Five Minute Journal reviews
What users love and hate · 500 reviews analyzed · ★ 4.6
The Five Minute Journal app uses proven principles of positive psychology to make you happier in 5 minutes a day and focus on self-care, mental health and motivation.
What users love
Структурированные подсказки утром и вечером
Формат «три благодарности + намерение дня + вечерняя рефлексия» помогает людям, которые никогда не вели дневник, начать и удержаться.
simple. effective. straightforward. wonderful companion to the physical copy of journal. 2nd year user.
I love filling it every day. It's been roughly 5 years now that I am using it and I can say it has definitely changed my view on life. I am more happy and appreciative of what I have.
This is a great app that is easy to use and backed by science. There are two notifications a day, once in the morning and once at night, to remind you to add your entry.
Фото как часть дневниковой рутины
Добавление фото к ежедневным записям превращает хронологию в визуальный дневник — пользователи ценят возможность прокрутить год в картинках.
Great reminder to stop and appreciate what I love. My favorite thing about this app is that I can add photos to entries.
I wish it had more customization options. I hate that I have to follow the prompts and can't turn sections completely off. It is great that it has its own cloud.
The app is literally so good I just loved!! Very smooth interface easy to use. There is just one suggestion: please make it like a diary and make an option to add images videos and recordings
What users hate
Записи пропадают после обновления
После редизайна 2024 года записи регулярно не сохраняются — особенно вечерние. Это самая повторяющаяся жалоба, проблема не исправлена годами.
This is the 4th time after I spent half hour writing my journal & it was not saved & asked me to write again. It's very frustrating to have an unreliable app that you don't know if your journey will be wiped out this time or not.
I like the app. I like that you can journal on your phone every day. The most recent update has made my opinion of the app go way down. I try to journal every morning and most of the time I go through the morning reflection and it doesn't save.
I've been using it for over a year and it's a helpful and beautiful app. BUT it randomly stops saving entries sometimes and I have to uninstall and reinstall. I'm in constant fear of losing my latest entry
Экспорт данных не работает
Кнопка экспорта есть, письмо со ссылкой обещают в течение суток — но его не получают месяцами. Пользователи с 4+ годами истории не могут забрать свои данные.
This app LIES. It claims to allow you to export your journal. It does NOT! Over four years of daily use wasted. It is not possible to do. They claim you will receive a link to your email within 24 hours. I have been waiting nearly a month.
I'm furious right now I've been using this app to journal everything for 2 years and now that I want to export my own data my own life it requires me to have a subscription.
It is impossible to export the journal and if you contact tech support, they will just ignore you.
Принудительный онбординг через «вызов»
При первом запуске нельзя обойти обязательный 5-дневный журналинг-челлендж и сразу исследовать приложение — пользователи удаляют его на этом этапе.
Downloaded the app and created an account. After that you are unable to do anything in the app unless you join a challenge, which I didn't want to do.
Can't get out of the "5 day journalling challenge" screens, it just keeps cycling back to day 1. Can't comment on the rest of the app as I can't access it.
Reinstalled this app after the first install as I could not believe this the first time. After creating an account & reading the introduction to the app, the next page gave me NO OPTION but to consent to a 5 minute per day, 5 day journaling challenge.
Язык подсказок давит на позитив
Вопросы типа «Что сделает сегодня ПОТРЯСАЮЩИМ?» остаются неизменными и воспринимаются как давление в дни, когда человеку плохо.
it's a decent app although a little bit glitchy. The language can be emotionally painful when you feel low ("what made your day AMAZING?" etc) and can't be changed. No response to my email offering feedback.
The app is not doing the original job anymore. It is advertised as a journal, but you can't use it as a journal in the free version because it's coming with premade text suggestions that can't be disabled.
I adore this app. It has such an amazing concept. The prompts seem so simple, yet they are so powerful.