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Most journal apps want an account, a feed, or the cloud. Dear Universe stays on your phone. Open any day. Write, add photos or video, speak a note, and tag how it felt. Look back on a calendar — or see how the month felt. No diary account. Optional lock. Optional backup to your own Google Drive. Voice-to-text runs on the device. Journaling is free. Quiet ads after you start writing; a one-time purchase removes them forever.
Hey Product Hunt — I'm Denis, the solo maker behind Dear Universe.
I wanted a journal I would actually keep using: something that lives on the phone, not in someone else's cloud, and not in a feed. Most diary apps wanted an account before I could write a sentence. A lot of the newer ones want to be an AI coach. I just wanted a quiet place for a day — written, photographed, or spoken.
So that's what this is.
• Open any day on the calendar and add as many entries as you like
• Text, photos, video, and voice memos in one place
• Tag how it felt, then look back on a feelings month
• Optional on-device transcription (about 250 MB pack) — audio never needs a cloud speech API
• Optional passcode / Face ID / fingerprint
• Optional backup to a folder in your own Google Drive (a copy you control, not live sync)
• Works offline
• 13 languages
It's free to journal. Quiet ads show up after you've started writing. There's a one-time “Buy me a coffee” purchase (~$3.99) that removes ads forever — not a subscription.
I'd love feedback from this community — especially on the calendar + day flow, backup, and whether the feelings month is useful. If something feels off, tell me. I'm here all day.
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About Dear Universe on Product Hunt
“A private journal that lives on your phone”
Dear Universe was submitted on Product Hunt and earned 2 upvotes and 1 comments, placing #159 on the daily leaderboard. Most journal apps want an account, a feed, or the cloud. Dear Universe stays on your phone. Open any day. Write, add photos or video, speak a note, and tag how it felt. Look back on a calendar — or see how the month felt. No diary account. Optional lock. Optional backup to your own Google Drive. Voice-to-text runs on the device. Journaling is free. Quiet ads after you start writing; a one-time purchase removes them forever.
Dear Universe was featured in Android (57.6k followers), iOS (110.8k followers) and Writing (59.4k followers) on Product Hunt. Together, these topics include over 99.7k products, making this a competitive space to launch in.
Who hunted Dear Universe?
Dear Universe was hunted by Denis Balogh. 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.
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