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title: "The Sealed Journal vs 750 Words"
description: "750 Words counts, scores, and analyzes your morning pages on its servers. The Sealed Journal lets them go uncounted, on your machine."
canonical: "https://sealedjournal.com/j/vs-750-words"
updatedAt: "2026-08-11"
category: "Comparisons"
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# The Sealed Journal vs 750 Words.

_One counts your words. The other lets them go uncounted._

750 Words did something real: it took Julia Cameron's morning pages and made them a typed daily habit for thousands of people, with a word counter, streaks, badges, and statistics about your mood, your tense, your speed. If the counting is what keeps you writing, it is good at the counting.

But everything you write there is written on their servers, and the analysis that makes the site charming is software reading your most unguarded prose. The streak that motivates you is also a leash.

The Sealed Journal is for the person the counting has finished helping. There is no word count, no streak, no server, and nothing reads your entries — not us, not an algorithm charting your feelings. You write until you've said the thing under the thing, and then you stop.

## The facts, side by side

| | 750 Words | The Sealed Journal |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Pricing model | Subscription after a 30-day trial | One-time purchase |
| Current price | Membership: $5 / month | One purchase: $24 (rising to $29) once |
| Free tier | — | No — a live demo, then one price |
| Platforms | Web only | Any modern browser, any operating system |
| Account required | Yes — Account required | No — no account, ever |
| Cloud sync | Required — Entries stored and analysed server-side — stats and mood analysis are core features | No sync, no server — a single offline HTML file |
| Encryption | Not a client-side passphrase model | AES-256-GCM client-side, PBKDF2 at 600,000 iterations |

750 Words prices verified 11 August 2026. Source: https://750words.com

## Questions

### Without a counter, how do I know I've written my three pages?

You don't, and after a week you stop needing to. Most people learn to feel when they're done; the same words take the same minutes they always did.

### Is my writing analyzed at all?

No. Your entries are encrypted with your passphrase before they touch the disk. There is no sentiment analysis, no word cloud, no rating of your day — nothing is in a position to read you.

### What's the practical difference between the subscription and buying once?

A subscription is rent on a room; this is buying the notebook. Both are legitimate. Only one of them ends.

## 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

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