The Five Minute Journal uses proven principles of positive psychology to make you happier in 5 minutes a day with the guided gratitude journaling format
“There are plenty of benefits to journaling, whether you take time to write out your full thoughts or just spend a few minutes jotting down the things you're most grateful for every day or lessons you've learned. Five Minute Journal for the iPhone makes this process easy enough to do on the go.” — Lifehacker
BENEFITS OF PRACTICING GRATITUDE
Cultivating gratitude can positively impact all areas of your life—from personal growth and emotional intelligence to meaningful relationships and enhanced productivity. A lot of thought leaders practice gratitude (including Oprah Winfrey, Richard Branson, Tim Ferris, and many others), as studies have found it improves health, has lasting positive effects on the brain, and is a key to mental wellbeing.
Practicing gratitude with the Five Minute Journal app brings you a more positive outlook on life and ability to notice wonderful things and capture the life-changing experiences. The key is consistency. With its thoughtful features and a structure to help you focus on what’s good, you will find The Five Minute Journal app to be a great way to start and end your day.
WHAT OUR COMMUNITY IS SAYING
“Not only do I love the simplicity in the design, but the fact that it takes only a minute to update the entries means this is something I’ll actually use. This app really gets you thinking about the positive things right before you start your day.”
FIVE MINUTE JOURNAL APP FEATURES
– Beautiful, Intuitive Journaling Experience: The Five Minute Journal app has been designed to capture the physical Five Minute Journal experience. Getting around the app is a breeze and adding entries is easy with a guided flow for both your morning and evening entries.
– Easy Journal Entry Navigation: Quickly cycle through previous entries by scrolling your timeline or by tapping on a specific date in calendar view.
– Guided Journaling Flow & Prompts: A new guided process to help you get the most from your gratitude journal experience.
– Reminders: Set daily notifications to keep up with a rewarding journaling habit.
– Timeline View: Access previous journal entries and view short daily excerpts. Tapping an entry leads to a full day review.
– Daily Quotes & Weekly Challenges: Receive daily inspiring quotes and weekly challenges, and share them across social media.
– Passcode Protection: Keep all your journal entries private with secure passcode, Face ID or Touch ID protection.
– Dark Mode: Use your journal in either light or dark mode, which is especially great for late night journaling.
– Compatible With Any Device or platform: Use it on iPhone app, iPad app and Apple Watch companion app.
– Track your mindful minutes in the Apple Health app with our HealthKit integration
– Streaks: Track your personal progress and get insights on positive changes in your life.
– Backup/Export: Easily backup your entries and export your treasured memories and media to PDF, HTML, Dropbox, and more. You can select a date range or export all.
PREMIUM FEATURES
Five Minute Journal App offers an optional monthly or yearly subscriptions with free trials or lifetime license.
Here's what you get when you unlock the Premium:
– Photos and Video: Capture and view your magical moments with a daily photo or video. Attach media to any of your daily prompts.
– Personalized Practice: Create your own custom questions, tailored to your mood and goals.
– Space for Notes: Clear your thoughts and write freely in the new notes section.
– Mood tracker: Check in with yourself, express how you feel, and gain insights into how your emotions influence your days.
– Look Back Reminders: Get reminded of your memories with the “On this Day” feature.
– Timeline Photo View: See a photographic timeline view of all your daily photos.
– Widget: Add a thoughtful Five Minute Journal widget to your home screen.
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Summary of user reviews
Positive highlights
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This app hasEasy and quick to add thoughts
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This app hasHelps maintain a consistent journaling habit
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This app hasPrompts for reflection and gratitude
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This app hasAbility to add photos to journal entries
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This app hasHome screen widget for quote of the day
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This app hasRecommended by friends and referred to others
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This app hasPassword protection for privacy
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This app hasAbility to look back on past journal entries and photos
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This app hasPromotes positive mindset and focus on the good
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This app hasTakes only 5 minutes per day
Negative highlights
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This app hasSubscription model with $25/year fee
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This app hasIssues with data migration and loss of past entries
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This app hasCluttered and busy new interface, less intuitive
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This app hasReduced ability to view and manage photos/gallery
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This app hasLack of option to search entries by date/content
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This app hasWish for more customization and color options
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This app hasDesire for free-form writing section in addition to prompts
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This app hasConcerns about developer's trustworthiness after changing pricing model
What's New in 5 Minute Journal・Daily Diary
4.1.11
December 24, 2024
Improvements to user interface and implementation of user-requested features.
I paid $49.99 for the yearly premium addition and yet every time I use the app I get a notice asking me to pay for premium, now $24.99 for the year 🙄. None of the features I paid for are activated. Not impressed and I’ve asked for a refund.