# Viviary: Photo Diary & Journal — Private voice diary, no AI

> Private voice diary, no AI (iPhone/iPad app by RUI QI.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/viviary-photo-diary-and-journal/id6757191208 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [RUI QI](https://appshunter.io/developer/1772461223)
- Category: Lifestyle, Productivity
- Price: Free with in-app purchases
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 26.0 · 6 MB
- Languages: American English, French (France), German (Germany), Japanese, Korean, Chinese (Simplified, China), Chinese (Traditional, Taiwan), Vietnamese
- Released: 2026-04-02
- Data updated: 2026-11-05

## What is Viviary?

No AI, no account, and you can buy it once and keep it.

Some days you want to remember properly: where you were, what the light looked like, what someone said. Viviary is a private diary for those days. Write a few lines, add the photos you took, record a voice note, and it all goes onto one timeline you can scroll back through.

WRITE IT DOWN
• Headings, lists, quotes, bold and links when you want them, plain text when you don't
• Photos and videos from your library or the camera, with the date and place they were taken
• Voice notes, turned into text
• Date, place and weather filled in for you
• Writing about yesterday? Use the time and place your photo was taken
• Undo and redo while you write
• Tags, and search across every entry

LOOK BACK
• Entries grouped by day, or a calendar with a photo on every day you wrote
• Tap an empty day in the calendar to write about it
• On This Day: what you wrote on the same date in earlier years
• Widgets for the Home Screen and Lock Screen
• A daily reminder at the time you pick, if you want one
• Start an entry from Shortcuts, Siri, the Action button or Control Center

KEEP IT TO YOURSELF
• No account. Your diary is stored on your device
• No AI reads your entries, and nothing goes to a server of ours
• Deleted entries wait in Recently Deleted for 30 days
• Coming from Day One or Apple Journal? Import their export files
• Lock the app with Face ID, Touch ID or a PIN
• Export everything as Markdown, photos included, whenever you like

VIVIARY PREMIUM
• iCloud Sync between your iPhone and iPad
• Automatic iCloud Backup, photos and voice notes included
• Private Space: a second lock with its own PIN, for entries you'd rather keep off the timeline
• PDF Diary Book: a year of entries laid out as a printable book
Premium is available as a monthly or yearly subscription, or as a one-time purchase. Without it you can still read every entry, and restoring a backup is always free.

Terms of Use: https://viviary.rui.cv/terms
Privacy Policy: https://viviary.rui.cv/privacy

## Pricing and in-app purchases

Base price: Free.

**Subscriptions**

| Subscription | Price | Period |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Premium Monthly | $1.99 | per month |
| Premium Yearly | $9.99 | per year |

**One-time purchases**

| Purchase | Price | Type |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Lifetime | $19.99 | one-time |


## Is Viviary safe?

Not enough ratings yet to assess Viviary.

## Is Viviary legit?

Viviary: Photo Diary & Journal appears legitimate, with a few gaps. The AppsHunter Legitimacy Score for Viviary is 70 out of 100 points across 7 verification signals from App Store and developer data.


## Version history (last 5 releases)

### 2.1.2 — 2026-11-04

A new welcome, a tidier New Entry button on iOS 26, and your voice note now appears as soon as you stop recording.

### 2.1.1 — 2026-10-31

Fixed a crash that could happen when turning iCloud Sync on or off. Photos now fade in smoothly instead of flashing. Small improvements.

### 2.1.0 — 2026-10-29

• Calendar: every day you wrote, shown with its photo. Tap an empty day to write about it
• Recently Deleted: restore a deleted entry for up to 30 days
• Undo and redo in the editor
• Photos keep the order you picked them in, and an entry can take the photo's date and place
• Import entries from Day One or Apple Journal
• Shortcuts, Siri and Control Center buttons for a quick entry or voice note

### 2.0.0 — 2026-10-29

Viviary 2.0 is rebuilt from scratch as a native app.
• Your entries, photos, voice notes, tags and settings move over on first launch
• New: iCloud Sync, On This Day, widgets, daily reminder, PDF Diary Book, camera
• A faster editor that handles Japanese, Chinese and Korean input properly
• Now available in Traditional Chinese
• Lots of fixes, including entry dates, photo details, voice playback and search

### 1.0.1 — 2026-04-03

v1.0.1 - Multilingual improvements

• Improved multilingual support across the app
• Enhanced translation quality and coverage
• Bug fixes and stability improvements

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