When comparing Mini Diary vs Day Journal, the Slant community recommends Mini Diary for most people. In the question“What are the best desktop journaling apps for Linux?” Mini Diary is ranked 2nd while Day Journal is ranked 5th. The most important reason people chose Mini Diary is:
Can export to PDF, Markdown, TXT and JSON.
Specs
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Pros
Pro Export options
Can export to PDF, Markdown, TXT and JSON.
Pro Free
Pro Simple
Pro Location and weather information added automatically
When adding a journal entry, your current location and the weather are automatically added to your memorys. When looking back this type of information can really give a sense of being there and giving you a full recollection of the time. Some apps do not add location or weather automatically leaving it up to you to add, Day Journal does this for you, so you never forget to add this.
Pro Easy data backup
Day Journal can easily backup all of your data to your mobile device, your SD card, or any of a number of online storage services like Dropbox and Google Drive. Your data will be stored in an encrypted secure 256bit password protected file. If you ever need to restore a backup, this can be done very simply.
Pro Free and Pro versions available
Day Journal is a full featured journal app that gives most of the features in the free version of the app. The Pro version of the app adds some features that some users may prefer, like widgets, usage statistics and the ability to add voice and multiple photos to journal entries.
Cons
Con Not very compact
As it is built with Electron and React, the size is quite big for such a simple application.
Con App no longer supported
The last update was in 2014