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Retro Journal
Local-first journaling with retro game vibes.
Retro Journal turns your life into save points and checkpoints. Write quick entries for everyday saves, mark checkpoints for big moments. Local-first, exports to Markdown/JSON, free forever. Optional $5.99 one-time unlock for cloud sync. iOS + Android.
Top comment
Hey Product Hunt 👋 I'm Renato, solo dev behind Retro Journal. I've been playing video games since I was a kid, and I've always noticed how game concepts map onto real life. A few years ago I came across the famous videos of "Internet Checkpoints", people posting milestones like save points in a game. > Checkpoint: moved to a new house. That stuck with me. Journaling apps always felt like work to me, but games feel like progress. So I built the journal I actually wanted to use, one where every entry is a save and the big moments get marked as checkpoints. Retro aesthetic, 8-bit details, no SaaS-flavored "boost your productivity" energy.
About Retro Journal on Product Hunt
“Local-first journaling with retro game vibes.”
Retro Journal was submitted on Product Hunt and earned 8 upvotes and 1 comments, placing #60 on the daily leaderboard. Retro Journal turns your life into save points and checkpoints. Write quick entries for everyday saves, mark checkpoints for big moments. Local-first, exports to Markdown/JSON, free forever. Optional $5.99 one-time unlock for cloud sync. iOS + Android.
On the analytics side, Retro Journal competes within Android and Writing — topics that collectively have 116.4k followers on Product Hunt. The dashboard above tracks how Retro Journal performed against the three products that launched closest to it on the same day.
Who hunted Retro Journal?
Retro Journal was hunted by Renato Johao Balcázar Loaiza. A “hunter” on Product Hunt is the community member who submits a product to the platform — uploading the images, the link, and tagging the makers behind it. Hunters typically write the first comment explaining why a product is worth attention, and their followers are notified the moment they post. Around 79% of featured launches on Product Hunt are self-hunted by their makers, but a well-known hunter still acts as a signal of quality to the rest of the community. See the full all-time top hunters leaderboard to discover who is shaping the Product Hunt ecosystem.
Reviews
Retro Journal has received 2 reviews on Product Hunt with an average rating of 5.00/5. Read all reviews on Product Hunt.
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