Lifecraft: Digital Life Coach

I had been using Day One for a couple of years for journaling but was unhappy with some of its basic features (I don’t like Wiki-style formatting commands and really don’t like autoformatting features you can’t turn off). When they went to a subscription model I started looking for alternatives. Lifecraft fits my needs perfectly. Formatting is done via traditional word processor command key combinations (like command i for italics, not *whatever*) and it doesn’t autoformat your text (you can use tab to indent paragraphs properly without the program assuming you want to reformat the entire paragraph in some strange way). I’ve also become rather fond of the “Moods” you can use to color code each entry. And while not quite as flexible as Bear’s system, the tagging works well and is easy to assign. I don’t often add photos to entries nor do I sync with other devices (my journaling is done on one platform and I don’t migrate it about), so I can’t speak to those parts of the program. I also wasn’t especially bothered by the subscription model in this case. As another reviewer pointed out it’s not especially expensive and it was there more or less from the beginning instead of being bolted on halfway through the program’s life. Free download and $15 a year for the top-end subscription seems reasonable to me, especially when I know about it going in and it’s not dropped on me as part of an update. Visually impressive without being overwhelming, solid interface, and good import capabilities. What’s not to like? Just updating to add I'm still using Lifecraft. There have been some glitches and issues from time to time, but I've actually found the support team to be responsive. I do wish you could set it to backup someplace other than iCloud (I don't use it on other devices), but I've been journaling steadily with it since I installed it 4 years ago, and I've never been that consistent with journaling. I tried Day One once or twice after switching, but keep coming back here.

I love the prompts and support of this app. the writing portion challenges you to think about things you normally dont spend much time thinking about. it really has been helpful to write the feelings down about the prompted topics

Needed a journal where I could write my predominant emotion troughout the day and this is it. Love it. Will subscribe to pro.

The features are great, the themes, the interactivity, saves in iCloud, unlike others. So I own my data. I've been using it for two years and love it. I tried DayOne. (too expensive and impersonal, and you have to use their server, no themes).

I like the idea of the app. Was working somewhat on the first few days. Now I do not get any daily messages in the compass view. Additionally, The emtional intellignece deluxe package, it still shows 0 % complete. Not very intuitive and not really sure why it is 0. Also the 7 day challenge, I have started it, but there is no way to keep track of your progress. Will be asking for a refund, if the issue or the support ticket I opened doesn't resolve this issue.

I'm revising my review and taking this app from 5 stars to 2. It is SO glitchy. The only device where it functions properly is on my iPad. On my older iMac, however, it crashed constantly to the point where I couldn't even use it. Now I have a 3-day old new iMac and Lifecraft STILL will not work the way it should. Yes, it syncs between devices and I can journal in it, but it reverts back to a plain, small font every time I begin a new paragraph. I also wish it had a wider writing area. No matter how I stretch the app window, the writing appears in a thin column. I'm tempted to just use Apple's Pages as my journal from now on. But the question is...if I stop paying the yearly fee, will I lose what I've written so far??? I wish I could recommend this app but, sadly, I cannot.

Overall I'm really impressed with Lifecraft. It's full featured, supports iCloud sync and is reliable. It's a little more complex than I'd like, and there doesn't seem to be regular updates, but other than that it's great.

Please allow this for android and paypal payment!

please keep supporting it.

Made the mistake of utilizing a free trial & not canceling in time. Paid for a year, ok - fine. Well, would be fine if the app actually worked! Half of the time, the messages do not load or challenges aren't updated on the Compass page. When I reached out to them directly, I was treated as if these issues were my fault because I didn't download the update. Fun fact, I already had downloaded the update prior to reaching out. Finally, I was told that there are bugs they are trying to fix and thanks for bringing them to their attention. Were neither friendly nor helpful.