Journaling apps compared
Untold vs Leeway
Untold is an established voice-first journal for iPhone and Android that responds with insights, perspectives, trends and meditations built from your entries. Leeway is a new voice journal about to launch on iPhone, centered on one evening question, your emotional reserve and mental load, and one small step for tomorrow. Leeway is not released yet.
Of the apps we compare, Untold is the closest to Leeway's approach: both are built around speaking rather than typing. That makes this comparison different from the others. The question is not voice versus writing, but what an app does with your voice once you have spoken. Leeway is a new player, about to launch on iPhone, and its answer is deliberately narrow.
We make Leeway, which is why this page lists Untold's strengths first. What we say about Untold comes from its website at untoldapp.com, its US App Store page and its Google Play page, read on October 17, 2026. Do not confuse it with untold.app, an unrelated site. Leeway is not released yet, opens soon on iPhone, and has no date or price announced.
Untold turns what you say into a wide range of responses. Leeway turns what you say into a feeling, two numbers and one thing to try tomorrow. Which of those you want depends on whether you are after variety or after a short, steady evening habit.
At a glance
| Leeway | Untold | |
|---|---|---|
| How you journal | Answer one evening question out loud for a couple of minutes, morning or evening. Writing works too. | Speak your entry in a voice-first flow, with a writing mode, optional follow-up questions and guided journals. |
| Voice | Voice first. Talking is the main way to make an entry. | Voice first. Speech is the main way to make an entry. |
| What you get after an entry | A title for your evening, your emotional reserve (the room you have left), your mental load (what is still turning), and a reflection in your own words. | Personalized insights and Perspectives from your entries, such as a poem, affirmations or a fable, plus meditations. |
| Naming emotions | An AI names the emotion in your voice and in your words. You do not have to name anything, and you can correct it. | Themes and moods appear in trends and an editorial summary. Naming a feeling from voice is not described. |
| Over time | Follows your reserve and load from one entry to the next. After a few weeks, Patterns shows what weighs on you and what helps, and says so when there is not enough to tell. | Visual trends of recurring themes and emotional seasons, and the option to ask your entries questions. |
| Something to do next | One small step for tomorrow, drawn from what you said. Try it, swap it, or set it aside. It waits for you in the morning. | Meditations and Perspectives, including one aimed at choosing meaningful action. No single suggested step is described. |
| Platforms | iPhone first. | iPhone and iPad on the App Store, and Android on Google Play. The App Store page also lists Mac (Apple silicon) and Apple Vision. |
| Price | Not announced yet. | Not stated on its site. App Store page lists Premium at $12.99 per month or $107.99 per year. |
| Availability | Not released yet. Waitlist open. | Available now on the App Store and Google Play. |
Where Untold is strong
- Voice first: you speak your entries, with a switch to writing mode when you would rather type.
- Optional follow-up questions as you journal, which help you look at a thought from other angles.
- A library of Perspectives, such as a poem, a fable, affirmations, a psychological view or a film recommendation, each built from your entries.
- Ask your entries: you can put a question to your journal and get an answer grounded in what you have shared, plus guided journals and visual trends over time.
- Meditations created from your entries, with a choice of narrator, background track and pacing.
What to keep in mind about Untold
- Many of its responses are creative or content-style, such as a poem, a recipe or a fable. Its site does not describe one suggested action for tomorrow after an entry.
- Its site describes themes, patterns and moods over time, and does not describe naming a feeling from your voice or two running measures such as reserve and load.
- Its site does not state prices. Its App Store page lists a Premium plan at $12.99 per month or $107.99 per year.
- Its App Store page lists English as its only language.
Where Leeway is different
One question to answer, not a feed to explore
Untold gives you a wide menu of responses once you have spoken. Leeway keeps it small: one evening question, a couple of minutes aloud, and a result with the same shape each night. If you want to explore, Untold has more to open. If you want to finish quickly, Leeway is built for that.
Emotional reserve and mental load, kept over time
Untold reveals themes and patterns across your entries. Leeway adds two numbers that move with you: your emotional reserve, the room you have left, and your mental load, what is still turning. Seeing them evening after evening gives a simple sense of how your week is going.
The feeling is named for you, and you can correct it
In Leeway, an AI names the emotion in your voice and your words, and you can change it if it misses. The point is to give you a plain label to start from, instead of a lens such as a poem or a fable.
A single step that waits in the morning
Untold's responses are things to read, hear or reflect on. Leeway ends each entry with one small step for tomorrow, drawn from what you said. Try it, swap it or set it aside. When the morning comes, it is already there.
Which one to choose
Choose Untold if
You want a voice journal that is available today and offers a lot of ways to look at what you said: different perspectives, meditations, guided journals and the option to question your own entries. You like variety and creative responses, on iPhone or Android. It is established and already in the App Store and on Google Play.
Choose Leeway if
You want a voice journal that ends the same way each evening: your feeling named, reserve and load shown, and one small step for tomorrow. Leeway is new and not released yet, so Untold is the one to use now if you want to speak your entries. Join the waitlist and you will get one email when Leeway launches on iPhone.
Questions
Is Untold a voice journal?
Yes. Its site describes a voice-first experience where you speak your entries, with a writing mode if you prefer to type. It then responds with insights, perspectives and trends.
Is Untold the same as untold.app?
No. The voice journal's site is untoldapp.com. The domain untold.app belongs to something unrelated, a podcast app, so check the address before you download.
How much does Untold cost?
Its site does not state prices. Its US App Store page lists Untold Premium at $12.99 per month or $107.99 per year, and the app can be downloaded for free.
What is the main difference between Untold and Leeway?
Both are voice-first. Untold offers many kinds of responses to what you say. Leeway gives a fixed evening result: a named feeling, emotional reserve and mental load, a reflection, and one small step for tomorrow.
Can I try Leeway now?
Not yet. Leeway is new and unreleased, and it opens on iPhone first. No price or date is announced. The waitlist sends one email at launch.
