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WSJ: Apple to Release iPhone Journaling App for Logging Daily Activities
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I'm also a happy Day One user and sad to see them get Sherlocked. But I do feel better about Apple (who already locks up and encrypts my Messages and Passwords) securing my deepest thoughts) than Day One – a company who I otherwise don't *really* have a reason to trust. It's sad to say it about the little guy who's been doing a tremendous job with this app, but security feels more secure with larger corporate infrastructure (see: fancy banks)
I think the idea here is less personal journaling and more of an expanded Screen Time feature to give you a breakdown of what you’re doing, then present you with a summary of trends so YOU can change your habits you may have been unaware of.
That’s my theory anyway.
I think it should have a plug-in called Alibi Builder so when your iPhone is confiscated and used as a witness against you in court, it can come up with an AI logging history that puts you somewhere else.
Apple is planning to launch a Day One-style iPhone journaling app to let users compile their daily activities, as part of its efforts in the physical and mental health market, reports The Wall Street Journal.
From the paywalled report:
Based on documents seen by WSJ, a personalization feature will highlight potential topics for users to write about, such as a workout, while the app will also offer "All Day People Discovery" to detect a user's physical proximity to other people.
According to the report, Apple's app will have the ability to gather much more user data than third-party journaling apps, and will have access to text messages and phone calls, but privacy and security will be central to the software's design. The analysis of the user's day will take place on-device, and journaling suggestions will remain in the system for four weeks, after which they will be removed.
It's not known when the app will be released, but it could be announced as soon as WWDC in June, when iOS 17 is set to be previewed, and could be a feature of the new operating system. The documents seen by WSJ offered no indication as to whether Apple plans to charge for the journaling app. An Apple spokesperson declined to comment.
Article Link: WSJ: Apple to Release iPhone Journaling App for Logging Daily Activities
This is going to be one of those features that is announced and ends up being released at some point in the future, as is typical with Apple.
As someone who actually uses Day One, this is certainly interesting to hear.
But I use Day One exclusively on my Mac, because I don't want to type out my thoughts with my thumbs on a tiny display. So if this does become a thing, I only hope it's not long before this makes its way to MacOS.
But I use Day One exclusively on my Mac, because I don't want to type out my thoughts with my thumbs on a tiny display. So if this does become a thing, I only hope it's not long before this makes its way to MacOS.
Unsurprisingly, Apple wants more data from you, and they anpparently are after mental health. Siri would be used to give user suggestions on what to do, or worse, alert police if something bad is written on that journal. Given how incompetent Siri is I am not worried too much for the moment but journal? On your phone? At this rate, literally nothing will be unknown for Apple, including your mind.
I kept a daily handwritten journal for 13 years. The ability to include pictures and even videos in a digital version is pretty great. However...I still have my written journals. With MacJournal (which the developer kindly made free) exporting has been a challenge.
Well that's exciting. I haven't been a fan of Day One since they took my data out of iCloud and started artificially holding journaling features hostage behind a rent-a-journal subscription model. It's always annoyed me that there hasn't been an alternative. I'll be the first one to dump it to try something like this out, I just hope there's a companion Mac app. So many times I'll start a placeholder on my iPhone and then flesh my thoughts out later in the evening with a real computer.
I think I use notes in a similar way without the feedback.
This could be interesting although I'm always torn between just going outside and touching grass verses hyper analyzing every breath I take. 🤣
This could be interesting although I'm always torn between just going outside and touching grass verses hyper analyzing every breath I take. 🤣
Journaling by hand with pen/paper is better. It slows down the mind. It also doesn't give you the ability to easily go back and edit yourself.
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Ah yes, an app that can show even more how banal my existence is. No thanks.
A lot of useful trivia, yeah some people could use a iPhone Journaling App for Logging Daily Activities so they could tell how bad their lifestyle is. 
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iCloud+ most likely going to get this as part of a subscription? At least certain features I could see expanded and available as part of the Apple subscriptions. RIP Day One. It’s been a while since Apple Sherlock Holmes something.
Feel bad for the Day One crew. If Apple does this, it needs to have a MacOS version as well, since I often add pictures(not from my phone cam) to my journals and often type on my Mac. They key thing about the word "Sherlocked" is that Sherlock was actually better than the product it replaced(in most cases) Day One is a VERY GOOD app with good support and frequent updates, hate to see it go.
It will be cool if it includes a mood-tracking feature too. Something where it prompts (if you like) to record your mood or mindset periodically throughout the day. Tracking and charting this could be helpful to recognize how things like diet, exercise, sleep, and more affect your moods and emotions.
I tried to use Notes, GoodNotes, etc for daily journaling/notes. The problem is you have to bump the line feed down and it seems messy. I’d love something that forces the newer stuff at the top. Something super simple like Notes or notes with tables, but the newest data is at top and data entry is at top. That’s all I want. Oh, and not subscription.
I like the concept of this. I would love an apple app to use as a daily journal.