Alan Mind Daily Journal

I’ve tried many different journaling apps but this is truly the best one out there. It requires no recurring payment like most apps, it has a wonderful aesthetic that I haven't found anywhere else and all of the different categories really make it stand out. 6/19- adding onto my review! I really love the redesign. This is one of the few times a redesign has actually made an app even better. These are some improvements that I think can be made: I really love the Daily Jour feature and I wish that in addition to the one the app provides, we could also have a feature where the user inputs questions for themselves and then get them after the app’s Daily Jour in the same type of aesthetic with the colors and the questions but it would be custom. I’m a high school student and I wish they had a section specifically for school (and maybe even work) stress because I think it’s something that a lot of people struggle with and I really love the categories like “Unsent Letter” and “In my Dreams.”

Wonderful app. I enjoy using it a lot because every day it gives you 3 questions to answer based on different topics, and it really allows you to reflect (which I love doing and need something to prompt me to do so regularly). I love the journeys section as well where you're prompted to make self-affirmations or where you can write about your dreams etc. I hope there will be more of those to come. Not to mention, the layout and colours are very aesthetically pleasing which amplifies the experience. So far, I've been using the app every day as it makes journaling fun and interesting. As for things that urgently need improvement: 1) Please enable word wrap in the Future Me journey. When you open the entry to reread, long text disappears and I can't read my goals completely which is annoying. 2) Please enable scrolling for long entries in general. Since it's a journal there shouldn't be a limit to what you can write. I wrote a very long entry in the dream section but I can't reread it in its entirety because the app cuts my entry off. Please make a scroll bar!! 3) When reading old "journey" entries, maybe only make it go to the entry itself and not the bit with the introduction and the questions? If those things get fixed I'll definitely bump the rating up a star or two! edited 3 July: scrolling and word wrap has been enabled so I bumped my 3 stars to a 5! Thank you!

I love Jour. I downloaded it during a time of personal hardship and it helped me a lot to go through each day and just write everything, or anything, about my day. It kept me sane and happy even though sometimes life was kind of rough. Therefore, I’ve grown very fond of writing my Daily Reflections each night before bed. But now, with the Daily Jour, I don’t get to answer as many questions, nor do they seem to reflect on the day I’ve had. I really appreciate going through my entries sometimes and reading them to see how far I’ve come, and it makes me a bit frustrated to see that none of the questions seem to even ask about my thoughts, feelings, or actions of the day. I do enjoy how there is a clear purpose to the questions and how they’re supposed to shape the next day, but I find myself missing the act of reflecting. Of course, this is just a personal opinion and I will still be using Jour everyday, I just really hope that one day the Daily reflections will make an appearance once again.

Love this app completely. Lots of other apps that describe themselves as journals feel a lot like writing an Instagram post to yourself. They don’t seem like centers for organization or reflection, just a loose collection of random flashy functions. Jour is literally just a journal with a few interesting videos and articles on journaling. Instead of journaling + a calendar + etc. etc., you open the app and you get a nice relaxing UI where you can choose to either to do one of a few pre-set exercises (basically just starting with a template) or write a free-form entry. It actually makes the app much more compelling because when I open it the only thing to do is write down my thoughts, so I only open it for that reason and never feel like it’s secretly trying to increase my app time or get my money. I can just write and feel good about it, which is what journaling is supposed to be anyway.

I love this app, I can already tell it will be my new favorite thing. Providing proper structure for someone logging their life is extremely important and this app does just that, all while giving you the option to write freely. However, I soooo wish that this app supported writing on the iPad Pro with your Apple Pencil. I love journaling but one of my favorite things about it is the ability to see and remember the emotions attached to my own handwriting. I hope this is something they’d consider in a future update.p (sooner than later). I would love to —literally—be able to write in this journal. The only reason for 4 stars instead of 5. Update: This is a probably a bug but this is app is lacking in additional security. I turned off the Face ID feature and the app does not ask for a passcode or key phrase to view my entries. Additionally, when I attempt to view my entry for the day in my daily reflection it does no allow me but instead takes me back to the introduction page.