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Day One Journal: Private Diary Positive Reviews

Day One has come a long way!I have been using Day One for about 4 years now. I have always kept a journal since I was a kid but I wanted something password protected to use on my MacBook. When I first started using the Day One, it was limited and the phone app was incredibly buggy especially on iPhone. Over the years the developers have absolutely refined Day One into one of the best apps you can invest in on the App Store. I truly enjoy looking back over the years to see how far I have come. I mainly use this app as a “mind dump” whenever I feel overwhelmed and to record my dreams. Over time it has expanded into several different journals. I’m just now starting to use it to record smaller and simpler thoughts throughout the day to replace social media and it’s doing wonders for my mental health. Since it’s much more stable and reliable on iPhone it’s been a joy to use on-the-go. We all have those thoughts we just want to get out and social media isn’t always the place for that. Day One is a perfect judge-free zone where I won’t look back on a post 5 years later and feel deep regret for making that thought public. I did try out Day One Premium for 1 year because I wanted to use the video feature. I could only record a couple of minutes at a time and I didn’t end up using it as much as I thought I would. I didn’t use any of the other features in that year so I ended up reverting back to the basic package, but I’m sure those extra features will be useful for others!.DejasmilesVersion: 5.6

A blessing disgusted as an appI love to write, as an over-thinker and someone who ruminates on things a lot it’s something very therapeutic. It’s nice to write down a reflection of how your day was, a good or bad moment of your day, something that triggered you, someone that hurt you or about the past. Oh the past! I could write for days. What’s really great about this app is that it has a feature where you can create a passcode for the app or even choose to unlock it with your Face ID like your phone. I’ve tried other apps that don’t have that, or they do have it but you have to upgrade to premium for it but not this one. As a kid I grew up with very strict people around me, and privacy was something I didn’t have most of the time, I’m now 18 and have a cellphone that I bought and pay each month, so there’s that just for reference. I always wanted to start journaling but because of the lack of privacy I help myself back but this has helped me a lot, I feel safe I feel that my thoughts are safe and that I can express myself and actually write what I want to write about my life. The cool thing is you can also add pictures and audio notes, it keeps track of how many days in a row you’ve journaled to keep you motivated and to keep a streak going. 10/10 for me. I hope to learn to process my thoughts and emotions through journaling to then be able to learn and be more aware of myself, heal and grow as a person. Thank you Day One!.Ang.Mar1Version: 6.12

Needs great UX/UIHi guys, thanks for improving the app.. but i wanna point out some things. Make timeline page have a customizable ‘action’ button, because i wanted to just click once to pull a video and start recording me talking for 30 mins about my life. Currently there are photos, audio and text. Make it customizable. This will be very helpful to truckers, delivery drivers that works alone but don’t want to fiddle a lot of buttons just to record. And second, after recording a video, can you label the ‘input title’ field with ‘write your title’, because right now, there’s only blank which confuses the user to navigate the title field. Also the timeline, it’s way too cramped especially the bottom part where you’ll see the time of the audio, address and weather, can you put a separator between them, cause right now they are just connected in one line, makes the UI jarring to read. also for audio clips, put an icon on the right hand side, and maybe put the length of the audio overlaying the icon. instead of cramping it at the bottom of the journal entry in the timeline view.. make it look beatiful and simple, easy to navigate.. but i really love what youre trying to do, its the best journal app there is… i would love to subscribe if these features are available… theres more that i would love to input but its getting too long. Do you have suggestions email? Thank you, i’ll rate it 5 stars for you guys.PankiolVersion: 6.9.3

Great app and the BEST customer serviceI love this app and have been using it daily since 2018 and have filled it to bursting with pictures and videos and all sorts of important stuff …..but unfortunately with a huge file like that, things will happen and entries have disappeared. Some entries disappeared on their own in December and January and I was helped significantly by a gentleman named Cameron. Plus I was very relieved to discover that they can restore deleted entries, but they can’t see what is in the entry. So privacy is super secure, which is important to me. Then on the morning of March 3, 2022 I accidentally created a duplicate entry, and instead of deleting the empty duplicate, I deleted yesterday’s extremely important entry, and was very upset at myself and distraught, and I emailed support through the app…. but since I still had the emails from Cameron, I emailed him as well, and then I went to the grocery store and the bank, and by the time I got home, he had restored it. No fuss, no muss, no coconuts. Most importantly, no judgment. And very shortly after Cameron resolved things, I heard back from the email I sent through the app. The importance of this wonderful customer service cannot be overstated. I cannot thank Cameron and Lindsey and everybody else who works there enough for their support. And I can’t emphasize enough what a great resource this app is for somebody who is getting older and whose memory is not what it used to be!.Jake SpVersion: 7.1

Highly recommend! Very customizable.I can't update my old review which was 4 stars, so I'll just do a new one. The only reason I didn't give it 5 stars at that time was a feature that they fixed (adding voice recordings within a text entry). Thank you! I love Day One and I use Premium which is worth it. I created a template for a daily journal which has become a mixture of habit tracking (using the checklist feature), voice recordings for reflection, pictures to capture memories or lessons, and actual written highlights and reflections of my day. I have found a way to use Day One that creates a powerful tool not just for capturing memories, but creating growth experiences and tracking my personal growth journey. I look back at old posts (On This Day) from 1, 2, or 3 years ago and am amazed with how far I've come, and by keeping track of what I've learned, I can reread it and remember to apply them over and over. Day One is so customizable as a journal, and you can even create multiple journals too with Premium if you want to separate your entries. I've recently started going through and taking notes on some of my audio lessons/recordings since Day One also makes it easy to keyword search what you're looking for, which is way faster than going through hours of audio lessons. The tag feature is also helpful here. Highly recommend!.DarkLuminosityVersion: 7.4

PDF format has improved- Thank you!THANK YOU for continuing to improve the PDF format! Just as I was about to give up and look for a journaling method elsewhere, the PDF format was improved and now there are multiple pictures per page, and the flow and format is a lot nicer. I also like that the text is larger and one page can even fit up to 9 pictures. It still isn’t perfect. If I could give the suggestion to make the date and time font darker and maybe a little bigger, it would be near to perfect. That is hardly visible, especially once printed out. But the picture flow has dramatically improved, and I applaud you! I am fine paying a subscription as long as these updates are being made, because I appreciate the continuous work to improve the customer’s experience. So far, to the best of my knowledge, these improvements haven’t been made to the book printing, but I assume they are working on that as well. Thank you and please, for your subscribers, continue with these improvements! It’s the only thing that keeps me hanging on to this app because a physical, printed copy is so important to me, and though I love everything else about the app digitally, I would be forced to look elsewhere if I wasn’t satisfied with the printing (via book or PDF). I’m sure I’m not the only customer who feels this way. Thank you for hearing me out!.ChachaflakiesVersion: 4.13

A request to address certain problemsI’ve been using your app for years, definitely one of the best apps I have ever used. However lately I have been facing problems. I have an iPhone 8. Often times when I copy or past something, the app would lag a lot and then crash and I would need to restart it. Another huge problem I have is that when I want to edit an entry, the app would instantly take me to the bottom of the entry instead of the place I already was. I write long entries so if I’m in the middle of something and notice a typo, I don’t want to fix it because it will take me all the way to the bottom. And if I slide up and tap on the text I want to edit, most of the time the app just keeps taking me back to the bottom. I think I have to double tap it sometimes and make sure I am not sliding to get it to select the text I want. It is so frustrating for me, why can this not work like google docs where it just stays at the same spot I click edit instead of going all the way down. Please, I have been a loyal customer for a very long time and I hope you fix this, or either give me an option to disable this ‘function’. Lastly, I would greatly appreciate if you guys would give us the option to sync with iCloud/Dropbox again, if we’re paying for something we really should get the option of where we want to save our data..MaazismailVersion: 2.5.10

