Talk through your day. Wake up to a journal.

Record a voice note whenever something happens. Each night, Driftwood turns the day's notes into one written entry, in your own words, minus the ums.

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For iPhone, Android and Mac. Free for 3 notes a day, no card needed.

Walk homeVoice note, 6:42 pm
0:00
Tuesday, November 10

MomRunningFeeling steady
Listening

Three taps a day. One page every morning.

No prompts to answer and no blank page to stare at. You talk the way you already do, and Driftwood does the writing.

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    Talk whenever

    Tap once from your lock screen, watch or car and say what's on your mind. Ten seconds or ten minutes.

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    Driftwood gathers the day

    At night your notes are transcribed, tidied and stitched into one entry, in the order things happened.

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    Read it back

    Each morning, yesterday is waiting as a page you can edit, search and keep for good.

A journal that keeps up with you

Built for people who meant to start a journal every January.

Your voice, without the filler

Driftwood removes ums, restarts and false starts but keeps your phrasing, so entries read like you on a good day, not like a transcript.

What you said So I, um, I mean I finally sent the the application, like, an hour before the deadline.
What you'll read I finally sent the application, an hour before the deadline.

Threads that run through months

Mention the same person, place or worry often enough and Driftwood links those moments, so you can read every entry about one thing in a single scroll.

Private by design

Notes are transcribed on your phone and encrypted before they sync. We can't read your journal, and we never train on it.

Your recordingsStay on your device
Your entriesEnd-to-end encrypted
Used for AI trainingNever

“I've tried to keep a journal since I was fourteen. Driftwood is the first one I've kept past February.”

Maya Okafor, writing with Driftwood for 412 days

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  • Up to 3 voice notes a day
  • Notes up to 5 minutes each
  • A written entry every morning
  • Your last 30 days, searchable
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  • Threads and a Sunday reflection
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  • Sync across iPhone, iPad, Android and Mac
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Questions, answered

Anything else? Write to hello@driftwood.app and a person will reply within a day.

No. Days without notes are simply skipped, with no streaks to break and no guilt-trip notifications. Record a single sentence and you'll still get a short entry for that day.

Driftwood understands 28 languages, including English, Hindi, Spanish, Portuguese, German and Japanese. You can switch languages mid-note, and the entry is written in whichever language you choose.

Only you. Audio is transcribed on your device and deleted afterwards unless you choose to keep it. Entries are encrypted with a key that never leaves your devices, so our team can't read them.

Yes. Every entry is fully editable, and you can add photos or a typed note to any day. If you'd rather Driftwood stay closer to your exact words, turn down tidying in settings.

Recording and transcription both work without a connection. Your entry syncs to your other devices the next time you're online.

You keep all of it. Entries older than 30 days become read-only on Shore, and you can export everything to PDF or Markdown at any time, on any plan.

Tonight, just talk.

Tomorrow morning you'll have your first page. It takes about as long as leaving a voicemail.

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