New in 2.0: ask your journal anything with on-device Apple Intelligence, see what lifts your mood, and turn voice notes into words. Private by design.
My Journal is a calm, private place to write about your day, track your moods and keep your memories, with a design you'll want to come back to.
WRITE YOUR WAY
• Type, speak or snap a photo. Add up to 9 photos and a voice note to any entry.
• Gentle prompts when you don't know where to start, and templates for gratitude, morning pages, travel days and more.
• Log how you feel with a mood, add tags and save where you were and what the weather was like.
UNDERSTAND YOURSELF
• See your streaks, your writing rhythm and your moods over time.
• Discover what lifts your mood, from people and places to the weather.
• Connect Apple Health to see how sleep and activity line up with how you feel.
ASK YOUR JOURNAL
• Ask "What made me happiest this month?" and get an answer from your own entries, powered by Apple Intelligence on your iPhone.
• A Weekly Reflection every Sunday: your themes, your mood and a question for the week ahead.
RELIVE YOUR MEMORIES
• On This Day brings back what you wrote a year ago.
• Photo Memories, Polaroids and a magazine-style reading view.
• A monthly recap and Your Year, Wrapped.
• Read your journal as a book, or export it as a beautiful PDF.
YOUR WORLD
• A map, heat map and 3D globe of everywhere you've written.
• A Journal Passport that collects countries, cities and stamps.
MADE FOR EVERY SCREEN
• Widgets for the Home Screen, Lock Screen and StandBy, and a New Entry button for Control Center.
• A two-column iPad journal with multiple windows, keyboard shortcuts and drag-and-drop photos.
• Dark mode, Dynamic Type and VoiceOver support.
PRIVATE BY DESIGN
• Lock your journal with Face ID or Touch ID.
• Your entries live on your device and in your own iCloud, never on our servers.
• Apple Intelligence features run on your device.
MY JOURNAL PRO
My Journal is free to download and use. Pro unlocks Ask Your Journal and the Weekly Reflection, Stats and insights, voice transcription, all templates, the 3D globe, book view and PDF export, more photos per entry, fonts and app icons. Family Sharing is included.
Choose monthly, yearly (with a free trial for new subscribers, where offered) or a one-time lifetime purchase. Payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation of purchase. Subscriptions renew automatically unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel any time in your App Store account settings.
My Journal is made by one independent developer. If you have an idea or a question, I'd love to hear from you.
Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
Privacy Policy: https://taiomi.com/myjournal/privacy
The app description mentions a “smart search” feature. But I give up on trying to find this feature. I emailed the developer but never received a response. I would appreciate a reply.
Developer Response
Hi there,Apologies, I did not receive your email - The smart search is in the top-right corner of the My Journal page. It’s the magnifying glass icon.Thanks for your patience and I hope you enjoy smart searching all your journal entries.
A Better Journal
Yuki Naka Today
I have tried so many times to get into journaling and have failed as nothing has ever stuck. This app is a game changer. I love how easy it is to use and to get how I am feeling into the journal weather it’s text, audio or images. 100% recommend
Journal everyday
JoeFromDowntown
Really simple and easy to use journaling app which has helped my journal everyday. A New Year’s resolution I have had for the past decade but could never keep up!
1st day with and 1st review of My Journal
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Looking forward to future reviews!
Developer Response
Thank you for trying the app and I am looking forward to future reviews!
Version 2.0 is the biggest update yet.
ASK YOUR JOURNAL (Pro)
Ask a question like "What made me happiest this month?" and get an answer drawn from your own entries, with links to each one. It runs on your iPhone with Apple Intelligence, so your words never leave your device. Plus a Weekly Reflection to look back on every Sunday.
STATS 2.0 (Pro)
Pick a week, month or year and every chart follows, with how it compares to last time. Discover what lifts your mood, from tags and places to the weather and time of day. Connect Apple Health to see how sleep and activity line up with how you feel.
WRITE WITH EASE
Templates for gratitude, morning pages, travel days and more. Turn voice notes into text, transcribed on your device. Personal prompts and title ideas from Apple Intelligence.
RELIVE YOUR MEMORIES
A beautiful magazine-style reading view, Photo Memories and Polaroids, a smarter On This Day, a monthly recap, and share any entry as a card.
SEARCH THAT UNDERSTANDS YOU
Search by meaning, not just exact words.
YOUR WORLD
The Passport now collects cities and stamps, with a map of everywhere you've written.
BUILT FOR iPAD
A two-column journal, multiple windows, keyboard shortcuts and drag-and-drop photos.
NEW WIDGETS
Lock Screen, StandBy and interactive widgets, plus a New Entry button for Control Center.
ALSO NEW
Mood Pool, a new streak screen and milestones, a smaller download, smarter photo storage with a new Storage screen, and lots of polish and fixes.
Version 2.0
The developer, Taiwo Omisore, indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy .
Data Not Linked to You
The following data may be collected but it is not linked to your identity:
Diagnostics
Privacy practices may vary, for example, based on the features you use or your age. Learn More
Accessibility
The developer has not yet indicated which accessibility features this app supports. Learn More
Information
Seller
Taiwo Omisore
Size
101.5 MB
Category
Lifestyle
Compatibility
Requires iOS 18.0 or later.
iPhone Requires iOS 18.0 or later.
iPad Requires iPadOS 18.0 or later.
Mac Requires macOS 15.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later.