What are the best alternatives to Rosebud?
HerFound lists 4 alternatives to Rosebud: DailyBean, Day One, Journey and Zinnia. DailyBean, Day One and Zinnia have a free version. Day One and Journey say outright that they do not sell personal data. Each fact comes from the app's own pages, last checked Nov 13, 2026.
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Rosebud and its alternatives compared
- Rosebud
- Free version
- Yes
- Paid plan
- $12.99/month
- Sells your data?
- No
- Data used for ads?
- Yes
- Account
- —
- Data kept
- Company servers
- Platforms
- iOS, Android, Web
- DailyBean
- Free version
- Yes
- Paid plan
- —
- Sells your data?
- —
- Data used for ads?
- Yes
- Account
- Not needed
- Data kept
- On your device
- Platforms
- iOS, Android
- Day One
- Free version
- Yes
- Paid plan
- $49.99/year
- Sells your data?
- No
- Data used for ads?
- —
- Account
- Optional
- Data kept
- —
- Platforms
- iOS, Android
- Journey
- Free version
- —
- Paid plan
- $6.99/month or $49.99/year
- Sells your data?
- No
- Data used for ads?
- —
- Account
- Optional
- Data kept
- —
- Platforms
- iOS, Android, Web
- Zinnia
- Free version
- Yes
- Paid plan
- $34.99/year
- Sells your data?
- —
- Data used for ads?
- Yes
- Account
- Required
- Data kept
- —
- Platforms
- iOS
| App | Free version | Paid plan | Sells your data? | Data used for ads? | Account | Data kept | Platforms |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rosebud | Yes | $12.99/month | No | Yes | — | Company servers | iOS, Android, Web |
| DailyBean | Yes | — | — | Yes | Not needed | On your device | iOS, Android |
| Day One | Yes | $49.99/year | No | — | Optional | — | iOS, Android |
| Journey | — | $6.99/month or $49.99/year | No | — | Optional | — | iOS, Android, Web |
| Zinnia | Yes | $34.99/year | — | Yes | Required | — | iOS |
Sources: each app's own privacy policy, help pages and US App Store listing. Open an app to read the exact passage and the date we checked it. “—” means we have not sourced that fact yet. This is what each company states, not an audit of what it does.
The 4 alternatives
DailyBean
A no-writing journal and mood tracker: log your whole day in a few taps.
Day One
A journal app: a private diary for words, photos, audio and video, with end-to-end encryption.
Journey
A journal and diary app: mood tracking, a chat companion and sync across all your devices.
Zinnia
A digital planner and journal: templates, stickers, trackers and handwriting tools
Rosebud head to head
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Common questions
DailyBean, Day One and Zinnia have a free version.
Day One and Journey say they do not sell personal data. This is what each company states in its own policy, not an audit.
DailyBean, Day One and Journey can be used without creating an account, according to their own pages.
DailyBean, Day One and Journey are on Android. Zinnia is not.