I've tried several journals and tracking apps, and though each has it's merits, I was never satisfied and would soon lose interest in posting updates. A few things make day one different. First is the desktop app: having a simple menubar item to make quick posts is crucial. I've found that instead of longer entries, I am making several granular entries throughout the day. Second is dropbox sync: having my data on my phone and Mac in a portable format is wonderful, instant, and full of potential. Third: it's good looking and uncluttered, leaving room to post, and get back to living the lives that us journalers so willingly document. There is room for improvement. Like many others, I see search as being hugely important as we have more data. Tags, labels, or a means to group items will be equally important. It would be great if the iPhone app supported reminders as the desktop app does, particularly if reminders are in a schedule synchronized. Lastly, though the user interface is beautiful, there are some aspects of the experience and flow that would make using day one more efficient and simple, and I expect that these details will be improved as day one matures. I look forward to future updates, and to day one evolving both on my Mac and iOS devices.

I resisted buying any other journal app (Mac or iOS) because none of them felt right. This app is extremely simple, with all the features you could NEED to document everyday thoughts, inspirations, & brainstorms. The look is very slick. It will coincide with your current & future iOS & Mac OS. Don't sleep any longer! Start building your brain database for future inquiring & endeavors.

Been looking for a journaling app that works with Dropbox for a while. Love the fact I can keep the desktop and iPhone version of this app in sync as well. Simple & clean - works great.

Thanks to this simplicity of this app I'm inspired to begin my personal journal again. Great design and focus. I cannot wait to sync with the Day One Mac app.

Thank you for the password lock and landscape view!

Thanks for the update. Good to have password and landscape, etc. Look forward to the Mac version update as well. I'm really enjoying this app!!

Too simple. What a joke if an app. It has the dropbox thingy and well that's about it. The Apple note pad does more. How about choices if fonts? Not with Day One. How about a search function? Not with Day One. How about a Mac app? Yep and it's almost $10. Meh. Next.

This app is fast, simple and beautiful. At the end of a long day, the last thing I want to do is deal with a feature-heavy, clumsy app when I want to write a journal entry. Kudos to the developer for keeping it clean. This app is awesome!!!

Life should be as clutter free as this application. Looking forward to landscape mode.

I just created my first journal entry in decades. Your beautiful and simple app just invited me to write something. Let's see if I can turn this into a habit. Thanks for doing this!

I love how clean this app feels. It's simple without losing functionality. Syncing with Dropbox makes it even better. If you journal or are a serious note taker this app is a must have!

This app helps me review my day. At night before I go to bed, I open this app and write a few lines about something that happened that day that stood out to me. I don't write that much, just a small excerpt of the day. It's helpful though. I'm sure lots of new features will be coming, too.

I have been looking for a quick and easy way to keep "day to day" notes and history. This app is PERFECT. When Ever I add anything on the desktop version, the iPad is updated through DropBox in seconds. Easy interface, VERY simple and easy "basic" information with out the over complication. By far my favorite app. If you need an easy, simple way to track things, like phone logs, employee sick calls, contact logs, anything it is great! The ONLY thing that would be helpful, is to be able use tags, so I could sort by category. This is no way hinders the current usefulness, but would put this app over the top.

Simply Amazing!

Very happy with this app, especially with the passcode added. (I would like to see encryption as a next step though.) It's simple and gets out of your way for journaling. The syncing with Dropbox makes me confident that if my phone died, my journal would not die with it. One odd request for the developer is to add optional geotagging. Would be cool to have that when traveling.

Very cool app for journaling on iPhone. Works great with iPhone 4 and now new passcode update I can really use it. Links to drop box. Recommend this one.

Simplicity is a virtue. Great app for clutter-free journaling. Seamless cloud sync with the equally great Mac client. Desperately needs an iPad companion to make it perfect, but supposedly that's on the way.

