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Switching from Journey

A Journey app alternative with grounded AI answers

Journey syncs your entries everywhere. This adds the part Journey leaves out: asking your journal a question and getting an answer built from your own writing.

Journey vs KNOW ME - SHOW ME

What happens after you write

Journey stores the entry and shows it again when you scroll back.

Your entries become searchable material you can ASK questions of — answered in your own words first, with the source entry shown.

Outside sources

None, or generic AI text with no citation.

1,950+ public-domain classics, 111,000+ attributed quotes, 6,100+ artworks, indexed podcasts, and published research — every answer tied back to one of your entries and cited.

Private vs shared

One private pile, plus an all-or-nothing export.

Entry-by-entry spaces: PRIVATE, PUBLIC, PROJECT, ADVISOR. Family and friends only ever reach what you filed for them.

Legacy

Nothing built in.

FUTURE LETTERS delivered on a date years away, a named digital executor, and printable keepsakes for relatives who will never sign in.

Getting your data out

Varies by plan and format.

Export everything, or only entries since a date, at any time — including entries you wrote here.

How to export from Journey and import here

  1. In Journey, open Settings → Export and choose the JSON or ZIP export.
  2. Save the file, then sign in here and open IMPORT MY OLD JOURNAL from SITE TOOLS.
  3. Select Journey as the source and upload the file.
  4. Check the preview — dates, titles and body text — then confirm the import.
Open the import tool

Why the AI part is different

Generic AI journaling gives you a polite paragraph that could have been written about anyone. Here, every answer names the entries it drew on and shows a strength badge for how well the source actually fits your situation. If your vault does not support an answer, it says so instead of inventing one.

Common questions

Do I have to stop using Journey?

No. Import a copy and run both. Exports here are unrestricted, so nothing traps you.

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