Diary App for Mac OS X (equivalent to Chronories)

I am looking for Diary App for my MacBook (Leopard) and MacBookPro (Snow Leopard)

One of the famous Diary App is Chronories (link), but I need something else (if it's free, it would be good)

EDIT: I basically need a diary, that's my only requirement. But I need some free alternatives too. BTW, I have never used Chronories, I just knew about that app, so I mentioned it here.


Don't know exactly what features of Chronories you use the most and would like to find in another tool but here are two possibilities.

  • MacJournal
  • Mémoires

Both work on Leopard and its snowy friend.


edit following question's clarification:

With low requirements and going for free solutions, you could simply go to EverNote. You'll have as a bonus the possibility to sync your notes from everywhere, including mobile devices.
You have the possibility to order your notes by date, which would then mimics a diary. It's far less sexy than the above solutions but could fulfill your requirements.


second edit
A new one I saw today on the Mac App Store:

  • Day One

Seems quite nice, low price and good feedback until now.


For me, I think Day One is the best personal journaling app. It's simple, beautiful, and syncs across multiple platforms via Dropbox and iCloud. I think Apple even selected it as the Best App of the Year in the Mac App Store last year.

Here's a complete Day One app review that my best friend, Ray, has written thoroughly. It covers how he uses the app both on his Mac and on his iPhone.


If you are willing to forgo Mac-only software and consider the web as a viable option, OhLife is a fantastic diary/journaling website. They email you either daily (same time each day) or weekly, and all you have to to is respond to the email with your entry. They do offer a download feature so you can collect all of your old entries if you'd like to keep them offline. Rather than waste your time, I'll let their website explain the rest.

The best part of all? It's completely free.

Update: As of October 19, 2014, OhLife shut down2 (as pointed out by Vishwas)