TimePeace is a private alternative to Diarium that keeps your whole life — days, people, meals, travel and gentle habits — in one diary that writes itself from the small things you log. It runs in any browser with nothing to install, costs nothing today, and reads or sells none of what you write.
Diarium is a well-made journal that gathers your day from many sources and lets you pay once to own it, and on Windows especially it shines. If you would rather keep everything in one private page that opens in any browser with nothing to install, here is how the two line up.
Honest and fair: every app here does something well, and the table is a starting point, not a scoreboard — no star ratings. Prices and platforms were checked in June 2026 and can change.
Diarium does a lot for a one-time price: it pulls your day together from many sources, keeps your entries on your own machine, and its Windows app in particular is polished and deep. If you want a pay-once journal that you own outright, it is a fine choice. TimePeace is built to keep the whole of your life in one private page that opens anywhere, writes itself from the small things you log, and keeps a gentle streak that never shames.
Yes, if you want your diary in any browser with nothing to install. Diarium is a capable pay-once journal you keep on your own machine; TimePeace keeps your whole life — people, meals, travel, habits and your written days — in one private diary that writes itself and opens on any device, free.
No. TimePeace opens in any modern browser, and you can add it to your home screen so it behaves like an app, online or off — one web address instead of a separate download for each kind of computer or phone.
Yes. Entries are built on your own device, sealed end-to-end when you sync, and with encryption on locked to a key only you hold — so nothing reads your diary but you. You can export all of it whenever you like, so you are never locked in.
It is free today, with no ads and no third-party tracking. You can start with no account at all, and make one only when you want your diary synced and sealed across devices.
Diarium gathers your day on your own machine. TimePeace keeps the whole of your life in one private page that opens in any browser, writes itself from the small things you log, and stays sealed to you.