A private journal and encrypted document vault with Apple Intelligence built in. Everything stays on your iPhone — no accounts, no servers, no compromise.
Vault Journal is built around one idea: your most private thoughts deserve real protection, not a pinky promise from a startup.
Write freely with rich text, mood tracking, sleep logs, habit tracking, and custom tags. Lock individual entries with Face ID or Touch ID.
Store passports, contracts, medical records, and sensitive files behind AES-256-GCM encryption. Only you can open them.
Sleep data is automatically pulled from Apple Health and attached to your entries. See how rest affects your mood over time.
Optionally sync your data to iCloud via CloudKit. Enable end-to-end encryption so even Apple sees only ciphertext.
Speak your thoughts. On-device speech recognition transcribes your voice into journal entries — nothing leaves your phone.
Export your journal as JSON, PDF, or plain text whenever you want — no lock-in. Automate entry creation and navigation with Siri Shortcuts and the Apple Shortcuts app.
Powered by Apple Intelligence and Foundation Models — running entirely on-device on iOS 26. No data is ever sent to a server.
Get contextual writing prompts and suggestions as you journal, based on your mood and recent entries.
Discover recurring themes, emotional patterns, and habits across your journal entries over time.
Every week, get a structured summary of your mood trends, highlights, and personal growth moments.
Automatically detect the emotional tone of your entries and track how your mood shifts over time.
Understand which habits correlate with your best days and get intelligent insights to build better routines.
AI scans your vault documents for expiry dates and reminds you before passports, IDs, or contracts expire.
Get a one-line AI summary for any entry — useful for quickly browsing your journal history.
Record voice memos and let AI transcribe and clean them into polished journal entries automatically.
Generate a personal, conversational narrative about your emotional journey over any time period.
Policies can change overnight. Architecture can't. Vault Journal is built so that sharing your data is technically impossible — not just against the rules.
Every entry and document is encrypted at rest using AES-256-GCM via Apple's CryptoKit. Your data is unreadable without your key.
The app locks with Face ID or Touch ID. Individual entries can be locked separately for an extra layer of control.
No email. No password. No profile. Nothing is tied to your identity. Just install and start writing.
All Apple Intelligence features run locally using Foundation Models on iOS 26. Your journal entries never leave your phone for AI processing.
Optional iCloud backup via CloudKit. Enable end-to-end encryption and even Apple only sees opaque ciphertext in your container.
Export everything you've written at any time. Your data is yours — no hostage-taking, no proprietary formats.
Core journaling is always free. Premium unlocks AI features, iCloud sync, habit tracking, and more.
| Free | Premium | |
|---|---|---|
| Unlimited journal entries | ✓ | ✓ |
| Mood tracking | ✓ | ✓ |
| Tags & search | ✓ | ✓ |
| Biometric app lock | ✓ | ✓ |
| Daily reminders | ✓ | ✓ |
| Data export (JSON, PDF, text) | ✓ | ✓ |
| Document vault | 3 files | Unlimited |
| Habit tracking | — | ✓ |
| Sleep logging (Apple Health) | — | ✓ |
| Locked entries | — | ✓ |
| Screenshot protection | — | ✓ |
| iCloud backup & E2E sync | — | ✓ |
| All 9 Apple Intelligence features | — | ✓ |
| Voice transcription | — | ✓ |
| Siri Shortcuts | — | ✓ |
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Download Vault Journal free. No account, no setup — just open the app and write. Upgrade to Premium when you're ready.
Requires iOS 26 · iPhone only · Free with optional Premium