ZenJournal: Minimalist Log

I’ll be using this app for a bit, I like having one unified space for my brain vomit and being able to tag it logs with things like #thankful or #remember or #todo to quickly recall them later if the timeline gets filled. I also love that you can double-tap to hide the entire timeline except what you’re currently writing for privacy if you’re in public. I do wish that there was some sort of auto-spacing between entries; right now I’m adding a break after every log to get around this but sometimes I forget and my entries end up all clumped together when they shouldn’t be, because the option to edit also seems to be missing (unless I’m missing it). Update: updating my review because I’ve been using this app for three days and I completely understand the spacing now. My thoughts are grouped by time of day and spaced sort of like discord; if enough time has passed a new timestamp will create a line break. I know the editing feature is coming so I’ll proactively add a star for that lol

This app is pure perfection. Open and type thoughts with no distractions, no need to enter titles or navigate somewhere. By the time I open another app and get to writing, I’ll have forgotten what I was going to write. This app makes it so easy to write thoughts down more often. My only request is to display photos in discreet mode as gray blocks. I haven’t purchased the subscription because the preview shows a sunset photo as a bright blurred orange square and I’d find that incredibly distracting to the otherwise elegant mostly monochromatic design of the app. Also, looking forward to the edit feature! Would love to correct small typos or add a tag to a previous thought. One suggestion is the ability to reply to previous thoughts. “Hindsight” or “reflection” essentially. Editing previous thoughts to add tags somewhat resolves this but replying to your own thoughts would be awesome for retrospectives!

Really love this app, I’ve downloaded so many journal apps in the past and this is the only one I’ve ever been able to use consistently. Whenever I have a thought pop into my head I just open this app and start typing. It’s just so simple to use, and I know my thoughts will be organized thanks to hashtags. My only complaint is that I wish you could edit your entries after posting them—sometimes I notice spelling or grammar errors in hindsight. It would also be fantastic if we could post pictures to our entries—sometimes a photo is worth a thousand words. Finally, it would be cool if we could customize just a little bit, such as background color or font style. In any case, I’m in love with this app and use it multiple times a day, so thank you for creating it! 🙏