Every entry now opens with a title, the sentence that says what happened, and the line that mattered, in your own words. Tags for what it was about, who was in it and where you were. Tap any tag to see every entry that carries it. Search your journal by word, person or place. The transcript reads clean now, filler out and paragraphs in. Your words as you spoke them are one tap away. The Sunday review is rebuilt: what repeated, who was new this week, your week in numbers, and the lines worth keeping, in your own words. Daily reminders now carry a different prompt each evening, and skip the days you have already recorded. All of it on your phone. Nothing leaves it.

Your first entry is free, reflection included, before Slate asks for anything. Onboarding is three screens. Reflections stay grounded in your own words on the newest on-device model. Theme tags no longer run off the card on iOS 26.6.

After your first weekly review, Slate mentions the lock once, so you know it is there. Reflections now stay in the language you speak, whatever language your phone is set to.

Slate can now lock. Turn on Require Face ID in Settings and the journal opens only for you. Face ID or your iPhone passcode, nothing else, and nothing about the lock leaves this phone. Hold the app icon on your Home Screen for shortcuts: start a new entry, write one down, get help, or turn on the lock.

Fixes a crash when opening the app that could repeat daily for some journals. If it ever affected you, your entries were never at risk, and your weekly review will catch up on its own.

If opening ever fails repeatedly, Slate now starts in a protected mode and stabilizes itself.

Slate now speaks Italian, from the app to the Sunday review. Fixes a rare crash loop when opening the app.

Slate now speaks Spanish, French, and Portuguese, from the app to the Sunday review. AirPods fixes: your microphone choice sticks, even while paused. A failed entry asks before it deletes.

When a reflection fails, Slate says honestly whether trying again can help. Entries that mix languages are handled better.

Slate speaks German now. Long entries reflect more reliably, and a failed reflection quietly retries on its own.

Fixes a crash when opening the app or recording while reflections were still processing.

Fixes recordings ending early on some devices. Reflections speak only when they have something to add. Plus an optional one minute survey.

Improves reflections, recording reliability, and subscription access.

Improves switching from a subscription to Lifetime.

Daily reflections now preserve complete thoughts and catch more of the moments worth keeping, while weekly reviews stay grounded and reliable.

Reflections and the weekly review now find what mattered, not just what was said.

The rating prompt, and fixes underneath.

AirPods that support high-quality recording now just work: connect them and Slate records from them automatically, at full quality. The record screen names the microphone in use, and tapping it lists every device you can record from. If headphones cannot deliver audio, Slate says so in seconds instead of recording silence. Recording is also dramatically smoother: the screen was rebuilt to take almost no rendering work, and the session sits properly centered.

AirPods that support high-quality recording now just work: connect them and Slate records from them automatically, at full quality. The record screen names the microphone in use, and tapping it lists every device you can record from. If headphones cannot deliver audio, Slate says so in seconds instead of recording silence. Also: the record screen sits properly centered, deleting an entry confirms in a bottom sheet, and copying a transcript shows a quiet toast.

The first session, rebuilt. Onboarding ends inside the recorder, ready to listen, and introduces the lock screen widget along the way. After your first entry, Slate asks once about a daily reminder, with the time ready to change. The home screen widget now carries a rotating prompt, and tapping any widget opens the recorder. Also: deleting an entry confirms in a bottom sheet, copying shows a quiet toast, and the timeline scrolls more smoothly.

Type an entry when speaking is not the moment. Start a recording straight from the Action button. Reflections name the people and events that mattered, and your Sunday review arrives reliably, in your own words when one line carried the day.

A plugged-in microphone is now used automatically. And if Slate can't hear you at the start of a recording, it says so and offers the iPhone mic, instead of recording silence.

A recording that reaches a time limit is now saved, never lost, and choosing no limit now means what it says.

Your Sunday review always arrives now, even when Slate cannot find a thread in the week. If a reflection fails, it says so and you can try it again.

Reinstalling Slate now brings your transcripts and reflections back from your iCloud on their own, and the waiting screen ends instead of spinning. Improved recording screen. Improved icon.