TimePeace is a private alternative to Diarium that keeps your whole life — days, people, meals, travel and gentle habits — in one diary that writes itself from the small things you log. It is a free app, costs nothing today, and reads or sells none of what you write.
Diarium is a well-made journal that gathers your day from many sources and lets you pay once to own it, and on Windows especially it shines. If you would rather keep everything in one private diary on your phone, here is how the two line up.
Honest and fair: every app here does something well, and the table is a starting point, not a scoreboard — no star ratings. Prices and platforms were checked in June 2026 and can change.
Diarium does a lot for a one-time price: it pulls your day together from many sources, keeps your entries on your own machine, and its Windows app in particular is polished and deep. If you want a pay-once journal that you own outright, it is a fine choice. TimePeace is built to keep the whole of your life in one private diary that goes where your phone goes, writes itself from the small things you log, and keeps a gentle streak that never shames.
Yes, if you want your diary on your phone. Diarium is a capable pay-once journal you keep on your own machine; TimePeace keeps your whole life — people, meals, travel, habits and your written days — in one private diary that writes itself and syncs across your devices, free.
TimePeace is a free app on the App Store and on Google Play. It has no Windows or Mac app, so if a desktop journal is what you want, Diarium is the stronger fit.
Yes. Entries are built on your own device, sealed end-to-end when you sync, and with encryption on locked to a key only you hold — so nothing reads your diary but you. You can export all of it whenever you like, so you are never locked in.
It is free today, with no ads and no third-party tracking. You can start with no account at all, and make one only when you want your diary synced and sealed across devices.
Diarium gathers your day on your own machine. TimePeace keeps the whole of your life in one private diary on your phone, writes itself from the small things you log, and stays sealed to you.