Journler

UPDATE - see article “Journler 2.0.2”.

Journler is a handy journaling program that is both free (donate if you’d like) and featureful, a combination that has been missing since MacJournal went commercial.

The UI does a pretty good job of not getting in your way and is grasped with a few moments of clicking around. I also appreciate the ability to record voice notes or embed iTunes tracks. While this might seem superfluous, I can see there might be times when words alone won’t do. You can also link to iPhotos, movies, Address Book cards, and arbitrary files in the Finder.

You can hook up to Blogger and LiveJournal, using it for blogging Out There as well as journaling In Here. Or email your entries to your admiring public.

If you’d rather not be famous (or infamous) because of your journal, there is a simple password protection preference — as the app points out, however, it does not encrypt anything, though this is planned for a future release.

Journler is at version 1.0.1 as of this writing, just made available. It is definitely worth a look, especially if you’re like me and miss MacJournal.