Your journal is the record of your life. Isla Journal puts a private AI companion on your device so you can get instant insights and summaries without ever sending a word to the cloud.
The more you write/upload, the smarter your AI becomes. Isla learns your patterns and offers insights you'd never catch on your own. This level of personal AI intimacy deserves absolute privacy.
Import your existing journals in any format
Write or speak your thoughts—AI transcribes speech to text locally
AI analyzes your entries locally
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Why Isla's RAG system gives you deeper insights than ChatGPT ever could.
Surface-Level Analysis
Analyzes individual prompts in isolation
No memory of your personal patterns
Generic responses based on training data
Can't identify long-term trends in your life
Deep Personal Intelligence
Analyzes your entire journal history for context
Learns your unique patterns and triggers
Identifies trends you'd never notice yourself
Connects events across months and years
"I notice you tend to have sleep issues 2-3 days before major work presentations. This pattern has occurred 8 times in the last 6 months."
"Your energy levels correlate strongly with morning workouts. On days you exercise, your afternoon productivity scores are 40% higher."
"Comparing your entries from January to now, your confidence in public speaking has improved significantly. Here's the progression..."
AI runs entirely on your machine
Nothing ever leaves your device
No accounts, no tracking, no uploads
Auto-backup to external drives, Time Machine, and local folders you choose.
Export to markdown, JSON, PDF, plain text. No vendor lock-in, ever.
Optional sync between YOUR devices on your home network.
Connect to your own NAS, Syncthing, or Nextcloud server.
We give you the tools to protect your data YOUR way, not ours.
No subscriptions to cancel • Your data stays yours • Save before launch
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