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OtterDiary: Journal & Diaryv2.9.0

Released July 2, 2026Major

iOS

What changed

  • UXAdded built-in support for 3 optional fonts.
  • New featureAdded support for importing custom font files.
  • New featureAdded mood count statistics to the calendar in Mood Mode.
  • UXAdded a new Drafts entry on the main page supporting multiple entries.
  • New featureAdded an Album Review entry on the user page.
  • UXEnhanced photo cleanup with batch deletion and new time-based modes.
  • New featureAdded a Photo Cleanup widget for one-tap access.
  • New featureAdded GIF upload support for diary entries and comments.
  • UXAdded keyword highlighting for diary search results.
  • LocalizationAdded support for Traditional Chinese and iPad devices.

Original release notes

New Features
- Built-in support for 3 optional fonts
- Supports importing font files
- Added mood count statistics to the calendar in Mood Mode

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Recent Updates
· Added a new “Drafts” entry on the main page, with drafts now supporting multiple entries.
· Added a new “Album Review” entry on the user page.
· Photo cleanup now supports batch deletion.
· Photo Cleanup now supports four modes: On This Day, Day, Week, and Month.
· Added a Photo Cleanup widget to start cleaning your photo library with one tap.
· Added photo cleanup support for On This Day mode
· Added GIF upload support for diary entries and comments
· The On This Day feature now includes data from the current year
· Added keyword highlighting for diary search.
· Changed the home page back to showing diaries from all users and removed Moments.
· Added comment text when exporting to PDF, Excel, and TXT.
· Improved note creation experience
· Improved PDF export layout and readability.
· Exported PDFs can now be edited with PDF editors.
· Crop and cutout actions now support undo and redo when editing images
· Added a new “Color Background” style for sharing photos and Live Photos
· Smart lists are now supported when editing diary text, including bulleted and numbered lists
· Added a new “OCR” option to the widget’s “Camera Mode” setting, making it easier to scan text from photos
· Traditional Chinese is now supported
· Photos, Live Photos, and videos now support cropping
· Photos and Live Photos now support cutouts for creating outlined stickers
· The camera now supports Sticker Mode, letting you create outlined stickers with one tap
· Added a new “Camera Mode” widget setting to choose the default camera mode
· iPad is now supported
· Backup is now supported
· Note cards now support double-tap quick editing
· Added Diary Map
· Added a Random Memories widget
· Tags now support unlimited nesting, merging, and moving
· Import and export now support lossless ZIP packages
· “Books” have been renamed to “Diaries”
· Widgets now support configuring tags and diaries
· Images shown in the weekly and monthly calendars can now be freely selected by setting a photo as the day’s best
· Added a shareable weekly calendar to the timeline
· The photo limit for a single note has been increased to 25

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