# Wayside - Fantasy Journaling — A grimdark fantasy journal.

> A grimdark fantasy journal. (iPhone/iPad app by ANDREW JOHN HART.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/wayside-fantasy-journaling/id6799624112 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [ANDREW JOHN HART](https://appshunter.io/developer/6799624114)
- Category: Entertainment
- Price: Free
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 15.5 · 90 MB
- Languages: American English
- Released: 2026-10-24
- Data updated: 2026-10-31

## What is Wayside?

Wayside is a grimdark journaling app inspired by old DOS terminals and retro adventure games. It leads you on a daily journey through a bleak but beautiful landscape, with diverse characters and settings along the way.

A grimdark journey as you journal:
Each day brings a new setting with new art, animations and effects. After traveling for a while, you will discover new biomes with new characters to meet. Biomes include:
- The Windswept Plains
- The Tenebrous Forest
- The Abandoned City

A range of characters to meet along the way
- The scribe keeps a record of your thoughts so you can return to them.
- The dreamer holds things you want to remember. A quote, a task, an idea or anything else.
- The explorer offers new adventures beyond those included in the base version.

Wayside is privacy first:
- What you write is saved only on your device, in the app's private storage, and is never transmitted anywhere.
- Your data is always easily exportable into a portable .md format. Your data is always just yours and is never stuck inside the app.
- You can delete everything from the menu inside the app, or by uninstalling it.

## Is Wayside safe?

Not enough ratings yet to assess Wayside.

## Is Wayside legit?

Wayside - Fantasy Journaling has limited verification signals. The AppsHunter Legitimacy Score for Wayside is 58 out of 100 points across 7 verification signals from App Store and developer data.


## Version history (last 2 releases)

### 1.0.1 — 2026-10-24

Just changing the name to remove placeholder text

### 1.0 — 2026-10-24

No release notes.

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