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Only you. Always the default.
Drafts and personal entries live here. No one else can read them — encrypted at rest, behind row-level access control.
Read by: only you.
Diarly · Pre-launch · Creator subs Q3 2026
A home for diary writers — and the people who read them.
Write your diary. Share it your way — privately, anonymously, or with paying subscribers when we launch creator subscriptions in 2026.
Free during pre-launch. Pen names locked in on signup.
Untitled · draft
Coffee with Sarah before the meeting.
She told me she's leaving Apex Health next month.
I told her I'm proud of her. Then I sat in the parking lot and listened to a song twice.
Anonymity Score
4/ 10
The problem
The writing tools you have aren't built for the writing that matters.
A calm home for the writing that matters — and the people who want to read it.
Substack assumes I want to be a brand. I just want to write.
How it works
Three steps. No surprises.
Step 01
Claim a pen name
Anonymous-by-design or under your own name. One identity per account for now; multiple personas later.
Step 02
Write your diary
Private by default. Mask names and places before you share with the Privacy Helper.
Step 03
Share your way
Free for anyone, anonymous, or for paying subscribers (launching soon).
The differentiator
Anonymous shouldn't mean guesswork.
The Privacy Helper finds names, places, and patterns that could expose you. One tap masks them — and the alias sticks across every entry, so your story stays consistent.
An Anonymity Score from 1 to 10 tells you when an entry is safe to publish. Below 6, we hold the publish button.
- Detects names, employers, locations, dates
- Reuses your aliases across entries
- Stylometry guard — Premium only
Draft preview
Privacy HelperCoffee with Sarah near the office on Tuesday.
She told me she's leaving Apex Health next month.
We sat at the corner table at Verve for almost two hours.
Anonymity Score
Computing…
4/ 10
Roadmap
What's here, what's next, what's later.
We'd rather show you the wiring than oversell it.
- Shipped
Now
- Sign up and write privately
- Publish free — anonymous or public
- Pen names and follower counts
- Privacy Helper with Anonymity Score
- Mood tracking and tags
- Light and dark themes
- Q3 2026
Coming soon
- Paid creator subscriptions
- Subscriber-only entries
- Stripe Connect payouts
- Advanced Privacy Helper (stylometry)
- AI mood insights
- PDF and Markdown export
- On the radar
Later
- Multiple pen names per account
- Subscriber → creator messaging
- Mobile apps (iOS, Android)
- Content tagging and discovery
- Group journals
Per-entry privacy
Four levels. You choose for every entry.
- Coming Q3 2026
Subscribers Only
Paid readers only.
Build a small, paying audience around the writing that matters most. Pen-name lock-in starts now; payouts via Stripe Connect ship with launch.
Read by: paying subscribers (when subscriptions launch).
Anonymous Public
Anyone reads. No one knows it's you.
Publish without your pen name. The Privacy Helper checks for identifiers first, and the Anonymity Score gates publishing at 6 or higher.
Read by: anyone, with your identity hidden.
Public
Anyone reads. Your pen name is shown.
Build a free following under a handle you choose. Show only what you want — your real name is never required.
Read by: anyone, under your pen name.
Pricing
Free during pre-launch. Two paths after.
Free
Pen name + unlimited free entries while we're pre-launch.
$0during pre-launch
- Pen name locked in on signup
- Unlimited entries during pre-launch (capped at 30 after launch unless you upgrade)
- All four privacy levels
- Privacy Helper (basic)
- Light & dark themes
No credit card needed during pre-launch.
Premium
For people who write regularly and need more room.
$5.99per month · coming soon
- Unlimited entries
- Advanced Privacy Helper with stylometry
- 13 reading themes
- Export to PDF and Markdown
Premium will be optional. Free will keep working.
For creators
Keep most of subscriber revenue when subscriptions launch — exact split TBD, transparent in advance.
Pre-launch
Be early.
We're pre-launch. Paid creator subscriptions ship Q3 2026 — sign up now to lock in your pen name and be first when subscriptions go live.
Free during pre-launch. Pen names locked in on signup.
FAQ
Quiet questions, calm answers.
Where the diary becomes a practice.
Free during pre-launch. Pen names locked in on signup. No tracking pixel, no streak shaming, no ads.
Free during pre-launch. Pen names locked in on signup.