Finally paid for itBeen using Day One off and on for over 10 years. Recently I’ve been dealing with trauma recovery and an eating disorder and was looking for something to do 3 times a day “check ins” to stop and recognize what my body feels, emotions etc to recognize they are happening, feel them and allow my nervous system to let the feelings subside in a healthy way. I spent a day looking at different “check in” apps and journals. Thought about just doing little notes in the habits app I use. Or the check in apps where you tap emotions and smiley faces. All dumb and none of the journaling apps really do what Day One does. So I downloaded it again and realized a perfect solution is to pay for premium and have a “daily checkins” journal and a regular one. When I write a long form proper entry I can put it in the journal…the short ones that are just noticing thoughts and feelings (an exercise) I can put in the other. Eventually decided you know I pay $100 for each therapy session and incorporating Day One into my self care routine with all the features is definitely worth $30 a year. I can also send a quick email from work if I miss a check in and don’t want to pull out my phone. Last thought…please just keep developing and supporting the app! I would hate to see it abandoned someday..MysoulishomeVersion: 2023.15

A Gateway to RealityI have always wanted to journal, but the inconvenience of having the small book, an appropriate pen, and the physical circumstances seemed to prevent me from doing so. As I have an iPhone, iPad, and a MacBook Pro, and have one of those readily available just about all the time, journaling becomes practice. The two missing elements are a busy life and moments I want to capture that are sufficiently stirring that they will make me want to record the event. Day One reminds me each day to journal (Important!) and allows me to take a photo either in Photos or right from the app. The combination inspires me to write about what I have photographed. I have been frustrated with photo apps in that they are not focused on a written description of what was going on a the moment the image was captured. Day One solves that. Perhaps the greatest benefit of Day One is that I can easily see and read (unlike my handwriting in awkward places and in a small journaling book) what I have written in the past. The "me" that is revealed in my writing is a different "me" than the one I perceive in my mind's eye. Writing is, as others have noted, a window into the soul and a reflection of reality. I am benefitting from that window and that reflection thanks to Day One. I am sincerely thankful for the creators of this wonderful app..Loden1111Version: 7.3

Love the app, but your autocorrect is the WORSTDear DayOne, I love you so much. I’ve been a user for 8 years and I’m not going anywhere because there’s nothing better. But what is up with your completely terrible speech-to-text and autocorrect?? I’ve been wrestling with this since I first started my account, and I kept thinking you would work out the bugs, but honestly it’s like it keeps getting worse. It feels like your AI is getting dumber. It regularly changes correct words to incorrect ones, it misses obvious corrections, it suggests completely random words that have nothing to do with the letters I typed. and it has never learned any of my family’s names - never offers correct spellings as suggestions, never seems to have noticed that those are words I use constantly. I’m a busy mom and business owner, and I’ve just had to live with it because I don’t have time to clean everything up. But either I’ll have to someday spend many many hours correcting all the dumb mistakes, many of them CREATED by your system, or I’ll have to live with my family history being riddled with errors. Please fix this bad feature in your otherwise amazing product! Giving 5 stars in hopes this message gets through to somebody, anybody..SB5111Version: 7.10

On the fenceI have only been using Day One for a few days now and overall I like it, I think. I think it is great how they offer a 1 month trial period for premium, that gives you a lot of time to really figure out all the features and whether it is the right app for you or not. The photos with the location options is a great feature and it is nice to be able to easily reflect back on specific days. My biggest “upset” with the app is that I wish the entries were distinguished differently. I am only using the iPhone version of this app so I cannot speak on any other version, but every entry and day just seems to blend together. The only thing too indicate that entries are from different days is a small date stamp on the right side of the screen. Ideally, I would like to see an option that allows you to only see that days entries and you can toggle left or right to go in between days. I say that as an option because it seems like the majority of users of this app have no complaints about the layout but for those that do, something like that would be a great feature. EDITED: So I literally found the Today View right after posting this review. If there was an option to have the Today View as the primary viewing option in the Timeline tab than that would be perfect!.Nmarble007Version: 2023.8

PERFECT, EXCEPT ONE MAJOR ISSUE...My favorite journaling app. I was never able to commit to journaling— I’ve tried keeping physical journals, I’ve tried other apps, but this app was the only one that was able to keep me committed to writing. It offers so many useful tools and options, like templates, the ability to add photos, etc. (I do have the paid version btw.) There is one problem I have with this app though, and that’s privacy. The app does allow you to have a passcode, but I’ve found that if you go to your device’s home screen and use the spotlight search to search on your device, you can actually use keywords to search for your entries and read them from there (therefore bypassing app’s passcode). For example, if you wrote an entry about apples, you could search “apples” on your device and the entry will show up there, where you can read the title of the entry, as well as a good portion of that entry’s content. This has actually gotten me into a good bit of trouble at home because someone else was able to search for keywords on my device and read my private entries from my device’s home screen. I really, truly hope this is fixed. I love this app and would hate to have to stop using it for this reason..Bbyblanco46Version: 4.12

Always looking for better, Day One always winsI’ve been journaling and digitally archiving for decades now. If I could retire right now I’d do it a lot more but, in the meantime, it’s important to me to take and keep snapshots of my and my family’s life as the years roll by. I stopped using Facebook and Instagram years ago and journaling has been a great replacement. I still have motivation to take pictures of semi-ordinary events, along with a note about what happened. Beyond that, it’s helped me to see a picture of my overall mental health year by year and identify things I struggle with over and over. Day One has been a near-perfect companion for the last several years. The product is both easy and fun to use and it’s rare that I think of something I want but don’t have. The updates are thoughtful and have yet to encounter an issue of any kind. I would love to see more support for the more technical folks, like a first-class command line API, but I know that I’m probably in a tiny minority of folks that care about it. I would also love to see automatic bi-directional linking, like Roam Reaearch. I constantly try new note taking and journaling tools and keep coming back to Day One!.JoshCanHelpVersion: 6.0.3

Back up your data, I lost special entries.Day one has been my go to journal since 2016. The other day I went to search for one of my child’s births only to find that the entries are no longer there. The entries have been accessible for 2+ years then suddenly disappeared. I do not recommend using this service for entries without backing up. I would like to note that I did pay for the pro service with them. I’ve checked for the entries on my iPad, Mac and phone. I’ve synced many times praying they will appear. I am missing more entries than my child’s birth. All missing entries seem to be older than 2 years. Worked with their support; their claim is I deleted the entries, they restored all entries, the entries regarding my child’s birth is still not there. I’ve lost all my memorial journal entries from my child’s birth, I’m heart broken. WARNING TO OTHERS. Routinely backup your data. Do not trust your entries will always be available. Their terms of service states “the Company has no obligation to store any of your content that you make available on the company properties.” Read the legal services, responsibility for content, storage. Their team was nice, quick to respond and I believe tried their best to figure out what happened. This app is an awesome journaling app..Standup502Version: 7.1

