ZenJournal:Stress-free Journal

Name: ZenJournal:Stress-free Journal
Rating: 4.5 (79 reviews)
Author: Shaomeng Zhang

Minimalist Micro Journal+Notes

Free · In‑App Purchases · Designed for iPad

79 Ratings
Ages

4+
Years
Category

Lifestyle
Developer

Shaomeng Zhang
Language

EN
+ 2 More
Size

22.6
MB

ZenJournal is the fastest and simplest journal, everything is within 2-taps: ○ Everything happens on the timeline, you logs, #hashtags, and ?searches all unified in one interface. ○ Open the app and start logging, reading, searching, reflecting. There is no step two. ○ Double tap your logs to toggle "Discreet Mode" where your logs are obfuscated into fuzzy blocks. You can finally show off your logs. ○ Lock your logs with TouchID/FaceID. ○ Pull up your logs to see a contribution graph of the last 105 days. ○ Use #hashtag to organize your logs. ○ As you type, start with ? to search and filter your logs. ○ Backup and restore. ○ Long press to share your logs to social media. ○ Dark Mode first, Light Mode just a tap away. Here are a few ways to use ZenJournal: ● Journal anywhere, with Discreet Mode, even in public spaces, without stress and fuss. ● Shield your self from the frenzy contest of social media. ● Cure your fatigue with a stress-free micro journal. ● Find your inner peace, build up your self-awareness. ● Log your random #ideas and #musings. ● Stream-of-consciousness style writing. Build your own ZenJournal with your random, intimate, embarrassing, dark or light, social or antisocial, secret or not so secret, genius or dumb, most subversive or idealistic plans, way ahead of time ideas or heart-aching throwback memories. ZenJournal is FREE to use with unlimited logs. Support the development by subscribing to Zen Pro and unlock Font Picker. Terms of Use + Privacy Policy: https://thezenjournal.com/#privacy

Ratings & Reviews

4.5

out of 5

79 Ratings

Great app!
01/09/2025

sp1tcup
I’ll be using this app for a bit, I like having one unified space for my brain vomit and being able to tag it logs with things like #thankful or #remember or #todo to quickly recall them later if the timeline gets filled. I also love that you can double-tap to hide the entire timeline except what you’re currently writing for privacy if you’re in public. I do wish that there was some sort of auto-spacing between entries; right now I’m adding a break after every log to get around this but sometimes I forget and my entries end up all clumped together when they shouldn’t be, because the option to edit also seems to be missing (unless I’m missing it).Update: updating my review because I’ve been using this app for three days and I completely understand the spacing now. My thoughts are grouped by time of day and spaced sort of like discord; if enough time has passed a new timestamp will create a line break. I know the editing feature is coming so I’ll proactively add a star for that lol

Developer Response
Thanks for the review! Yes I use the manual spacing occasionally as well. I didn’t add different block spacing because I want to keep the blocks flowing as sometimes a session can last for a few blocks. I’ll prioritize the editing feature. 🙏 Update: thanks for the added one star. Happy new year!
Great app!
01/09/2025

sp1tcup

I’ll be using this app for a bit, I like having one unified space for my brain vomit and being able to tag it logs with things like #thankful or #remember or #todo to quickly recall them later if the timeline gets filled. I also love that you can double-tap to hide the entire timeline except what you’re currently writing for privacy if you’re in public. I do wish that there was some sort of auto-spacing between entries; right now I’m adding a break after every log to get around this but sometimes I forget and my entries end up all clumped together when they shouldn’t be, because the option to edit also seems to be missing (unless I’m missing it).Update: updating my review because I’ve been using this app for three days and I completely understand the spacing now. My thoughts are grouped by time of day and spaced sort of like discord; if enough time has passed a new timestamp will create a line break. I know the editing feature is coming so I’ll proactively add a star for that lol
Developer Response 01/11/2025
Thanks for the review! Yes I use the manual spacing occasionally as well. I didn’t add different block spacing because I want to keep the blocks flowing as sometimes a session can last for a few blocks. I’ll prioritize the editing feature. 🙏 Update: thanks for the added one star. Happy new year!
Best minimal writing app
08/31/2022

User83930
This app is pure perfection. Open and type thoughts with no distractions, no need to enter titles or navigate somewhere. By the time I open another app and get to writing, I’ll have forgotten what I was going to write. This app makes it so easy to write thoughts down more often.My only request is to display photos in discreet mode as gray blocks. I haven’t purchased the subscription because the preview shows a sunset photo as a bright blurred orange square and I’d find that incredibly distracting to the otherwise elegant mostly monochromatic design of the app.Also, looking forward to the edit feature! Would love to correct small typos or add a tag to a previous thought. One suggestion is the ability to reply to previous thoughts. “Hindsight” or “reflection” essentially. Editing previous thoughts to add tags somewhat resolves this but replying to your own thoughts would be awesome for retrospectives!

