Clear and Concise
I’ve been looking for a good journaling app, at least until Apple brings their app to Mac. And Clearful seems to be just perfect for my wishes. The app itself is very clear, as you might expect with that name. I’m able to get in and do my journaling without a lot of fuss. It’s simple to use, and I appreciate the privacy options greatly. I have no complaints so far, it meets all my needs and I recommend giving it a try. I appreciate all the templates and different kinds of entries I can make as well. When the trial was over, I was all too happy to become an annual subscriber.
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Response from developer
We love that you found Clearful…clear! :D And thank you so much for your support as a Pro subscriber and for your kind words about the app. If you ever have feedback or ideas on how we can make Clearful better for you, please don’t hesitate to reach out to us anytime at hello@clearful.com. We have big ideas for Clearful and your support goes a long way. Thank you again!
Clear and Concise
I’ve been looking for a good journaling app, at least until Apple brings their app to Mac. And Clearful seems to be just perfect for my wishes. The app itself is very clear, as you might expect with that name. I’m able to get in and do my journaling without a lot of fuss. It’s simple to use, and I appreciate the privacy options greatly. I have no complaints so far, it meets all my needs and I recommend giving it a try. The only nitpick is the constant nags to upgrade to the paid version. I’d bump it up to five stars if they would tone that down.
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Learning to use CLEARFUL.
Is there a users manual?
Wild
I’m sure the app is decent enough, but you can’t even add images with the free version. $120 for a year is crazy. Like there’s no justification for that to be quite honest.
Might as well do literally anything else. You could buy like 6 moleskin notebooks for that price and have them last 3+ years.
Might as well do literally anything else. You could buy like 6 moleskin notebooks for that price and have them last 3+ years.
Great app
Really good app just hope that in the future you can change text color and add music to your entries.
Making it easy
I’ve been meaning to get into a habit of writing again. It’s something that brings me so much joy but I’ve always found it difficult to get started and even more difficult to integrate it into my daily routine. Clearful, with their daily journal prompts and their library of topics makes it super easy to get started and build that routine. The AI supported monthly and weekly reviews is a really nice touch to seamlessly allow for routine reflections. Great job!
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Everything I want in a journal app… but could use some accessibility tweaks
Clearful is an app filled with a wide array of guided journals on varying topics and its developed in Canada! What I really like about Clearful is that it functions quite well with apples large font capabilities for those who have low vision. Accessibility for me is an important factor when choosing apps, especially ones that I’ll be paying over $100 a year for a subscription to. When looking at how the app functions with voiceover, for blind users, the app functions a lot better than other journaling apps available on the market. I would add here that it could function better, but it is functional as it stands. On screen, voiceover does read out the text available, the buttons, the menu, etc. which makes it functional for users using voiceover. There are only a few things on screen that don’t read out with voiceover, and I would suggest that you look into fixing that so that the app is functional 100% for people who are blind. If all users are expected to pay the same price, yet some users don’t have full access to the app, this creates inequity in access to goods and services.
Another thing I love about the app are rhe topics for the guided journals. It is clear that a significant amount of thought and care have been placed in developing these topics. I was very intrigued and excited to see a guided journal topic titled “celebrate and contemplate your nation”. It included questions that got you thinking about things like social issues, leaders, issues the country has faced, freedoms and rights, progress, etc…. Lots of care was put into developing these questions and writing them in a way that anybody can interact with.
The app also includes cool journal templates like a vacation journal to track and capture vacation memories. Other templates include movie and book reviews, daily lists, gratitude journals, 5 min a day journal, weekly/yearly review, etc. Journal topics span from understanding emotions, creating goals, navigating relationships, to creativity and personal development.
In the free version of the app, I was impressed with the amount of templates available to use. You also have the capability to journal without a template. This feature allows users to journal using written form and add images to the entry. Users can also access a wide array of prompts. All of this is available in the free version to a limited amount.
Your journaling is also very secure within the app with the ability to enable Face ID once a free account is created. Users who want to add extra security to an individual entry must subscribe to the app, which I think is quite fair. All users have the capability of customizing reminders and notifications and with a subscription you can further customize the theme of the app. Within the settings the developers have also added a space for users to submit suggestions to the developers. I appreciate when developers have allowed space for users to provide feedback, I think this is a great way to engage with users and ensure an app continues to meet users needs.
One nifty features this app has is AI integration. With AI the app states that it can provide “deeper reflection and insight and enhance your journaling experience”. When considering purchasing an app nowadays, AI is definitely a feature I look for because of the capabilities it provides.
Finally, the app allows for weekly or yearly subscriptions os well as a limited free version. I highly recommend this app and suggest giving it a try. I’m sure like me, you’ll fall in love with it and find revitalized energy for journaling! If you are a user who has limited or no sight, I suggest giving the free version a try to ensure the app can fully meet your accessibility needs. However, I do think there is some room for improvement with accessibility, for instance adding the ability to customize app font size and type, ensuring all app text is apple large font compatible and that the enlarged text is visible on screen across all features, ensuring all items on screen are readable and usable with voiceover (paying attention to app components that are images), the ability to add image descriptions to user added images, ensuring the library is fully accessible with voiceover (sometimes side scrolling lists are not properly usable with voiceover, list form can be more usable), improve the readability of the lightened text sections that give directions for prompts and templates (these sections were not readable for me due to font size and it being semi transparent, semi transparent or lightened text is viewed as inaccessible by accessible design standards). These are just a few areas where I think the app could improve, and would ensure full usability for those with visual impairments. As it stands, your app already shines in not only ther content and tools ir provides, but also in how accessible it currently is. All I am suggesting is you take it that much further and choose to become a leader for journaling apps that are accessible, and help set a standard for the inclusive design of apps.
