Dottie
Private AI Journal
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Dottie is a private AI journal that helps a user reflect on their thoughts and experiences. Privacy is central: all data is stored on the user's device.
When Apple Intelligence is used as the underlying model, personal data never leaves the device at all. When ChatGPT, Gemini, or Claude are used, processing happens in the cloud, but the data is not stored or used to train those models.
It is aimed at people who want the reflective benefits of AI-assisted journaling but are unwilling to have their private writing held on a company's servers, and want control over where the processing happens.
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Why we picked it
Dottie earns its place for making privacy a real architectural choice, not a policy line — pick Apple Intelligence as the model and personal data never leaves the device at all, a stronger guarantee than most journaling apps offer.
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