I built JotBantuek so your words always stay yours, and the free plan should actually be useful, not a teaser. Here's how it stacks up against Journey, Penzu, Day One and Notion. Same price: free.
| Free feature | JotBantuekFree forever⭐ Best free tier | JourneyFree tier | PenzuFree tier | Day OneFree tier | NotionFree tier |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unlimited entries | ✓ Yes | ✓ Yes | ✓ Yes | ✓ Yes | ✓ Yes |
| Autosaves for you | ✓ Yes | ✓ Yes | ✓ Yes | ✓ Yes | ✓ Yes |
| Photos inside entries | ✓ Free, 1 GB | ◐ Limited | ◐ Limited | ◐ 1 per entry | ✓ Yes |
| Notebooks & tree view | ✓ Unlimited | ◐ Limited | ✓ Yes | ✓ Unlimited journals | ✓ Yes |
| Tags, search & filters | ✓ Yes | ✓ Yes | ◐ Limited | ✓ Yes | ✓ Yes |
| Calendar view | ✓ Yes | ✓ Yes | ◐ Limited | ✓ Yes | ✓ Yes |
| Dark mode | ✓ Yes | ✓ Yes | ◐ Limited | ✓ Yes | ✓ Yes |
| Themes & fonts | ◐ 5 free themes | ◐ Limited | ◐ Some fonts only | ◐ Limited | ◐ Limited |
| Languages | ✓ English + Thai | ✗ English only | ✗ English only | ✗ English only | ✗ English only |
| Mood tracker | ✓ Yes | ✓ Free | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Daily streaks | ✓ Yes | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Cloud backup for your photos | ✓ 1 GB free | ◐ Limited | ✓ Yes | ◐ Text only | ✓ Yes |
| Backup & restore (JSON) | ✓ Yes | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ Yes | ✓ Yes |
| Share links | ✓ Unlimited | ◐ 2 links | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ Yes |
| View counts on shares | ✓ Yes | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| PIN lock | ✓ Yes | ✗ | ✓ Yes | ✓ Yes | ✗ |
| Take your words anywhere | ✓ HTML + ZIP | ✗ Paywalled | ◐ PDF only in Pro | ✓ PDF, JSON | ✓ Yes |
| Pinned & favorites | ✓ Yes | ✓ Yes | ✓ Yes | ✓ Yes | ✓ Yes |
| Task checkboxes | ✓ Yes | ✓ Yes | ✓ Yes | ✓ Yes | ✓ Yes |
| Markdown import | ✓ Yes | ✓ Yes | ✓ Yes | ✓ Yes | ✓ Yes |
| File storage | ✓ Yes | ✓ Yes | ✓ Yes | ✓ Yes | ✓ Yes |
| What it costs | $0 forever | Free, but limited | Free, but limited | Free, but limited | Free, but limited |
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