Diary
Diary is a free, open-source notes app for Android. Personal diary or journal. It has 307 GitHub stars and is released under the GPL-3.0-only license, and you can install it from F-Droid and Google Play.
About Diary
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.
Privacy and F-Droid
F-Droid builds Diary from its published source code and flags anti-features such as ads, tracking or reliance on non-free services.
No anti-features flagged on the latest F-Droid build.
Screenshots
Screenshots from the app's F-Droid listing.
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What is Diary?
Diary is a free, open-source notes app for Android. Personal diary or journal. It has 307 GitHub stars and is released under the GPL-3.0-only license, and you can install it from F-Droid and Google Play.
Is Diary free and open source?
Yes. Diary's source code is public on GitHub under the GPL-3.0-only license, which is OSI-approved or FSF-free. F-Droid, which builds it from source, flags no anti-features such as ads or tracking on its latest build.
How do I install Diary?
You can install Diary from F-Droid (package org.billthefarmer.diary) and from Google Play; the links are on this page. Its GitHub repository also publishes releases (latest: v1.105).
Is Diary still maintained?
The repository's most recent commit was on May 22, 2026. Its F-Droid listing was last updated on Mar 13, 2024. appsgit only lists apps whose repository had a commit in the last six months.