Cirflect vs Penzu: A Free European Alternative for Private Journaling

Let's talk about affinity, not by blood but by similarities and differences. I checked some other apps and websites that are supposed to offer the same thing: a safe place to write. Most of them are free for a trial period and then you need to pay. Some others are closer to social media than to journaling. The closest one, and maybe a cousin to Cirflect, and certainly the older one, is Penzu. Penzu is an online diary platform based in Toronto, Canada. It is free in its basic version and paid for Pro users. Penzu has over a million users, a genuinely usable free tier, encryption for Pro users so strong that even Penzu can't read the entries, and clear, polished terms. So why Cirflect then? I mean, where is the gap that Cirflect came to cover? First, Cirflect lives in the EU. That means your entries live on a European server, protected by the GDPR. GDPR is the European data protection law. In short, it means your data belongs to you: a company must tell you what it collects, must delete everything if you ask, and faces heavy fines if it plays games with your information. If your journal lives on a server in Europe, this law stands behind every entry you write. Furthermore, Cirflect is free forever. No Pro level, no extra payment for different features. Cirflect loves simplicity. Beyond that, Cirflect comes with support circles and messages, and the AI companion, for the days when you feel that writing alone just isn't enough. In Cirflect you write when you want to write. No notifications begging you to come back, no algorithms teasing you, making you feel stressed about it. Writing about your days must be a pleasure or a relief. Nothing else, and it should feel like this!