Potential for greatness
I’m encouraged by the recent update that fixed the crashing update on iOS 18. Previously I was feeling that the app may have lost the love of its developers as they poor all their energy into Noteshelf 3, their flagship product.
I hope they continue to nurture and mature GoJournal by giving it the the attention it needs to flourish. If that means switching to a subscription model, so be it. But please keep GoJournal alive and well.
I was really hoping that with iOS 18 they would reveal an exciting new version with some new features and functionality.
For example, things like …
* Drag and drop of notebooks to rearrange in order we want
* Journal groups to organize our journal by area
* Drag and drop of list items for managing a daily todo list easier or any type of list (like Noto)
* Entry bookmarks / favorites
* Custom background themes
* Wiki links for developing a knowledge base by linking related entries (like Bear notes)
* Trash can for deleted entries
* Multiple icons to choose from and support ios18 tinted icons
* An Apple Watch app (on par with Noteshelf) for adding audio entries.
I guess we will wait and see … Meanwhile, I will hold to the faith that new life will be breathed into GoJournal soon. 🤞
Even though it hasn’t been given the attention it deserves, GoJournal is still one of the best kept secrets in iOS Journaling apps, that’s why I’m bothering to write this review.
I hope they continue to nurture and mature GoJournal by giving it the the attention it needs to flourish. If that means switching to a subscription model, so be it. But please keep GoJournal alive and well.
I was really hoping that with iOS 18 they would reveal an exciting new version with some new features and functionality.
For example, things like …
* Drag and drop of notebooks to rearrange in order we want
* Journal groups to organize our journal by area
* Drag and drop of list items for managing a daily todo list easier or any type of list (like Noto)
* Entry bookmarks / favorites
* Custom background themes
* Wiki links for developing a knowledge base by linking related entries (like Bear notes)
* Trash can for deleted entries
* Multiple icons to choose from and support ios18 tinted icons
* An Apple Watch app (on par with Noteshelf) for adding audio entries.
I guess we will wait and see … Meanwhile, I will hold to the faith that new life will be breathed into GoJournal soon. 🤞
Even though it hasn’t been given the attention it deserves, GoJournal is still one of the best kept secrets in iOS Journaling apps, that’s why I’m bothering to write this review.
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Nice
However, occasionally one of the journals will start flashing. To me that is annoying when I’m trying to decide which to open. It starts hurting behind my eyes. The only way I’ve found to stop it is to delete that journal. If it wants my attention it should give me a better clue as to why. Opening and closing the journal didn’t stop it. If it is an attempt to get me to answer the prompts could you please make it an option rather than an annoyance. Personally, I open an app to make an entry and find prompts distracting enough to forget what it was I wanted to enter. I suppose it is an effect of the brain surgery.
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Its great but needs more features
Go Journal is great but needs more features. like a photo calendar. i.e. better templates, reminders to journal, basically everything day one has.
You might ask. why not just use DayOne?? Its ok feature wise but i dont like being bled out monthly. Go Journal has no subscription fee which is why im using it exclusively.
I hope they never go that route. Charge a fair price upfront per user and thats it. Tried evernote, diarium (diahhrea lol umm) , others. Nope stick with Go Journal.
DEVs please just keep it bug free and add more cool features to it and youll have a 5 star winner! Thanks
You might ask. why not just use DayOne?? Its ok feature wise but i dont like being bled out monthly. Go Journal has no subscription fee which is why im using it exclusively.
I hope they never go that route. Charge a fair price upfront per user and thats it. Tried evernote, diarium (diahhrea lol umm) , others. Nope stick with Go Journal.
DEVs please just keep it bug free and add more cool features to it and youll have a 5 star winner! Thanks
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Response from developer
Happy to note! Thank you so much for the positive feedback, it made our day! We will surely consider providing the features you requested in future updates, stay tuned. PL take note that you can make an audio note even now. Try as suggested here to achieve the same - https://support.gojournal.app/hc/en-us/articles/9136704645017-How-to-record-your-audio-in-GJ-