, and they can be encrypted with AES. The tool has no graphical interface.\n\nThe project is licensed under GPL-3.0, and its code is public on GitHub. It suits people who already work in a terminal and want the journal in a text file they control. Compared with Day One or Journey, jrnl has no phone apps, and its README describes no sync service."
        }
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        "Only Journey runs on Windows.",
        "Only Journey runs on macOS.",
        "Only Journey runs on iOS.",
        "Only Journey runs on Android.",
        "Only Journey runs on Web.",
        "jrnl is open source; Journey is not.",
        "Journey: free plan, paid upgrades. jrnl: free and open source."
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                        "lock": "Passcode, Face ID, Touch ID",
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                        "export": "Print entries as eBooks"
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                        "export": "Plain text files"
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