Every journal entry you write becomes a star.
Meridian is a journaling app built around one idea: your life deserves to be remembered. Each time you write, your entry lights up stars for the people, places, plans and goals in it, and your personal galaxy grows with you.
Your Personal Galaxy
Every person, place, thread and goal you write about becomes its own constellation. Open one to see what it is and its story so far, told in your own words and with the dates: who someone is to you, how a project started, where you were when it changed. Add a note of your own and it's woven in. Meridian only asks when someone or somewhere is new.
Your Story
See your week read back to you in a sentence, the people and places who turned up, what's still open and what went quiet. Pick up your goals right where you left them.
Write It Your Way
Talk, type or snap a page of handwriting. Voice is transcribed on your device, and you can pause any time to fix a word. Add photos, a place or a scanned page to any entry, then watch it light up as Meridian reads it.
Ask Your Journal Anything
Ask what happened, when, and how something changed. Answers come from your own entries, with the dates.
Optional Accountability with Screen Time
Want real stakes? Meridian can lock your most distracting apps (Instagram, TikTok, YouTube) until you write. Using Apple's Screen Time API, your chosen apps stay shielded at your chosen wind-down time. The only key is your journal. Need a little more time? Spend Stardust, earned through consistent writing, to snooze the lock for 10 minutes.
Friends, On Your Terms
Friends and circles live in one inbox. Streaks and the feed only ever show that you showed up, never what you wrote. When you choose to share an entry, it's locked to the people you send it to before it leaves your phone, so not even Meridian can read it. Send a friend a question to write about, or comment on what they share with you.
Why Journaling Works
Research on expressive writing links it to lower stress, better sleep and greater resilience. Meridian is built to make writing a habit you'll actually return to, because you can see yourself building something real.
Features
- A living galaxy: every entry lights up stars
- Constellation pages for the people, places, threads and goals in your life
- Story: your week, your people and places, and your goals in one place
- Ask: answers from your own journal, with the dates
- Voice, typing and handwriting, with photos, places and scans
- Optional app locking via iOS Screen Time
- Friends and circles, with entries shared only by your choice
- Stardust, milestones and a Shop of skies and star palettes
- Folders, search and photo journaling
- Your journal on the web at app.journalmeridian.com
Meridian is free. Meridian Pro adds more personalized AI writing prompts each day, plus every star palette, constellation style and sky.
Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
I’ve been into journaling (on paper) since I was in college years ago and this app is really the first digital journaling tool I’ve actually enjoyed. The stars/constellation concept is cool, and really aesthetically pleasing, but I also really like that I can still view my entries in a more standard list format. Also, AI can sort entries into groups by topic or I can manually organize my entries into groups, another feature that I really like. There is a feature that locks your apps until an entry is written, while I am not really into this particular aspect, I do like that it can help build discipline for beginners, for example I lock my socials once a week to make sure my entry is written by that time. I also dislike that there are in app purchases, but honestly it’s super cheap and some of the customization options are nice. They are however, still pretty limited in overall benefits so I will probably hold off on the pro version for now. However, even without the pro version, the in-store currency can be earning by journaling, which I love!Overall, for an app that I believe is only a few months old, it’s super unique and has more useful features than average journaling app. It’s obviously not the same as writing on paper, but for an online journaling app, it’s both functional and intuitive while the UI is very well designed. There is plenty of room for improvements, and some bugs here and there, but the sky is the limit for Meridian and I will continue to use the app as they develop.
One of the most unique and rewarding ways to journal
Qemal Paps
I never really got into journaling before, but Meridian actually made it feel easy and kind of fun. I like that every note turns into a star in your galaxy, so it feels like you’re slowly building something while keeping track of your thoughts. It helped me realize how nice it is to look back on old notes and see what was on my mind at different points in time.
Simple but powerful
Jeff Whelpley
This is the type of app you try because it’s easy and fun to get started but you don’t realize how powerful it is. The secret is in how it helps build a healthy habit that lets you become more in touch with yourself over time. Can’t recommend highly enough.
Very Interesting app!
Arabesquos
Super cool concept. There is finally a journaling app that is not a passive container. My journal entries are saved somewhere and it’s meaningful as opposed to the standard journaling apps where ur entries collect dust in a folder. Very creative UI design. Looking at it with an open mind, the sky is the limit for its potential.
Meridian 3 is a whole new galaxy.
• Your entries now light up constellations for the people, places, threads and goals in your life.
• Open any constellation to see what it is and its story so far, written from your entries and what you add.
• Story brings your week and what's still open into one place.
• Ask anything about your journal.
• Voice entries can now include photos, places and scans.
• Friends is one inbox for friends, circles and shared entries, which only the people you share with can read.
• Sign in to the web app at app.journalmeridian.com from your phone.
• A new Me page, milestone banners, and lots of fixes.
Version 3.0
The developer, Malek Aloulou, indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy .
Data Linked to You
The following data may be collected and linked to your identity:
Purchases
Location
Contact Info
User Content
Identifiers
Usage Data
Diagnostics
Privacy practices may vary, for example, based on the features you use or your age. Learn More
Accessibility
The developer has not yet indicated which accessibility features this app supports. Learn More
Information
Seller
Meridian Digital Labs, Inc.
Size
23.5 MB
Category
Health & Fitness
Compatibility
Requires iOS 17.0 or later.
iPhone Requires iOS 17.0 or later.
iPad Requires iPadOS 17.0 or later.
Mac Requires macOS 14.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later.
