“Keep a diary, and someday it’ll keep you.”
- Mae West
Aside from proven health benefits of keeping a journal, here are the TOP REASONS why Penzu is the best way to keep your personal journal on the web.
Why is Penzu better than a traditional paper-bound journal?
The aim of Penzu was to create an online journal experience that was as similar to writing in a paper-bound journal or diary. But since it is online, there are so many more benefits to using Penzu over simply writing on paper:
Never Lost or Stolen: Keeping your journal with Penzu means it can never be stolen or lost. You don’t have to worry about leaving your diary or journal behind, or someone stealing it from your hiding place. With Penzu your most precious memories are safe!
Access Anywhere: Have you been away from your diary and wanted to record something at that moment? Penzu is accessible from any computer in the world - take your journal with you wherever you go!
Sharing is Easy: Have you every wanted to share just one page of your diary with someone? Now you can. Share your entries via email to family and friends. If you want, you can remain anonymous and the recipient will not know it was you sending the message!
Saving is a Thing of The Past: Similar to writing on paper, as you type an entry, it saves automatically! Your thoughts are saved as you go. Have a thought that you need to get out right away? You can start writing on the pad even without being logged in! And once you log in, your entry will be saved to your account.
Filtered Search: If you find yourself constantly leafing through your journal to find a specific entry, your troubles end here. Penzu allows you to easily search your entries and then sort them by Name, Date Created, Size, Locked, or Shared. You can find past entries in seconds and even edit them if need be!
Why is Penzu better than other online journal services?
Free.
Other services charge more than $20 per year just to keep your journal online. Penzu is 100% free with no storage limits. Keep thousands of entries and never worry about going over a limit.
The Closest Thing to a Real Journal or Diary.
Penzu was created to emulate the experience of writing on a pad of paper. If you keep an offline journal, writing down your thoughts is instantaneous. No logging in. No mouse clicks. No worrying about saving. You can get an idea out as fast as it came to you and it is the ultimate WYSIWYG (what you see is what you get) experience.
Other journal or online diary services don’t achieve this instantaneous ability. You have to navigate to the site, log in, create a new post, and then you can start writing. Even when you are writing, you don’t get to see your entry’s finished state until you are done.
Penzu doesn’t have these issues. To get a thought out, you don’t have to log in. You don’t have to create a new post. Simply navigate to the site and start writing. And however your writing looks to you, is how it will be saved. When you are done, log in later and Penzu will add the entry to your account. No saving required. No worries.
Privacy Comes First.
If you keep a private diary, why would you want to use a service that was made for public use? Popular blogging services let you keep a private blog, but that is not their primary focus.
Penzu was designed to be private first. It truly is the closest thing to an actual paper-bound diary or journal.
There is even an extra layer of privacy: locking. If you don’t want anyone to read an entry, you can lock it. That way, if someone guesses your log in password, they will have to guess a second password to unlock your most precious thoughts.
Intuitive. Easy to Use. Dead Simple.
Almost anyone that can turn on a computer should be able to use Penzu. Other services are complicated and geared towards the tech-savvy user. Signing up is a multi-step process. Reading and organizing your entries can be a pain.
There is no clutter when using Penzu- just the essentials. No laborious sign up. No ugly templates. No superfluous functions.
Blazingly Fast.
Penzu is extremely fast and responsive. Your work is saved constantly. You can search your entries instantly. The interface practically disappears, letting you write like never before.
Penzu is Fun.
Unlike other blogging services, Penzu is a joy to use! It will inspire you to write and you will feel better by doing so. Sign up now and let your thoughts out!