Can an App Change Your Life? — Yes!Most of the apps we use provide information/entertainment, help us do things faster, or allow us to share with others. DayOne is not just a journalling app, not just a way to put thoughts and words on a piece of “digital paper”. No, DayOne provides an simple, clean environment to reflect on our lives, document the happy moments, express the angry frustrating ones, and help organize our life’s activities. The elegant design, clean interface, and robust features enable me to declutter and unstress each and every day. I look forward to opening DayOne and seeing my past entries and a prompt to write more. Clicking the “+” to add a new entry opens my mind and heart to share myself. As I begin to write, the keyboard shortcuts allow me to stay focused on my thoughts instead of searching for menus and commands. I use tags on every entry to help organize and group like writings. Finally, the ability to add media in any area of my journal page creates a wonderful professional looking product. All of these features allow me to focus on the writing and more importantly to put my life’s activities and emotions into perspective. Can your app do that? DayOne does!.DjakmgVersion: 7.2.2

Best journal EVERI’ve been using this app since 2013. I’m a premium member. I’m a writer so my preference is the old-fashioned pen to paper. I had a relapse in 2015 that ended up lasting 5 years. The entire thing is documented in my journal. I was also able to have Day One print out books for me for that period of time. It’s just awesome. They have everything. I remember asking if they could get more fonts and finally we got the option for new fonts. I love that it has a location tracker. In the beginning there were a few gaps where I tried out different journals because I’m always looking for the next best thing but this is it. I’m grateful that I have a lot of stuff documented that people wouldn’t normally keep track of. I chose the setting to take photos in the journal and not have them save to my phone. I haven’t looked back at my books yet but you get to choose the time period, the cover, the photos on the back… you can choose to remove certain entries. When I found out my now ten year old had autism, I have that documented in here from 2013. I can’t say enough about this app. I’ve pretty much been with them since DAY ONE too. I’d love to be a spokesperson..Rae-wowVersion: 7.9

Best journal I’ve hadI got this at the end of 2020 and so far it’s the only journal I’ve been able to commit to. Physical journals can get tiring to carry around, longer entries get difficult to write and start to loose their meaning once I start to shorten phrases or words. Digital journals are great to be able to to carry around and have wherever you go, as well as the ease of typing but a lot of them feel tacky. Day one has such great and easy layout, with good daily questions that don’t feel cheesy to answer when you need some inspiration. I purchased the premium version yesterday and it doesn’t lack anything for me. I’m using two journals at the moment, one for just everything, and a 2nd to print out in a year with more important memories or ideas. The app has so many features without making it feel bloated or overwhelming to look at or use, it’s just a simple writing experience. I also really love how you can see where you took an entry/photo. It really adds to the experience to be able to look back on where I’ve been and what happened in different spots around town. I hope to use this journal for years to come, thanks to the developers for really making a great app..G3ns4v4g3Version: 6.0.3

Don’t Get This For The Book PrintingI love journaling!! I came to Day One because a friend shared on social media about a book she printed over a year ago. I was so excited to finally move away from handwriting my journals, but still have a physical copy. For a year I’ve recorded about the birth of my second son and all our family’s adventures! I love it! But now that It’s time to print I’ve wasted a whole day (seriously, so many hours carrying my phone around and retrying to upload and enter the payment information) trying to order the book to no avail. I was given a few suggestions by the support team, but none of those worked either and I’m so sad! This was the whole reason I downloaded the app and now I feel like I won’t have a physical copy of all the things I journaled this year. I hope they sort something out ASAP for the book printing so I can come back one day and print all my memories. So for that, I have to take a star away, and let the book printers out there know that it may not be the app for you if a physical copy is your goal. But if you’re happy with the digital copy, then this app would be amazing!.KasecamVersion: 4.13

I’ve been using this for years!I would say that I am continually impressed by this app. I have printed out a book every single year. I love putting this together as a way of journaling memories. I love the idea of having pictures along with the stories, so this is right up my alley. journaling has definitely turned into a hobby for me. This app is great for other uses as well, I use this in church, I use this to take notes, I use this as a personal goal, setting journal, and I also use it to keep tabs on certain recipes that I love. I am really excited to print out a recipe book at some point! the only issue I have had is with printing. I accidentally had the wrong color selected for my book. I submitted it for printing. I emailed the company immediately after placing my order and they said that there was nothing they could do. In total I had probably spent a little over $100 to print, so this was disappointing to hear but I’ll admit, it was my fault originally. Overall, I have left using this app. I also don’t applications that have an annual fee, however, in this situation is very practical. I use this app every single day!.Love2live4funVersion: 2023.4

Great Journaling AppWhether you are new to journaling or a seasoned pro, this app has something for everyone. Some of the things that I love about the app include pre-populated templates to begin your journaling. If you have never journaled, this makes it easy to get started because you don’t have to think about what to write about. If you are more seasoned and/or you know how and what you want to write about each day, you can easily build a custom template and begin with the same template each day. I love being able to add pictures to the journal as well. There are several ways you can use this, but I prefer to add any pictures from the to day to my daily journal entry. Some of the other features include being able to add or include other types of media to your entry. Although I personally do not use this feature, it is cool to know its there. I also appreciate the timeline feature of the app. This allows you to go back and see previous days, months and years. It also allow a streak building for your journaling habit. Highly recommend. This and the Bible app are two apps that I use every day without fail..Running GiboVersion: 2024.7

Very impressive but still has trouble uploading video.DayOne really has become an impressive journal app, finding all sorts of ways to break down whatever is preventing you from journaling. It can send you prompts by text, have screen prompts that take you immediately to a blank entry, can record where you’ve been during a day to jog your memory in writing about it. The interface has also improved, although the back arrow still takes you to the options screen rather than move the cursor back. After all these advances, it’s a shame that video doesn’t load about half the time. This has been a known problem for DayOne for months and the resolution should have been implemented weeks ago but video still won’t load. I have entries from two months ago that still have blank spaces where videos were supposed to have been uploaded. I no longer recall which videos were supposed to go there since it’s been so long ago. It would be nice if DayOne could make sure some of its core functionality was working properly before expanding its offers..JuniorrazVersion: 7.22

Seems great but one requestFound this app today and was really excited to use it with my partner until I realized there was no simple collaboration feature. Right now we use SimpleNote, and although they do not have much in terms of designing the entry more creatively like this app, the one thing they do have, the most important for us, is the collab feature. We do a ton of self-growth work and like to share our notes with each other, adding to them or just simply reading them and feeling connected when apart. Why that feature is so convenient on theirs is because you simply click “collab” in the drop down menu of each entry, add someone’s email address, it sends them an email a note was shared, but then the entry pops up under their app too. No need to edit/collab via that email, because you can collab straight from the app. Any collab entries just show up like they are your entries on your app. It’s so convenient and helpful. I really would love to see this app bringing something easy like that to it, because it already has everything we could ask for in journaling, but this one majorly important thing. Aside from this, amazing job developers!.TwisterClatterClashVersion: 6.15.1

Wonderful Life LoggingI love Day One, I don’t do a whole lot of writing myself, or even audio recording, I have “photojournalistic tendencies”, that is I tend to just take pictures of everything. Or short videos. I used to do short text notes in iOS’ Notes App to complement my pictures, and I’ll admit, I still do on occasion, but I’m doing more and more in Day One, mostly because it’s easier to associate with a picture. I also love the location recording for notes, used to be I’d take pictures of just whatever wall or floor my phone was facing simply to record a location to accompany a text note in Notes, now, don’t have to. I still don’t write a whole lot, but the convenience of logging things, like weather and location has encouraged me to use Day One more. I highly recommend trying it for anyone who’s meticulous like I am about recording all the little details. Only thing I would improve is having the ability to save location data forever, currently location data is only saved for six weeks unless you manually save an entry for a place. I’d love to see that location history saved for forever..JupiterFluxVersion: 3.2

