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Capture your thoughts, dreams, and daily reflections with our Free Digital Journal Lite. A versatile space for mindful expression and creative introspection.

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Why you should start digital journaling

Journaling is more than just putting pen to paper.

It's a profound act of self-care and introspection. Through the art of journaling, you provide a canvas for your thoughts and emotions, creating a personal sanctuary for reflection and self-discovery.

It's a powerful tool to navigate the complexities of life, gain clarity on your goals, and cultivate mindfulness.

Whether you're looking to document daily experiences, start new habits, or track your moods and mental wellness, our Free Digital Journal Lite serves as a trusted companion on your path to personal growth.

IMPROVE YOUR LIFE

Track habits & become healthier

Enhance the quality of your life through the transformative power of daily journaling.

The Digital Journal Lite contains the following formats and journal templates:

Yearly Page
Monthly Page
Weekly Page
Daily Page
Habit, Mood, and Weather Tracker
Monthly Summary Page

Our journal provides the tools you need to capture your thoughts, track your daily mood and habits, and reflect on the past month so that you can learn and grow.

Plus, because the Free Digital Journal Lite is built with a minimalist and intuitive design in mind, it’s easier than ever to create your own bullet journal, add digital stickers, and more.

ALWAYS WITH YOU

Journal anywhere, anytime

In the hustle of everyday life, traditional paper journals might get lost, but a digital journal ensures that your thoughts are captured and organized at your fingertips.

Unlike paper journals, you can customize your digital journal with a variety of fonts and colors to liven up your daily, weekly, and monthly entries.

With hyperlinked easy-to-navigate PDF files, you revisit moments effortlessly.

Use your favorite digital journaling app, like Goodnotes, to switch between your tablet, smartphone or desktop seamlessly, whether you’re using Mac or Windows. The best apps even offer password protection, so you can make sure that you’re the only one reading your private thoughts.

It’s fast, easy, and accessible anywhere, anytime.

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Get the Paperlike Pro Journal

Creating a journaling habit can enhance the quality of your life, but it’s easier to do when you use a digital diary tailored to your needs and style.

That’s why we’ve created a customizable journal to match your personal style.

Personalize your journaling experience with the following options:

A Sunday or Monday weekly start date
A horizontal or vertical layout

Start your transformative journey today with your customizable Pro Journal.

How to use the Paperlike Journal

Upload your journal to Goodnotes or Notability

Whether you’ve chosen to download the Digital Journal Lite or purchase the Pro Journal, here’s how to get started:

Download the digital journal PDF file to your iOS or Android device.
Import the new document into your preferred notetaking app.
Start journaling.

We update the journal once a year, and we’ll notify you when there's a new version.

Join over 50,000 subscribers and stay in the loop. We send a few emails per month with reviews, tips, and other free goodies to help you improve the way you write, draw, and work with your iPad.

*If you're already subscribed, fill out the form to verify your email, and your digital journal will be on its way to your inbox.

Frequently Asked Questions

Is your journal template fully editable?

For the most part, yes. The pages you’ll receive as part of your download are in PDF format, and you can customize the layout of your journal as you see fit: add inserts, pages, and additional journal templates without affecting how the digital journal pages interact with one another.

What does the Digital Journal Lite include?

Our free journal contains the following formats and templates:

Daily entries, weekly overview, monthly summary, yearly overview
Open-form, minimalist journal pages for flexible writing, sketching and tracking
Habit, mood, and weather trackers on each page, plus monthly goal setting
Choice between Sunday and Monday start dates

What does the Paperlike Pro Journal include?

Our customizable Pro Journal includes:

Open-form, minimalist journal pages for flexible writing, sketching and tracking
Habit, mood, and weather trackers on each page, plus monthly goal setting
Hyperlinked navigation for easy access to daily and weekly pages
Choice between Sunday and Monday start dates
Choice between horizontal and vertical layouts
1-time purchase with free annual updates.

Pick your preferences to get the most out of a journal that matches your personal style.

What’s the difference between the Digital Journal Lite and the Digital Planner Lite?

