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title: "The Sealed Journal vs Apple Notes"
description: "Apple Notes is convenient. It's also synced through iCloud and not designed for journaling. A clear comparison."
canonical: "https://sealedjournal.com/j/vs-apple-notes"
category: "Comparisons"
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# The Sealed Journal vs Apple Notes.

_Apple Notes is the path of least resistance. The Sealed Journal is the path that takes the journaling seriously._

Apple Notes is right there, free, syncing through iCloud. For shopping lists and stray thoughts, that's perfect.

For a long-form, end-to-end private journal, it's not designed for it. Notes lock individual notes, not the whole journal, and the syncing model assumes a level of trust in iCloud some people don't share.

The Sealed Journal is purpose-built for journaling, locked as a whole, and synced nowhere by default.

## Questions

### Is Apple Notes not private enough?

Notes syncs through iCloud and lives inside an ecosystem account. This journal has no account and never transmits your text.

### Does it work outside the Apple ecosystem?

Yes. Any modern browser on any operating system opens the same file.

### What about Apple's locked notes?

Locked notes protect a note behind Face ID while still syncing to iCloud. Here the whole store is encrypted locally and never syncs.

## 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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