Digital journaling at 2 a.m. on a phone in the dark vs a paper notebook by the bed

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What should I check in a journaling app before trusting it with things I would never say out loud? How to export years of entries out of a journaling app before switching to another Free journaling apps vs paid ones: what actually changes after you pay? Why do journaling apps keep adding mood trackers and habit charts I never asked for? Cloud sync makes my journal available on every device and that is exactly what scares me What happens to my journal entries if the app shuts down tomorrow? Is it worth using two journaling apps so one of them stays fully offline? Which journaling apps are actually end-to-end encrypted instead of just claiming to be private? Is a phone passcode enough to keep a journaling app private from someone holding my unlocked phone? Do journaling apps handle encrypted local storage better on iPhone or Android?