Zinnia - Planner & Journal 4+

I love this app. I’m caught in that weird space where I love technology, but I also love the tactile feel of journaling. Finding Zinnia has been awesome for bridging that gap and letting me journal on my iPad. For an iPad journaling app, I don’t think anything compares to Zinnia. Penbook is what I used for a long time, but eventually I ditched it for this one. The customization options and control you have just can’t be beat for that Art/Junk Journal feel.

That said, I feel it’s lacking for iPhone. Perhaps part of that is the loss of the Apple Pencil, but I can’t find any templates or ready to use planners optimized for iPhone, which means very small fonts and lots of zooming and panning. If there was even just one or two ready to use type planners for iPhone it would be a huge improvement in my opinion. I’m not going to get deep into one of my art or project books on my phone, I do that on my tablet.

Having a nice, customizable planner for my phone though—especially if it could sync to my calendar like Penbook can—that would be huge and I’d use that all the time! For iPad, if you’re looking for a great journaling app, this is it. If you’re only planning to, or only able to use your phone, unfortunately I’d say Zinnia has a little ways to go. Penbook has their “Little Everywhere and When” book specially for use on your phone. If Zinnia added something similar, they’d win. Hands down.

Thanks you so much for the kind words! We are working on improving the usability on iPhone, and hope you enjoy the coming improvements!

This app is seriously the only complete digital planning/journal app on the market. I’ve used several, including the paid versions of the most popular ones. There is always a significant issue with one of the features. I love GoodNotes and they have made fixes to issues that used to drive me crazy, like the crashes and lagging; however, their handwriting algorithm is awful. The worst one of all the digital writing apps I’ve used. I have an iPad Pro, 2nd gen pencil, and a paperlike screen protector. Another app I found has a really good algorithm for the pencil, but the rest of it is not very good, without the ability to use even system fonts. I wanted an app that allowed me to make planners and notebooks, use PDFs that I make/purchase, insert graphics, notes, etc., and be able to utilize both type and handwriting (and not have it look completely different than what I write on paper). This app has it all! Then, in addition to your own graphics, there are a ton of templates and layouts built in. Some graphics have actual text lines built in, so you just touch and type, no need to drag typed text around and it is much faster when creating long to-do lists or grocery lists than handwriting it all out. I could literally go on forever, but you’re wasting time reading this. Just get it. I haven’t opened another writing app since I subscribed to this one.

Thank you so much for the kind words! We are glad that you are enjoying the app.

I’ve been wanting this type of planner for a long long time, but spending the money for it is just crazy 🙈 and then what do I do with it 🤔 the fact that, this is digital is a huge bonus (for me) I can create, destroy, recreate, etc, etc, all day long 🥳. I love that it syncs between devices, I set up my first calendar on my iPad, then can look at it on my iPhone. I love that I have access to everything for one extremely affordable yearly rate. I love that I can journal, plan, shop, workout, create new habits, or anything else that I’d like to do from one single app 🥳 I was sold on this when I saw the fb ad, the cost is my next wonder, then reviews after that. I already knew I was going to get this but what sealed it for me was a review. I love when the developers respond to reviews (I realize you/they can’t respond to every review) but this particular review was bashing this app/company for charging so much (monthly vs yearly rates) and making a profit on the app. I read their idiotic review and also the developers defense response. I left the reviews and downloaded the app seconds later.

I just want to thank the developers for all of your hard work because this app is phenomenal. You’ve saved me so much money alone with buying the physical supplies, and the time in having to put it all together.

We are glad that you are enjoying Zinnia and thank you so much for the kind words!