Journal

Name: Journal
Rating: 4.7 (1755 reviews)
Author: Apple

Reflect on life’s moments

Free

1.8K Ratings
Ages

4+
Years
Category

Health & Fitness
Developer

Apple
Language

EN
English

Take a moment to reflect on your day. Capture and write about the details of everyday moments and special events using photos, videos, audio recordings, places, your state of mind and more. Journaling suggestions make it easy to remember your daily experiences — so you can add them to your journal and never have to start with a blank page. Organise your entries by creating multiple journals for different aspects of your life, keep track of your journaling goals with insights and streaks, and sync your journal between iPhone, iPad and Mac using iCloud. Get started writing with journaling suggestions • Choose from suggested moments to start your journal entry with intelligently grouped outings, photos, workouts, media and more. • Get a writing prompt to guide your insights. • Find inspiration with reflection prompts to focus on gratitude, kindness, purpose and more. • Journaling suggestions are created using on-device intelligence based on how you use your iPhone. Choose what information you want to enable for suggestions. • Suggestions created on your iPhone sync securely to iPad. Preserve powerful memories in rich detail • Illustrate your entries with the photos, videos and places that tell your story. Customise the layout by placing attachments seamlessly within the text you write. • Get creative and express yourself with lettering, sketches and doodles using your finger, or Apple Pencil on iPad. And you can make your journal even more personal with entries in your own handwriting. • Record your voice directly into your journal and have it transcribed automatically, or record your surroundings to add context to your entry. • Express yourself with text formatting options, including lists, quotes and various text styles. • Add a widget to your Home Screen or Lock Screen that shows your current streak at a glance or presents writing prompts that change throughout the day so you can reflect on what’s going on in the moment. • Start a new entry and add content from other apps like News, Music or Safari. • Keep your entries organised by creating multiple journals for different aspects of your life, and add a custom name and icon for each. Enjoy past moments • Browse, search and sort your journal to look back and reflect on key moments in your life. • Easily find past entries using the calendar. • See entries written at a specific location or find entries you made nearby in the new Places view. • View each entry and its attachments in a beautiful full-screen view. • Print or export your entries. Build a good habit • View your journaling streaks, the days you journaled and other fun stats in the new Insights view. • Set a schedule or receive notifications at convenient times based on how you use the app. You’ll get reminders when it’s time to write, or when new journaling suggestions are ready, so you can keep a consistent journaling practice Journal for wellbeing • Log your state of mind in Journal and save it to the Health app. • Automatically save your writing time as Mindful Minutes in Health. Keep your journal private and secure • Protect your journal with your device passcode, Touch ID or Face ID, so no one but you can access it. • Store your entries safely in iCloud so they’re automatically backed up. Certain features are available only in selected languages and regions.

Ratings & Reviews

4.7

out of 5

1.8K Ratings

Big 5
03/02/2025

Johnsy81
This app is excellent in the way it gives you prompts to keep your diary or journal up to date I would recommend this to anybody who would like to keep a really interesting journal about all the different situations we go through during the day brilliant five stars and more, no problem.
Big 5
03/02/2025

Johnsy81

This app is excellent in the way it gives you prompts to keep your diary or journal up to date I would recommend this to anybody who would like to keep a really interesting journal about all the different situations we go through during the day brilliant five stars and more, no problem.
Not tied into Health
04/01/2024

Severed Infinity
When seeing this demo’d at the Apple Event I had assumed it was tied into Apple Health and the “Mental Wellbeing” category, more precisely the “State of Mind” entries by giving a better input method and data association. Needless to say I am disappointed. Hundreds of journalling apps out there not just on iOS and I would rather stick to my physical journal or even the notes app as these journalling apps do not tie into or serve any meaningful value that a physical journal or the notes app doesn’t already serve. My thoughts were to be able to track my mental health like I can my other health stats with great detail, purpose, and ease of use. Having to do manual input in multiple locations (journal app, health app, and a physical media) for no added benefit means I am out. It’s not for me and due the lack of intended features I expected and the ability to easily log through other more convenient tools I rate this poorly. Disappointed.
Not tied into Health
04/01/2024

Severed Infinity

When seeing this demo’d at the Apple Event I had assumed it was tied into Apple Health and the “Mental Wellbeing” category, more precisely the “State of Mind” entries by giving a better input method and data association. Needless to say I am disappointed. Hundreds of journalling apps out there not just on iOS and I would rather stick to my physical journal or even the notes app as these journalling apps do not tie into or serve any meaningful value that a physical journal or the notes app doesn’t already serve. My thoughts were to be able to track my mental health like I can my other health stats with great detail, purpose, and ease of use. Having to do manual input in multiple locations (journal app, health app, and a physical media) for no added benefit means I am out. It’s not for me and due the lack of intended features I expected and the ability to easily log through other more convenient tools I rate this poorly. Disappointed.
Somewhat Accurate for taking notes but is missing something…
12/01/2024

lukashoranwins
The app itself Is Good for writing notes & building a journal that you yourself as the editor have access to for example you have access to: making a new journal deleting a journal & editing a journal whatsoever there could be a bit more effort into the app like adding options to highlight text & share journals to other people to read
Somewhat Accurate for taking notes but is missing something…
12/01/2024

lukashoranwins

The app itself Is Good for writing notes & building a journal that you yourself as the editor have access to for example you have access to: making a new journal deleting a journal & editing a journal whatsoever there could be a bit more effort into the app like adding options to highlight text & share journals to other people to read
Disappointed
20/01/2024

CrankyCat-Z
I was excited that Apple finally renovated their own Journal app. However, I was quite disappointed after using it. I personally like to describe something and then attach photos afterwards, it’s like I can explain each photos if I like, but with Journal, I’m not able to do so. All photos for an article is grouped all together on the top and need to review them separately after attaching to the article I wrote which made me feel a little bit odd.
Disappointed
20/01/2024

CrankyCat-Z

I was excited that Apple finally renovated their own Journal app. However, I was quite disappointed after using it. I personally like to describe something and then attach photos afterwards, it’s like I can explain each photos if I like, but with Journal, I’m not able to do so. All photos for an article is grouped all together on the top and need to review them separately after attaching to the article I wrote which made me feel a little bit odd.

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Supported Features
- VoiceOver
- Voice Control
- Larger Text
- Dark Interface
- Differentiate Without Colour Alone
- Sufficient Contrast
- Reduced Motion