Best Journaling App EverI’ve struggled for so long to keep a consistent journal routine. I try and I try but never manage to make it longer than a few weeks before I’ve given up on writing. Day One was recommended by a guest on The Tim Ferriss Show, so I decided to check it out. I’ve never loved something so much in my life. Writing has become part of my daily routine. The journal categories allow you to compartmentalize so many things and the fact that you can make notes on your phone to deep dive into later on the PC is just phenomenal. I can take create an entry while walking at the park and make quick notes of a podcast I’m listening to, then recall and complete the whole idea when I get home. If thoughts start creeping in while laying bed and I’m having difficulty falling asleep, again I can make a quick entry to dump the idea from my brain, and sleep comfortably knowing I can address the next morning on the pc. There’s just so much utility with this app. I love it. If I ever become a famous writer, this will be mentioned as one of my favorite and most valuable purchases of all time..PostalPowerVersion: 2024.6.1

My Fave AppI love and appreciate this app so much. My anxiety disorder has been out of control since the Pandemonium and while journaling never really stuck before for various reasons, this app is the first time i've been able to keep up with it and it’s been INSANELY helpful. I even told my shrink about it and he’s recommending it to other patients. In my darkest moments I have written novels to this app and it makes me feel good knowing it’s not at risk of seeing the light of day. I thought at first typing would lose some magic vs hand writing but I love the versatility more - if i need to, i can journal on my phone if that’s all i have with me. For an anxiety sufferer that makes a huge difference. I love that you can make a journal for each “thing” you want, so I have a regular journal plus one for therapy journaling and one for helpful notes and one for jotting down intrusive thoughts as part of a coping tool. This app is worth every penny and i wish more apps would just be paid upfront and then have a nice, ad-free experience. I love that they’re not trying to upsell me at every turn using it..EpocscodsVersion: 2023.4

Extremely useful, a pleasure to use.I have used Day One almost every day for several years. It is versatile. I used to use Evernote until one day that app stopped working. Day One is a little different than Evernote, but just as useful. I have almost 50 journals on various topics and time periods. I use the app to keep track of my business and my nonprofit. I take notes for the books I’m writing. I use Day One to remember important things. My entries often use pictures, videos, and audio files. The whole thing is searchable. It is my brain, stored on a handy device in my pocket. For 2024, I plan to use Day One even more, recording notes and thoughts from almost every aspect of my life. It is effortless to use. I hope it remains just the way it is, for many years into the future. One improvement I wouldn’t mind would be if the voice to text was a little more accurate sometimes. It gets about 90% of the words right, and I can usually make the corrections pretty quickly. I wish every app I use was this dependable, versatile, and useful..PseudotsugaVersion: 2023.26.1

Good...most of the timeWhen it works correctly I like it. When it acts quirky, I can’t stand it. I’ve been using it daily for over a year. My biggest gripe is losing paragraphs of information while I am writing. Poof! Suddenly it’s gone! I save often but it will sometimes drop my text before I save it, which is really frustrating. Or, it will show the text in the side panel yet the display for that day is blank, or vice versa. Quite often, there is a significant delay between when I type the letters and when the app shows the text on screen. I can type a full sentence then sit back and watch it display the letters slowly one by one. It’s nerve wracking! It seems that the apps synch on my devices only when the app is open simultaneously on each device. The support team is great about responding. Usually, they are aware of the problems and are working on them. I’ve been told to reload the app which sometimes helps and sometimes doesn’t. The problems are intermittent. Sometimes it works perfectly but most of the time I have some performance issue with the app..Tdj2591Version: 2.7.4

Awesome app and sure has helped me change my lifeJournaling was very new to me about 2 years ago when I started on this version of Day one . I had the previous version that I downloaded from “starbucks app of the day” and then didn’t use it for a while in which time they had changed the entire interface and upgraded it to what it is today. Sadly I forgot my password for the first version and had no way of retrieving the entries. However I started this and glad they have back up options and so on. Anyways it’s been a great tool helping me through bright and dark days . The only thing I would ask of the Dev team is optimize syncing across devices, especially with notifications . I use my Mac to journal most of the time and when I do finish , I still get notification on my watch to “record my day” . Also the pop up mini reminder screen that comes up on the Mac to start an entry is a hit or miss with starting on the mini screen in which case I have to click “open” for the larger interface. Other than that all is good ! Thank you ..Malstein1Version: 5.6

Top of the line!!! 🤩🤩🤩I have a brain injury, so I have very very poor penmanship... but I have always love love LOVED the idea of journaling so so much though, so I started to journal first on Microsoft Word on that app on my phone, but the very annoying thing about doing that was that I had to keep scrolling down down down alllllll the way until I found where I left off! 👎🏼 I first got so annoyed that I started to reverse my order of journal entries so that the first thing I could do when I opened Word was write my newest journal entry! It eventually got so messy and long though, so then I thought, “there’s GOT to be something else out there!!! This is the 21st century for Christ’s sake!!!” Then, I opened the App Store and found Day One, and my life was literally changed forever, and I could not be more thankful for this app!!! 🤩🤩🤩 I’m currently using Day One’s free premium trial, and it’s so great that I wish so so badly I could make my own money bc if I did, I would TOTALLY pay for a subscription immediately!!! Too bad I only have so long until my trial ends... 😔.Swagnes lolVersion: 2024.6.2

Really very good, not perfect thoughThis app is a very serviceable personable journal. I believe it’s worth the annual cost for the premium features if maintaining a journal is something that you find beneficial to your well-being as I do. I appreciate the synchronization between my devices more than anything, and the security seems adequate for such personal data. I also enjoy the metadata tagged in each entry (location, weather, activity, etc) which I feel will be very interesting in the long run as I review older entries. My biggest ask is that I very much wish the developer would make the journaling canvas more free form by allowing entries to contain mixtures of text, handwriting, photos, and drawings similar to how iPadOS notes works. As it functions at the time of this review the entry is more like an e-mail composer where you enter text, and then can attach photos and drawings in a somewhat rigid manner. Unleash the creative potential of the journaling canvas and I’ll call this the perfect journaling experience worthy of five stars! Unless something else comes along with that capability though, this is likely still your best choice for a journaling app..DgazrVersion: 5.4

Very easy to use for basic journaling (can’t vouch for other features )This makes it easy to just write a little bit about my day. Sometimes I would do the same thing in my Notes app, but somehow this feels much better, since it’s not mixed in with shopping lists, other thoughts, and other random notes that are in there. Somehow just having a separate app for it makes it a little more approachable. I can’t say it suddenly make me a daily journal-keeper, but I’m not sure how many entries, if any, I would have written in the past 3 months if not for this app. I think I have 5-6. So that’s a big win in my eyes. I’ve just used the text, but I really like that I can add a picture if I want to. I don’t know how many other features are available without paying, but I would say if you’re on the fence, you should get the app and put the icon in a place on your phone where it’s not necessarily in the way, but where you will see it. I made sure not to put mine within a folder mixed in with other apps..TheycallmeamyVersion: 6.7

