Journal Thing - Daily Journal
Things Things Things LLC Lifestyle iPhoneiPadiPod touchApple Watch
Journal Thing - Daily Journal is a free Lifestyle app for iPhone and iPad by Things Things Things LLC. Rated 5.0/5 from 1 ratings. Requires iOS 17.0.
- Rating
- 5.0
- 1 ratings
- Price
- Free
- on the App Store
- Size
- 60 MB
- Age 4+
- Updated
- Oct 21
- 2026 · v1.0.3
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About Journal Thing - Daily Journal
Make a little space for every day. Journal Thing is a private daily journal built around one idea: every day gets its own colorful page. Write one line or the whole story, mark your mood, add a photo, and watch your week turn into a rainbow. No account needed, no ads, and everything you need to journal is free. ONE PAGE A DAY • Colorful daily pages with beautiful themes, in Day, Night or System appearance • Mood tracking with seven illustrated and emoji mood packs, or a custom pack made from your own photos • Up to five photos per entry, from your library or the in-app camera • Writing prompts for the days when the page stays blank • Daily Focus for intentions and priorities, and checklists right inside your entry • #Tags with autocomplete; rename or merge a tag everywhere at once • Search by word, tag, photo, or the people you mention LOOK BACK • Month view with a mood chart and your photos • Rewind brings back a past entry you forgot you wrote • Streaks, with a small celebration at each milestone from 3 days to a year • Share any entry as an image card WRITE FROM ANYWHERE • Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets, including a one-tap mood picker on the Lock Screen • Quick Entry: a Live Activity on the Lock Screen and in the Dynamic Island, on the days and hours you choose • Reply to a reminder notification to write without opening the app • Siri Shortcuts: add an entry, set your mood, check your streak • Control Center button on iOS 18 and later • Apple Watch app: type or dictate an entry, page through the week, see your todos • Voice entries with transcription (optional; audio is sent to a transcription service only after you agree) YOURS TO KEEP • Saved on your device; no account needed to start • PIN lock (Face ID / Touch ID unlock with Premium) • Automatic backups with optional passphrase encryption, plus export to JSON or Markdown • Import from Day One, Journey, Daylio, Writeaday, or CSV JOURNAL THING PREMIUM (OPTIONAL) Everything you need to journal is free forever: unlimited entries, moods, photos, tags, todos, search, reminders, PIN lock, export, and backup. Premium adds Journal Thing Sync: one journal on iPhone, iPad, Android and the web, kept in step through a Journal Thing account you create with Sign in with Apple or Google. Premium also unlocks four extra themes, three extra fonts, adaptive text color, and Face ID / Touch ID unlock. Premium is available as: • Journal Thing Premium Monthly — auto-renewing subscription, billed monthly • Journal Thing Premium Annual — auto-renewing subscription, billed yearly • Journal Thing Premium Lifetime — a one-time purchase, not a subscription Prices are shown in the app in your local currency before you buy. Payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation of purchase. A subscription renews automatically unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period, and your account is charged for renewal within 24 hours before the period ends. You can manage or cancel your subscription in your Apple Account settings at any time after purchase. Journal Thing is for personal journaling and mood tracking. It is not a medical device and does not diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent medical conditions. Terms of Use: https://www.thingsthingsthings.studio/journal-thing/terms/ Privacy Policy: https://www.thingsthingsthings.studio/journal-thing/privacy/
What’s new
Version 1.0.3 · Updated October 21, 2026
Tap a #tag anywhere to open Tags on it. Setting a PIN now asks for it twice. A long voice entry is transcribed at nine minutes instead of being lost. Last synced says how long ago. This update also fixes bugs in backups, tag renames, Contact, hashtags from Shortcuts and Apple Watch, reminders, widgets and VoiceOver.
App privacy
The developer, Things Things Things LLC, 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
- Location: Coarse Location, Precise Location
- Identifiers: User ID, Device ID
- Usage Data: Product Interaction, Other Usage Data
- Contact Info: Email Address, Name
- User Content: Photos or Videos, Customer Support, Other User Content
- Diagnostics: Crash Data, Other Diagnostic Data
Used for: Analytics, 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:
- User Content: Audio Data
- Diagnostics: Performance Data
Used for: App Functionality
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