# Daily Diary: Journal & Mood — Write Your Daily Journal

> Write Your Daily Journal (iPhone/iPad app by Gunawan Santoso.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/daily-diary-journal-and-mood/id6771033056 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [Gunawan Santoso](https://appshunter.io/developer/1843786072)
- Category: Lifestyle, Health & Fitness
- Price: Free
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 13.0 · 36 MB
- Languages: American English
- Released: 2026-05-21
- Data updated: 2026-07-20
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/daily-diary-journal-and-mood/id6771033056/reviews.md

## What is Daily Diary?

Daily Diary is a beautiful journal for the writer in you. Capture today's story, save the photos that go with it, and build a written record of your year — one entry at a time.

Whether you journal every day or only when you have something to say, Daily Diary makes writing feel effortless and looking back feel like flipping through a real notebook.

A journal you'll actually want to write in
- Free-form entries with title, body, photos, and tags
- Daily writing prompts for when the page feels blank
- Drop-cap reading view that feels like a real notebook
- Editorial serif typography with six accent colors
- Rich-text formatting that stays out of your way

Build your story, day by day
- Title each entry or let the date speak for itself
- Tag entries by topic — travel, work, family, ideas
- Search every word you've ever written
- Edit, revisit, and re-read whenever you want

Memories worth keeping
- Up to 10 photos per entry
- Captions, locations, and weather (optional)
- On This Day flashbacks resurface entries from your past
- Long-form photo strips beside the words that go with them

See the shape of your year
- Calendar view with every written day marked
- Year in Pixels — your year as a mood-colored grid
- Writing streak with best-streak record
- 30-day mood bar to spot patterns at a glance

Mood tracking, when you want it
- One-tap mood log: Awful, Bad, Okay, Good, Great
- Tag the feeling: warm, steady, grateful, restless, tired
- Mood lives alongside writing, never in place of it

Designed for daily writing
- No ads while you write — the page is yours
- Soft cream paper, calm typography, zero clutter
- Light and dark themes, with system follow
- Optional PIN lock for peace of mind
- Works fully offline — start writing the moment you open it

Daily Diary is free to download. Start your first entry today.


## Version history (last 4 releases)

### 1.0.4 — 2026-07-14

What's new in 1.0.4:
- Smoother, more polished animations throughout
- Entries now open with a gentle expand-into-view transition
- Your home screen eases in as you arrive
- Small fixes and reliability improvements

### 1.0.3 — 2026-06-14

What's new in 1.0.3:
- Redesigned Today screen — more compact, brighter, and easier to use
- Brighter cover illustrations that shift with the time of day
- Cleaner photo attachments in the editor
- Small fixes and polish

### 1.0.2 — 2026-06-13

Smoother writing & reliability fixes

- New editor formatting: bullet, numbered, and checklist items with smart auto-continue
- Cleaner, easier-to-reach writing toolbar
- Your entries now always save — even when you leave with the back button
- Polished bottom sheets and small design fixes throughout

### 1.0.1 — 2026-05-22

No release notes.

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All apps by Gunawan Santoso: https://appshunter.io/developer/1843786072

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