Journal

Take a moment to reflect on your day. Capture and write about the details of everyday moments and special events using photos, videos, audio recordings, places, your state of mind and more. Journaling suggestions make it easy to remember your daily experiences — so you can add them to your journal and never have to start with a blank page. Organise your entries by creating multiple journals for different aspects of your life, keep track of your journaling goals with insights and streaks, and sync your journal between iPhone, iPad and Mac using iCloud.
Get started writing with journaling suggestions
• Choose from suggested moments to start your journal entry with intelligently grouped outings, photos, workouts, media and more.
• Get a writing prompt to guide your insights.
• Find inspiration with reflection prompts to focus on gratitude, kindness, purpose and more.
• Journaling suggestions are created using on-device intelligence based on how you use your iPhone. Choose what information you want to enable for suggestions.
• Suggestions created on your iPhone sync securely to iPad.
Preserve powerful memories in rich detail
• Illustrate your entries with the photos, videos and places that tell your story. Customise the layout by placing attachments seamlessly within the text you write.
• Get creative and express yourself with lettering, sketches and doodles using your finger, or Apple Pencil on iPad. And you can make your journal even more personal with entries in your own handwriting.
• Record your voice directly into your journal and have it transcribed automatically, or record your surroundings to add context to your entry.
• Express yourself with text formatting options, including lists, quotes and various text styles.
• Add a widget to your Home Screen or Lock Screen that shows your current streak at a glance or presents writing prompts that change throughout the day so you can reflect on what’s going on in the moment.
• Start a new entry and add content from other apps like News, Music or Safari.
• Keep your entries organised by creating multiple journals for different aspects of your life, and add a custom name and icon for each.
Enjoy past moments
• Browse, search and sort your journal to look back and reflect on key moments in your life.
• Easily find past entries using the calendar.
• See entries written at a specific location or find entries you made nearby in the new Places view.
• View each entry and its attachments in a beautiful full-screen view.
• Print or export your entries.
Build a good habit
• View your journaling streaks, the days you journaled and other fun stats in the new Insights view.
• Set a schedule or receive notifications at convenient times based on how you use the app. You’ll get reminders when it’s time to write, or when new journaling suggestions are ready, so you can keep a consistent journaling practice
Journal for wellbeing
• Log your state of mind in Journal and save it to the Health app.
• Automatically save your writing time as Mindful Minutes in Health.
Keep your journal private and secure
• Protect your journal with your device passcode, Touch ID or Face ID, so no one but you can access it.
• Store your entries safely in iCloud so they’re automatically backed up.
Certain features are available only in selected languages and regions.