Day One Journal: Private Diary App Reviews

This is my primary Journaling app. Great synchronization across all my apple devices and a stand up job on the UI. I find it a great resource to write my thoughts down wherever I may be.

Being a mom of two, the kids do and say so many funny and cute things! I quickly jot them down right here on my phone so I dont forget them and can also add pictures to go with them! Great for accomplishments and special moments too!!

I have version 1.17.9. It includes iCloud sync. New version expects me to pay for that again. Ill keep the old version. The new features arent worth the repeat cost.

Occasionally I get some sluggishness and the app has a poor recollection of what I was last doing (such as editing an entry) in the app before locking and is a few taps away to get back to where I was.

Great app Ive been using it for over a year. BUT They just started charging to upload more than one photo a day so not sure Ill stick with it.

This is app is an absolute gem in design, function and usability.

Very useful! Itd be more great if we set a photo as a cover of each journal :)

I had been trying to find a good journal app, when I found Day One. It is amazing. Its very easy to use. You can add pictures, and write youre heart out in every day. It had so many capabilities. I love it!

Love the new look, feel and useability of the latest version. Easy, fast and now you can upload multiple pictures at once in your entry. Thanks!!

Ive just started using it but I am happy with it so far.

Still no iCloud, but now with a subscription. Edit: Bloom Built responded to this indicating they have no plans to support iCloud. Exactly, hence the 1 star rating.

This is a great app - well designed, intuitive, and good looking. My only complaint is it doesnt support the Apple Pen which would be a great feature. Ability to draw in your journal notes would a be a win win. Add that and youve got a 5-star app.

Have used this for months and keep finding new uses. Nice interface and solid data protection. Not thrilled about new pricing model. I paid a lot for the apps up front, and its frustrating when IAP gets jammed in later — fine to change the model, but not cool to diminish what was already bought. For what the app cost, Owners should be at premium.

My wife has terminal cancer and Day One has been my constant companion. I use it to keep notes of each doctor conversation and use tags to be able to quickly find them. I also use it to document the horrors and surprisingly touching moments that happen unexpectedly.

The design is beautiful. I love adding more than 10 photos in Premium now. I love unlimited journals so now I can add more the the various projects I have. I have ordered several printed books and they are amazing. Amazing app!

It would have been nice if you all could have communicated with your loyal Day One Classic users who payed for both the Mac and iOS apps to let them know what your plans were, how they would have been affected and give them the opportunity to plan accordingly. I.e purchase Day One 2. We PAYED for your products, products that in the description says that we are paying for all of the features you just removed. I mean most of us use Day One daily with hundreds and even thousands of entries in our Journals. You should not have just blind sighted your loyal clients by sneaking in the subscription model and the removal of features we relied on, that we payed for in an app update without any communication what so ever about your companys plans. I dont understand how anyone could think it prudent not to communicate plans of a change so burdensome and impactful to your users. Some of us used Day One Classic and Day One 2 on multiple devices, simply because sync was included in our purchases as it rightly should have been and they worked together as they rightly should have. No one indicated otherwise or that this would change to us! Having "Plus" status on one device, the Day One 2 device doesnt help because the sync even though enabled, the data can not be received by the now "Basic" status accounts on the other devices that once were fully featured as payed for.......,since those apps are "Basic" they cant receive from or send data to the "Plus" enabled devices with sync enabled. So what do people like me who bought Day One 2 on my Mac and my wifes Mac but not on our iOS devices because we already bought Day One classic get for buying the new day One 2 Mac app ?... Nothing at all. We still cant sync across our devices. We dont even have the choice to use our own iCloud or any other ubiquitous services that everyone else seems to have the choice to use.... You have ruined this experience for me. I just wasted my money..$80 plus dollars. In fact it feels like it was stolen from me because of how you all chose to go about this. Few diplomatic words can describe the feelings of betrayal. MY ADVICE AND MY REQUEST: You should revert to normal and allow people to purchase day one 2 on all of their devices by a certain time! In fact!, having the account status/sync linked to purchases was an implementation lacking vision and a blatant disrespectful slap in the face to the thousands of Day One classic users who payed $50 + for their apps. Anyone and everyone who has purchased ANY version of Day One before X date should have been allowed to be plus members. This is how you reward those who made your success possible! Either this or notify us that we have until X time to buy Day One 2 apps to be grandfathered into "Plus"/ Syncing accounts. All complete new comers then unfortunately would be the ones burdened with the new subscription model. We already payed. Spent our hard earned money with you. You wouldnt be here today without us supporting and believing in your product. I cant fathom that other humans thought this was a good way to go about this, Im egregiously disappointed in you and your company. You should have never done this to us. You didnt have to affect your loyal clients in this way. You made that choice to do so. You can never say to us that this wasnt a move motivated by pure brazen greed, one without any consideration for the thousands who supported you over the years, your actions blatantly prove this. Also...... we all know that when Day One 3 is released. These grandfathered Day One 2 "Plus" accounts will not carry over to Day One 3 for free since your upgrades are all payed upgrades. There will be no way to buy the app outright anymore and everyone will be forced to go to the subscription. If the subscription model is necessary for longevity and growth we understand, however, this is the worst implementation of a subscription model that Im unfortunate enough to be the victim off. EDIT: To the developers response. YOU DID FORCE DAY ONE CLASSIC USERS INTO A SUBSCRIPTION by not allowing them to become plus members. From the moment you removed iCloud and Dropbox support you were no longer selling just a journaling application, you were selling a journaling service. When all Day One Classic users created their day one server accounts and used your servers for syncing they were now utilizing that service, the service they payed for. It was an ugly move to display scorn and prejudice towards Day One Classic users because we didnt purchase Day One 2 on ALL of our devices when there was ABSOLUTELY no reason or incentive to do so. NO ONE WAS INFORMED OF YOUR PLANS. There was no reason to purchase Day One 2 on every device when Day One Classic worked perfectly on iOS. We had multiple journals created using day one classic with a Day One account on your servers, you knew by implementing what you did it would lock us out of our own private journals, then to say we need to pay a subscription to access our own private information. Then you have the gall to say "we dont want anyone to feel forced into a subscription, thats not right". No descent vocabulary describes what most feel toward you and your company right now. Support is nonexistent. Three people, Clint, Dallas, Spencer. Ive been trying to get an issue resolved for days. Ive sent in screen shots, multiple paragraphs, pictures etc and I get one single automated reply and a link to an FAQ page every two days or so that is completely unrelated to my issue, Im still waiting for responses to emails and messages that I sent 2 days ago.

This app is awesome, it has all tools you need to write your dairy. Please more support for right to left languages.

I am involved with my local church and various Christian Ministries and all types of individuals. I copy scripture verses and write teaching notes and discussion comments during or after various meetings, complete with names and places as appropriate. Although my 65 year-old memory is backsliding, my searchable memory in Day One is automatically backed up and searchable for the rest of my life and the lives of those left behind after I take up my eternal residence in heaven. The improvements in the app over the past six years have been tremendous. It is my most valuable app along with PrayerMate.

There are tons of other apps there that will provide better privacy options by storing data on users iCloud account. I have been with Dayone since 2010 and felt nothing but arm twisted by their decision to remove iCloud and other features.

It does not sync with iCloud and dropbox. You have to pay for them to sync your data. After you spend your money they will store your data in the amazon cloud service (hired by them), with no garantee of privacy.