A private journal app — text, voice, and a little AI when you want it
tadoy is a daily journal app for iPhone. Long-form text and voice entries stay on your device. Editorial prompts meet you in the morning and again in the evening. An optional AI evening review ties the day together — but only if you turn it on.
What's in the journal
- Text journal — long-form, autosaving, with Markdown-light formatting.
- Voice journal — record and keep the audio; transcription is server-side, never used for training.
- Daily prompts — one in the morning, one in the evening, editorial register.
- Affirmation card — a quiet daily line on the Mind page.
- Photos and snippets — drop in a photo or a quote when it matters.
- Timeline — scroll back through any day, search by text or date.
Why on-device journaling matters
Most journaling apps sync to a cloud; tadoy keeps the journal on the device that wrote it, with no server copy and nothing trained on your entries. Text leaves only when you actively use an AI surface — the message in the moment, not your archive — and the optional evening review sends a short summary, not the full text.
Privacy
Text and voice journal entries live on your device — not synced to tadoy's servers, not used to train any model. The same on-device posture as journal, mood, body and habits. Full detail on the privacy page.
How tadoy compares to other journal apps
- vs Apple Journal — free and photo-led; tadoy adds mood, habits, body, scripture and astrology around the journal. Read the full comparison →
- vs Day One — the gold-standard long-term archive; tadoy is a journal inside a daily reflection page, not journaling-as-archive. Read the full comparison →
- vs Stoic — philosophy-led journaling; tadoy is post-tradition and editorial. Read the full comparison →
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Common questions about the journal
- Is it end-to-end encrypted?
- The journal is on-device by default — we don't sync it to our servers, which is a stronger posture than E2EE cloud sync (there's no server copy at all).
- Can I journal by voice?
- Yes. Record and keep the audio; transcription runs on our server (not on-device) and isn't used for training. Siri intents let you start hands-free.
- Are there daily prompts?
- Yes — one in the morning, one in the evening. Editorial register, tied to that day's signals.
- Does it work offline?
- Yes. The journal works fully offline. Only the AI surfaces need a connection.