Journal 4+

Journal is a simple and smart companion for your memories, but it needs some improvements to make it more user-friendly and versatile. I like how Journal automatically groups my photos and videos into suggested moments, but I wish I could search for keywords or tags or people in my entries. I also think the maps and photos should open the relevant apps when double tapped, instead of just showing a preview. I would love to have the option to share my journal entries with others, or to create multiple journals for different purposes. It would be great to have a family journal that I can share with my relatives, or a personal journal that only I can access. Despite its flaws, Journal is a promising app that has a lot of potential. I hope the developers will listen to the users' feedback and fine tune it. I give it 3 out of 5 stars and when its updated its a definite 5 stars app.

YESSS, A GODSEND. All I’ve ever wanted is a journal app that I can write in when I don’t have my book with me, one that maybe allows me to add photos and sync across all devices. I was full digital journalling at one point but it was just arduous and annoying and if I had a different device with me, everything was split up and not fully integrated. I have tried SO MANY apps, and they’re all either paywalled, badly designed, or don’t offer all of these features. At this point, I just write Notes journal entries if I’ve got something important to get off my chest and I can’t wait. ALAS. Thank you to all the developers that worked on this, truly, from the bottom of my heart. I have so much respect for you implementing this idea. I have never been more excited to update my IOS and see a new app. Surely a peak moment in my early 2024 was opening my phone and seeing an Apple Journal app 🙏🙏 Lots of love your way <33

So far it looks good, I haven’t used it too much but, the first story it suggests is a nice walk I did which, it pulled in for from my outdoor walk from my Apple Watch (which is also a problem). My nice walk was 3kms and took me over 3 hours to do… meanwhile I hadn’t stopped my outdoor walk on my watch and it decided my 23km drive to the beach and back was a 3km walk?!? It even showed a map of the drive and had 3kms… I wish the beach was 3kms away. First, fix the watch. I’m kind of tired of it racking up kilometres while I’m DRIVING. Second, the map, distance and time is completely incorrect… kinda bummed about Apple AI. It’s as bad as that moron Siri 🙄