Unpack Journal: Scan & Reflect
Kim Tu Lifestyle iPhoneiPadiPod touch
Unpack Journal: Scan & Reflect is a free Lifestyle app for iPhone and iPad by Kim Tu. Rated 5.0/5 from 9 ratings. Requires iOS 17.0.
- Rating
- 5.0
- 9 ratings
- Price
- Free
- on the App Store
- Size
- 27 MB
- Age 4+
- Updated
- Oct 16
- 2026 · v1.1.7
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About Unpack Journal: Scan & Reflect
When your thoughts move faster than you can write them, Unpack helps you find clarity and direction. Unpack is a journal companion for handwritten journalers, overthinkers, brain dumpers, deep feelers, and ADHD minds. Simply scan your journal, review the summary, and transform scattered thoughts into clear threads called tangents that you can follow. MAKE SENSE OF YOUR JOURNAL - Scan morning pages, brain dumps, and stream of consciousness into focused tangents - Unravel your tangents with thoughtful prompts and follow-up questions - Explore the prompt library when you don't know what to write - Talk through your thoughts faster with voice journaling - Pull out buried tasks and notes to self SEE WHAT IS UNDERNEATH - Identify emotions inside your entries - Use the emotion dictionary to put words to your feelings - Notice the feeling behind a thought, memory, or reaction - Track emotional patterns across weeks and months REMEMBER WHAT MATTERS - Keep entries and tangents organized in your Archive - Easily revisit old thoughts without rereading everything - Let memory connect reflections across time - See recurring themes and threads over time SHARE CAREFULLY & CONSIDERATELY - Share a single reflection, not your whole journal - Send a private thought for up to 24 hours - Keep the rest of your writing for yourself PRIVATE BY DESIGN - Uploaded photos are discarded after text extraction - Lock your journal with Face ID and passcode - Encrypted in transit and at rest - No ads, no data selling HOW IT WORKS - Scan a page from your journal - Review the extracted text and summary - See the tangents and emotions underneath - Choose a thought thread or tangent to unravel - Return later to see what patterns are forming - See your writing and reflections in one place Let Unpack help you reflect more intentionally. Turn your journal pages into reflections, insights, and personal growth. Get started for free. Unpack is a self-reflection tool. It is not a substitute for professional mental health care, medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. Need help? Contact us at [email protected] Terms of Use: https://unpackjournal.com/terms Privacy Policy: https://unpackjournal.com/privacy
Ratings & reviews
5.0
9 ratings
What’s new
Version 1.1.7 · Updated October 16, 2026
A smoother way to scan, reflect, and return to your journal. • Tap to focus the camera, or press and hold to lock focus and exposure. • Improved photo review and text extraction, including short and multi-page entries. • Refined navigation and native styling across iOS 17, 18, and 26. • More reliable Home and Archive loading, with clearer offline and retry states. • Long-press an entry in Home or Archive to delete it, even offline. Deletions sync when you reconnect. • Keep your original entry when removing its last tangent, and create new tangents when you’re ready. • More reliable saved prompts, drafts, and offline writing recovery, plus faster message sorting in longer conversations.
App privacy
The developer, Kim Tu, reported these privacy practices to Apple.
Data Linked to You
The following data, which may be collected and linked to your identity, may be used for the following purposes:
- Purchases: Purchase History
- Identifiers: User ID, Device ID
- Usage Data: Product Interaction, Other Usage Data
- User Content: Other User Content, Photos or Videos, Audio Data
- Contact Info: Email Address, Name
Used for: Analytics, Product Personalization, App Functionality
Data Not Linked to You
The following data, which may be collected but is not linked to your identity, may be used for the following purposes:
- Diagnostics: Crash Data, Performance Data, Other Diagnostic Data
Used for: App Functionality
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