Hmm thought of this, but also thought this would clutter my notes. Will give it another go.
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Daily Journaling App Day One Acquired by Wordpress.com Owner Automattic
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Why not create 3 or 4 new journal folders in Notes? That would make it easier to categorize each new note and help prevent total loss or total corruption from the way you are currently using Notes.
Right. I don't mind subscription that much if Day One is less than $24 a year (it's more expensive than that though). It's a great app. What I mind very much is it discarded iCloud sync and use its own servers. I don't like storing my own journals on 3rd party servers. This is an advantage of privacy-focused company like Apple.
Notes is not perfect for journaling but I don't have to worry about syncing so .. I think I'll manage. 😀
I just used Day One for less than a year when I moved so I just copied and pasted. 😱
For some notes contain sensitive info I password locked them but not all.
That's has always been an issue with apps like this. It works well until one day, support for the app is discontinued or you want to move on to something better and there's the problem of porting your data over.
It's especially painful with journals since a lot of data were inherent to the app (like location and weather of the day). There are some nice journaling apps on App Store but I won't bother again. Lessons learnt.
Just being curious I would like to know how you use the app, DayOne, and how it has worked for you? Do you use multiple journals or what keeps you in the app?
All the people complaining here about <x> thousand of entries and how they're in a panic over this, all I can say is, have you ever considered a physical journal? I would never in a million years depend on an app to record years/lifetime of memories. Companies get bought, go out of business, etc. What about a giant power failure? What if a comet hits and the power is out for 5 years? Things happen, you know.
I'm sorry but I just have no sympathy, and that's why I would never use one of these journaling apps. Aside from the privacy factor (you really think any company actually abides by their privacy policies?) I can't imagine entrusting all my 'memories' to an app.
I get that there are limitations to a physical journal. But, try it - and maybe scan that and store it digitally outside the home, somehow. Or upload your photos/videos to a separate cloud storage service. I honestly cannot fathom taking the risk of 2000, 3000 journal entries entrusted to an app developer.
I'm sorry but I just have no sympathy, and that's why I would never use one of these journaling apps. Aside from the privacy factor (you really think any company actually abides by their privacy policies?) I can't imagine entrusting all my 'memories' to an app.
I get that there are limitations to a physical journal. But, try it - and maybe scan that and store it digitally outside the home, somehow. Or upload your photos/videos to a separate cloud storage service. I honestly cannot fathom taking the risk of 2000, 3000 journal entries entrusted to an app developer.
1) You can't secure a physical journal like you can digital
2) It is not always practical to take a physical journal everywhere
3) You can' t readily attach diagrams and pictures to the physical journal
4) Making a duplicate of your physical journal to keep in a safe place in case the main one gets lost or damaged is not alway practical or possible, whereas with digital, one can create numerous copies to store in several places at home as well as the cloud in case of fire or theft.
I could list many more reasons but, I made my point.
I wonder if in this context, blogging might be another viable alternative to journaling, especially if you set your blog to private. But then again, hard to predict the viability of platforms like Wordpress as well, given how businesses are constantly being acquired and consolidated in the tech industry.
That is true. Here today gone tomorrow. I don't know what the security is on WordPress as I have never used it.
So Day One is bought by Automattic that develops WordPress and operates WordPress.com. It controls both journaling and blogging now.
Agreed. Truth is that most people that complain about the "subscription model" are actually complaining about the cumulative price. If the subscription were to be a penny a month, we wouldn't hear any complaint. Truth is, many of these apps with constant updates and cloud services are difficult and expensive to maintain, which requires constant cash flow. Ultimately, it's all about the value that one gives to a product. Day One is about $35/year, which isn't that terrible considering all that it does (and it does it flawlessly). For some people, $35 is a lot ("it's just a journaling app!"), for others it's worth the price ("cheaper than two Moleskines and I can do many things in it!").
Yup, which actually got me thinking just what the difference between journaling and blogging is, apart from the latter being writing for an audience, vs writing for yourself.
Blogging tends to be informative in nature, while journaling is memorialization. Granted, sometimes the two blend together, but I think that ultimately blogging tends to be somewhat the equivalent of the "Opinions" page of a newspaper rather than a "My Diary" kind of thing.
This is for the ones who are looking at a free and powerful solution to Day One.
Agenda Notes app.
Good thing is, you can create a folder per year, create a new entry a day or even multiple entries a day and they will all be individual entries with creation dates. You can add anything except Health app data in it.
It is a neat solution that way. You can have one umbrella called Journal with folders for years that can further contain “notes” as entries.
While there, you can create more umbrellas for anything else. So, more of an all-in-one solution that can be as organised as you want it to be.
And there is support for tags.
There’s s lot you get for free with Agenda. And syncing is via iCloud. So for the ones who prefer iCloud over other servers this app has an edge.
Dare I say that even Evernote and OneNote are great apps for a lot of journaling requirements, unless you’re seeking something very specific to some app? But these two don’t export as gracefully.
