Let me quickly introduce you to "Made my day" - a minimalistic journal app
No subscription
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Most of the apps I already tested in the past year require some sort of monthly/yearly subscription to get all features
and fully use the app. *Made my day* is and will always be without a subscription.
Standard format
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There is nothing worse than a proprietary file format and no (or complicated) way to export your data in case you ever want to switch apps.
I decided to use Markdown because it is pretty widely known and it is really easy to convert to other formats like HTML or Word.
Full file control
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Personal journal entries are very sensitive files. Because of that I think it just make sense to give full control to the end user. Dont rely on custom cloud solutions - everything is just stored locally on your system in a directory that you specify.
* Want to save everything on your iCloud? Just select a directory in your *Documents* / *Desktop* directory (depending on your cloud settings)
* Google Drive? Dropbox? ... ? Everything is possible
* Even saving everything on an USB drive so no data is on your PC is really easy
* And for the developers out there you can also use private repository
Free themes
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Lots of great and free to use themes. There are going to be even more themes in the future
GDPR
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There are no external resources that get loaded. No HTTP requests are made. No user registration. **Everything runs locally**.
tl;dr: No personal user data is collected or saved