Journal

Name: Journal
Rating: 4.8 (6303 reviews)
Author: Apple

Reflect on life’s moments

Free

6.3K 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

6.3K Ratings

Very simple, but one thing could be improved!
17/05/2025

anashrhv
I use this app to write down the ideas for my songs. It’s very easy to just quickly add a voice note and continue with my day until the inspiration comes again. But I’m a bit afraid of losing this data and it would also be amazing to be able to share the notes with others. The app lacks the ability to share/export them.
Very simple, but one thing could be improved!
17/05/2025

anashrhv

I use this app to write down the ideas for my songs. It’s very easy to just quickly add a voice note and continue with my day until the inspiration comes again. But I’m a bit afraid of losing this data and it would also be amazing to be able to share the notes with others. The app lacks the ability to share/export them.
It's nice but
11/07/2025

ciecierskaann
The app has huge potential. I like the word count feature and the statistics aspect. I love the reflection prompts. I also like the aesthetics and the overall idea, BUT… and here are a few important “buts” for me that make me still prefer using the Notes app for journaling on a daily basis.Firstly, the inability to use the app on my MacBook – I love writing on a keyboard rather than on a screen, and I also like having access from all my devices.Secondly, there is no easy way to export a single entry. Yes, I know it’s my private “diary,” but sometimes the line between something private and something inspiring that I want to share or add to my Zettelkasten system (because it holds value beyond just a memory) becomes blurred.Thirdly, there is no option to add tags. I love using tags in the Notes app, and I would like to be able to sort and browse entries easily by tags, for example, from trips, books, etc.If these things changed, I could easily recommend this app to everyone. For now, however, I recommend thinking it through first.
It's nice but
11/07/2025

ciecierskaann

The app has huge potential. I like the word count feature and the statistics aspect. I love the reflection prompts. I also like the aesthetics and the overall idea, BUT… and here are a few important “buts” for me that make me still prefer using the Notes app for journaling on a daily basis.Firstly, the inability to use the app on my MacBook – I love writing on a keyboard rather than on a screen, and I also like having access from all my devices.Secondly, there is no easy way to export a single entry. Yes, I know it’s my private “diary,” but sometimes the line between something private and something inspiring that I want to share or add to my Zettelkasten system (because it holds value beyond just a memory) becomes blurred.Thirdly, there is no option to add tags. I love using tags in the Notes app, and I would like to be able to sort and browse entries easily by tags, for example, from trips, books, etc.If these things changed, I could easily recommend this app to everyone. For now, however, I recommend thinking it through first.
Has Potential
22/01/2024

jjulianaa09
I really like this app, somehow it makes it very easy to use compared to other journal apps. I love the simplicity but it could use a bit more functions. I'd love for it to connect with health app, so i can add my steps but also my mood and cycle phase and symptoms (afterall they affect my mood and day)! This app would be great to have a one big summary of your day including all factors that we gather on other apple apps. Also a monthly and yearly view is needed. It would also be great if we could get some monthly or yearly summary/highlights 😌.
Has Potential
22/01/2024

jjulianaa09

I really like this app, somehow it makes it very easy to use compared to other journal apps. I love the simplicity but it could use a bit more functions. I'd love for it to connect with health app, so i can add my steps but also my mood and cycle phase and symptoms (afterall they affect my mood and day)! This app would be great to have a one big summary of your day including all factors that we gather on other apple apps. Also a monthly and yearly view is needed. It would also be great if we could get some monthly or yearly summary/highlights 😌.
Almost perfect journal app
03/01/2025

Darek22
It's almost perfect. I like the fact it's private on my phone and I can write a diary. Few things I miss - it should be cross Apple platform with icloud backup. I wish it showed a calendar overview like other diary/ journal apps and I wish it somehow prompted you to look at older stuff like see what happened a year ago, look last time you were here... I hope apple will continue polishing this app but overall it's great for documenting memories with text, photos and videos
Almost perfect journal app
03/01/2025

Darek22

It's almost perfect. I like the fact it's private on my phone and I can write a diary. Few things I miss - it should be cross Apple platform with icloud backup. I wish it showed a calendar overview like other diary/ journal apps and I wish it somehow prompted you to look at older stuff like see what happened a year ago, look last time you were here... I hope apple will continue polishing this app but overall it's great for documenting memories with text, photos and videos

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