Developer Response
Thanks for the 5 stars! Will definitely looking to add the edit feature. Also thank you for the idea for replying to previous thoughts, I was thinking about nested threads vs quoting previous logs. Definitely prefer the linear nature of the latter.
Best minimal writing app
08/31/2022

User83930

This app is pure perfection. Open and type thoughts with no distractions, no need to enter titles or navigate somewhere. By the time I open another app and get to writing, I’ll have forgotten what I was going to write. This app makes it so easy to write thoughts down more often.My only request is to display photos in discreet mode as gray blocks. I haven’t purchased the subscription because the preview shows a sunset photo as a bright blurred orange square and I’d find that incredibly distracting to the otherwise elegant mostly monochromatic design of the app.Also, looking forward to the edit feature! Would love to correct small typos or add a tag to a previous thought. One suggestion is the ability to reply to previous thoughts. “Hindsight” or “reflection” essentially. Editing previous thoughts to add tags somewhat resolves this but replying to your own thoughts would be awesome for retrospectives!
Developer Response 09/27/2022
Thanks for the 5 stars! Will definitely looking to add the edit feature. Also thank you for the idea for replying to previous thoughts, I was thinking about nested threads vs quoting previous logs. Definitely prefer the linear nature of the latter.
Couldn’t Be Easier
02/03/2020

Lady Estellise
Really love this app, I’ve downloaded so many journal apps in the past and this is the only one I’ve ever been able to use consistently. Whenever I have a thought pop into my head I just open this app and start typing. It’s just so simple to use, and I know my thoughts will be organized thanks to hashtags. My only complaint is that I wish you could edit your entries after posting them—sometimes I notice spelling or grammar errors in hindsight. It would also be fantastic if we could post pictures to our entries—sometimes a photo is worth a thousand words. Finally, it would be cool if we could customize just a little bit, such as background color or font style. In any case, I’m in love with this app and use it multiple times a day, so thank you for creating it! 🙏

Developer Response
Thank you so much! All the items you’ve suggested are on my list already! With font size/customization coming soon. Happy journaling! Update: Hello again! Font size/style adjusting is now added. Enjoy!
Couldn’t Be Easier
02/03/2020

Lady Estellise

Really love this app, I’ve downloaded so many journal apps in the past and this is the only one I’ve ever been able to use consistently. Whenever I have a thought pop into my head I just open this app and start typing. It’s just so simple to use, and I know my thoughts will be organized thanks to hashtags. My only complaint is that I wish you could edit your entries after posting them—sometimes I notice spelling or grammar errors in hindsight. It would also be fantastic if we could post pictures to our entries—sometimes a photo is worth a thousand words. Finally, it would be cool if we could customize just a little bit, such as background color or font style. In any case, I’m in love with this app and use it multiple times a day, so thank you for creating it! 🙏
Developer Response 04/28/2020
Thank you so much! All the items you’ve suggested are on my list already! With font size/customization coming soon. Happy journaling! Update: Hello again! Font size/style adjusting is now added. Enjoy!
Great Daily Journaling App.
03/12/2023

Blah blah blah djshakaxhsvaka
I love this app. It’s so streamlined and pretty. I like having a constant flow of entries, and not breaking everything up into individual notes. Great idea. I will absolutely continue to use. Some features that I would love to see added are: A per-entry word count. Basic formatting (italics, and bold) The ability to search by date. That’s really it. Highly recommend this app. Cheers
Great Daily Journaling App.
03/12/2023

Blah blah blah djshakaxhsvaka

I love this app. It’s so streamlined and pretty. I like having a constant flow of entries, and not breaking everything up into individual notes. Great idea. I will absolutely continue to use. Some features that I would love to see added are: A per-entry word count. Basic formatting (italics, and bold) The ability to search by date. That’s really it. Highly recommend this app. Cheers

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