Monomo Journal

I get tired of apps that are overburdened with sharp learning curves. I was searching for an app that I could use for one specific purpose and this Monomo Journal fits my needs perfectly. I really like the auto-tag feature. It empowered me to do a brain dump of sorts, then as I began journaling on my topic the tags, as well as the linked tags simply appeard. I found my day to be prductive, instead of spending hours watching demos trying to figure out how to make an app work. I like it. I like that I bought it once for life. I like the simplicity, the price point, the ability to backup my data, the ability to link this with my icloud. The develop did very good with this app.

Yes. This application is in the tradition of Unix-style applications: do one thing, and do it really well. Monomo is not overburnded with extras to justify a higher price or the plague of subscription pricing. It does what it does really well. I LOVE the reading mode, which allows you to read a thread of your journal entries as if you were reading a book. The best for reflection. Elegant and wonderful.

When I saw this app, I was excited to try it out. I've been using Dreams for a while, and Journey as my daytime journal. I was more than willing to pay for the full version, but unfortunately, Monomo just doesn't have all the features I need to be a replacement for Journey. That's not the app's fault, don't get me wrong, it's just the way things currently stand. First of all, I have been using Journey for over a year, maybe even two, and there's no way to import the entries from there, not even just text. Not that I would know how that could be implamented. Secondly, there's no formatting. I don't need much, just a simple bold, italic, and underline, but the app doesn't have that. Lastly, the tagging is a little less intuitive than Dreams's signs feature. You can add tags with categories, link them, add triggers, and all that the same. Except when you create a new tag while writing an entry, there's no way to select its category right away. So then you have to do the tedious process of categorizing your tags post-entry. Other than that the app is really good, a good journaling app with a similar style to Dreams, which I love and will continue to use. And I think this app would be good for anyone who wants a simple journaling experience with good organization (I really like the tag feature.) But in its current state, Monomo just isn't for me.