ZenJournal:Stress-free Journal 4+

Best minimal writing app

This app is pure perfection. Open and type thoughts with no distractions, no need to enter titles or navigate somewhere. By the time I open another app and get to writing, I’ll have forgotten what I was going to write. This app makes it so easy to write thoughts down more often.

My only request is to display photos in discreet mode as gray blocks. I haven’t purchased the subscription because the preview shows a sunset photo as a bright blurred orange square and I’d find that incredibly distracting to the otherwise elegant mostly monochromatic design of the app.

Also, looking forward to the edit feature! Would love to correct small typos or add a tag to a previous thought.

One suggestion is the ability to reply to previous thoughts. “Hindsight” or “reflection” essentially. Editing previous thoughts to add tags somewhat resolves this but replying to your own thoughts would be awesome for retrospectives!

Developer Response ,

Thanks for the 5 stars! Will definitely looking to add the edit feature. Also thank you for the idea for replying to previous thoughts, I was thinking about nested threads vs quoting previous logs. Definitely prefer the linear nature of the latter.

Couldn’t Be Easier

Really love this app, I’ve downloaded so many journal apps in the past and this is the only one I’ve ever been able to use consistently. Whenever I have a thought pop into my head I just open this app and start typing. It’s just so simple to use, and I know my thoughts will be organized thanks to hashtags. My only complaint is that I wish you could edit your entries after posting them—sometimes I notice spelling or grammar errors in hindsight. It would also be fantastic if we could post pictures to our entries—sometimes a photo is worth a thousand words. Finally, it would be cool if we could customize just a little bit, such as background color or font style. In any case, I’m in love with this app and use it multiple times a day, so thank you for creating it! 🙏

Developer Response ,

Thank you so much! All the items you’ve suggested are on my list already! With font size/customization coming soon. Happy journaling!

Update: Hello again! Font size/style adjusting is now added. Enjoy!

Great Daily Journaling App.

I love this app. It’s so streamlined and pretty. I like having a constant flow of entries, and not breaking everything up into individual notes. Great idea. I will absolutely continue to use. Some features that I would love to see added are: A per-entry word count. Basic formatting (italics, and bold) The ability to search by date. That’s really it. Highly recommend this app. Cheers