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Journay - Encrypt, Share Diary

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E2E encrypted journal. Share story anonymously to strangers, no judge just care

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Total installs
29
exact · Play shows 10+
Installs / day
0
since last crawl
Rating
—★
— ratings · — reviews
Released
17 Jul 2026
3mo ago
Last update
26 Aug 2026
v1.1.0 · 2mo ago
Countries
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not checked yet

Install history

exact counter from Google Play
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Installs per day · last 90 days

00.30.50.8111 Oct12 Oct12 Oct11 Oct: 012 Oct: 0

Change timeline

No changes recorded yet. We compare every crawl with the previous one and list title, icon, screenshots, description, version, price and availability changes here.

Country availability

Availability has not been checked for this app yet. “Check all countries” looks the app up in about 140 Google Play storefronts and shows where it is live, listed but not installable, or missing — plus any country-specific (custom) store listings.

Top countries

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We estimate where downloads come from using the app’s position in Google Play’s top charts in about 140 countries. This app is not in any chart we have collected yet; the estimate appears as soon as it is.

Top chart positions

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App manifest

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Data safety

declared by the developer on Google Play
  • Shares data with third parties Personal info, App activity and 2 others
  • Collects data Location, Personal info and 6 others
  • Data is encrypted in transit
  • You can ask for your data to be deleted

This is the developer's own declaration, summarised from the Play listing. The permissions below show what the app is technically able to access.

Permissions

11 in 4 groups
5 Sensitive2 Notable4 Routine

What this app can do with your phone

  • Record sound using your phone's microphone
  • Read photos, videos, and other files saved in your phone's shared storage
  • Add, change or delete photos, videos and other files in your phone's storage
Photos/Media/FilesSensitive2

Access to photos, videos, music and other files stored on your device

  • Read photos, videos, and other files saved in your phone's shared storageread the contents of your USB storage · READ_EXTERNAL_STORAGE
  • Add, change or delete photos, videos and other files in your phone's storagemodify or delete the contents of your USB storage · WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE
StorageSensitive2

Access to files, photos and media saved on your phone's storage

  • Read photos, videos, and other files saved in your phone's shared storageread the contents of your USB storage · READ_EXTERNAL_STORAGE
  • Add, change or delete photos, videos and other files in your phone's storagemodify or delete the contents of your USB storage · WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE
MicrophoneSensitive1

Access to your phone's microphone to record sound

  • Record sound using your phone's microphonerecord audio · RECORD_AUDIO
OtherNotable6

Access to miscellaneous device features that don't fit other categories

  • Start itself automatically as soon as your phone finishes turning onrun at startup · RECEIVE_BOOT_COMPLETED
  • Keep your phone's processor or screen from going to sleep, which can use more batteryprevent device from sleeping · WAKE_LOCK
  • Check whether you are online and whether you use Wi-Fi or mobile dataview network connections · ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE
  • Connect to the internet to load content and send datafull network access · INTERNET
  • Check with Google Play that you got this app legitimatelyGoogle Play license check · com.android.vending.CHECK_LICENSE
  • Receive push messages sent from the app's servers over the internetreceive data from Internet · com.google.android.c2dm.permission.RECEIVE

Sensitive = can reach personal data, location, camera/mic or act on your behalf. Notable = changes how your device behaves. Routine = normal for almost every app. Source: Google Play's permission list for all versions of this app.

Store listing

Full description
Write privately. Share anonymously. Some thoughts are only for you. Others want to be heard — just not by anyone who knows you. Journay is the journal that holds both. --- YOUR PRIVATE JOURNAL Journay is an end-to-end encrypted diary where your stories live sealed on your device. Not on our servers. Not readable by Journay's team. Only decryptable by you, using your own secret key — a 24-word phrase you generate on first launch. Write however you think: freeform prose, structured notes, a gratitude list, a dream you want to remember, a mood you want to name. Reflect on your day. Confide what you can't say out loud. Add photos and tags. The wellbeing module tracks sleep, energy, or whatever you're watching. Every story stays private until you choose otherwise. No performance pressure, no daily streaks, no notification guilt. Come back when you're ready. Leave gaps. Your journal isn't judging you. Collections organize your writing the way your mind works — daily thoughts, dreams, gratitude, anything that doesn't fit elsewhere. Each collection lives as a floating orb on your home screen. Only you can see inside. --- ANONYMOUS SHARING — TO STRANGERS, NOT FRIENDS Sometimes you need to be heard by someone who doesn't know you. That's what The Stories Feed is for — a hush, safe space to be heard without judgment. Publish a story anonymously. Your real name never appears. Your only identity is an auto-generated pseudonym — something like "Silent Nebula" — permanent and consistent, separate from your real self. Strangers read your story. They resonate (a single, quiet like). They leave whispers — short, anonymous messages that say "I've felt this too." No debate. No judgment. Just care. Unpublish any story instantly. Your writing, your control. What you share is plaintext — anonymous, not encrypted — so readers can read it. What you keep private stays end-to-end encrypted. The two modes are deliberately separate. One important note: your private journal is E2EE — encrypted with a 24-word key only you hold. If you lose it, we genuinely cannot recover your writing — by design. --- A COMMUNITY BUILT ON RESONANCE The Stories Feed shows you stories from people who tag their writing the same way you do. You discover strangers thinking about the same things — grief, gratitude, dreams, feelings with no name — without either of you revealing who you are. Resonate with a story to let the writer know their words landed. Leave a whisper if you have something to say. Anonymous on both ends. No follower counts. No public profile. No metrics to chase. --- END-TO-END ENCRYPTION — HOW IT WORKS Journay uses XChaCha20-Poly1305 encryption. When you write a story, it's encrypted on your device before it leaves your phone. Our servers never see your private writing. Your secret key is a 24-word phrase you generate and store yourself — the only way to decrypt your stories on a new device. Journay doesn't store it. There's no "forgot your key" flow, by design. Write it down and keep it safe: your private diary is yours alone. End-to-end encrypted diaries. Zero-knowledge private journal. Your thoughts are yours. --- NEW YEAR, FRESH START January is the most common time people return to journaling — or start for the first time. Journay is designed for this moment: no streak pressure, no catch-up guilt. Open it on January 1st or January 14th or any day you feel like writing. Your diary will be there, sealed and waiting. --- WHAT JOURNAY IS NOT Journay is not a mood tracker with charts and goals. It's not an AI journaling coach. It's not a social network with followers and likes. It's not a notes app with sync across devices. It's a private diary that happens to have a quiet, anonymous community attached — for when private isn't quite enough. --- DOWNLOAD JOURNAY Write privately. Share anonymously. No streaks, no judgment, no name. Your journal. Your stories. Your rules.

What's new

A big update for your journal: • Write offline — everything syncs when you're back online • Calendar — browse your stories on a month grid • Photos, videos, sketches and voice memos, right inside your writing • Connect Health Connect to prefill your Wellbeing card — off by default, always private • A warmer light theme, flatter design, and polish across all 16 languages

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