Three Pages Daily is a private daily journal app that gives every day three pages — plan the day, capture what happens, then reflect — and runs on iPhone, iPad, Mac and in any browser.
What is Three Pages Daily?
Three Pages Daily is a private journaling app built around a three-page-per-day structure: a to-do list to open the day, an open page for writing, sketching and media, and a closing page for reflection. Input includes typed rich text, handwritten drawings, photos, voice notes and attached files such as PDF and DOCX; output includes searchable indexed pages plus export as Markdown or PDF. It ships as an iPhone, iPad and Mac app and as a browser version for Windows, Android and borrowed computers. The page does not name a company or developer behind the app.
What makes Three Pages Daily stand out?
- Three fixed pages per day — You get three pages daily with no word or character limit inside them; attempting a fourth page shows a gentle upgrade prompt, and existing content is never locked or lost.
- Same surface for typing and drawing — Insert a drawing canvas anywhere on a page with pen, highlighter, eraser and lasso tools; on iPad the Apple Pencil draws while your finger keeps scrolling, so there is no mode to switch.
- Voice notes with background transcription — Tapping the mic saves audio to the page immediately, even if you close the tab; transcription runs in the background and the cleaned-up transcript lands below the waveform to copy, edit or move into your text.
- Search across everything — One search box indexes typed text and checklists instantly, plus image OCR for words in photos and screenshots, links by page title or domain, voice transcripts, and attachments by filename.
- Paper, themes and fonts — Choose plain, ruled, dotted or grid paper, switch between Light, Paper, Dark themes, pick a writing font, and attach PDFs, DOCX and other files to any page.
- Gentle task migration — Unfinished items from yesterday surface at the end of the day, where you can move them to today, mark them done, or leave them as-is.
- No folder setup — Opening the app lands you on Today's page; quick capture needs no folder or label, and organizing can happen later or not at all.
- Open export and privacy defaults — Your journal is private by default with no public feed, no ads, no data selling, no AI training on your writing, and encryption in transit and at rest; free export of a single page as PDF or your whole journal as Markdown or PDF.
Who should use Three Pages Daily?
- People overwhelmed by complex productivity tools: open the app straight to Today with a single to-do list, and migrate unfinished tasks without a spaced-repetition or backlog system.
- iPad and Apple Pencil owners: drop a drawing canvas onto a page and handwrite, sketch or annotate alongside typed text, with plain, ruled, dotted or grid paper underneath.
- Voice-first journalers: tap the mic to record a thought on a commute or walk, then read, edit and search the background transcript later.
- Privacy-conscious diarists: keep entries encrypted in transit and at rest, with no social feed, and the option to create a share link yourself for a single page.
What can you do with Three Pages Daily?
- Daily planning and review: put a renameable checklist at the top of today's page, work from it, and close the day by moving what didn't happen forward instead of rebuilding a system.
- Memory keeping: combine photos, a voice recording and typed paragraphs on one page so a trip or milestone stays in a single dated entry you can export as PDF.
- Mixed-media note capture: attach a meeting PDF or photo, add a sketch of a route or whiteboard, and later find it by searching the file name, the OCR'd words in the photo, or the note you typed around it.
- Cross-device writing: write offline in the Mac, iPad or iPhone app with iCloud sync, or sign in from a Windows or Android browser when you're away from your own machine.
How does a day work in the app?
Each day is laid out in three steps: Plan & Focus, where you start with today's to-do list; Capture & Create, an open space for writing, sketching, photos or pasted links; and Reflect & Record, where you close the day with a few lines, a voice note or a memory to keep. Tonight's unfinished tasks then surface for migration. The design draws on Bullet Journal's capture, focus and review rhythm, reduced to fit in a browser.
Pricing
Three Pages Daily is freemium. The free plan includes three pages per day with unlimited depth, rich text and checklists, links, images, the drawing canvas, voice recording with transcription, 250 MB of media storage, up to 3 topics, full search and PDF export. Premium adds more voice capacity — free covers 30 minutes of recording and 10 minutes of transcription per month, while Premium provides 120 minutes of transcription — plus iCloud sync across Apple devices. No dollar amounts are stated on the page.
FAQ
Is Three Pages Daily really private?
Yes. Pages are private by default with no public feed or social layer, no advertising, and no use of your writing or OCR results to train AI. Data is encrypted in transit and at rest, and nothing becomes public unless you generate a share link for a single page yourself.
Does the web version work offline?
Not for lasting saves. Every keystroke is written to a local draft first, so a brief disconnect won't lose what you just typed, but the browser version needs a connection to back up to the cloud. The iPhone, iPad and Mac app stores everything on the device and works with no signal at all.
Do the app and the browser version share one journal?
No. They keep separate journals and separate subscriptions, so the page recommends settling on one before you accumulate a year of entries in each.
Which browsers support automatic voice transcription?
Recording works in any modern browser, but automatic transcription relies on the browser's built-in speech recognition, which today means Chrome or Safari 14.1 and later across 15 languages and regional variants. In other browsers you can record and play back notes without a transcript.
Can I export my writing?
Yes, on every plan including free. Export a single page as PDF, or export the whole journal as Markdown or PDF from Settings at any time.
