Journaling software - Topics

Scrivener vs plain text editors for keeping a decade of journal entries Open source journaling software: what you gain and what kind of support you give up Free journaling apps vs paid ones: what actually changes after you pay? Is a self-hosted journal server worth the setup for a single writer? What export format should I keep my journal in so it survives the next twenty years? One long document vs one file per day: which works better in writing software? Setting up automatic local backups for a journal folder on Windows and macOS Is Obsidian overkill for journaling or does the local file storage justify it? Do desktop journaling programs handle encryption better than their mobile versions? Why does professional writing software feel so hostile to people who just want to journal? Backing up a digital journal so a dead hard drive is not a decade lost Markdown files in a folder still beat every dedicated journaling program I have tried How do I move a journal out of a proprietary program into plain text without losing the dates? Does search make a digital journal better than a shelf of notebooks? Do biometric locks in journaling apps hold up or are they just a nicer lock screen? How to keep a digital journal private when your laptop is shared with family Writing software with a real offline mode for a laptop that never sees the internet Encrypting a plain text journal file: what actually works for a non-technical writer