When comparing Day Journal vs Zim Wiki w/ journal plugin, the Slant community recommends Zim Wiki w/ journal plugin for most people. In the question“What are the best desktop journaling apps for Linux?” Zim Wiki w/ journal plugin is ranked 4th while Day Journal is ranked 5th.
Specs
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Pros
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.
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.
Cons
Con App no longer supported
The last update was in 2014