The Five Minute Journal uses proven principles of positive psychology to make you happier in 5 minutes a day with the guided gratitude journaling format
“There are plenty of benefits to journaling, whether you take time to write out your full thoughts or just spend a few minutes jotting down the things you're most grateful for every day or lessons you've learned. Five Minute Journal for the iPhone makes this process easy enough to do on the go.” — Lifehacker
BENEFITS OF PRACTICING GRATITUDE
Cultivating gratitude can positively impact all areas of your life—from personal growth and emotional intelligence to meaningful relationships and enhanced productivity. A lot of thought leaders practice gratitude (including Oprah Winfrey, Richard Branson, Tim Ferris, and many others), as studies have found it improves health, has lasting positive effects on the brain, and is a key to mental wellbeing.
Practicing gratitude with the Five Minute Journal app brings you a more positive outlook on life and ability to notice wonderful things and capture the life-changing experiences. The key is consistency. With its thoughtful features and a structure to help you focus on what’s good, you will find The Five Minute Journal app to be a great way to start and end your day.
WHAT OUR COMMUNITY IS SAYING
“Not only do I love the simplicity in the design, but the fact that it takes only a minute to update the entries means this is something I’ll actually use. This app really gets you thinking about the positive things right before you start your day.”
FIVE MINUTE JOURNAL APP FEATURES
– Beautiful, Intuitive Journaling Experience: The Five Minute Journal app has been designed to capture the physical Five Minute Journal experience. Getting around the app is a breeze and adding entries is easy with a guided flow for both your morning and evening entries.
– Easy Journal Entry Navigation: Quickly cycle through previous entries by scrolling your timeline or by tapping on a specific date in calendar view.
– Guided Journaling Flow & Prompts: A new guided process to help you get the most from your gratitude journal experience.
– Reminders: Set daily notifications to keep up with a rewarding journaling habit.
– Timeline View: Access previous journal entries and view short daily excerpts. Tapping an entry leads to a full day review.
– Daily Quotes & Weekly Challenges: Receive daily inspiring quotes and weekly challenges, and share them across social media.
– Passcode Protection: Keep all your journal entries private with secure passcode, Face ID or Touch ID protection.
– Dark Mode: Use your journal in either light or dark mode, which is especially great for late night journaling.
– Compatible With Any Device or platform: Use it on iPhone app, iPad app and Apple Watch companion app.
– Track your mindful minutes in the Apple Health app with our HealthKit integration
– Streaks: Track your personal progress and get insights on positive changes in your life.
– Backup/Export: Easily backup your entries and export your treasured memories and media to PDF, HTML, Dropbox, and more. You can select a date range or export all.
PREMIUM FEATURES
Five Minute Journal App offers an optional monthly or yearly subscriptions with free trials or lifetime license.
Here's what you get when you unlock the Premium:
– Photos and Video: Capture and view your magical moments with a daily photo or video. Attach media to any of your daily prompts.
– Personalized Practice: Create your own custom questions, tailored to your mood and goals.
– Space for Notes: Clear your thoughts and write freely in the new notes section.
– Mood tracker: Check in with yourself, express how you feel, and gain insights into how your emotions influence your days.
– Look Back Reminders: Get reminded of your memories with the “On this Day” feature.
– Timeline Photo View: See a photographic timeline view of all your daily photos.
– Widget: Add a thoughtful Five Minute Journal widget to your home screen.
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In-Apps
Annual Journaling Premium
€44.99
Annual Subscr (existing users)
€24.99
Annual Subscription
€22.99
1 month Journaling Premium
€10.49
Monthly Subscription
€4.99
Monthly Subs (existing users)
€4.99
Weekly Subscription
€1.99
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5 Minute Journal FAQ
Is 5 Minute Journal free?
Yes, 5 Minute Journal is free to download, however it contains in-app purchases or subscription offerings.
Is 5 Minute Journal legit?
🤔 The 5 Minute Journal app's quality is mixed. Some users are satisfied, while others report issues. Consider reading individual reviews for more context.
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How much does 5 Minute Journal cost?
5 Minute Journal has several in-app purchases/subscriptions, the average in-app price is €16.49.
I am a fan of intelligent change for a long time (Mimi and Alex work, the newsletter, etc.). Since the shipping costs of the journal were always high, I decided to buy the app one day and I loved I could journal everywhere, reflect on my day and put photos in my entries. I highly recommended the app and the intelligent change brand to everyone I know. Unfortunately, now, in order to enjoy the app as I used to, I have to become a premium member. This was never mentioned when I bought the app (it was not free), so I feel disappointed. It’s not hard to move the journal idea from your app to a free blog/ note app online. I never did so and I paid the app in order to support a work and a brand I enjoyed, but now I’m disappointed. Good luck.
Really great but 2 suggestions!
I really like the option of writing my own questions, however I would like to answer them in the morning option and the app doesn’t allow it - that question goes automatically to the end. Further, the sentences regarding gratitude repeat themselves quite a lot. Besides that, great!
Crappy upgrade
I had been using this app for years and loved how simple and efficient it was. Now, they did a fancy upgrade, forcing me to create an account and, with that, whiped out years of history of journaling I had in there! Not cool...
Very good
I like it a lot!!
Amazing app
The app is amazing, allows me to stay focused on my most important goals for the day and at the same time be appreciative of what I already have
I peace of mind
Thank you Alex and Mimi
Lovet it but...
Hello Alex and HJ. I really like the app, because it's the only way to get the journal, I live in Portugal. But few days ago I had some problems. The app made alterations in the days, duplicates some days and when I deleted one off them it deleted all. I already made the update but the problem stills on. 😔 thanks if you can help! 😄
Great journal
I really like the journal, I only have the app version, but the idea off adding a foto of the day it's great.
I only started a few days ago, so maybe because of that I think 3 thing it gets to much for me, I start to want to repeat my self, maybe because I'm not used to write.
I do recommend this journal, specially if your traveling, it's a great reminder of the trip.
Imagine what it will be after a year....Uaauuu
Excelent!
Love the layout, and it is very helpfull! I can see the changes every day! Thank you!
Sing in/up with Apple ID not workimg
App has an endless loop bug where I can’t sign up or sign in using my Apple ID (checked or not checked). Just goes into an endless loop. Signing in with Google ID worked but can’t access app settings without going thru a crazy number of prompts. Not going to buy if this hard.
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