Writing promptsI got the app mostly for the daily writing prompts. I already journal and have for years, but my journal entries are often short reports of what happened today. I am retiring soon and hope to do much more writing. I write for a living but again, very specific topics and audience, whereas what I hope to write is more of a memoir. My writer friends tell me they write for 30 minutes a day, but most belong to a group with a leader who supplies a writing prompt daily. I was hoping for that. Some days it is that. But way too many days it’s things like “come up with a crazy business idea” or “What were your 5 favorite movies.” Luckily, I have the free version so I can’t complain too much. But I would love it if the daily prompts could be less specific and more like open ended statements or questions that provoke thought. I also am not a fan of the writing streak function, which only records whether I have written in response to the prompt but not if I have done other journal writing on that day. I think it would be more accurate (and less annoying) if it counted any writing done on a particular day as part of the writing streak..RvmptVersion: 6.9.1

The Ease of Personal GrowthI have always been one to keep a journal and fail at maintaining one. Throughout my life, I have kept a written journal where I would process my day, my emotions, and my goals. But, I have always given it up after a couple of weeks or sometimes even days. Why this has happened so consistently throughout my entire life, I do not know. But then Apple recommends Day One, and I said, hey, let's give this a shot, and since then, I have not turned back. Day One makes it easy to journal in a meaningful way that a traditional journal has a problem. I can choose the form of my journal with pictures and videos, sound clips, or writing. Having the ability to create different journals around different ideas is also very helpful. I find it easier for me to track my health, emotions and thoughts, and exciting events that pop up in the day with the different formats. Day Ons gives me the urge to journal, and they make it simple and easy to do it. Let's just say I plan on having a long and fruitful relationship with this app..WillTheZanyVersion: 5.6

Better than classicHolds more photos and more data to input. There seems to be a more added options to tailor the data better and this is very good. I highly recommend this app for organization and your life logging. Update. Taken 2 stars off simply because the devs tend not to include information in what they take out so a user will know if to up date or wait for the next version. Disabling things that a user is use to using on a daily basis is no cool, I use templates on a daily basis, they are fast and I don't need to retype things all over again and they also remind me as well at a certain time frame, very inconvenient for them to just turn it off it's not broken so why do that? Also the way to add locations has changed its more difficult to get a good on where you are if it's not saved this use to work flawless in early versions before iOS 12 they never seem to bring it back. Also you really need to pay for one black theme? Really? Hopefully iOS 13 will fix this nonsense..AzankinoVersion: 3.7

This app is everything!OK, I am not a big journal writer, but the Day One app has so many capabilities and is so easy to use that I just love it! I keep a regular photo journal here where I put time stamped curated photos, and this can be done at the end of each day, or a month later when you have some free time or are home sick or whatever. I also use this to jot down some story about an event or day f I want. On any given day, I will snap a few pictures of something that brings me joy to include in this journal. I don't need to worry if the photo is 'good' or if anyone else will like it. It is just for me! When I go back through my phone camera roll, most days have something, and there are fond memories! This is also great for journalling trips, etc. I also keep a private journal (both are private, but this one double-checks before showing any previews on my screen), and this is where I vent, complain, record frustrating experiences, etc. It is so much easier to move on from something if you have documented how it made you feel. This journal helps me move past this, but also allows me to go back and process as needed, and can be a helpful reference for therapy sessions. Oh, there is also a email option where I can type an entry into an email that will send directly into my journal. I use this for longer entries. I really like having a separate app for all of this to avoid feeling like it might be a Google or Apple product that I might feel stuck with later..L ShaxVersion: 2024.2.1

The best journaling app w/a solid history of improvements & supportI’ve been using DayOne for years and it just gets better and better. It is so easy to start a journal entry. DayOne is integrated across the iOS platform, so you can quickly send photos, articles, or inspiration from around the internet to your journal. The tagging and searching are top notch. You can even create separate journals for different projects or themes. One of the best features is the location, weather, and activity logging that seamlessly integrate into new entries. When I’m out and about, I take a lot of pictures, but don’t always add them to DayOne the same day. When I create a new entry, I can add the photos and am immediately prompted to apply the photo date and location, so it keeps everything in order. I love how the developer keeps making DayOne better. I know Apple has launched their own journalling app, but I’m committed to this wonderful app that has stood the test of time and is now a daily feature in my life..Carrie3630Version: 2023.26.1

I use it every dayI’ve been using the app since mid-2014 (was grandfathered in to Plus and recently paid for Premium). The app has come a long way, and I use it at least once a day now. It’s well-built for a variety of use cases. I have a journal for daily recaps, one each for movie/book/restaurant reviews, a journal for work, and more. It’s intuitive. It’s easy to use, and also as complex as you want to make it (tags, journals, photos, voice recordings, templates...). The location data is key to me because I can get a map view of places I want to visit, or places I have visited. UPDATE: it’s been super buggy and inconsistent the last 2-3months. Streaks are rarely correct (will say 4 days but show a journal with a 21 day streak, or just show no entries at all despite there being some). Sync between devices is slow, used to be near-instant. The daily prompts are all messed up; sometimes showing an extra prompt in the “show all” list, sometimes I’ll click the day’s prompt and it will auto-fill the entry with yesterday’s. Overall, the experience has gotten less good (I won’t say it’s “bad”…yet…) in the last year or so..FatsjkVersion: 2023.6

Perfect journaling appUpdate. April 2022. Still love this app. I use it as a sort photo diary. Every so often, I’ll post a picture of what I’m doing — traveling, fun project, or random thing from life. And I’ll make a note about it. I’ve been looking back at my photos and notes from four, five, six years ago and it’s so much fun. I love this app. Still recommend. Been using for over 2 years and still love it. I use as an photo journal and it's easy to use. Either snap a photo from in the app, or import a photo or "send" a photo into the app directly from the Photos gallery app. Exporting to PDF is the ideal archival tool. Highly recommend. Apr 2021 update. Still love using this app. Have been using it as a photo journal. I love going back 3,4,5 years and looking at photos of what I was doing then. It’s also a handy reminder - when I am trying to remember where I travelled or when we purchased the new “blah-de-blah”, I can scroll through and find a photo that reminds me of the date. Great app. Still recommend..MarcwallisVersion: 7.5

This got me writing againI haven’t tried many journaling apps, but I know that I will be sticking with this one for as long as possible. I love writing, but I have always struggled with sitting down to write and getting overwhelmed while staring at a blank page. This app has a dictation feature which allows me to speak freely while the app transcribes it in real time. You can then go back and edit later. This is incredibly useful to me in the mornings, when most of my ideas hit me, but I have very little time to write them down because I’m getting ready for work. This app allows you to record and leave it running so you can simply talk at your device when you have something that you want to write down. There are many incredibly useful features in here, but the transcription is the one that wins the day for me. I highly recommend giving this app a try if you are a writer at heart, but struggle either with time or feeling overwhelmed in figuring out where to start..ThedreamghoulVersion: 2023.26.1

Fantastic journaling app!I HIGHLY RECOMMEND this app for anyone that wants to journal. I find that the paid version is definitely worth it but if too expensive the free version is fantastic as well. I’ve relied on journaling for a long time and downloaded this app for a change from my pen/paper approach. It does everything you could want. I especially love being able to record audio AND have it transcribe into written text so I can verbally process but don’t have to listen to my own voice if I want to review what I said. Also love being able to tag locations, add media/photos/videos/music. The tag function is also really nice so I can mark entries of things I want to discuss in therapy and not have to go searching for something. I’ll often create an entry for a given week’s therapy and have a chance to list out the important things beforehand. The app also has some great privacy/security options for anyone who doesn’t want someone snooping through your entries..AKatwigaVersion: 2023.6.1

