Product facts
DiaryThreads at a glance.
The essentials of a private diary and journal app for iPhone, iPad, and Mac: what you can write, where it stays, and how to return to it.
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What is DiaryThreads?
DiaryThreads is a private diary for your own writing and memories. Write ordinary entries of any length for free, continue them with replies and quotes, and return through search, dates, and insights. Choose Premium for the advanced tools listed below.
At a glance
- Platforms
- iPhone · iOS 18+; iPad · iPadOS 18+; Mac · macOS 15+
- Languages
- 1.8: English, Simplified Chinese, Taiwan-style Traditional Chinese, Russian, German, Spanish, French, Japanese, and Korean
- Writing model
- Unlimited ordinary entry length and count; free Articles with body up to 20,000 characters
- Media
- Up to nine photos, one video, or one voice recording per entry
- Storage
- Local-first; complete app-owned visual media copies on iPhone and iPad
- Free access
- Unlimited ordinary entries, replies, quotes, and basic Articles
- Premium
- Premium adds files, handwriting on iPhone and iPad, all topic and people insights, favorites, Your Trends, Thread Growth, Emotion Trajectory on supported mobile devices, private iCloud sync, sharing, local import and export, and five widgets. Ordinary entry length and entry count are unlimited for everyone.
- Release
- Available now on the App Store · Version 1.8
What is new in 1.8
Version 1.8 refreshes People on iPhone and iPad, adds recent Apple workouts to mobile entries and Articles, and expands custom and Analytics widgets on supported systems.
On iPhone and iPad, new photos, videos, and Live Photos are copied into the app before publication. A completed copy stays available after its Photos original is removed. Earlier attachments may need permission or a retry to finish migration.
Write now. Continue later.
An entry can stand alone, continue through replies, or bring an older moment into today through a quote. Open its body to read the entry and follow its replies; the original keeps its content and date.
Find your way back
On mobile, move between Home, Search, Analytics, and Interactions; open Favorites separately from Home. Search, Calendar, rediscovery, Topics, People, and on-device insights offer different paths back to the writing on your device.
Choose what to share
Premium turns text, quote, photo, and photo-only root entries into Single Entry posters. Where the content is available, Quote Chain and Related Entries keep the surrounding story and photos together. Sharing begins with your chosen export action.
Bring writing in. Take it with you.
Premium local import supports common text and document formats, structured files, PDFs with text or OCR, and recognized X, Instagram, and Facebook archive ZIPs. Dates supplied by the source are preserved. The Share Extension sends text, a link, or up to nine images to your local draft inbox.
Beta export creates a photo-aware DOCX or Markdown ZIP. Imported Content Management lets you remove imported threads and import the same source again.
A few things worth knowing
Is DiaryThreads a social network?
No. It is a private, single-user diary with no followers, public profile, public discovery, advertising, or external accounts.
Does the current release support iPad and Mac?
Yes. Version 1.8 supports iPhone with iOS 18+, iPad with iPadOS 18+, and Mac with macOS 15+.
Can free users keep existing entries?
Yes. Ordinary entries, replies, quotes, and basic Articles have no free entry-count limit. Ordinary entry text is also unlimited. Premium adds advanced capabilities.
DiaryThreads
A timeline of your own.
Write ordinary entries of any length, with no entry-count limit. Start on your iPhone, iPad, or Mac.
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