Recording your day and documenting your thoughts and emotions about special moments, whether they are personal or professional, can provide a sense of personal narrative. Apple’s latest Journal app is a convenient tool for creating and maintaining a daily journal. This app is available on iPhones running iOS 17.2 and later, and it provides prompts for journaling based on your content such as photos, videos, music, podcasts, and your location. Alternatively, you can freely write about anything on your mind.
The app allows you to choose from the available suggestions as well as photos and videos from your library, new ones you take, audio recordings, or specific landmarks. You can create a simple text entry or enhance it with other content such as photos or audio clips. You can set reminders for specific days and times, or simply add an entry whenever you like. Journal entries can be synced to iCloud with end-to-end encryption, and you can add a passcode, Touch ID, or Face ID for additional security.
To use the Journal app, you’ll need an iPhone compatible with iOS 17.0 or later. After updating to iOS 17.2, the Journal app will appear on your home screen. The first time you launch the app, you can choose to enable suggestions to generate entries based on content you share, and write in response to app reflections. In addition to personal content, you can create free-flowing entries on any topic.
To manage entries, you can filter them and manage privacy settings. You can manage Journal app suggestions, maintain journal settings, and secure your entries by setting up a lock. The app is designed for convenience, and the ability to easily personalize your journal entries with suggested content prompts or free-flowing reflections.