All in all, if you have read this far into my review, I would say that this has to be my number one favourite journaling app. I highly suggest it, and the only reason I gave it 4 out of 5 stars comes down to accessibility. With improvements I would definitely rate this a 5 out of 5.
I hope you will take my feedback to heart, and become a leader in accessible app design!
Another thing I love about the app are rhe topics for the guided journals. It is clear that a significant amount of thought and care have been placed in developing these topics. I was very intrigued and excited to see a guided journal topic titled “celebrate and contemplate your nation”. It included questions that got you thinking about things like social issues, leaders, issues the country has faced, freedoms and rights, progress, etc…. Lots of care was put into developing these questions and writing them in a way that anybody can interact with.
The app also includes cool journal templates like a vacation journal to track and capture vacation memories. Other templates include movie and book reviews, daily lists, gratitude journals, 5 min a day journal, weekly/yearly review, etc. Journal topics span from understanding emotions, creating goals, navigating relationships, to creativity and personal development.
In the free version of the app, I was impressed with the amount of templates available to use. You also have the capability to journal without a template. This feature allows users to journal using written form and add images to the entry. Users can also access a wide array of prompts. All of this is available in the free version to a limited amount.
Your journaling is also very secure within the app with the ability to enable Face ID once a free account is created. Users who want to add extra security to an individual entry must subscribe to the app, which I think is quite fair. All users have the capability of customizing reminders and notifications and with a subscription you can further customize the theme of the app. Within the settings the developers have also added a space for users to submit suggestions to the developers. I appreciate when developers have allowed space for users to provide feedback, I think this is a great way to engage with users and ensure an app continues to meet users needs.
One nifty features this app has is AI integration. With AI the app states that it can provide “deeper reflection and insight and enhance your journaling experience”. When considering purchasing an app nowadays, AI is definitely a feature I look for because of the capabilities it provides.
Finally, the app allows for weekly or yearly subscriptions os well as a limited free version. I highly recommend this app and suggest giving it a try. I’m sure like me, you’ll fall in love with it and find revitalized energy for journaling! If you are a user who has limited or no sight, I suggest giving the free version a try to ensure the app can fully meet your accessibility needs. However, I do think there is some room for improvement with accessibility, for instance adding the ability to customize app font size and type, ensuring all app text is apple large font compatible and that the enlarged text is visible on screen across all features, ensuring all items on screen are readable and usable with voiceover (paying attention to app components that are images), the ability to add image descriptions to user added images, ensuring the library is fully accessible with voiceover (sometimes side scrolling lists are not properly usable with voiceover, list form can be more usable), improve the readability of the lightened text sections that give directions for prompts and templates (these sections were not readable for me due to font size and it being semi transparent, semi transparent or lightened text is viewed as inaccessible by accessible design standards). These are just a few areas where I think the app could improve, and would ensure full usability for those with visual impairments. As it stands, your app already shines in not only ther content and tools ir provides, but also in how accessible it currently is. All I am suggesting is you take it that much further and choose to become a leader for journaling apps that are accessible, and help set a standard for the inclusive design of apps.
All in all, if you have read this far into my review, I would say that this has to be my number one favourite journaling app. I highly suggest it, and the only reason I gave it 4 out of 5 stars comes down to accessibility. With improvements I would definitely rate this a 5 out of 5.
I hope you will take my feedback to heart, and become a leader in accessible app design!
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One of my favourite apps
Best journaling app I’ve come across. The option to integrate AI made the reflections so much better!! Keep up the great work, Clearful!
Amazing Journalling App
Definitely the most intuitive and well-rounded journalling app I’ve used. The free version of Clearful has many more useful features than the pro versions of most other journalling apps I’ve used, and definitely more than enough for most people’s needs. It’s really unbelievable how much is available for free on this app. For that reason alone, whether I actually need the pro features or not, I intend to purchase the pro subscription once I reach my goal of making journalling a daily habit and can make regular use of them. Just to support the developers for such an incredible offering.
I love the extensive library of prompts and templates. That little push is a huge help to start getting the thoughts out of my head and into writing. The most useful feature for me and the main reason I switched from another popular journalling app to Clearful, is that it (the free version) allows you to sync two devices, so although I prefer to journal from my MacBook because it’s easier to type, I can also make full entries or jot down notes and ideas on the go from my phone and come back to them later when I have time to sit down on my Mac and put the thoughts together.
You have nothing to lose and everything to gain by getting this app. HIGHLY recommend for anyone who is just getting into journalling or already a journalling pro! It has everything you could possibly need either way. Get it!!
I love the extensive library of prompts and templates. That little push is a huge help to start getting the thoughts out of my head and into writing. The most useful feature for me and the main reason I switched from another popular journalling app to Clearful, is that it (the free version) allows you to sync two devices, so although I prefer to journal from my MacBook because it’s easier to type, I can also make full entries or jot down notes and ideas on the go from my phone and come back to them later when I have time to sit down on my Mac and put the thoughts together.
You have nothing to lose and everything to gain by getting this app. HIGHLY recommend for anyone who is just getting into journalling or already a journalling pro! It has everything you could possibly need either way. Get it!!
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Definitely recommend this app to everyone
this app ia really good, ive deleted all my others because clearful is perfect!
the prompts are well thought out and im really enjoying writing and answering the questions every evening.
it gives me space to reflect and think about whats happening in my life
the prompts are well thought out and im really enjoying writing and answering the questions every evening.
it gives me space to reflect and think about whats happening in my life
