This app makes the poem easy to format so that the focus is on the creative message of the poem and I don’t have to worry about counting syllables. Currently, I like to see how many haikus I can write in 10 minutes since the app time marks when you finish them and that’s been super great too! I haven’t tried posting yet, but the templates promoted look cute and there’s a dark mode too, which I always appreciate. All in all, this helps me warm up for a writing day or give my brain a reset after a long doomscroll and is a great outlet both beginners and pros would find helpful and clear cut.

In our all too chaotic world, it’s nice to pick up my phone and spend a few minutes doing something thoughtful but not-too-difficult. I have friends who use this app to capture something from each day. Some like to share/post while others just look back on it as a kind of personal journal.I’m using it to try and just describe one particular moment—at my desk at work, something I saw on a walk, how I feel about the day’s news. It’s satisfying to see the poems accumulate.

The free version is clean & effective while the extra options come at a reasonable price, which seems rare these days. Kudos to the developer!That said, I’d like to have an extra field at the bottom of exported images to add short context notes (date, location, etc). The text should be small and a little transparent so it doesn’t stand out.It would also be nice to read different published haikus for inspiration instead of the one instructional haiku. Another haiku writing app does this, but Maiku has more features.Lastly, why not make the app open to the writing page rather than the journal page? If I open the app, it’s more likely to be because I want to write rather than to read what I’ve already written.Again, thank you for making this app. I hope my suggestions help.

Maiku has opened an entirely new way to express myself. Blank pages don’t work for me. I’ve found the haiku constraints and brevity along with the ease of creating with Maiku has enabled me to write about my experiences and observations as I have never before. And since I’m am 70 that means I’ve had many years of opportunities to write in other ways!