Hobonichi Techo App

Surprisingly convenient even for stuff like remembering where I parked my car. I love the flexibility around adding notes and captions to all sorts of media, and being able to review the month on a single grid gives me a sense of what it was about. The senpais, and game design aspects (sound effects, etc) add a charming, specific feeling to the app, which makes it stand out to me amongst the other, more minimalistic offerings. My only feedback would be to make the “coin” animation less intrusive. I understand it’s supposed to reinforce the habit of pinning photos, but when I’m pining multiple days in a row, it can get a little wearisome. Perhaps not making it interrupt the full screen, but delegate the animation to the icon in the upper screen corner! That way, you would still get the “reward chime”, but can still keep pinning while the music plays. Overall super happy with it and can see myself using it for a long time! Please keep the app non-AI as much as possible!

I was planning to use this app as a companion to my Hobonichi cousin as my schedule can be busy but I still want to be able to log my day. Unfortunately, there’s a lot of automated functions required rather than having users input content manually. The location permission is the most annoying thing for me as there’s no way for me to manually add these locations myself. Instead, you’re suggested to keep your location turned on constantly which isn’t really ideal for both privacy and battery usage. I wish we’re not limited to these options and are given more control to manually add things in especially with health and location.

The location posts show random times, and when I try to edit them, they usually change either back to the random time that was shown or a different random time.