JournalWrite vs Foxlore
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
JournalWrite
This app offers a private and distraction-free space for writing journal entries. It helps users build consistent habits by tracking streaks and visualizing progress with clear insights, all while remaining fully offline and ad-free.
- Distraction-free writing experience
- Offline journaling
- No ads or accounts required
- Track journaling streaks
- Visualize progress with insights
- Explore entry trends
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JournalWrite provides a clean, distraction-free journaling experience designed to help you stay consistent, reflect privately, and visualize your progress over time. Track streaks, view meaningful insights, and build a stronger journaling habit - all without ads, accounts, or clutter. SIMPLE BY DESIGN - Clean, distraction-free writing experience - No ads, no clutter, no paywalls - Focused journaling for capturing your thoughts and reflecting clearly POWERFUL STATS - Track your journaling streaks and records - Visualize your progress with clean insights - Explore trends across all journal entries - Stay motivated with clear progress over time PRIVATE & OFFLINE - Your entries stay on your device - Fully offline journaling - No account required - No personal data collected If you enjoy journaling, tracking your growth, and keeping your thoughts private, JournalWrite is built for you.
Foxlore
This app offers private note-taking with on-device AI for intelligent search and content understanding. It supports markdown, rich text, and secure note locking, with all data processed locally for maximum privacy. Enjoy a one-time purchase for all features and future updates.
- On-device AI for search and image understanding
- Semantic and keyword search
- Full markdown with rich text editing
- Note linking and backlinks
- Face ID/Touch ID protected notes
- Optional end-to-end encrypted iCloud sync
- One-time purchase, no subscription
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Foxlore is a private, intelligent notebook that helps you capture ideas, connect knowledge, and rediscover what you know. • Write with rich Markdown, including tables, LaTeX equations, lists, callouts, code blocks and inline images. • Browse your library as a streamlined note stream with focused notes and compact previews. • Organize notes using nested tags and reusable Include, Require and Exclude filters. • Find information using exact-word and semantic search, or discover related ideas with Find Similar. • Generate on-device summaries on supported devices. • Attach locations, calendar events, audio and PDFs—then search their extracted content. • Create links between notes and attachments. • Zoom into images with familiar pinch gestures. • Protect sensitive notes by locking tags with Face ID or Touch ID. • Import and export Markdown, or export individual notes as paginated PDFs. • Keep your library synchronized through iCloud, with automatic local backups. Privacy is fundamental to Foxlore. Search, indexing, image captions and AI features run on your device. Foxlore does not send your notes or searches to a hosted AI service. When iCloud sync is enabled, your library is synchronized privately using Apple’s CloudKit.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: JournalWrite at none against Foxlore's 1. Foxlore's advantage is update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 2 months). On price, rating, ratings volume and ads there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Foxlore sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. JournalWrite asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for JournalWrite against 5.0 for Foxlore. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 2 respectively.
JournalWrite ships an update every 2 months, Foxlore every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 9, 2026 and September 25, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | JournalWrite | Foxlore |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (3 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 3 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, Mac |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 17.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 9 MB | 56 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Jacob Kappler | Searchliness |
Customer experience
JournalWrite
Foxlore
In-app purchases
JournalWrite
No in-app purchases
Foxlore
- Unlock Foxlore$14.99









