GitJournal Downloads & RevenueGitJournal · App Store
GitJournal is #153 in Lifestyle Paid in India and charting in 4 of 30 countries we track.
Updated 11 Nov 2026 · rankings refresh through the day
24 Sep 2026Full timeline · 13 events in the last 12 months
- 🚀GitJournal: now shown next to 一本日记-无广告清新日记, Journelly, 离线传记：离线AI回忆助手，主题访谈，传记制作与出版the store's “similar apps” for it changed: who it's seen as competing with
- 📈GitJournal entered the top 10Top Paid · Lifestyle · IN
- 📈GitJournal entered the top 10Top Paid · Lifestyle · TW
- 📈GitJournal charting in a new countryTaiwan
- 📈GitJournal charting in a new countryPoland
- 📈GitJournal entered the top 100Top Paid · Lifestyle · US
- 📈GitJournal charting in a new countryUnited States
- 📈GitJournal entered the top 100Top Paid · Lifestyle · JP
- 📈GitJournal charting in a new countryJapan
- 📈GitJournal entered the top 100Top Paid · Lifestyle · GB
- 📈GitJournal charting in a new countryUnited Kingdom
- 🆕GitJournal first spotted by AppInsider#25 in Top Paid · Lifestyle · Germany
- 🆕GitJournal released on the App Store
Collected from the stores by AppInsider since we first spotted the app. Dates are when we saw each change.
Lifestyle PaidGitJournal at a glance
AI summary written from our chart and store data, 2026-10-30. It can be wrong: check the numbers above.
GitJournal is a privacy-focused, offline-first note-taking and journaling app for developers and tech-savvy users who want their data stored in standard Markdown format within self-hosted or commercial Git repositories. The app holds the #3 position in the Polish paid Lifestyle category, indicating strong regional traction among users seeking open-source alternatives to proprietary cloud-based note services.
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GitJournal on the App Store
App details
GitJournal downloads
Worldwide, per day, and installs to date. The band is open; the exact number is free with an account.
How this is calculated
Active users
All platforms, worldwide. Free with an account.
How this is calculated
Where it ranks now
Every top chart it appears in across 30 countries.
| Country | Charts | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| India | LifestylePaid | #153 |
 Russia | LifestylePaid | #141 |
 Poland | LifestylePaid | #114 |
 Vietnam | LifestylePaid | #178 |
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Ratings
App Store, worldwide.
Review momentum
ⓘ How we measure thisReview momentum (0-100) blends how fast the app collects ratings compared with other apps in its category (60%), whether that pace is speeding up (25%) and what recent raters give it (15%; recent stars well below lifetime pull it down). Ratings counts are read daily. A jump usually means a launch, a feature, ads or a new review prompt.
What users say about GitJournal
From the 12 most recent App Store reviews in the US.
Users are sharply divided between those who value the unique git-based note-taking functionality and those frustrated by frequent crashes and data loss. Complaints focus heavily on aggressive monetization, including paywalls for basic features and broken in-app purchase restores.
Mostly negative (42% of recent reviews give 4–5 stars). People like it for being easy to use, and syncing. The main complaints are about crashes and bugs, and price and subscriptions. Recent reviews are more negative than earlier ones.
What people like
- Ease of use: “For the most part, it’s simple and it works”
- Connection & sync: “This launches faster than most syncing note editors, and the interface is intuitive and clean”
Common complaints
- Crashes & bugs: “- Buggy basic functionality (eg”
- Price & subscription: “You pay for the app and it’s still not free”
- Features & content: “- Have to pay in-app to unlock all features”
About GitJournal
Features -
- Offline First - All yours notes are available offline
- No Account Required
- Categorize your Notes with Folders
- Open source / Free Software / FOSS
- Can easily be extended and integrated with other Git tools
- Can also be used to manage Hugo / Jekyll / Gatsby websites
- No Ads
Never need to import / export your notes, as you always have control of the data. Apps may come and go, but your notes will always be with you.
Git has been chosen as a backend as self-hosting a Git server is much simpler than almost any other software, additionally there are already many commercial providers of Git. So you can choose who you want to trust with your notes. We currently don't support encrypting the notes, but it's something we're actively working on.
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