---
title: "The Minimalist Journal App"
description: "No formatting toolbar. No prompts. No streaks. No AI suggestions. Just a cursor and the room to think."
canonical: "https://sealedjournal.com/j/minimalist-journal-app"
category: "Core"
---

# A minimalist journal — by removing, not by adding.

_No streaks chasing you. No formatting wrestling your sentences into neatness. No AI finishing your thought before you've had it._

Minimalism in software is usually a styling decision. Here it is a structural one. The features we left out are not in a roadmap. They are in a manifesto.

What's left is a cursor, a passphrase, and your words.

It turns out that's most of what a journal ever was.

## Questions

### What features were deliberately left out?

Word counts, streaks, tags, folders, formatting toolbars, prompts, social sharing, and an AI assistant. Each was removed on purpose, not missing by accident.

### Is there any formatting at all?

Plain text only. Paragraph breaks are the entire feature set, which is what keeps the attention on the sentence.

### Does minimal mean it is unfinished?

No. It is a finished product with a small surface. The manual that ships with it explains every deliberate absence.

## Price

The Sealed Journal is a one-time purchase of $24 (introductory price, rising to $29). No subscription, no account, lifetime updates, 30-day refund. Buy at https://sealedjournal.com/#pricing

## Elsewhere

- Hub: Core — https://sealedjournal.com/journals/core
- All journals — https://sealedjournal.com/journals
- HTML version of this page — https://sealedjournal.com/j/minimalist-journal-app