When comparing Zim Wiki w/ journal plugin vs Dynomantle, the Slant community recommends Zim Wiki w/ journal plugin for most people. In the question“What are the best cross-platform tools for personal knowledge management?” Zim Wiki w/ journal plugin is ranked 18th while Dynomantle is ranked 19th.
Specs
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Pros
Pro Plain text file structure
Pro Write a journal when you want
There are 3 options for writing frequencies: daily, weekly, or monthly. It's great that you can configure it, because not everybody writes a daily journal but because there are set days, you will be more motivated to actually write in your journal on those set days.
Pro Tracks reading progress
You don't have to read a newsletter or long blog post in one sitting anymore.
Pro Gets spam out of your inbox
Tool provides randomly generated emails that you can use to sign up for services. Now you don't have to worry about someone selling your email address.
Pro Let's you search your bookmarks
All the web pages you bookmark can be searched, which makes it easier to find things.
Cons
Con No offline access
It is a browser only tool.