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Release
Say it, then let it go. After a short undo window, the entry and the key that opens it are removed from your journal.
What Stays
Available nowA private journal with an ending.
Not every thought needs a permanent home. Write it or speak it - then choose what happens next: release it, seal it until a date you choose, or keep it on purpose.
Choose the ending
Every entry gets to end the way you decide.
02
Return
Lock it away until a date you choose. It reopens to you - later, when it lands differently.
03
Remember
Deliberately hold on to it. A small, on-purpose collection - not an endless feed.
What it costs
The journal is free, for good: writing, speaking, supported on-device transcription, the three endings, encrypted export and restore, and everything you have already written. There is no account and nothing to renew.
Plus is one purchase, £14.99 in the UK, with no subscription. It adds encrypted sync through your own folder and optional on-device reflection on supported iPhones and Android phones. Reflection is experimental, off by default, and only runs when you ask. Check what your phone supports in Settings before buying. Every install starts with fourteen days of the full product, with no automatic charge when they end. The store shows the price in your own currency before you buy.
Keep a backup you control
Without a copy elsewhere, losing your phone can mean losing your journal. Settings lets you make an encrypted export, locked with a passphrase you keep. Exports are manual. Sync keeps devices in step, including deletions; it is not a substitute for a separate backup.
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WRITE HOW YOU NEED
Write or record
Type when you want to, or record a private voice note when you do not. You still decide what happens to it next.
PRIVATE BY DEFAULT
Private & accountless
No sign-up, no cloud by default. Your entries live on your device - nobody's mining them.
Download What Stays.
Available for iPhone and Android. The iPhone app needs iOS 15 or newer.