Could be perfect but for two things
Decent diary apps are hard to come by. Many charge large subscritions but not an awful lot, while most of the free ones are too basic or full of ads. This ticks most of the boxes for me: very reasonable subscription, mobile apps and web so you can use it on all your devices, and you control the data - not the app developer or cloud provider, plus a simple clear interface that allows you to add tags, location and photos. Its plain text only - no formatting, bold. italics etc but that is fine for me. There are two big problems for me though: One is search. I keep an electronic diary so I can find things again but this has only sinple word search. So if you want to find entries containing, say Christmas Tree, it will find Christmas tree but also Christmas, Tree, Christ, Chris etc etc. This makes it pretty useless in terms of ability to find things. You can add tags and search by them as well as by date but that only gets you so far. The other issue is that there appears to be no support or development. It rarely if ever goes wrong (once or twice its been briefly unavailable online) but if you have a problem/issue you are unlikely to get any response and the Facebook page is pretty barren. I’d happily pay more for a decent search and to get rid of the feeling that it might just disappear one day. In the meantime, take regular backups!
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Great backbone but unfriendly user interface
It has great features. You can tag, store in folders, have multiple entries on same day. But There is something very imperfect about its layout - It doesn’t link up tags in a manner that ensures continuity. It destroys flow between days and months.
In summary, diaro checks all the boxes of desired features but the sum of the parts has much room for improvement. If renovated, it’ll likely be the best one around!
In summary, diaro checks all the boxes of desired features but the sum of the parts has much room for improvement. If renovated, it’ll likely be the best one around!
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2000 entries and going
As the title suggests, I’ve been keeping a daily diary for over 5 years and am up to about 2000 entries: Diaro has been perfect for me. Great tagging, ability to add photos, etc… couldn’t ask for more.
Useful, but missing important elements
I enjoy using this diary. I use it mainly as an annotable Calendar, which allows me to write extensively on whatever appointments or information I wish to record for that day. It is set up in a convenient way. It is easy to figure out how to add and remove elements from postings.
However, for my uses, it should open up to the current date, not just show a calendar of all dates from sometimes one month back from the current date. Also, the small calendar does not advance from one month to the next, so in June, I am still seeing half of the calendar of May. And it would be helpful to have a way to select which month to show. Rather than just scrolling and scrolling.
The main box scrolling function is useful, but it should start at the current date, not start by showing postings from August or whatever.
However, for my uses, it should open up to the current date, not just show a calendar of all dates from sometimes one month back from the current date. Also, the small calendar does not advance from one month to the next, so in June, I am still seeing half of the calendar of May. And it would be helpful to have a way to select which month to show. Rather than just scrolling and scrolling.
The main box scrolling function is useful, but it should start at the current date, not start by showing postings from August or whatever.
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Best Journal Notes
This is the best diary Journal out there. I’ve been using it for over four years now. I use it as my Personal journal very simple, lovely and friendly user interface. And all my notes are stored in the cloud accessible anywhere. The subscription is affordable (mind blowing). I highly recommend it. Thank you guys keep up the good work.
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