Journal

Name: Journal
Rating: 4.8 (7127 reviews)
Author: Apple

Reflect on life’s moments

Free

7.1K 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

7.1K Ratings

I like to think Apple adding this app is some sort of Divine Intervention (if you could believe it)
21/01/2024

dsla1577
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 like to think Apple adding this app is some sort of Divine Intervention (if you could believe it)
21/01/2024

dsla1577

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…
incredibly helpful
24/02/2025

jemlibrx
i decided to use this journal app three days ago (had it in my phone for a year but never used it). it was a relief and a big help for anxious person like i am. pro-tip as a practice to write your heart out when a thought pops up, put it in the control center, use the shortcut feature and add journal as the app. way faster, way more convenient. IT HELPS, THERE’S NO HARM IN TRYING. lots of luck and peace.
incredibly helpful
24/02/2025

jemlibrx

i decided to use this journal app three days ago (had it in my phone for a year but never used it). it was a relief and a big help for anxious person like i am. pro-tip as a practice to write your heart out when a thought pops up, put it in the control center, use the shortcut feature and add journal as the app. way faster, way more convenient. IT HELPS, THERE’S NO HARM IN TRYING. lots of luck and peace.
The App is Good But Needs a Little More Improvement
20/12/2023

psykooowxzsz
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.
The App is Good But Needs a Little More Improvement
20/12/2023

psykooowxzsz

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.
Update
18/09/2024

Someone who loves journaling
So it’s a huge leap that finally Apple decided to make this Journal App an extra for its users. It can now compete with the other journal apps that are on the market though it needs more features like “memories” or “on this day” thingy for us to see what we’ve been writing on the same date as last year or so. Moreover, I hope Apple developers might also include tags. I think I can wait for the next update if Apple can make more features for us. At least for now, I can finally say goodbye to my old journal app.
Update
18/09/2024

Someone who loves journaling

So it’s a huge leap that finally Apple decided to make this Journal App an extra for its users. It can now compete with the other journal apps that are on the market though it needs more features like “memories” or “on this day” thingy for us to see what we’ve been writing on the same date as last year or so. Moreover, I hope Apple developers might also include tags. I think I can wait for the next update if Apple can make more features for us. At least for now, I can finally say goodbye to my old journal app.

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