Timeline Journal 4+

Beautiful simplicity

It took me a while to find a journal that allows for me to organise entries in a simple way. Most journal apps are clattered and too complicated or really basic. Timeline allows for photo and text entries and just rolls with it. The lifetime unlock version is minimal and I am happy to support the developer. If you need a simple journal that allows you to record your thoughts, memories and anything in between, this is the one. Thank you.

Developer Response ,

Thanks so much for writing this amazing review 😇. I’m really glad you liked my app.

Really neat time-stamping journal

Well, this is a very neat app – I've been looking for a simple app that time-stamps every entry for a while, and this is it. it does a few simple things very well. First, it time-stamps date and time on every entry, making it ideal for time management. Second, it supports basic markdown (only bold, italic, strikethrough, but still) plus images (you can upload most popular graphic formats).

If you use the paid-for version, you can also change entry dates, which means you can kind of use it as a reminder/task management app, although it's not optimised for that. You can edit entries, too, which is helpful if you're writing something longer or using it for task management.

The only extras I'd like to see are a bit more support for markdown (headings, lists, quotes, highlights, line separators, maybe) plus keyboard shortcuts for the key functions (there are only two main functions, really: New Entry and Done (plus, I suppose, Edit). Hence the 4/5 stars; but really, with very slight improvements, it deserves 5 stars, not least for clean iCloud syncing with the iPhone/iPad apps (seriously useful).

Brilliant app

This was exactly what I was looking for. It’s so clean and minimalist and easy to use. The only thing I’d change is I wish it had entry tagging so I could read back over separate categories at a time.