Transcribed on your iPhone
Inkday uses Apple's on‑device speech recognition. Your voice becomes text without touching a server — which is why it works just as well at 30,000 feet as it does at home.
Zero network code in the app. Not "minimal". Zero.
A private voice diary for iPhone
Speak a page a day.
It never leaves your phone.
Tap once, talk for a minute, and your words settle onto a quiet paper page — transcribed on your iPhone, stored on your iPhone, readable only by you.
- On‑device transcription
- Works in airplane mode
- No account, no subscription
Not a habit tracker. Not a social journal. Not another subscription. Just a quiet place to say how the day went.
How it works
Three steps. No typing. No setup.
Inkday removes everything that stands between you and the page. There is no onboarding, no account, no folders to organise — only today, waiting.
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Open and tap
Inkday opens on today. One tap on the ink orb starts recording — no menus, no "new entry" screen.
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Talk it out
Say whatever the day was. Thirty seconds or ten minutes. Tap again when you are done.
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Your page appears
Your iPhone turns speech into text right there, then chooses a soft colour for the day. Nothing is uploaded — it is already on your phone.
Made of paper, not feeds
Everything a diary needs. Nothing a diary doesn't.
Every feature in Inkday earns its place by making the daily page easier to write or easier to find again. No tags, no search bar, no streak counter.
One page a day
Each day is exactly one page. No second entry, no threads, no folders. The constraint is the point: it keeps the diary honest and light.
A timeline you can feel
Your days sit along the bottom edge like a strip of film. Drag through them and each day clicks into place with a soft haptic tick, flipping the page above like a notepad.
Your year in dots
365 small dots. The filled ones are days you spoke. No numbers, no percentages, no red — just the shape of a year, and a tap takes you back to any day.
A mood, found on‑device
After each entry, an on‑device model picks a calm colour and a small icon for the day — a leaf, a cup, a moon. Change it with a tap. The text never leaves the phone to be "understood".
Catch up without guilt
Missed yesterday? Open it and speak. There is no deadline, no warning and no broken streak. A diary should wait for you, not nag you.
Listen back
The original recording stays with the page. Read the words, or hear your own voice from that day — sometimes the tone says more than the text.
Warm paper, day and night
Light mode is cream paper. Dark mode is the same paper at night — warm near‑black, never blue. Both are designed in full, not toggled.
One gentle reminder
If you want it, one quiet notification a day at a time you choose. No badges, no follow‑ups, no "you're on a roll".
Privacy, by construction
Everything stays on your iPhone. Literally.
Most apps promise privacy in a policy. Inkday promises it in the code: there is no server to send anything to. No analytics SDK, no crash reporter, no login, no sync. The app cannot leak your diary because it has no way to.
- No account. Nothing to sign up for, nothing to forget.
- No cloud. Recordings and transcripts live in the app's private storage on your phone.
- No network code. Speech‑to‑text and mood detection run on Apple's on‑device frameworks.
- No tracking. Not on the phone, and not on this website.
- Delete means delete. Removing a page removes the text and the audio file, immediately.
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| Inkday | Typical journaling apps | |
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| Where your entries live | Your iPhone only | Their servers |
| Speech to text | On device | In the cloud |
| Account | None | Required |
| Works offline | Always | Partly, if at all |
| Pricing | Free, one‑time unlock | Monthly subscription |
| Analytics & tracking | None | Usually |
Pricing
Free every day. Pay once if you want the archive.
We don't want a monthly relationship with your diary. Recording and reading the last thirty days is free forever. A single purchase unlocks everything older.
Free
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Everything, for the last 30 days.
- Record one page every day, up to 10 minutes
- On‑device transcription and mood
- Timeline, year view, light & dark
- Read and listen to the last 30 days
- No ads, no account, no trial timer
Lifetime unlock
€4.99 once
Every page you have ever spoken, forever.
- Everything in Free
- Read and listen to every page older than 30 days
- Unlimited history, no expiry
- Restores on any of your future iPhones via the App Store
- No subscription. Ever.
Older pages are never deleted — only locked until you decide. The final price is shown in the App Store and may vary by region.
Questions
Straight answers.
If it is not answered here, it is probably because Inkday simply does not do it — on purpose.
Does Inkday need an internet connection?
No. Inkday contains no network code at all. Recording, speech‑to‑text and mood detection run entirely on your iPhone. It works in airplane mode.
Where are my diary entries stored?
Only on your iPhone, in Inkday's private app storage. Inkday has no servers and never uploads your recordings or transcripts. If you back up your iPhone, entries are included in that backup like any other app data.
Do I need an account?
No. There is no sign‑up, no login and no email address. You open the app and speak.
Is Inkday a subscription?
No. Inkday is free to use every day, and the last 30 days are always readable. A single one‑time purchase of about €4.99 unlocks every older page forever.
What happens to entries older than 30 days if I don't buy the unlock?
They stay on your phone. Nothing is ever deleted — older pages are locked, not lost. You can unlock them at any time.
Which languages can Inkday transcribe?
Inkday uses Apple's on‑device speech recognition, so it transcribes the languages your iPhone supports offline. The language follows your iPhone's settings.
Does Inkday sync to iPad, Mac or iCloud?
No. Inkday is deliberately built for a single iPhone so that nothing ever has to leave it. There is no iCloud sync, no export and no sharing.
Which iPhone do I need?
Inkday requires iOS 26 or later. Transcription and mood detection use Apple’s on-device frameworks. The first time you record in a language, Apple may download a speech model for that language.
Can I delete an entry?
Yes. Long‑press any page to delete it. Both the transcript and the original audio file are removed from your iPhone immediately.
Tonight, then
One page. One minute. Only yours.
Inkday is a private voice diary for iPhone — on‑device, offline, no account, no cloud, no subscription.
Requires iOS 26 or later. Free to use, €4.99 once for the full archive.