Think clearly.
Live intentionally.
Most journals just store memories; Plume helps you decode them. A distraction-free, local-first vault for your thoughts, designed to help you spot patterns and find focus.
Write freely.
Let AI surface patterns hidden in your words.
Copy any entry with one click, paste it into ChatGPT, Claude, or whatever you prefer. You choose what to share, and your journal never touches their servers.
"Had a breakthrough moment during today's meeting. I realized I've been overthinking the product roadmap..."
"Your entry shows growth in decision-making confidence. The pattern over the last week suggests you're moving from analysis paralysis to action..."
Copy, paste, understand
One button copies your entry. Paste it into any AI and ask the questions a therapist would: What am I avoiding? What pattern keeps showing up?
Spot what you can't see alone
Feed a month of entries to AI and ask what themes keep appearing. The answers can be startling, in a good way.
You decide what leaves your device
There's no AI built into Plume. That's deliberate. Your full journal stays encrypted on your device. You copy out only what you want to share, nothing more.
Tip: Try asking AI "What is this person avoiding?" about your entries. The honesty of a journal plus the pattern-matching of AI is remarkably useful.
Write anywhere, sync everywhere
One journal. Three devices. Zero friction.
Start a thought at your desk on Mac, keep writing on the couch with iPad, add a line from bed on iPhone. Same journal, no effort to sync.
Mac
Keyboard shortcuts, Zen mode, and space to write at length.
iPad
Split-screen with coffee, or full-screen for longer sessions.
iPhone
Glance, jot, review. The whole journal in your pocket.
iCloud sync: your entries appear on every device within seconds
Zen mode
Just you and the page.
Distraction-free writing, the way it should feel. Hit a single keystroke and everything melts away: menus, sidebars, notifications. Only your thoughts, breathing onto a quiet canvas.
A tour of the app
Designed to keep you writing
Real screens from the Mac app. Click any of them to look closer.
And a dozen small things you will use every day
None of them are add-ons. They ship with the app, on every device you own.
Privacy
Your data stays on your device.
Plume stores every entry in a local, encrypted database on your Mac, iPhone, and iPad. No account. No server. Nothing to sign up for.
If you turn on iCloud sync, entries move between your own devices through Apple's end-to-end encrypted CloudKit. We never see them. No one at Apple does either.
No content analytics. No third-party trackers. Your words are not training data. That's it. No asterisk.
Backup
Your journal, impossible to lose.
A journal holds years of your life. A lost phone shouldn't take it with it.
With encrypted iCloud backup, every entry is quietly kept safe in your own iCloud, end-to-end encrypted and readable by no one but you. New device, same journal. Everything is still there.
1. You write
The entry is saved locally, on the device in your hands.
2. It is encrypted, then sent
Encrypted before it leaves, stored in your own iCloud. We never hold the key.
3. It comes back
New phone, new Mac, same journal. Everything is still there.
No account, no card
Start with 21 writing days, free.
The whole app, nothing held back. Only the days you actually write count, and when the trial ends Plume just goes read-only: your journal stays yours to read, search and export.
- Every feature unlocked
- Nothing to cancel
- Export anytime, free forever
Mac, iPad and iPhone.
Simple, honest pricing
Try it free. Then own it outright.
Every plan starts with the free 21-day trial. No account, no lock-in. Pay once, or yearly if you prefer.
Plume Yearly
The whole app, without committing up front.
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Zen mode, full-screen writing with a global hotkey from any app
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Encrypted iCloud backup, so you never lose your journal
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Sync across devices: iPhone, iPad, Mac
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AI summaries, reflections and topics, with your own key or Apple Intelligence
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Analytics and insights: streaks, heatmap, word clouds
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The daily ritual: gratitudes, memory, accomplishments, mood
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Calendar and full-text search across every entry you have written
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Todos and goals linked to the day they belong to
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Dictation, voice commands and playback, hands-free journalling
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Local-first and locked: on-device storage, Face ID or Touch ID
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Encrypted export and import, your words leave whenever you want
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All future features included, forever
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Cancel anytime, keep your entries
Journalling for the long run? Lifetime pays for itself in three years.
Plume Lifetime
Pay once, own it forever. No recurring charges.
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Zen mode, full-screen writing with a global hotkey from any app
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Encrypted iCloud backup, so you never lose your journal
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Sync across devices: iPhone, iPad, Mac
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AI summaries, reflections and topics, with your own key or Apple Intelligence
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Analytics and insights: streaks, heatmap, word clouds
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The daily ritual: gratitudes, memory, accomplishments, mood
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Calendar and full-text search across every entry you have written
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Todos and goals linked to the day they belong to
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Dictation, voice commands and playback, hands-free journalling
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Local-first and locked: on-device storage, Face ID or Touch ID
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Encrypted export and import, your words leave whenever you want
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All future features included, forever
Want the full breakdown? See everything Plume does on macOS.
Questions? Email us at hello@getplumeapp.com
Your journal is waiting
The best time to start was yesterday.
Download Plume free on Mac, iPad, or iPhone. Write your first entry in under a minute.