Journal 4+

I admire this app because I don’t have to pay for anything, but once you have already written a bunch of entries, it can get annoying to always scroll up and down to find certain entries. I could suggest that you can change the layout just like the notes app and make it a bit more fun to use. Otherwise, what’s the point of this journal app when you have a notes app that does the same.

It was January 17th when this app randomly appeared on my phone around 1am EST. I was never really one to have a diary since I grew up in a household that thought personal privacy was some sort of sin.
I’m happy to have this app though…it may be a bit simple, but I actually really like it’s simplicity, and was happy to see it even recommended new prompts daily.
I’m currently trying to pick up the pieces of me that have broken ever since the start of 2020…it’s 4 years later and I’m in a new chapter of my life, but being able to write down all my thoughts and emotions in this app (with its own privacy settings) has been very wonderful (and definitely cheaper than therapy, lol).
Thanks Apple, for this random app to come during a time I didn’t know I was in need of something like this…

I’ve been obsessed with this app ever since it came out with the IOS 17 update but as I was using it, I noticed it’s not that intuitive. The space where you write does not move accordingly once you reached the part where the space meets the feature bar and keyboard, I hope you can fix that. And I do think that having a separate page for the writing page is better (just like how you do it on notes) rather than just an open “tab” you can close by swiping downwards. I think it’ll be more intuitive that way. Also, I hope you can add the feature to view entries as list or as gallery.

Lastly, I think the notes app have an overall more warm feel than the journal app.. and I kinda prefer that ambience more. Prompts me to write more.