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lightbugs: Journal & Diary is #199 in Lifestyle Free in Malaysia and charting in 1 of 30 countries we track.
Updated 8 Nov 2026 · rankings refresh through the day
DeveloperJhon Kenrick Villaces
CategoryLifestyle
PriceFree
Released
Rating★ 3.0 (1)
Version1.3
Age rating4+
First seen by us
6 Nov 2026
6 Nov 2026lightbugs: Journal & Diary update history & changes
Last change · 4 events since 31 Oct 2026Full timeline ↓Full timeline · 4 events
- 📦lightbugs: Journal & Diary updated to version 1.3what’s new
• a typewriter for your notes: a 1930s portable with real key sounds, a bell and a desk recorder (settings › experimental)
• a new look: one set of icons, a white paper home, a simpler settings
• the cats in a zapurr notebook learned tricks: tap one, or watch them race, leapfrog and chase
• 24-hour time (preferences › 24-hour time)
• every sheet closes with a swipe down
• the calendar starts from your oldest day; the date wheels loop
• books open smoother and sharper
• small fixes… more - 🆕lightbugs: Journal & Diary first spotted by AppInsider#83 in Top Free · Lifestyle · Malaysia
- 📦lightbugs: Journal & Diary version 1.2.1what’s new
• the sticker sheet opens smoothly
• contents: rounded square photos in studio and studio dark
• writing paper and the date sheet dim the whole screen - 🆕lightbugs: Journal & Diary released on the App Store
Collected from the stores by AppInsider since we first spotted the app. Dates are when we saw each change.
Rating
3.0 ★
1 ratings
Measured
Best rank now
#199
Lifestyle FreeMeasured
lightbugs: Journal & Diary on the App Store
App details
App ID
6816707971
Publisher
Jhon Kenrick Villaces
On the store since
Oct 2026
Under a year
Minimum OS
iOS 16.4+
iPhone 8 and later
Devices
iPhone · iPad
Content rating
4+
Languages
1
EN
Size
115 MB
Also listed in
Productivity
Where lightbugs: Journal & Diary's downloads come from Modelled
Last 30 days: organic search, browsing the store, features and paid ads.
Where it ranks now
Every top chart it appears in across 30 countries.
| Country | Charts | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| Malaysia | LifestyleFree | #199 |
Apps near lightbugs: Journal & Diary on the chart
Lifestyle Free, around #199.
Ratings
App Store, worldwide.
Rating
3.0 ★
1 ratings
Measured
Ratings
1
Measured
About lightbugs: Journal & Diary
lightbugs is a private journal and diary for the small moments of a day: a laugh in the kitchen, the smell of rain, the way someone said your name. Keep them on a page, in a notebook on your own shelf. No account, no feed, no streaks.
Keep a moment
• Write a note, take a photo or a short video, or record a voice note
• Add a song from Apple Music, stickers, checklists, and bold or marked words
• Stuck for words? A question on the page gives you somewhere to start
• Pick the paper, font and colours you write on
Your notebooks
• A style for each notebook: old book, typewriter, letter, studio, mono, autumn, a book full of cats and more
• Turn pages with a real page curl, or fan out a whole day
• Find any day on the calendar and look back at past days
• Search every notebook for a word, a photo or a song
Every day
• Widgets for your home screen, and for the lock screen on iPhone
• An evening reminder, only if you want one
• Share a page as an image, or save it to Photos
Private by design
Your notes, photos, videos and voice recordings are stored on your device — and in your phone’s own backups, if you use them. We do not run accounts, we do not have servers that receive your content, and we do not sell or share your data with anyone. lightbugs goes online for two things: asking the app store whether a newer version is out, and finding and playing songs from Apple Music when you add one to a note. Apple sees the words you search, and the covers and clips of the songs in your notes load from Apple when a page shows or plays them. Nothing else about you or your notes is sent, and without a connection everything else works the same.
Why lightbugs
The light from a firefly takes a billionth of a second to reach your eye. The light from the stars above it has been travelling for thousands of years. Both are real, and only one of them will be gone by morning. Most of a life is made of that smaller kind of light: moments that happen once, in one place, to one person. lightbugs is a place to keep them.
Made by one person. Questions or ideas: [email protected]
Keep a moment
• Write a note, take a photo or a short video, or record a voice note
• Add a song from Apple Music, stickers, checklists, and bold or marked words
• Stuck for words? A question on the page gives you somewhere to start
• Pick the paper, font and colours you write on
Your notebooks
• A style for each notebook: old book, typewriter, letter, studio, mono, autumn, a book full of cats and more
• Turn pages with a real page curl, or fan out a whole day
• Find any day on the calendar and look back at past days
• Search every notebook for a word, a photo or a song
Every day
• Widgets for your home screen, and for the lock screen on iPhone
• An evening reminder, only if you want one
• Share a page as an image, or save it to Photos
Private by design
Your notes, photos, videos and voice recordings are stored on your device — and in your phone’s own backups, if you use them. We do not run accounts, we do not have servers that receive your content, and we do not sell or share your data with anyone. lightbugs goes online for two things: asking the app store whether a newer version is out, and finding and playing songs from Apple Music when you add one to a note. Apple sees the words you search, and the covers and clips of the songs in your notes load from Apple when a page shows or plays them. Nothing else about you or your notes is sent, and without a connection everything else works the same.
Why lightbugs
The light from a firefly takes a billionth of a second to reach your eye. The light from the stars above it has been travelling for thousands of years. Both are real, and only one of them will be gone by morning. Most of a life is made of that smaller kind of light: moments that happen once, in one place, to one person. lightbugs is a place to keep them.
Made by one person. Questions or ideas: [email protected]
Latest updates
1.3
what’s new
• a typewriter for your notes: a 1930s portable with real key sounds, a bell and a desk recorder (settings › experimental)
• a new look: one set of icons, a white paper home, a simpler settings
• the cats in a zapurr notebook learned tricks: tap one, or watch them race, leapfrog and chase
• 24-hour time (preferences › 24-hour time)
• every sheet closes with a swipe down
• the calendar starts from your oldest day; the date wheels loop
• books open smoother and sharper
• small fixes
1.2.1
what’s new
• the sticker sheet opens smoothly
• contents: rounded square photos in studio and studio dark
• writing paper and the date sheet dim the whole screen