Alinea is a local-first walking journal. You can begin with Private records without an account, then sign in only when you want to publish, follow, save, comment, share by link, or use cloud-backed Membership features.
Start a private record
Use Capture to create a Fragment, Essay, Sketch, Photo, or Voice note. New writing can remain Draft or Private. Alinea does not publish a record simply because you sign in.
Record a Walk
Start a Walk from Today. Alinea records the route on the device and lets you add entries without leaving the Walk. Save the Walk to keep distance, duration, city, route, and linked entries together.
Location recording can use normal, power-saving, or higher-accuracy behavior depending on the Walk. Pause or end a Walk when you no longer want location updates.
Visibility
- Draft: unfinished and visible only to you
- Private: part of your local archive and visible only to you
- Followers only: cloud-shared and available only to accepted followers
- Link only: available through its direct link and excluded from Feed, Map Discovery, and City Archive
- Public: eligible for Feed, Map Discovery, Profile, and City Archive
- Archived: hidden from ordinary lists without being immediately deleted
Review before publishing
The publish preview shows the text, attachments, tags, comment policy, visibility, and public location. Choose whether to hide location, show only the city, or use an approximate area. Alinea re-encodes public photos and does not publish their original EXIF location metadata.
Photo Tone
Tone is a restrained, non-destructive treatment for keeping photographs visually consistent with the rest of an archive. You can return to Original or choose another Tone later. Tone is not intended for beauty retouching or strong social-media effects.
Translation
When a translation is available, use View translation and Show original to move between it and the author’s original words. Translation is stored separately and never replaces the original text.
Offline work
Private writing, Walks, Sketches, Photos, and Voice drafts are designed to remain available without a connection. A public action may be queued until the network returns. Do not remove the app while unsynced local work is important.
Export and backup
Use Export for readable Essay, Walk, City Archive, or Collection output. Use the full archive backup for local restore. A backup intentionally excludes sign-in sessions, public-sharing authority, and Membership purchase rights.
Safety and comments
Alinea includes controls to hide content, mute or block a user, report a post or comment, remove a follower, and manage who can comment. Comments are intended for short responses rather than deep reply threads.
Delete or withdraw data
Deleting a local record and withdrawing a public record are separate actions. Review the Deletion and Export Policy before removing an account or an important local archive.
Troubleshooting
- Confirm that the required permission was granted only for the feature you are using.
- Check network state when publishing, restoring Membership, or resolving a shared link.
- Keep Private records on the device until a public action reports success.
- Use Alinea’s redacted support summary when available; it omits private text, exact coordinates, media files, tokens, and payment details.
For help, email [email protected].