The Digital Journal Lite is meant for thoughtful reflection and acts as a sanctuary for thoughts, feelings, and memories. The daily pages feature a large space to fill out however you’d like and a panel along the bottom with your habit, mood, and weather trackers.

The Digital Planner Lite was designed to help you organize your life. It features yearly, monthly, weekly, and daily planning pages so that you can map out your top priorities, task lists, big events, and more.

These productivity tools are the perfect complement to each other.

Can you use third party add-ons to customize your Journal?

Depending on your notetaking app, you may even find some built-in stickers and templates that you can add to your journal. Each app offers something different, but they also offer extra features, like allowing you to set up notifications to remind you to journal.

Other than those few things, we’d recommend supplementing and customizing your journal with additional pages as you see fit. Simply insert them into the desired location to use with your journal.

Is the Digital Journal Lite dated or undated?

We offer a digital journal with pre-formatted dates. With undated journals, you’d have to write in each date manually, so we’ve done the heavy lifting for you.

Whether you choose our Digital Journal Lite or the Pro Journal, our journals will be updated and emailed to you each year, so you’ll always have an up-to-date calendar to start your year off on the right track!

Does your journal work with any iPad?

Yes! You’ll receive a PDF file when you download the journal, and this file type is universally recognized by all iPad models and (most) notetaking apps.

Your digital journal PDF is even printable if you’d like to have a paper journal on hand as well.

Why should I use a digital journal instead of an app like Day One or Daylio?

Choosing a digital journal over dedicated apps like Day One or Daylio offers unparalleled flexibility and personalization.

Most standalone apps require you to type out your entries and many only have a few short prompts or questions for you to answer.

Our Digital Journal allows you to type or handwrite in a variety of colors and fonts/pen types, while also giving you the space you need to collect your thoughts and feelings.

Do you have a tutorial for your journal?

Yes! An instructional overview of each page is included as part of your journal download.

The links in the Pro Journal don’t work. What’s wrong?

Notetaking apps like Goodnotes and Notability have two modes: ‘View Mode’ and ‘Edit Mode.’

If you're trying to click a link to go to a specific day, week, or month, and it's not working, chances are you are in ‘Edit Mode.’

Switch to ‘View Mode’ to enable hyperlinks, then switch back when you're ready to write.

Learn more about daily journaling

Want to get started with daily journaling? We’ve collected some tips and resources to help you. Even if you’re a veteran journaler, you might find some of these assets useful!

Daily journaling prompts

Create your own five-minute journal, or get really in-depth using these prompts.

I am grateful for...
What would make today great?
Daily affirmations.
Highlights of the day.
What did I learn today?
What was the most challenging thing I faced today?
What surprised me today?

Habit tracking ideas

Try any of these new habits.

Meditation: Did you do it? How many minutes?
Sleep: What time did you go to bed? How long did you sleep?
Exercise: What did you do? For how long?
Quit smoking: Write how many cigarettes you had or how many days you’ve been smoke-free!
Water: How many cups did you drink?
Quit complaining: How many times did you complain?
Be more thankful: How many people did you say thank you to today?

Use books as journaling inspiration

Reading a book with daily meditations before writing your daily journal is a great way to meditate on subjects that you'd otherwise not think about in your day-to-day life.

For example, you could read The Daily Stoic by Ryan Holiday, which will give you a daily subject to meditate on. There are many more such books with short daily meditations.

Here are a few:

The Daily Stoic by Ryan Holiday.
The Word according to Mister Rogers by Fred Rogers.
365 Tao: Daily Meditations by Ming-Dao Deng.

You can also find mobile apps in the Apple App Store that can provide you with ideas or prompts.

Here are a few good ones:

Jan Sapper
Founder and CEO

How I use the journal

I hope you enjoy the daily practice of journaling, and I'm confident that by the end of one year of doing it yourself, you'll see how immensely valuable it is.

I do a yearly review after finishing the journal, so I can find habits that I need to improve or enjoyable things that I hadn't thought I appreciated that much.

If you haven't started journaling daily, this is your chance to get this great habit going.

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