StoryPad is an open source, privacy-focused, local-first journal that lets you capture your life: notes, thoughts, emotions, and memories on a single, continuous timeline. No folders. No tabs. Just your life, beautifully organized.
📝 Fully Customizable Writing
- Bold, italic, underline, strikethrough
- Text color, background color, highlights
- Quotes, checklists, ordered/unordered lists
- Text alignment, indentation, links
- Support for multiple fonts, adjustable font sizes & weight
🕓 Throwback Memories
Revisit what you wrote on this exact day - 1, 2, or even 3 years ago.
Reflect on how far you’ve come and respond to your past self, right from your timeline.
📌 Throwbacks appear only if you’ve written something on this day in a previous year or a few years ago.
📸 Photo Memories
- Add multiple photos per page
- Align photos left, right, center, or full-width
- Image previews included in export
🗓 Mood & Activity Insights
- Express exactly how you feel using any emoji from your system keyboard
- Track your mental well-being over time with mood history and calendar view
📄 Multi-Page Entries
- Add multiple pages inside 1 entry
- With multiple layouts to fit your writing style
- Great for journaling prompts, novels, long-form writing, and daily notes
🔖 Organization & Search
- Tag, bookmark, or pin important stories to the top.
- Fast search by title, tag, year, or content.
🔐 Privacy First
- Lock with PIN, FaceID, or fingerprint
- Security question recovery
- Everything stays on your device unless you choose to sync
☁️ Backup & Sync
- Direct sync with your private Google Drive folder - only you can see it
- Works offline anytime
- One-tap local export for safe backup
🎨 Make It Yours
- Choose from serene environments, animals, and textures.
- Personalized Fonts: Select and style 1,300+ Google Fonts.
- Custom Themes: 20+ colors with automatic Light & Dark modes.
📤 Export & Portability
- Universal Formats: Export to Text, Markdown, or StoryPad format.
- Obsidian Ready: Fully compatible with Obsidian and other markdown editors.
- Offline Backup: Import or export your entire journal locally at any time.
- Easy Sharing: Share stories directly to X, Facebook, or with friends.
🌍 Accessible for All
- Available in 20+ languages
- Open-source for full transparency