Easy to use, complex enough to keep it organizedDay One couldn’t be easier to use. Just start writing. I use it for everything- personal journal, research notes, project ideas and so much more. One single place to keep everything in my brain and heart. The genius is how easy it is to find this information when I want it. I love how I can keep separate journals, yet I can also view everything I’ve written in all the journals in a single timeline. I don’t have to decide which journal should this note be in, I can just write and decide later, without it getting lost. Very thoughtful design. Easy to capture thoughts and ideas; easy to find them when I want to follow up on them. The only possible thing I can think of to add would be the ability to make covers for my journals. I’ve tried many journals, this is easily my favorite and I use it daily. There’s many more great features. I would recommend to just try it. The more you use it, the more you’ll love it..Kimberly614Version: 7.0.1

Perfect and getting even betterI own a business and manage another. I keep EVERYTHING in Day One and have almost 53k entries. Work items like PDFs of receipts and contracts, emails, screenshots, audio and dictation notes from meetings, plans for the day, CRM for sales. I also have personal items like daily gratitude, vision board, personal photos, tracking workouts. The amount of things you can do with Day One is endless! Every major update has been excellent. The developers respond to questions within an hour (even on weekends and late at night!) These guys are always grinding to ensure users have a great experience. I’m happy to pay $3 a month for easy access to basically every bit of information that I could need at my fingertips. And that’s only for the premium version. Those of you who are mad that they have a subscription can still do the basic journaling for free. I don’t know how Day One can get any better but I know it will. I’m never leaving this app. Most useful app I’ve ever bought. Thank you!!.Glad_eVersion: 5.5

Love it and use it far more than just a “Journal”I’ve been using this app for a year now and love that I can create as many “Journals” as I want with a range of topics from personal to work. I can keep things organized and can easily look anything up by using keywords. I love how you can make lists, bullet points, or even just save something I saw on Pinterest. It’s easier than taking screenshots that I’ll never come across bc I take so many so this way, I can take a screenshot and save it in my Journal under the right category where I’ll be more likely to find certain items. I love that it’s extremely private and you can color coordinate each different Journal. I’d rather call it my sidekick for when I need ideas or use it to keep documents safe, esp with the end-to-end encryption. I had Pocket too, which is also a great app but it wasn’t as easy to navigate than this app. Finally I quit Pocket and stuck to Journal. Guess it depends on the type of person 🤷🏼‍♀️.M. A. WrightVersion: 6.15.1

Not a good choice for Apple Pencil (series 1)I recently bought the iPad mini 6th gen and series 1 Apple Pencil and I was excited to explore its capabilities for drawing and writing. This app seemed promising for journaling but, honestly, it’s been way more of a pain for writing out a journal entry than is worth it. The closest thing I can find for writing is a “draw” feature that’s honestly super clumsy. You have to keep adding “new” pages before hitting done or else you just end up with a bunch of pages/files/entries instead of one cohesive piece, if something happens and you end up having to move away from the document before you’re finished there’s not a way to really edit the doc, there’s no way to add lines to make it act more like a page, and I could honestly go on. I’m disappointed in myself for not canceling the free trial before it charged the $35 annual fee since I won’t be using this app again and that’s now money down the drain. If you’re wanting to type or add pics it’s probably okay but don’t expect to have a good experience writing. You won’t find that here..JoshuadsVersion: 3.8.1

Wonderful, flexible journaling appI am an avid journaler, and I’ve used many digital platforms for this. Day One is clean, organized, and flexible, with export options and the ability to do almost anything you might want it to do. The one qualm I have is about formatting. I often write drafts in other applications, including the iOS Notes app and Google Docs. When I past final versions into here, they lose formatting: any italicization or holding gets stripped away and I have to go through the entire document again. This is frustrating, a rare flaw with Day One. It’s also expensive and lacks an option to share with other individual users but remain private otherwise. That feature characterize my original journaling platform, and absent that choice, I have never made Day One my singular choice. It’s far better looking and much easier to use with a well-maintained app, but it still has room to grow to be a 5-star option for journaling..Miguel Jaime AceroVersion: 2023.11

Wow I’m SurprisedI don’t normally trust apps like these. They normally are too difficult to use right off the bat, they have ugly designs, have too many locked options with a cost, and I tend to forget about them 2 days later. Not this app. It’s sleek, easy, impressive, and has so many options before needing a single payment. I recently went on a social media break and needed something to vent in and express myself the way I wanted to. And I found this app extremely helpful kicking social media while keeping things interesting. It works like Twitter, instagram, and Facebook, AND messages. All in one. Wish it was a bit more customizable, however it’s simple design keeps me entertained enough. I have never left a more positive review on something, and I’m glad I’m leaving this one. Hopefully someone sees this and trust the process. Social media is a toxic addiction and this app has helped so much. Thank you to the creators for making this as useful as possible..AnairbeelVersion: 7.22

1 star for nowDev: “Unsustainable to reduce price.” App: 500,000 premium subscribers. This equals 20 million a year. I’m all for honest income, but if 20 million a year is not sustaining the developers than it’s pure greed….ZenVylinVersion: 2023.8

Really?I love this app, but do we really have to PAY to add photos????🙄.Diamondlover1423Version: 2.5

If you don’t sign up to premium, all your journal entries are lostOne thing that they don’t make clear is this, if you don’t sign up for premium, and the app is deleted off your phone/something happens to your phone, all your entries will be lost. This just happened to me. I lost over a years worth of entries. Stories about my little kids I will never get back. That my tired mom brain will not remember. I feel just sick about it. And premium is $50/month which is way too expensive for a journal app. And I don’t even know if I can trust it anyway after what happened..BethanyRSmithVersion: 5.9.1

$30 a year for dark mode????I love the app however not allowing dark mode outside of a yearly subscription smacks of greed. IOS will now have system wide dark mode I hope you guys rethink this business model..TurkleVersion: 3.7

Great for planning and gathering insights.Helps me plan my day, surface issues and identify trends in my actions and thoughts. Accessible across all my devices, super easy to use. A great piece of software..EocnrxjkfVersion: 7.20

The only feature I’m paying for stopped workingIt has almost been a year that I’m a paid customer of DayOne. After multiple tries with the support team, the only basic function I’m paying this app for, (adding a picture to post) stopped working with no fix in sight. It was a flawless app, loved it so much and wanted to be a lifetime customer. After spending weeks with support, I was told that there’s nothing that can be done..AnthonyAnaderVersion: 7.8

Made the SwitchMade the switch 2-3 years ago. I was using Momento but switched because of sync ability and because you could use landscape rather than stuck in portrait. However I wished that you could import from momento without having to buy desktop version. Did find a work around that took me a lot of time without having to buy desktop. Besides - don't have Mac to update from. Also would like to import from other formats, csv, or even plain text. Recently they have allowed special formatting like bold, italics, point/number/checkbox form etc. great addition..BP1604Version: 4.5

Exactly what I need and wantI’ve tried several other different journal applications, and have not been satisfied with any of them. Some offered too much; some offered too little. Day One has become my choice, because it allows synchronized entries from my iPad, iPhone, and MacBook Pro. The interface is simple and effective, and that encourages me to continue with my journaling. The price is reasonable, and the support is great!.GabBillVersion: 2.5.9

Crashing since the updateLove this app, but i need it to work! It wont even open....SuparicoVersion: 2.5.4

