# Kartka Journal — Journal that feels like paper

> Journal that feels like paper (iPhone/iPad app by Michal Milczarski.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/kartka-journal/id6792077734 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [Michal Milczarski](https://appshunter.io/developer/6792077736)
- Category: Lifestyle, Productivity
- Price: Free with in-app purchases
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 17.0 · 8 MB
- Languages: American English, Dutch, French (France), German (Germany), Italian, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Brazilian Portuguese, Chinese (Simplified, China) and 3 more
- Released: 2026-07-23
- Data updated: 2026-08-17
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/kartka-journal/id6792077734/reviews.md

## What is Kartka Journal?

Kartka is a journal that feels like paper — calm, warm, and completely yours.

WRITE THE WAY YOU THINK
• A focused editor inspired by classic writing apps: the interface fades away as you write
• Ruled or dotted paper drawn right under your words
• Beautiful writing typefaces, including typewriter and handwriting styles
• Photos, voice notes, moods, tags and checklists inside your entries

YOUR MEMORIES, ORGANIZED
• Multiple journals with their own covers and themes
• Timeline and calendar views of everything you have written
• Powerful search across text, tags, moods and dates
• Memoir: add entries for days long past, seal time capsules for your future self, and bring old photos back to life

TURN YOUR JOURNAL INTO A BOOK
• Export any journal as an elegant PDF book: cover layouts, dedication page, page numbers and chapter styling

PRIVATE BY DESIGN
• End-to-end encryption — your entries are readable only on your devices
• Works fully offline; iCloud sync is optional and encrypted
• Encrypted backups you control

IN YOUR LANGUAGE
• Available in 14 languages

Kartka is free to use with up to 3 journals. One single purchase unlocks everything forever — no subscription, no ads, no tracking.

## Pricing and in-app purchases

Base price: Free.

**One-time purchases**

| Purchase | Price | Type |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Full Version | $6.99 | one-time |



## Version history (last 4 releases)

### 1.40 — 2026-08-16

Reflections: your daily reminder now carries a question instead of a nudge — the same one you see in the widget. Tap it and today's page opens with that question waiting.

Photo gallery on the timeline: switch the view and browse every photo in your journal, month by month. Tap a frame to see it full size and jump to its day.

Music: turn on "Remember what was playing" and the song from the moment you started writing stays with the entry — a small note marks it on the timeline.

Plus home and lock screen widgets, one-tap mood, Shortcuts and Siri, memory anniversary reminders, a countdown to your time capsule and Focus filters.

### 1.35 — 2026-08-03

- Your time capsule now carries photos and voice notes — a letter to your future self can hold more than words. Sealed capsules sync through iCloud, so a letter written on one device waits for you on all of them.

- New here? Try the full version free for 7 days — no payment, no commitment. Afterwards Kartka returns to the free version and every entry, photo and voice note stays exactly where it is.

### 1.34.1 — 2026-07-24

• Faster typing and cursor movement in long entries
• Kartka is now available in Simplified Chinese, Brazilian Portuguese, Turkish and Dutch

### 1.34 — 2026-07-23

No release notes.

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