Organize your dating life.
The private journal that remembers who each memory belongs to.
Parallel helps you remember more than just what happened — who it happened with, how you felt, and why it mattered. Write freely, or turn on Relationship Mode to keep every person in your dating life organized on their own terms.
Every entry, right where it belongs.
Write quickly, tag your mood, and attach a photo. Parallel keeps everything organized by date and searchable in seconds — with calming themes that make journaling feel easy.
- Fast, distraction-free entries
- Mood tagging with fully custom colors
- Attach photos to any entry
- Search across entries, moods, and partners
- Calming built-in themes, or make your own
Every relationship has its own story.
Whether you're dating casually, practicing ethical non-monogamy, exploring polyamory, or building a long-term relationship, Relationship Mode keeps each person in your life organized — without mixing everyone's story together.
- Unlimited partner profiles, each with their own photo and timeline
- Track relationship type and status, like Dating or Situationship
- Log agreements, boundaries, and private notes per relationship
- See check-in history and relationship duration at a glance
- Tag any journal entry to one or more partners
- Give each partner their own color, including fully custom colors
Private by design.
Parallel stores your journal on your device, and can privately sync it across your Apple devices using your own iCloud account. It's your data — we built Parallel with one rule: keep it that way.
Optional Face ID / Touch ID
Lock the app behind biometric authentication on supported devices, on top of your device's own passcode.
Your iCloud, not our servers
Sync uses your own private iCloud account. Your entries aren't stored on any server we run.
No ads, no tracking
No advertising, no third-party analytics, and nothing sold. Parallel doesn't use any third-party SDKs at all.
No account required
Use Parallel fully offline with no sign-up. iCloud sync is opt-in and uses the Apple ID already on your device.
Make it feel like yours.
Choose a calming built-in theme or build your own. Adjust fonts and text size, and set custom colors for moods and partners so Parallel looks and feels the way you want it to.
- Calming built-in themes
- Custom fonts and text size
- Fully custom mood colors
- Fully custom partner colors
Your data, always yours.
Export your journal anytime, in the format you need, or save a full backup you can restore on any device. Nothing is locked in.
- Export as Markdown, PDF, or JSON
- Full backup, including photos and exact dates
- Import a backup anytime, on any device
- No subscriptions required to access your own data
Simple, honest pricing.
No subscriptions, ever. Pay once for unlimited partners, or don't pay at all.
Personal Journaling
Forever, with no account required
- Unlimited journal entries
- Mood tags and photos
- Themes and customization
- Export and full backup
Relationship Mode
First partner free. Unlock unlimited partners with a single purchase — not a subscription.
- Everything in Personal Journaling
- Unlimited partner profiles
- Agreements, boundaries & check-ins
- Restore purchases on any device
Questions, answered.
Do I need to create an account?
No. Parallel doesn't have a custom account system. It syncs using the Apple ID already signed in on your device.
Is my journal actually private?
Yes. Your entries are stored on your device and synced to your own private iCloud account — not on any server we operate. We don't sell or share your data, and Parallel doesn't use advertising or third-party analytics.
Does Parallel support Face ID or Touch ID?
Yes. You can require Face ID or Touch ID to open the app, in addition to your device's own lock screen security.
How do backups and restoring work?
Use Settings to export a full backup, including photos and exact dates, or export your entries as Markdown, PDF, or JSON. Import a backup anytime to restore your journal on a new device.
I already bought unlimited partners. Do I have to pay again on my other device?
No. Use Restore Purchases in Settings on any device signed in with the same Apple ID.
Is Relationship Mode only for polyamory or ENM?
Not at all. Relationship Mode works for anyone dating casually, practicing ethical non-monogamy, exploring polyamory, or in a single long-term relationship — really, anyone who wants their journal organized around the people in their life, not just the calendar.
What devices does Parallel work on?
iPhone and Mac, with entries syncing privately between them through your own iCloud account. iPad support isn't available yet.