No iCloud syncStill the best journaling app out there, however its biggest minus is the lack of iCloud sync, and therefore a loss of two stars..KnicKnameOfMineVersion: 2.5.1

Great!Great journaling experience on all my devices. It actually makes me want to write regularly..Nas-12Version: 2.5.3

Fking Love This AppThat’s it..DeMoi2012Version: 4.15.2

Go toUse it all the time for years!.Island revivalVersion: 2024.8

Not working correctly?I can use the prompts to write an entry, but if I hit the + button, the app completely freezes up and I have to close out of the program. I’ve tried multiple times and it just doesn’t seem to work :( I’m hoping I’m just being dumb, because otherwise, this app seems neat!.LW89...Version: 2024.8

8 YearsThe fact that I can look back on eight years of entries to jog my memory, shows how good this app is..YendorinottawaVersion: 2024.7

I love this appI’ve got 117 entries. For a free app this bad boy is freaking awesome. There are regular updates and responses are provided in a reasonable amount of time. Writing down my thoughts and recording where ( including the weather) I had those thoughts are great especially when I’m on a trips. The biggest thing for me is I would like that for a onetime fee I could add more pictures to my entries. I don’t mind paying a one time reasonable fee for some additional unlocked features. Keep in mind Apple just came out with their version of journaling that offers more pictures to be added to a journal entry. Other than that I have zero complaints. High five to the developer..IAM013Version: 2024.7

My memoryI buy the premium and thus can post as many photos in an grouping as I please. I love looking back on what I did on each day over the past ten years. And the ability to search a tag or a word is wonderful. I can find films or books I liked, or when I last saw my cousin. My personal diary and memory..VictoriaRetireeVersion: 2024.6.2

Simply Awesome!I have been using this app for 10 years and it is great! I have 10+ years of my memories at my fingertips (literally as I get hard copy journals made of all my entries!). Love it!.SmithDudesVersion: 2024.6.1

Day One is great.I have been using Day One for more than 4 years and have several journals which I have faithfully kept because it’s so easy. I have printed books and they turned out very well. I use the premium version which is well worth it! I encourage everyone to keep journals or photo journals, it’s a great way to document your life’s journey!.KJ26.2Version: 2024.6.1

I finally started journalingI've been meaning to start a journal but have been procrastinating for months! Then I found this app and it's made the whole process so much easier! Great app. Been loving it so far..Tang310Version: 2024.4

I use it dailyWould like to be able to tag videos, but I suppose the developers have to make money.DekteVersion: 2024.4.1

Exactly what I was looking forI was looking for an app to do a "one good thing a day" and I tried a few others and they weren't quite right. But I love this one. I love that I will be able to see past entries as an "on this day". It will be so fun to look back!.VbrassingtonVersion: 2024.3.1

Simple and perfectThis is what I was looking for. Simple to use. Somewhere to put down your thoughts. Keep track of the days. You can set a reminder to nudge you to write a bit. You can even add a single photo on the feee version. Free version is all I need..11DaddyOVersion: 2024.3.1

Paperless!I use to write my agenda for 12 years now and It is great way to ending my days. BUT with the last update I cannot use the sharing journal. I cannot add a contact. I use to be on iPhone 14 Pro and lastest update on day one and on iPhone IOS MANY messages and emails and I’m still waiting someone will fix it. Also: I’m premium user.Pied de céleri!Version: 2024.3.1

This App Changed My Life (I Think)I’ve only used it for 5 days but I really think this app has changed my life for the better. I’m journaling so much, and I will have so many memories and insights to look back on. I’m very excited to keep using it..Mar201718Version: 2024.2.2

Long in the toothThis app has been around for a long time and it shows. Its compatibility with the iPadOS is starting to wane. For example, you can’t even send a note from Apple’s Notes app to DayOne any more. (I like to handwrite journal entries in Notes.) The “drawing” feature in DayOne is limited and of poor quality. There is no support for Apple’s ‘Scribble’ technology, which is a game changer for Pencil users. The developers need to stay with the times and update this app to be more compatible with the technical environment it operates in and take advantage of the advanced features. Otherwise, this app will lapse into irrelevance. That risk is especially acute when you consider Apple is entering this app space. Time for DayOne to get aggressively creative if it wants to stay ahead..Bad RobotVersion: 2024.3

One of the Best Journals availableI like the features that Day One offers but I wish that it had more direct integrations or import options for social media feeds like Facebook, Threads and Foursquare which I use quite a bit and would have loved to be synced into my journal. It does a great job with Instagram..SmartphonerVersion: 2024.2.2

Weighed my options Day One is still top dogNee to electronic journaling. I chose Day One because of the sheer features and popularity. It’s a fine app so far as I can tell. Apple journal is just too young, and does not have cool features like being able to put your journal into a book. That’s so cool. Apparently apple journal doesn’t even have a search function yet, and you can put titles on entries, have multiple journals. Maybe someday Apple. Not.Dubstep RIPVersion: 2024.2.2

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Day One Journal: Private Diary Negative Reviews

My entire entry was deletedI like Day One and have used it off and in for a few years now. I just redownloaded it a few days ago and wrote my first new entry this morning. It took me about 30 minutes and after I was done I was searching for a way to indent the paragraphs, so I selected the entire entry and was surveying the options when I accidentally pasted a link I had copied. Everything was deleted because I pasted the link when the entire entry was selected. Here is why I’m giving two stars: there is not an undo button or back button. I feel as though it is imperative and, quite frankly, obvious that a journaling app, centered around writing and composition would have a feature that allows you to undo the most recent change to an entry. I haven’t journaled in months and this easily avoidable accident does not make me very optimistic about trying it again any time soon, especially with Day One if there is a chance this could happen again. I would happily continue using the app if an undo feature was added, but for now I am too shaken up from those memories being deleted and having no way of getting them back to use Day One again without doubting that this will happen to any of my future entries..Bridgetbates17Version: 2.5.12

Upload issues with multiple devicesI think the layout and the format is fine but the device needs to work on how it handles uploads. I’ll use an example of an issue: I begin an entry on my iPhone but then I go to finish it on my Mac. Should be no problem with cloud storage. What’s happening is the app will often re-recognize uploads from other devices as your working on editing an entry and will completely overwrite your work with the previous upload. So in my example, if I’m picking it back up on my Mac. After 10 mins of typing my uploads will resync and it wipe all my work I was doing. And this is a very frustrating issue. The only way I’ve prevented this is by closing all other instances of Day One when working on another device. But this could be fixed by having user prompts for conflicting iCloud uploads for similar entries. I have seen other apps simply have a message pop up saying they detected multiple instances of the same thing and asking for me to choose which one to continue working on or delete. Why is it so hard to utilize that kind of feature? Anyways that’s a big issue for me. Especially when your typing something that’s a journal replacing pen and paper thats subscription based..Chip2.0Version: 2.5.12

Not goodThis is the first journal app I’m trying to use. I don’t understand the positive comments. This app has a lot of glitches and a wierd design. I have never seen journal entries done backwards. You can’t change the design. You have to look very closely for the date, as they are in tiny print, and the only large part of the date is the day - 05. 05 of what? Just made an entry on March 2, it doesnt show up at the top, I made another one. Then found both amidst the entries made in February, before February 3d, because there was no entry made on 02 February, the designers desided let’s stick 02 March entry in there. I want to clearly see the full date the entry was made on or have an option to change the design - if someone wants to only see the day of the month, let them have it, but I want to see the month and the year, and have it run chronologically forward. For some reason the designers think that the time and place where it’s made is more important. Hello most entries by most peope are made at home, the same location every time. Why half the screen is taken by a plus sign and a camera? Why one of the lines tells me how many entries I made and pictures taken? Does it matter to anyone who keeps a journal? Also has glitches with fonts and formatting..BuyerdisgVersion: 2.5.12

