Clearful vs Journey

Clearful is a digital journaling app for personal growth, mindfulness, and mental health. It offers more than 400 guided journals, prompts, and templates, plus a Flow Editor with over 14 formatting options, including headings, lists, checklists, quotes, dividers, and links. Users can make custom templates and organize guided journals into collections. Rediscover brings older entries back into view, and AI-enhanced reviews summarize journal activity and insights. Clearful runs on iPhone, iPad, Mac, Android, and the web, with entries syncing across devices. On iOS, Apple's on-device Journaling Suggestions API can add suggested moments to entries. The maker says entries are encrypted on the device, in transit using TLS, and at rest by its cloud computing platform. Privacy tools include biometric authentication, entry locks, and device access management; the maker also says it does not show ads or sell data. The free plan is available indefinitely with unlimited entries. Clearful Pro costs $9.99 a month, and a 7-day trial is listed.

Journey is a journaling app for recording entries with photos, videos, audio, GIFs, and music. It supports offline access, search and filters, and end-to-end encryption for journal data. Privacy options include a passcode and device biometrics. You can collaborate in shared journals or share selected entries through links that open in a browser. Prompts, templates, and more than 60 guided coach programs cover reflection, self-improvement, healthy living, and planning; Odyssey AI can answer questions about life patterns, moods, and progress toward goals. Journey connects with Google Places, Apple Maps, Apple Health, Zapier, email, and WhatsApp. Free use is available indefinitely. Annual membership is $4.17 per month, billed annually, and includes 10GB of cloud storage, 5,000 entries, and up to 20 media files per entry. Membership works across Android, iOS, Mac, Windows, web, Chrome OS, and Linux. After cancellation, access lasts until the next payment is due; cancelled subscriptions are not refunded.