Momento: Private Journal Diary

Very convenient tool to take note of the day for a busy person like me

... been SO handy for recording everything & everything - I’ve tried to switch to other Apps with freehand drawing etc. but here I still am back to Momento .... recently discovered “Events” & that solved my wishing I could have more than one Momento notebook going at a time. Still with I had text font control but that feature comes with in-App purchase premium version & I am unemployed ... but keep it up you guys great product! Not sure if this is where to ask developers ... is this linked to icloud in some inseparable way ... mine’s bigger than icloud storage & don’t wish to increase that.

This is a great and easy way to record memories and events in my life with pictures and descriptions. Secure, safe and easy to search.

I’ve used this App since 1 Jan 2019 and I’ve uploaded a personal photo of significance to my day almost daily. It’s been wonderful to pick one or two photos that meant something to me. I’ve already looked back at months and loved it. And you can catch up if you’ve been busy by going back to each day misses. Awesome App.

I'm a journaler at heart. Never get time to sit and journal (from bullet to art to prayer) like before I had a kiddie. Now I might (make)get a few minutes at night to jot down the essentials of the day. Which is where this app shines! The fact that I can only add one photo (with the free version) to that memory/day's journaling, is actually a welcome simplification: what one image captured what I want to remember of today...? Also, the feed link makes it really nice to see what was happening in my life on the same day one, two, six years ago.

Have been using the app for a week or so and seems pretty good, haven't tried all the functionality yet.

Great app and looks really good, would love richer text input like in notes (bold, italic, indent etc.)

Looks like developer stopped updating and responding to request since January 2024. Don’t pay for an upgrade cause it doesn’t do anything.

Ive been using this app now for 12 years, back when I was a completely different app. And for some reason it was the only one that finally stuck with me. It felt like the closest thing I could get to being a digital version of my journals I kept as a kid with the little locks on it. Its very simple. But thats what I like about it. It only serves one purpose for me and I dont feel overwhelmed by its features and such.

So I sprung for the paid version, the annoyances got to be too much. At first I stumbled around with things like ‘location’ until I figured out you need to click on ‘Current Location’ to search other areas (seems clunky). The whole process of attaching photos is still a bit confusing… deciding to keep existing photo info OR inherit from the ‘Moment’. Backup & Restore are clunky too… if it syncs to iCloud why must I manually sync between devices. Sometimes I’m not sure if I made any changes on my other device they will be wiped out after syncing OR changes on my current device will be overwritten. As for “sharing”, simply sending a photo of your Momento screen doesn’t really constitute “sharing”. And why the “Feeds”? Do people really want to post to Facebook or Instagram first, then have Momento scrape their feed to populate Momento? Maybe I’m unusual in that regard. Also, I’d really, really like to “share” with another Momento user, like you can do with ’Notes’ in iOS. My travel partner can’t see what I’ve documented, unless of course I show her my screen. How ridiculous is that? I realize the development team is small but it’s obvious that they’re looking to increase revenue by creating obstacles and removing previous functionality. Not a good business model from a customer perspective. I like the main concept and app interface, just tempted to continue my search for a better tool at this point. Oh, and after paying for the subscribed version it reverted back to the free version… had to do a “restore”. Maybe the developer will review the product design and their decisions.