I think the app should let you pay a one-time fee if you use your own cloud services ( dropbox, icloud, other ) for syncing, and give you the option to pay the subscription fee if you want to use their sync service.
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Journaling Platform 'Day One' Transitions to a Subscription Service
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Hi, I’m currently a Day One Plus user and have been a customer since the 1st version. I don’t like subscription too and would rather pay once. I really like Day One but currently have been trying out other Journal apps recommended here but so far, I keep going back to DO. Mostly I use it to keep track of my travels. Where I go, restaurants, etc. So far, the Plus version works with just a few bugs.
I’ve seen lots of people recommending the Notes app. How do you lock the folder in Notes? Or is it lock per notes only?
Also, is the subfolder not yet available in ios 11?
One year on, what features has the software gained?
1. Is a night mode/ dark mode available?
2. Something like moods, emotions, akin to Dyrii, are they available now?
(tagging @BigMcGuire for his vast experience with this particular software)
1. Is a night mode/ dark mode available?
2. Something like moods, emotions, akin to Dyrii, are they available now?
(tagging @BigMcGuire for his vast experience with this particular software)
Not as far as I've seen ( and dark mode is still listed as coming soon on the DayOne website ), and since the sync outage / issues, I've been using Notes ( and a couple of Workflows ) more and more.
I did see that v3 is currently in internal beta, wondering if that will bring any notable changes. I'm guessing, that won't be available to current Plus accounts without a subscription.
Sadly, I see development on Dyrii has been "halted" not long after it dropped the subscription option.
EDIT: Just listened to the DayOne podcast, and it mentions that Dark Mode for iOS is coming in v3, for Mac it'll arrive with Mojave. Audio Recording is also coming in v3.
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I am slowly coming around to at least being willing to consider software subscriptions, though I'm struggling with this still.
If DO could convince me that there's functional value added, I'd consider it.
I recently gave up on Adobe Lightroom and bought a sub so I could use the latest version - but fick, why can't they make the CC version interface more like the "classic" desktop version interface? As it is now, I have to choose between the UI I know (going ALL the way back to the original beta) and the different and less functional CC UI, and decide whether having a fully portable cloud-based catalog is more important than a better UI. Bah.
I'm rambling. But at least Adobe actually has added some functionality, even if the choices are unsatisfactory.
Oh, and for the good folks at DO - I'd really rather have my stuff on iCloud than on a proprietary server.
If DO could convince me that there's functional value added, I'd consider it.
I recently gave up on Adobe Lightroom and bought a sub so I could use the latest version - but fick, why can't they make the CC version interface more like the "classic" desktop version interface? As it is now, I have to choose between the UI I know (going ALL the way back to the original beta) and the different and less functional CC UI, and decide whether having a fully portable cloud-based catalog is more important than a better UI. Bah.
I'm rambling. But at least Adobe actually has added some functionality, even if the choices are unsatisfactory.
Oh, and for the good folks at DO - I'd really rather have my stuff on iCloud than on a proprietary server.
We (Day One Users) got private key encryption (huge), unlimited pictures, the ability not to download all media on certain devices, and probably some others that I forget at the moment.
I've been inputting most of my text / thoughts into iA Writer. I HATE having to type always at the bottom of the screen like almost every application does out there. iA Writer allows me to type via typewriter mode - meaning text input stays at the middle of the screen. I like the no-frills interface as well. So I do all my typing in here, then copy/paste into Day One, then add photos to the entry via my iPhone.
No mood / emotions yet.
This is upsetting to me. Dyrii was a good app but I guess not enough people journal or are willing to pay for a journaling app for it to be lucrative? That or, the bosses behind Dyrii's development team thought their efforts would pay off in other areas. That said, out of EVERYONE I know, I'm the only one that keeps a journal. Not like I've asked every single person, but I have brought it up to a lot of people.
Oh, and for the good folks at DO - I'd really rather have my stuff on iCloud than on a proprietary server.
I hate subscriptions but it is just the way things are. Companies MUST have profit this month, at all costs. Who cares about long term goals when we have profit this month? Seems to be the way of the world these days.
I too tried Adobe Lightroom - I liked it, but, I'm so against subscriptions I decided to just use iCloud and file based management for now. I don't need yet another subscription.
Yes, I would much rather prefer my data on iCloud. Sure, Day One has that encryption but... I'd still rather have my data on iCloud. Day One Classic still is out there, but doesn't do the unlimited photos, otherwise I'd be using that. Yes, I would LOVE to have my data on iCloud.
So, what I do is, at the end of every month, export all my journal entries for the month, to a PDF file. This keeps my data on iCloud - sorted by month. I also have a backup text file on iA Writer (iCloud) for the text input.
I’m still using DO Classic. My main gripe is that they haven’t updated it for the iPhone X. I’m also still in the habit of just one photo a day, so unlimited uploads aren’t necessary, and being backed up to iCloud is my overwhelming preference.
