Journal

55 of 100 · reviews
4.8of 5 · store
289,707ratings on the App Store
187reviews read

An editorial reading of the saved reviews

Apple's built-in app with solid ecosystem integration: photos, location, reminders out of the box, and no subscription. But the editor is rough: handwritten entries disappear, undo is broken, and multi-device sync is unreliable.

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What people use it for

Apple users who want to start journaling without downloading anything extra

What reviews praise

Being completely free with deep iPhone integration makes starting a journaling habit almost frictionless.

What reviews complain about

The editor is unstable: Apple Pencil entries disappear and cross-device sync loses data.

What users experience

3 excerpts from the breakdown. These are individual cases, not a verdict on all users.

I like it bc it's been helping keep an eye on my mindset due to things I've been going through. Only didn't give five stars due to the glitch with the streaks. I do this daily and don't miss a beat, but it keeps resetting my streak for some reason. Quit aggravating actually.

It's like you're expressing your feelings to your self and I can write about private stuff without people listening or looking.

I came from DayOne Journal and this journal is so much nicer to use without all the in app purchases! I do, however, wish that time stamps, dates, and locations from photos are automatically added instead of using 'Entry Date' as a default. I also wish that, like DayOne, it has 'on this day' widgets.