If you want a journal app that works across iPhone, Android, and the web
before you pay anything, it's worth checking a few specifics before you
commit to writing in it — "cross-platform" and "free" don't always mean the
same thing from one app to the next.
Storyie is a native iPhone app, a native Android app, and a full web app,
all built around one account, and the free plan covers all three without a
subscription.
TL;DR
- Storyie is free to start: sign up, no subscription required, no credit card.
- The free plan runs on iPhone, Android, and the web with the same account and the same core editor, tags, and publishing — not a reduced version on any one of them.
- Free plan limits: up to 15 diary entries per month, up to 50 notes in total, 1 photo per entry, 3 diary templates, 1 owned shared journal.
- Data export (Markdown ZIP) is a Pro feature.
- Hitting the monthly entry limit doesn't hide or delete anything you already wrote.
What to check before trusting a "free, cross-platform" claim
A few things are worth checking on any journal app before you rely on it:
- Is every platform actually native? Open the app on each platform you use and see whether it's a full build or something thinner than the others.
- How does sync actually work? Is it built into the account, or does it depend on a separate cloud-storage folder you have to set up and manage yourself?
- Is the free tier a plan or a trial? Does it have a stable, documented set of limits you can rely on, or does it expect you to subscribe partway through?
- What exactly is capped on the free tier? "Free" rarely means unlimited — look for the actual numbers (entries, photos, templates) rather than taking "free" at face value.
On Storyie: iPhone, Android, and the web are all native builds on one
account, sync is part of the account rather than a separate step, and the
limits below are the plan, not a preview of one.
What Storyie's free plan actually includes
Included | Free plan |
|---|---|
Platforms | Native iPhone, native Android, full web app — same account, same core features on all three |
Rich-text entries | Yes, full editor on every platform |
Photos per entry | 1 |
Tags | Yes |
Diary entries per month | Up to 15 |
Notes (total) | Up to 50 |
Diary templates | Up to 3 |
Shared journals you own | 1 (joining journals others own is unlimited) |
Public/private per entry | Yes — publish an individual entry with its own link if you want to share it, keep the rest private |
Data export (Markdown ZIP) | Not included — a Pro feature |
Subscription required to start | No |
The free plan isn't a stripped-down preview of Pro for the core writing
experience: the editor, tags, sync, and per-entry publishing work the same
way whether you're on free or not. What's capped on free is capacity — the
entry/note/photo/template/shared-journal limits above — and data export is
Pro-only.
What happens when you reach the free plan's monthly limit
Reaching 15 entries in a month doesn't touch anything you've already
written. You can still open, read, edit, and publish every past entry and
every note — the limit only affects whether you can start a new diary entry
for the rest of that month. It resets at the start of the next calendar
month. If you consistently want more room than that, or want to export your
data, upgrading removes those caps; but figuring out whether the app and the
cross-platform experience work for you doesn't require it.
Takeaways
If "free" and "cross-platform" are both non-negotiable for you, check the
specifics rather than the label: can you actually write on every platform
you use, today, without paying first, and without setting up a separate
sync service yourself? On Storyie: yes to all three, with clear, published
limits on the free plan rather than an unlimited claim that turns out not to
be true. One account, one free plan, iPhone, Android, and the web. For more
on how the sync itself works across devices, see a diary app that syncs between iPhone, Android, and the web;
for a tour of what you can do once you're in, see five ways to use Storyie.
Otherwise, sign up and start writing, or get the app for
iPhone or
Android.
