When I get old and grey (well, old) I won't want to read about how high my utility bills were back in 2014 or how much I liked "Cloud Atlas." I discovered, through this app, that I am NOT a journal-type person. I collect info, undated, pure info. Jounler was great for that and now I use MacJournal. But for the die-hard "where was I on June 14, 2016," it's a perfect app. I think forgetting is as important as remembering!

I’m always impressed when one of the apps I purchase turns out to be an indispensable tool on my Mac, especially one that has to sync with my iOS devices, and Day One is just that. I’ve tried the top five journaling and daily timeline apps for iOS and Mac and IMHO, Day One is the clear winner in all regards. It looks good, it feels good, and it serves every imaginable need of an app in its genre.

But even the best of apps need something that most apps don’t have…support from the developer. I encountered a couple of minor issues I couldn’t figure out about Day One and their support guru promptly responded and professionally solved both issues. He took the time to have an email dialog with me and made me feel like a real customer, which I appreciate immensely. Kudos to Bloom Built, LLC for not only a great app…but equally great support.

This app has overcome a lot of its earlier teething problems and is now pretty darn good. Wish the dev would make an iCloud version of Evernote.

Very attractive journaling app that syncs well with the excellent iOS version. However, it needs better exporting features. Currently only one day at a time can be exported to pdf and any photos are stripped in the process. I'd like to be able to archive off my entries to pdf a month or more at a time, including photos.

The app also lacks encryption. You can password-lock your journal within Day One, but this seems a bit pointless as the database is unencrypted and anyone can read it by simply opening it in a text editor.

I have been using Day One as a MacJournal replacement for a couple of months now and on the whole I love it. It has been stable for me since the beginning, the syncing has been very reliable and the development is very active, with important features seemingly being added in every release. I love the clean and uncluttered interface, which takes all of 30 seconds to master. Also, and I cannot state this enough (especially as compared to MJ), the price points are ideal both for the desktop and iOS versions. Plus, unlike MJ, the iOS versions also sync flawlessly through iCloud and have universal iPhone/iPod compatibility with a single app purchase.

There are still a few shortcomings of Day One which prevent it from being a 5 star app for me at this point. The first is the lack of support for multiple journals. This is a big one for me as I keep multiple journals for multiple people/projects. The developer has indicated this feature is forthcoming and I can only hope it comes soon. Second, and despite other reviewers having different experiences in this regard, I have been unhappy with the customer support. I submitted a simple question of how to import a MJ journal through the developer's website support portal several weeks ago. When I didn't receive a response for about 10 days, I re-submitted. Nothing. The absence of such support on the website's FAQ section (after all, they offer a step by step tutorial for importing from another journaling app and advertise the MJ importing capabilities as a feature) and upon direct contact of the developer through their own support channels is both disappointing and a bit unacceptable. It also speaks to a possible need for a community/support forum on the website where users can ask such questions and assist each other. Absent this, the developer needs to be much more responsive to formally submitted help requests from its users.

Still, I highly recommend this application and look forward to its continued growth and development. They are a single feature away from making me a full time convert from their competitor and becoming a 5 star app.

How do you print either part or all of a journal?