Oh yes, cost is also a factor.
Oh yes, cost is also a factor.
This gave me an idea, to export Day One 2 to text and try to import that export file into Day One Classic. Alas, no luck. lol. Day One Classic didn't like the date format. Oh well.
As big as private key encryption is, that has to be considered a requirement for anyone providing their own sync, not a value add feature. Basically, none of the features that are on the roadmap for DO2 ( http://help.dayoneapp.com/release-notes/popular-feature-requests ) have materialised over the past year. As much as I liked DO, I'd be miffed if I'd paid the sub for the year hoping for Dark Mode and audio recording to make an appearance ( there isn't an ETA for v3, presumably it'll post iOS12 / Mojave ).
It was mentioned on the podcast, that the developers are looking other sync methods. Hopefully, that means iCloud.
It's taken me a lot of internal debate and soul-searching on this issue too, but I've finally come round to it. For me it was Ulysses and for the most part I've not regretted it. That said, I'm not about to open the wallet and start acquiring subscriptions at the rate of knots.
So, v3 for iOS was released yesterday. A quick scan of twitter, and it isn't without problems, mainly for people on Plus accounts. There are more than a few complaints about Dark Mode / Audio being premium ( mainly as they were announced before subscriptions ), changes to the UI ( entries are in edit mode as soon as they are selected, the keyboard shortcut bar has gone ), the new markdown-less editor, and the lack of a map in dark mode....
I've been trying the new v3, and quite honestly, find it a step backwards in terms of UI, features, and stability.
The removal of markdown is a huge PITA. I'm by no means a big a markdown user ( basically, I used one workflow - https://workflow.is/workflows/9fa49ace08d0445ea44696265319c39c - that adds movie art, details, etc to an entry, as a small table in markdown ), but what I have used doesn't render as it did in v2, and it isn't editable ( I don't even seem to be able to cut / paste it to another entry ).
The changes to the UI might look minimal, but the extra steps to add photos, change the location, pretty much anything that was accessed via the "toolbar", are quite annoying. The always on edit mode means reviewing old entries has to be done with care.
And the bugs are just silly, and obvious. As soon as the update came out, their twitter feed was inundated with people running into account errors ( a bit like when they switched to subs ), and in the latest version ( 3.0.2 ) there's a bug that doesn't remove the keyboard ( which appears immediately, thanks to the always-in-edit-mode mode ) when trying to change location, or the date / time. There's aren't edge-cases. Not to mention the delay in releasing a compatible Mac version meant entries created on v3 were accessible on a Mac.
Still not enough to convince me to subscribe, especially at £49/year, which should worry DO, especially as other developers are catching up, and charging less. Someone on DayOne's twitter feed mentioned Journey ( https://2appstudio.com/journey/ ). It looks similar to DO, has DO's feature set, with the addition that it will sync to GoogleDrive, and looks to have a web version, too.
The removal of markdown is a huge PITA. I'm by no means a big a markdown user ( basically, I used one workflow - https://workflow.is/workflows/9fa49ace08d0445ea44696265319c39c - that adds movie art, details, etc to an entry, as a small table in markdown ), but what I have used doesn't render as it did in v2, and it isn't editable ( I don't even seem to be able to cut / paste it to another entry ).
The changes to the UI might look minimal, but the extra steps to add photos, change the location, pretty much anything that was accessed via the "toolbar", are quite annoying. The always on edit mode means reviewing old entries has to be done with care.
And the bugs are just silly, and obvious. As soon as the update came out, their twitter feed was inundated with people running into account errors ( a bit like when they switched to subs ), and in the latest version ( 3.0.2 ) there's a bug that doesn't remove the keyboard ( which appears immediately, thanks to the always-in-edit-mode mode ) when trying to change location, or the date / time. There's aren't edge-cases. Not to mention the delay in releasing a compatible Mac version meant entries created on v3 were accessible on a Mac.
Still not enough to convince me to subscribe, especially at £49/year, which should worry DO, especially as other developers are catching up, and charging less. Someone on DayOne's twitter feed mentioned Journey ( https://2appstudio.com/journey/ ). It looks similar to DO, has DO's feature set, with the addition that it will sync to GoogleDrive, and looks to have a web version, too.
I have recently used Journey and I had to ask for a refund from Apple for the Mac version that I paid for. It is.. not up to snuff in real world usage. And I have a 2016 MBP, if that should even matter for such a program.
*sigh* that's a shame, I think the DO guys could benefit from some real competition.
I wish the guys behind MacJournal could modernize and upgrade their program.
Especially the iOS app, which isn’t very good.
They have a lot of experience of Writing apps. They could definitely get into the match.
But maybe they do other things....
Especially the iOS app, which isn’t very good.
They have a lot of experience of Writing apps. They could definitely get into the match.
But maybe they do other things....