Journi Blog - Travel tracker 4+

It is so easy to use

I have started photo books with other apps and either got bored or frustrated. This app is different. Adding photos and text is easy and then once you have all the material, the layout options are easy to use. Want to add more photos to a page, easy! Want to remove a photo or text, easy. Want a photo to be a whole page, easy! The only thing is that because the blog and photo book are separate then if you find a spelling mistake then you need to start the photo book again from your updated blog, but this isn’t the end of the world. I love it. The book I created arrived quickly and the quality was awesome, I am glad I paid extra for glossy pages.

Excellent blog features, good quality book

I like to blog features you can embed, especially the map functionality, the weather and the flight routes. I would have preferred to add more than 10 photos to each moment even though this can be circumvented by just adding another moment without any commentary or additional features. The book was well created from the blog, arrived within a week and was of excellent quality. Being able to change the font, especially the size would be a further improvement (maybe you can but I had not discovered how).
I have used dozens of blogs for my travel but Journi stands out. Highly recommended.

Good but too restrictive

I was looking for an app that could write a daily diary entry, attach photos and share with family and friends. This app does those things but with limitations;

1. The 1000 character limit is too restrictive, I can’t write what I want to. It can be circumvented by adding another entry but it breaks the aesthetic for me.

2. The 10 photo limit is too restrictive, I want to share more than 10 photos.

3. In order for friends and family to view they have to download the app and sign up. Only dedicated family and friends will do this and some of our relatives struggle with their phones at the best of times. Having the option of just a URL link is much better user design. The developers say it’s for privacy reasons but that isn’t true. You can write a privacy statement that gives permission to share your material, it’s up to the user to agree to the statement when they sign up. Facebook has a privacy option to open all your content so they can too. I would just like to have the option.

Basically it’s a good app but too restrictive, let the user decide on entry length, photos and how to share not the developer. I went with Polar Steps instead.

Developer Response ,

Thanks for the feedback Mark. Yes, we do restrict texts to 1000 characters and moments to 10 photos, as we want to provide a certain framework for your Journi - that's why also the number of text elements and photo moments is unlimited. We don't want to limit, we just want to provide some structure! Please be assured though, that we definitely hear your feedback! Regarding the log in, we definitely want to stay with it, as our support already seemed to have explained you, due to privacy reasons, as we want to give users full control over who sees what part of their content, without any loop holes! In case you simply want to send friends and family a URL, you can do that too - write us at support@journiapp.com and we will explain you in detail how it works!