Personal diary or journal
About this app
Write down what you did, your ideas, your dreams... This application will help you keep it ordered by date like a traditional journal or personal diary.
What you write is saved on your device in plain text files, so it's easy to backup and you can open the files with other applications.
Includes basic functionality for browsing the old entries.
* Available in English, Catalan, Spanish, Italian, Japanese, German, French, Polish, Brazilian Portuguese, Dutch and simplified Chinese. * Choice of date picker calendars * Diary entries may use markdown formatting * Optional index page * Optional entry template * Display media stored in diary folders * Display OpenStreetMap maps * Add media from media providers * Receive media from other apps * Receive geo uris from other apps * Incremental search of diary entries * Add events to calendar * Add events from calendar * Show today's entry in app widget * Dark or light theme for editing * Back up entries to a zip file * Optional edit cursor position control
Forked from [https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/diary.git] Updated for android 4 and later.
Licensed under GPL-3.0-only, by Bill Farmer.
What's New in v1.105
Imported from the F-Droid repository index.
- * Prevent empty diary folder
- * Update icon
Version history
Mar 13, 2024 · 0.2 MB · Android API 21–28 · code 1105
Imported from the F-Droid repository index.
- * Prevent empty diary folder
- * Update icon
SHA-256 979e8cd8702ab5c0440c2cd094de0d6bdf109632857002966e62af5e9add93ef
Dec 16, 2023 · 0.2 MB · Android API 21–28 · code 1104
Imported from the F-Droid repository index.
- * Update icon
- * Update search
SHA-256 b0266ba50f25974569730a11256a0fd317175a21f2180f7c3e8f4be7fbb6be6b
Nov 13, 2023 · 0.3 MB · Android API 14–28 · code 1103
Imported from the F-Droid repository index.
- * Update icons
- * Add extended selection preference
SHA-256 2f0df91989e940795ed9f72eda1b2a678c06138566cc54dac18e7bcf7b26bd75
Will it run on your device?
73%
- Runs on a broad range of modern Android versions.
- ABI coverage is focused on newer 64-bit devices.
Installation Guide
Open Settings on your Android device
Go to Security → Unknown sources (or Install unknown apps)
Enable "Allow from this source" for your browser or file manager
Open the downloaded APK file from your Downloads folder
Tap "Install" and wait for installation to complete
Launch the app from your home screen
Make sure to re-enable Unknown Sources restrictions after installation for security.
How to install this safely
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How to roll back to an earlier version
If the current release misbehaves, 1.104 is the last build before it. Android will not install an older version code over a newer one, so you must uninstall Diary first — which clears its local data unless you have a backup. Reinstall the older APK only if its signing fingerprint matches the build you already trust, and check the API range: an older release may target an Android version your device has moved past.
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Source code
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App Information
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SHA-256 Hash
979e8cd8702ab5c0440c2cd094de0d6bdf109632857002966e62af5e9add93ef
Signing certificate
48277c5c97d05c8caa4adc8dd796dacedcbb88d42db9c9b44a6dba8ca96d002b
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