Ullam vs DayTrace

Ullam is a calm, private diary for your daily thoughts. No account, no tracking, no servers reading your life — your journal is stored on your iPhone and synced only through your own iCloud. WRITE WITHOUT WORRY • Beautiful, distraction-free editor with rich text, photos and your own emojis • A warm day/night theme that follows the time of day • Color-code each entry by mood, and tag it with a category PRIVATE BY DESIGN • Lock any diary with its own PIN — locked diaries are encrypted with AES-256, using a key derived from your PIN • Face ID / Touch ID unlocks the app; every hidden diary always asks for its PIN • Hidden diaries stay out of your main list and never open without their own PIN • Everything else is protected by your iPhone's built-in data protection and stays on your device or in your personal iCloud. We never see it. FIND ANY MEMORY • Calendar view of your month, with mood at a glance • Filter the calendar by category to instantly find what you wrote • Track your writing streak and daily word goal • Home & Lock Screen widgets: streak, mood, daily goal and a fresh writing prompt OWN YOUR DATA • Start faster with templates: Gratitude, Daily Review, Travel Log, Dream and Goals • Export an encrypted backup protected by a password only you know, and restore it on this or a new device • Share any single entry as Markdown • Moving from Day One? Import your JSON export, photos and tags included — or a folder of Markdown or text notes BRING YOUR DAY IN • Journaling Suggestions on iPhone: pick a moment from your day — photos, places, music, workouts — and Ullam adds it to your entry. Only what you choose is shared with Ullam. • Optionally save each day's mood to Apple Health as State of Mind. Ullam never reads your Health data, and moods in PIN-locked diaries stay in Ullam. ON-DEVICE AI (PREMIUM) • A writing assistant that helps you continue, rephrase or reflect, plus tag suggestions — running entirely on your device • Requires an iPhone that supports Apple Intelligence, on iOS 26 or later FREE & PREMIUM Ullam is free for up to 10 notes, with multiple and hidden diaries, iCloud sync, widgets and mood insights included. Ullam Premium unlocks unlimited notes, the on-device AI writing assistant, your own templates and PDF export. Choose yearly ($14.99/year) or monthly ($1.99/month), each with a 7-day free trial, or buy Lifetime once for $29.99 — no subscription. Start writing today. Your story is worth keeping — privately. Privacy Policy: https://kaspar.works/ullam/privacy Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Some days feel ordinary—until they become the moments you miss most. DayTrace is a warm, private journal for keeping the life you are actually living. Save a sentence, a set of photos, a video, or simply how the day felt. Over time, those small moments become a personal story you can revisit through your timeline and calendar. CAPTURE A DAY YOUR WAY Write freely and add photos, videos, or Live Photos. Enrich each entry with a mood, weather, time, and place, then favorite the moments you want close at hand. SEE YOUR LIFE TAKE SHAPE Follow recent days along a visual timeline and see recorded moments at a glance on your monthly calendar. Monthly stats and gentle prompts help reveal your own rhythm. LOCAL-FIRST BY DESIGN Your journal text, moods, and media are stored locally on your device by default. DayTrace currently includes no advertising SDKs and no cross-app behavioral tracking. Location is used for place and weather only after you grant permission, and manual entry remains available. MAKE THE SPACE YOURS Choose from 12 visual themes and customize page artwork and motion to give your journal a look that feels personal. CELEBRATE SHOWING UP Watch your recorded days, streak, photos, and videos grow over time. Thirty achievements mark meaningful firsts and longer rhythms—from your first entry and mood to a growing archive of everyday life. MORE THAN A JOURNAL Keep a wishlist, check in with habits, start a quiet focus timer, or catch an idea in a quick note. Write deeply when you can; save one small thing when you cannot. Your day does not have to be extraordinary to be worth remembering. Start with today.