Reflect is not a venture-backed company with a content team. It's an app I design, build, and support myself, and I wrote or edited the articles on this site.
I started building Reflect in February 2026, and I’m still the one person behind all of it: the app, the backend, this website, and the support inbox. The iPhone version came first; the Android version followed in September 2026. From the start I built it for ten languages rather than adding translations later, because a diary is the one place you should be able to write in the language you actually think in.
What Reflect is
Reflect is a diary app for iPhone and Android, available in ten languages: English, French, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, German, Arabic (with a right-to-left layout), Korean, Japanese, and Hindi. You can write, dictate by voice, add photos and voice memos, track your mood, and photograph pages of a handwritten paper diary to turn them into searchable entries.
A few decisions shape the whole app:
- No ads, ever. The core diary is free, and premium pays for the AI features that cost money to run.
- Encryption on by default. Entries are encrypted on your phone with AES-256-GCM, and cloud backups are encrypted before upload. Optional real-time sync between your own devices is not end-to-end encrypted; the privacy policy explains exactly how it works.
- AI you can see clearly. AI features use Google's Gemini. Personal identifiers are stripped from typed text before it is sent for insights; voice recordings and scanned pages are sent for transcription as they are.
How the articles here are written
I write the articles on this blog myself, sometimes with help from writing tools. Here's what I hold them to:
- Claims about Reflect are checked against how the app actually works, not against marketing copy.
- Claims about other apps link to that app's own documentation, and comparison pages say up front that I make Reflect.
- Journaling and mental health: I'm not a doctor or therapist. These articles are general information about journaling, not medical advice. If you're struggling, please talk to a professional, or find a local helpline at findahelpline.com.
- Corrections: if something here is wrong or out of date, email support@reflectdiary.app and I'll fix it.
Get in touch
Questions, bug reports, or feedback: support@reflectdiary.app. I read every email.