Journal

Name: Journal
Rating: 4.8 (16990 reviews)
Author: Apple

Reflect on life’s moments

Free

17K 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

4.8

out of 5

17K Ratings

Good to start
29/09/2024

Apigamer Raj
If you are someone who is new to write journals, so yeah, this is your go to place and without any doubt, just go for it, but my small recommendation would be please add good recommendations since it is already using our past experiences that we have dead earlier, but yeah, I would really appreciate that to be added in a much frequently and also one more point that whenever I write, I would love to add my photographs or my recordings or anything in between while I’m writing. It’s not like I should be able to add on my headers, and then if I want to revisit, I would just go back to my head and then swipe swipe, swipe and swipe.
Good to start
29/09/2024

Apigamer Raj

If you are someone who is new to write journals, so yeah, this is your go to place and without any doubt, just go for it, but my small recommendation would be please add good recommendations since it is already using our past experiences that we have dead earlier, but yeah, I would really appreciate that to be added in a much frequently and also one more point that whenever I write, I would love to add my photographs or my recordings or anything in between while I’m writing. It’s not like I should be able to add on my headers, and then if I want to revisit, I would just go back to my head and then swipe swipe, swipe and swipe.
My honest review of Apple’s Journal app: The pros and cons
15/12/2023

Sam_bucks
I have been using Apple’s new Journal app for a few weeks now, and I have mixed feelings about it. On one hand, I like the simplicity and privacy of the app, which offers prompts and suggestions based on my photos, locations, and activities to help me journal my daily entries. On the other hand, I feel that the app lacks some features and polish that would make it more enjoyable and useful.• First of all, the app needs some improvement in UI design. The app is mostly a white screen with a “+” button, which looks bland and boring. The suggestions are often repetitive or irrelevant, and there is no way to customize them or filter them by category.• Secondly, the app needs more features to make it more versatile and fun. For example, I would like to see more options for formatting, such as fonts, colors, or bullet points. The app also does not have any social or sharing features, which would be nice for those who want to share their journals with friends or family.• Thirdly, the app needs a calendar view to make it easier to navigate and review my entries. Right now, the app only shows a list of entries sorted by date, which is not very convenient or intuitive. A calendar view would allow me to see my entries at a glance, jump to a specific date, or compare different periods of time.In conclusion, Apple’s Journal app is a simple and smart companion for your memories, but it has a lot of room for improvement. I hope that Apple will listen to the feedback from the users and add more features and polish to the app in the future. I would rate the app 4 out of 5 stars.
My honest review of Apple’s Journal app: The pros and cons
15/12/2023

Sam_bucks

I have been using Apple’s new Journal app for a few weeks now, and I have mixed feelings about it. On one hand, I like the simplicity and privacy of the app, which offers prompts and suggestions based on my photos, locations, and activities to help me journal my daily entries. On the other hand, I feel that the app lacks some features and polish that would make it more enjoyable and useful.• First of all, the app needs some improvement in UI design. The app is mostly a white screen with a “+” button, which looks bland and boring. The suggestions are often repetitive or irrelevant, and there is no way to customize them or filter them by category.• Secondly, the app needs more features to make it more versatile and fun. For example, I would like to see more options for formatting, such as fonts, colors, or bullet points. The app also does not have any social or sharing features, which would be nice for those who want to share their journals with friends or family.• Thirdly, the app needs a calendar view to make it easier to navigate and review my entries. Right now, the app only shows a list of entries sorted by date, which is not very convenient or intuitive. A calendar view would allow me to see my entries at a glance, jump to a specific date, or compare different periods of time.In conclusion, Apple’s Journal app is a simple and smart companion for your memories, but it has a lot of room for improvement. I hope that Apple will listen to the feedback from the users and add more features and polish to the app in the future. I would rate the app 4 out of 5 stars.
Great collection of features but not smooth enough
20/07/2025

vy5678
Lovely space and really glad to have this app but its clunky! Changing the font formatting is not smooth. The little separate window for it is difficult to keep switching to while typing the text. Also when closing it, the screen doesnt snap to the caret, I always have to scroll down and find the text again and tap it, but by the time I get to this point, the text formatting is lost because the position of the caret changed since i updated the formatting. Its frustrating, can it not be a popup instead? Is there a way to ensure I can see the position of the caret blinking while I change the formatting so I know its in the correct place. I also recommend adding a time stamp feature. The formatting of the list of entries page needs to have more view options (like list or grid, etc.) very difficult to navigate when the entries pile up. Also would be nice to have a folder system. The number of words feature is pointless. Knowing the number of days and entries is not helpful especially when there is no way to navigate the entries themselves.
Great collection of features but not smooth enough
20/07/2025

vy5678

Lovely space and really glad to have this app but its clunky! Changing the font formatting is not smooth. The little separate window for it is difficult to keep switching to while typing the text. Also when closing it, the screen doesnt snap to the caret, I always have to scroll down and find the text again and tap it, but by the time I get to this point, the text formatting is lost because the position of the caret changed since i updated the formatting. Its frustrating, can it not be a popup instead? Is there a way to ensure I can see the position of the caret blinking while I change the formatting so I know its in the correct place. I also recommend adding a time stamp feature. The formatting of the list of entries page needs to have more view options (like list or grid, etc.) very difficult to navigate when the entries pile up. Also would be nice to have a folder system. The number of words feature is pointless. Knowing the number of days and entries is not helpful especially when there is no way to navigate the entries themselves.
Worth using the app
11/11/2024

RiteshKundu
U need a proper journal to express your feelings. Express whatever u feel like. When we enter into this generation where we do most of our work in our smart phones, u hardly have time to sit down and pen down your feelings in a diary. There’s can’t be a better opportunity the way Apple created this journal where they took the art of writing into a new level. U just don’t need to write it down. U can even express your feelings by uploading your voice or uploading photos or videos of a particular situation. And the best part is u can even keep your journal secured through password protection.
Worth using the app
11/11/2024

RiteshKundu

U need a proper journal to express your feelings. Express whatever u feel like. When we enter into this generation where we do most of our work in our smart phones, u hardly have time to sit down and pen down your feelings in a diary. There’s can’t be a better opportunity the way Apple created this journal where they took the art of writing into a new level. U just don’t need to write it down. U can even express your feelings by uploading your voice or uploading photos or videos of a particular situation. And the best part is u can even keep your journal secured through password protection.

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