One may also consider Bear Notes. $15 or so per year. Incredible amount of export control. And “entries” can contain a lot.
Day One is really for those who are either heavily invested in the app and its workflow, or have it cheaper than its current price, or don’t care either way. For what it is, it is a great tool and I like using it myself. But in case someone were to want something tilting towards free or cheaper than this one, there are other options with some tweaks to journaling workflow that will get the job done equally well.
There used to be an app called Dyrii that has been the benchmark of journaling apps on the Mac and iPhone for me. It didn’t export as gracefully as Day One, but it was nascent and in that period when it was under active development, it worked far better aesthetically than Day One does even today.
Agenda Notes app.
Good thing is, you can create a folder per year, create a new entry a day or even multiple entries a day and they will all be individual entries with creation dates. You can add anything except Health app data in it.
It is a neat solution that way. You can have one umbrella called Journal with folders for years that can further contain “notes” as entries.
While there, you can create more umbrellas for anything else. So, more of an all-in-one solution that can be as organised as you want it to be.
And there is support for tags.
There’s s lot you get for free with Agenda. And syncing is via iCloud. So for the ones who prefer iCloud over other servers this app has an edge.
Dare I say that even Evernote and OneNote are great apps for a lot of journaling requirements, unless you’re seeking something very specific to some app? But these two don’t export as gracefully.
One may also consider Bear Notes. $15 or so per year. Incredible amount of export control. And “entries” can contain a lot.
Day One is really for those who are either heavily invested in the app and its workflow, or have it cheaper than its current price, or don’t care either way. For what it is, it is a great tool and I like using it myself. But in case someone were to want something tilting towards free or cheaper than this one, there are other options with some tweaks to journaling workflow that will get the job done equally well.
There used to be an app called Dyrii that has been the benchmark of journaling apps on the Mac and iPhone for me. It didn’t export as gracefully as Day One, but it was nascent and in that period when it was under active development, it worked far better aesthetically than Day One does even today.
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I don't have skin in this game, but after seeing the code Automattic pushes out for numerous of their other products, I have to say I will never purchase any goods or services from them. Their code is actually the worst source code I've ever seen in my entire life.
Ugh. I’ve tried as many alternatives as I can find - D1 is the top of the pile for a reason. I’ve kept journals for decades - used to be pen and paper (how quaint!) but most of those didn’t survive multiple moves and the wear and tear factor. Digital since the mid 90’s and I’ve had to go through several different apps when the companies went belly up or just lost interest in supporting their apps. D1 has been reliable for several years. Yes, I hate the subscription thing too, but my journals are the most important digital asset I have, so… Going to watch this one carefully. I’ve read the positive spin from D1. Right. I also remember reading the same happy words from the Evernote CEO of the month, back before I finally got fed up with their constantly rising prices and empty promises. We’ll see. I’m leaning toward making some sort of homebrew setup using Pages if D1 goes sour. Big PITA to neatly migrate and organize my 7000+ entries, videos and photos, but at least I can have a reasonable expectation of privacy, no annual bill and (maybe) won’t be obligated to go through this all again down the road a bit.
So nothing changed but the company ownership but you still feel disappointed?
Both ways of journaling are common (Day One even offers book creation services) - it's a free choice usually - but not being the target audience for a product would never, say, bring me to a forum of a paper journaling community to proclaim how old fashioned or hipster-style I find dealing with paper.
"When a small software company is acquired by a larger company, the original team is often swallowed up by the larger company. That's not the case here. I'll be remaining at the helm, leading the same passionate team that has been responsible for the development and design behind the app today."
Famous last words...
Famous last words...
He did say today. It is a matter of time either he himself will back away into other ventures, or the software will likely take a different turn. If it takes a turn for the good, I am in. Otherwise I will be out. I have 6 months remaining in my subscription.
I still "analog" journal as well in small 3x5 Moleskines, and have for the past two decades. One thing DayOne / digital journaling does for me is tell me how many entries I may have had on that particular date over the years, bring back cool memories and photos, and help me remember trips / journeys / adventures.
I can't do that with my Moleskine, although I don't write in it every day. The Moleskine for me becomes where I rant/rehash, sort thoughts, and my Day One journal is more of a private "life memory catalog" of cool stuff I've done over the years. I don't generally share that kind of stuff on social media, so it's a nice reminder.
Let's hope it doesn't change too much -- if the sub model goes much higher than what I'm paying now, I'll probably export and move on, though.
I can't do that with my Moleskine, although I don't write in it every day. The Moleskine for me becomes where I rant/rehash, sort thoughts, and my Day One journal is more of a private "life memory catalog" of cool stuff I've done over the years. I don't generally share that kind of stuff on social media, so it's a nice reminder.
Let's hope it doesn't change too much -- if the sub model goes much higher than what I'm paying now, I'll probably export and move on, though.