Journey - Diary, Journal for PC and Mac

Software Reviews and Criticism

• By K@|t

  Very disappointed with the performance of this app

  Using this on my phone works okay. On the computer is a totally other story and it was made worse with the last app update. Now it's VERY buggy and fails at saving often which is extremly dissapointing, especially when I've spent a long time writing.. I lose EVERYTHING. The desktop app is especially problematic. They recently updated it so that the throwback entries are displayed like stories which was really unnecessary and actually insanely annoying. Now, if you want to read the full post, you have to click into the story display because that only shows a preview of the post. I guess they think all of their users are posting pictures and using this instead of Instagram?? Please, instead of trying to make new features, focus on fixing what you have. Make it work better. Make the editing capabilities more sophisticated and work better. Make it all better!!!!! There are so many better journal apps and I feel as though I'm tethered to this one because I started it years ago and I'm very sad about it. Please fix this app, please!!!!

  
  
• By gregsabens

  Windows App is unsable... (update)

  Version 4 of Journey for the Windows on Monterey is virtually unusable. The editor section is difficult in that the cursor disappears and jumps to new locations on its own (not due to typical track pad issues). The copy and paste is, actually, terrible. Pasting text duplicates it in the new location for some reason. Also, after selecting text by highlighting it, it will suddenly remove the selection and you have to do it again or, even weirder, will change - all by itself - what text is selected from what you initially choose. It's sad because this is a wonderful app on the other devices, but when I'm typing a lot and if I were to do this every day, a full size keyboard on my Windows is perfect (rather than the tiny keyboard on an iPhone screen or the iPad screen). I would like to continue using this, but since my primary use in on the Windows and it is really messed up there, I may find something else and just consider my purchase a loss. Update: The developer responded to me by email and noted this, "Hi, the bug is caused by Windows Catalyst technology." I appreciate that the developer reached out to me. I hope they are able to work with Microsoft on this and resolve the issues.

  
  
• By Andrew218371263512

  Horrible App now

  This app used to be better, but holy moly it's fully of bugs and issues now. It's so slow to do anything - taking seconds to become responsive after a page change. There's no helpful keyboard shortcuts - if you're trying to backdate an entry, expect a mobile-only UI that requires you scroll multiple times in order to select the correct date. Even when in calendar view, viewing a specific date, there's no way to quickly add an entry for that date - any time you click " " you have to manually change the date. The ultimate irony is that the popup asking you to rate them 5 stars actually freezes and is completely unresponsive, preventing you from using the app properly. This is the least user-friendly app I've ever used, which is surprising because the mobile app is quite nice.

  
  
• By tati167

  Don't BUY.

  I bought this app in 2019. I paid for the lifetime license. Not 5.95 either. I paid for a real, desktop app. In part, to support the developers. Now, a few years later, I got a new laptop and want to transfer the license. Do you think they will let me do it? NO. So I sort of enjoyed the app. It wasn't the greatest thing ever, but it did the job. But people *get new laptops.* How is that a stumbling block? For a literal month, they've given me the runaround on something that should be basic. And then finally just stopped answering my emails. This is why people only use free apps. Because you WON'T get what you paid for. At least not with this company. If you're using a free version, have at it. But if they want something other than 99 cents from you, you will live to regret every single cent. The punchline: Use if you like, but DO NOT BUY.

  
  
• By Abrina a shire

  Enjoying so far

  I am enjoying the app so far but the spelling and grammar check could be improved. It would be nice to have more creative features as well. Like stickers. Think of scrap book stickers for journaling and you're there! As well as the icons being more descriptive for their uses. I love the use of the writing prompts, but they are hard to find, making me less likley to use them daily. I'm having a hard time remembering what each icon does. The heart icon is not descriptive enough. A heart makes me think of "my favorite entries" not journal promts.

  
  

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