I guess my bigger dissappointment is that there are other apps (free) that do more that this. It would be nice to be able to have folders. I know it goes by dates, and that is a highlight of this app. For $10.98 (including the desktop app), I guess I expected more. Syncing with the desktop app is useful but that is all that I can see paying money for. My concern is that there are cheaper versions that work just as well. Things that would make it worth the money: - The ability to use folders - The ability to use italics, bold and underline. - Some way to use "tab" on the iPhone - The ability to change Font colors. And whatever else you would deem worthy. :-) If the first two on the list are added, I will be glad to change this to five stars.

No search function?

The ugly: A journal app without landscape mode and password security is like a television without a remote. Also missing is an iPad version. It feels like their apps were released prematurely. Hopefully these developers follow through quickly with their promises of delivering these indispensable features. Until then I would take their recommendation and wait before buying this journal app. The beautiful: this app has so much potential. The Mac version of will be brilliant when it gets: search ability, tags, and password protection. It syncs easily with its iPhone brethren and motivates me to finally keep a journal. We've been let down with other developers who promise coming features only to have them break their promises. Hopefully this developer promptly and regularly improves their apps.

The visual styling of the app is a highlight; it's also very responsive. I was looking forward to the Dropbox functionality, but it's not currently working for me. Using my usual login that works with the official Dropbox app, Day One showers me with a never-ending stream of "unable to connect to Dropbox" errors, making me force-quit the app in order to use my iPod Touch again. I'll be waiting for updates that clean that part up.

Beautiful interface and works great. Very easy to use for keeping personal journal.

Beautiful interface and works great. Very easy to use for keeping personal journal. When they add landscape mode, I'll give it 5 stars.

I would like to request the improvement for the journal to actually sync more often than the weekly or biweekly sync period. I think that it would be useful when using more than one device to be able to read back thorugh what has been journaled sooner than is allowed by the sync. I know that reading my entries sooner than the one week period allows me to see where I was at in the past and make judgements on if I have improved or not simply by reading my entires.

Finally got the darn thing to work via syncing issues with cloud, etc. although performance is about 60/40. I contacted the developer the first time who was helpful at first then so unpleasant (I was the only customer in nearly 1000 who had the particular issues I was describing. And I should "take it up with iTunes if I wanted a refund." I didn't/don't want a refund: I want your app to work, and that, sir, is your job. Look, if Apple makes you app of the week, hold your head up and live up to the honor. I'm submitting this review now because enough is enough: I just installed the updates for both iPhone & iPad & yes, but syncing across one device to another records a date and recognizes an entry, but it has no content. You'll see for example, you have 40 entries on iPhone & 40 on iPad, but only the device on which the entry was written has the content. In other words, this app is shooting blanks. Do NOT do the upgrade!!! Turning the device on & off & re-booting is the developer's answer to a fix. O-tay! Let me get ruby shoes and click my heels 3 times while I wait for Mr. Apple to appear back on my screen... Wishing... And waiting for you wizards behind the curtain. Who ARE you people? Stand behind your product, and stop dragging us all into your own personal Oz. That is, please.

I'm waiting on photos and I think it would be cool to have voice or video journal entries!!! I would love to dictate entries on the iPhone.

App is great! Just missing the ability to include pictures that would make it a 5* app for sure...

Day one sets the bar (and sets it high) for journaling apps as far as I'm concerned. The new update is great. Although I do miss the "ping" sound that used to play whenever I inlocked my journal.

Simple and easy to use. iCloud makes it even better. The promised features that are on the way are a bonus and will keep it on top of the journal apps.

Great app.

It's a really great tool for the iPad or iPhone from jotting down some ideas to keep a journal of your life. I love how you can lock it in case it's private.

Love the ability to dictate my entries on the new iPad. Photos would make it great.

This app is truly amazing. The user interface is so clean and simple. It's extremely easy to use. I love the sound effects that it makes when you tap any button or add new journal entries. I've tried several journaling apps and this is clearly the best. I find that I write down my thoughts more often because using the app is just so much fun. Five stars all the way!