What happenedI absolutely love Day one. It has met my journal needs for years. It has been so easy and intuitive and such a rock solid dependable, almost friend. I don’t understand why the designers and developers have to do updates that make a perfect thing go bust. This last update has driven me crazy. It seems like everything has been changed. I love to work on an entry and then see what happened on that day in the past. I used to have one click to bring up all the entries from multiple journals in a simple scrolling list that I could review. Not so now. In order to find a list of all the entries it takes about 3 or 4 clicks and searches and then the entries come up in backwards order from what it was so that the newest is at the bottom. Navigating in Day one one used to be simple and easy and now with this latest update it just feels so disjointed. If this was my first experience with Day One I would say no thank you. Since a huge chunk of my life is put down in it’s pages, I will have to get used to a whole new way of getting around. I just wished as with most updates that those who do the updating would leave things alone. Don’t fix something that is not broke..How do you get a nicknameVersion: 4.3

What's with the price?I bought this app before and it was fine. But now im sippose to pay $5 a month just to sync back the old entries i made and keep paying forever? Seriously?! I hope the app dies a slow horrible death..Rdwill75Version: 2.5.3

Disappointing to original Day One Classic UsersNo Premium subscription discount offered to original Day One Classic Users who first supported this app. Very disappointing. We feel very ripped off..DonJuanPodVersion: 2.5

What the Price Tag is Happening?I’ve had Day One for several years on my Mac. I just downloaded it for my iPad and discovered if I want to sync or do anything other than type, I have to pay a premium fee. F&$% that..KatKATKat7Version: 2.5.9

Too expensive for basic featuresI recently decided to go back to daily journaling and resume using what I remember being a stellar app only to find out that basic syncing between devices and posting pictures costs US$40/year. Are you guys for real? I’m happy to provide ongoing support to the team but this is just too much. $9.99 per year is the upper limit before you really have to think if you’re going to get that much use out of a subscription. So, I’m out. I’ll find an alternative..IPedroVersion: 2.5.4

Love it? Not anymore!A year ago, I said I loved it. Well, not so much anymore. In fact, I'm going to stop using it after too many syncing problems, too many instances of entire entries lost and absolutely NO help from their "support" people. Do not buy/use it - not for iOS, and not for the Mac either..Kate the TatterVersion: 2.4.2

SubscriptionThe need for a subscription makes this app useless, would be more willing to make a one time purchase of $5 to $10 dollars..DusddeVersion: 4.11.1

Major issue with securityThis app has a major flaw. Even when you set a PIN to unlock your personal notes, there is a moment when you first open the app that you can view the contents before you enter in the PIN. Anyone can open the app and take a screenshot of the journals before the PIN prompt comes up. This is careless from the development and testing team for this app. Fix this and I will bump up my rating..Neil1979Version: 2.5.4

Too expensive for a text app. New free Apple app!Being an original support, sad to see this app become too greedy and expensive for basic features. Can’t wait for the new Apple journal app that does everything and more for FREE!!! IOS17, peeps!.SupersonicclankVersion: 2023.13

Subscription models 🤢It’s a shame such a nice app is wrecked by a subscription model. It would be nice to be able to do a one time purchase for dark mode..WhiteZero19Version: 3.5.1

SuspiciousSo a “private” journal states in the privacy section that it may collect data linked to you on: your location, your health and fitness, your contact info, your own user-generated content, and other identifiers. Maybe it’s fine, maybe it’s not. Either way I’ll stick to an app that chooses not to collect any of my personal data..AdigitalcowboyVersion: 7.10

Good app bad supportThe app is pretty good so far but if you don’t sign up perfectly with your phone and computer (for example you have different Apple IDs attached to both) they won’t sync properly and the support team won’t help you. I’ve contacted the support team 3 times now and each time I just get an automated message saying they prioritize paying customers and that if you’re a non paying customer go look on the forums. But I am a paying customer and it’s been over a month and I still haven’t heard anything. I’ve looked in the forums as well and none of them offer any help to my situation either. Frustrating to say the least..John and boneVersion: 2023.26.1

All my entries GONEWe have been paying for this app and use it when we take trips, logging locations and photos. We are not sure when but ALL of our entries are GONE. Heartbreaking..TP YYCVersion: 2023.23.1

A Month’s Worth of Entries VanishedOver a month’s worth of entries have simply vanished from my devices and cloud backup. Very disappointing..Weaver847536Version: 2023.13

You need a model changeI loved this app and invested a great deal in using it when it first came out. Then rue developers decided to go to a subscription model and graciously allowed older users to stay on without paying subscription – though this meant far fewer features. But it was never easy to transition between phones, max, etc., especially when you bought new hardware so that you ended up with issues with back ups, etc. even though the developers offered some assistance. In the end, I simply stopped using the app as it wasn’t worth the hassle. I think it’s time we go back to a model that is non-subscription where we perhaps we get charged for version upgrades but not anything else. Subscriptions are expensive, especially when you consider them cumulatively per app and across apps, and while it may be a sustainable model On the business front, it is not for the consumer..DesiphildocVersion: 7.18.2

Great app but…Customer of the classic version and it’s no longer supported on recent iOS. Support your legacy customers please. I’m not looking for more subscription services..Mitchjs88Version: 7.3

DisappointingThe only single reason this app is disappointing to me is the pricing structure. There is so option for a one time buy, and since there doesn’t seem to be any option to export your data, and obviously ya don’t want to delete all your journals, their recurring pricing structure pretty much means that you are committed to keep paying for it for life. This is very disappointing to me as it seemed like a very good app, otherwise, and I would have gladly paid for it as a one-time buy, but for the sole reason that there is no such option, I just cancelled my free trial, and am on the hunt for another journal app..WowuhwhatwhaaVersion: 5.3.2

Stopped working???I wrote one entry and then after that whenever i clicked to write a new one the app kicked me out.Lois'girlfriendVersion: 4.15

Pricing is ridiculous🤬.Chuncaso90Version: 3.6.3

LackingLacks basic features that many of the other note/journal apps have for free. Deleted.BusafiedVersion: 3.2

Hard to cancel my subscriptionIt’s really hard to find where to cancel and finally it does not work. Please cancel my subscription. This is not something I will use daily..J BoisvertVersion: 2024.6.2

An Expensive Journal AppThis is a decent journal app but it really should not be that expensive for basic features. I’m hoping Apple’s new journal app can eventually replace this one in terms of basic features for free..*Go*Version: 2024.3.1

Horrendous support for premium usersI’ve been an avid day one (premium) user for years. For the first time, I’ve contacted support because I’ve lost access to my journals (bug un-encrypting journals). It’s been the worst experience. As a premium member it says I should get priority support. First, they don’t make it easy to contact support. The articles in their help page have incorrect info and send you in circles. Second when I finally dug up a generic support email, the only response I got was from a bot referencing the same help pages. Finally, after following up I still haven’t received a response over a week later. This really hurt my view of day one and I was planning to keep paying despite a free Apple Journal alternative but I’m really reconsidering now..Mgoh99Version: 2024.2.2

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