# 5 Minute Journal・Daily Diary — user reviews > 458 indexed App Store user reviews of 5 Minute Journal・Daily Diary by Intelligent Change LLC, rated 4.80/5 from 17,529 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/5-minute-journaldaily-diary/id1062945251/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/5-minute-journaldaily-diary/id1062945251.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 15,308 · 4★ 1,268 · 3★ 360 · 2★ 132 · 1★ 461 ## What do users think of 5 Minute Journal・Daily Diary? Overall sentiment: neutral **Pros** - 🚀 Quick and easy to use - 📚 Helpful for journaling and gratitude practice - 📷 Ability to add photos - 🙏 Promotes positive mindset - 🤩 Meaningful impact on users' lives **Cons** - 🐛 Bugs and glitches after updates - 💰 Subscription model change frustrates existing users - 🔒 Loss of data and account access issues - 🤯 Cluttered and less intuitive new interface - 🤔 Lack of customization options **Commonly reported bugs** - Account data transfer issues - Entries not saving properly - Frequent app crashes - Inability to log in or recover passwords **Most requested features** - Ability to add free-form journal entries - Option to change prompts or add custom ones - Landscape mode support for iPad - Better data export and backup functionality - Improved photo integration and gallery view ## Newest reviews (12 of 458) ### 3/5 — Disappointing *2026-08-19, version 4.3.21* I wanted to upgrade to include photos and I could not find that option anywhere. Customer service couldn’t help. Too late to cancel (after one day?) but I have moved on to Day One. ### 2/5 — Issues opening app *2026-08-17, version 4.3.20* Everytime I open the app I get a white screen! Super disappointed as it's a really great app when working well and I'm paying the annual subscription for an app I cannot use at all ### 3/5 — Long time user, but recently disappointed *2026-08-02, version 4.3.19* I have used this app for many years and loved it. But recently it’s been difficult. The streak function never worked right so I turned it off, the weekly recap that was just rolled out is a wonderful feature, except it’s recapping prior weeks not the most recent one and for the last month every time I open the app I get a white screen:( ### 4/5 — Great App Overall *2026-07-04, version 4.3.17* I love using this app daily and been doing so for many years! I think being able to customize the prompts is wonderful. My ongoing frustration is with pictures one adds with their entries. If you click on them to see the larger version, many times they won’t appear; you will just see a black screen. If the picture is from a few years ago, it won’t come up at all. This is disappointing because when a memory from 5, 7 years comes up, I would love to see the visual memory that’s attached. That’s why I take time to attach photos to every single entry. Hopefully, that glitch is resolved in the near future. Other than that, love the app! ### 5/5 — AI Integration anytime soon? *2026-05-16, version 4.3.12* Love this app - I have been using it for years. Recently something came up on the app where I was having a conversation with an Ai agent… the name may have been Eve. I loved it! Then the feature went away! Please bring it back. It was a good added option. ### 5/5 — Daily highlight *2026-04-20, version 4.3.6* I have been using the five minute journal for the last six years and it has absolutely changed my life in my attitude of gratitude! ### 5/5 — Pleasing simple journal *2026-04-10, version 4.3.6* Absolutely love this journal app. I'm easily irritated by nudges, graphics and prompts however this one stands out and I genuinely look forward to using it twice daily. Incredibly helpful as a life buddy! ### 5/5 — Life enhancing gratitude *2026-04-01, version 4.3.6* I start and finish the day with this app. Love how after more than a decade of using it gives me glimpses and photos of my e.g. "day five years ago" offering insight into how my mind worked and revolved at the time and how i’ve changed. Love the ability to add meaningful photography to entries and the daily quote. It's an investment into your mental health and wellbeing. ### 4/5 — Needs Accessibility Work *2026-03-31, version 4.3.6* Overall, this is an awesome app, and I plan on getting it back into my regular schedule. I love how the journaling sections are separated by morning and evening, as well as the organization of the prompts! Also, I love the challenges and quotes provided. However, the mood feature has been inaccessible with VoiceOver the entire time I have used it, which has been several years. Furthermore, some of the buttons appear to be unclearly labeled or not labeled at all now particularly in the sections related to writing an entry. This makes it difficult to know where the button to continue is and what some of the features are. Overall, though, I would recommend this app to almost anyone! ### 5/5 — Mindset Shift *2026-03-20, version 4.3.6* 5 months postpartum here…I’ve been struggling to see the light as every day is the same, I don’t feel like myself, and still recovering mentally and physically. Doing an entry every morning helps set the tone for my day and reminds me of the things that do bring light into my life and how I can do so for others. Simple and easy app to use. ### 2/5 — Terrible support *2026-03-17, version 4.3.5* I have sent approximately eight emails trying to get some support for my app. I want to export all my photos and the instructions a bot gave me don’t work. I receive NO reply at all for further support. Not good enough when I am paying for this app. Can a human get in touch with me? ### 4/5 — Daily Diary Review *2026-03-07, version 4.3.3* I absolutely love this app for its appearance and easy usage. The only thing I don’t really like is the yearly subscription however i do believe paying for it yearly is what keeps this app maintained. If I would change anything about this, I would just change the app appearance, it reminds me of the Illuminati and makes me feel very uncomfortable. Maybe into a book, a pencil, or something positive. Overall, amazing. ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Loved this but now it won’t load *2026-08-17, version 4.3.21* Just get a blank screen when I open it now. Reinstalled but no luck ### 1/5 — Disappointed *2026-08-16, version 4.3.20* Keeps freezing and comes up with a blank screen when I open app. I have re installed multiple times. So disappointed that I have wasted £34.99 as paid for years subscription. ### 1/5 — Doesn’t load anymore *2026-08-15, version 4.3.20* Used it then it stopped working and just doesn’t load…it’s been working for what I would say fine for over a year ### 1/5 — Stopped working after latest update *2026-08-14, version 4.3.20* Now it is just a blank screen. Fix it ### 1/5 — Scam *2026-04-24, version 4.3.7* Was using it but it now wants me to change plans. Can no longer access, avoid it like the plague! ### 1/5 — Lost Most Of My Journal Entries *2026-04-22, version 4.3.7* Support took 4 days to respond. I followed the steps they provided, including signing out and signing back in. Unfortunately, I have now lost most of my journal entries. I have not heard back from support in 8 days now. ### 1/5 — Please Fix the MAC OS Version *2026-04-22, version 4.3.6* The Mac OS App is unusable. Even the IPhone/Ipad Version of the app on the MAC is unusable. It always crashes when you try to use it. Please fix. Thank you ### 1/5 — Lost data *2026-03-04, version 4.3.3* Journal entries don’t save. Spent a half hour typing for it to never save. It does this all the time. Money on this app wasted!!!! ### 1/5 — Entries Disappearing *2026-03-04, version 4.3.2* For the past week or so sections of my entries have disappeared after being saved - when I go back into the app then the entries for “What will I do to make today great”, “Daily Affirmations” and “What did I learn today” will have disappeared. I have been using the app for almost three years and haven’t noticed this happening before. Very disappointing. ### 1/5 — Losing content *2026-02-28, version 4.3.1* Been using this app for years and have thousands of entries and now it’s losing content silently. Can’t seem to debug why but i save and it just loses the last 2 questions. As a dev myself this is a p0 to fix because users cancel subs over stuff like this. Stop adding useless features and make sure your core journal functionality works. ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Reflect *2026-08-30, version 4.3.24* I love the feature where it brings up an old memory to let you know what you did 1 week ago, 3 months ago, 6 months ago, etc. keeps me motivated to keep going and write in the journal. ### 5/5 — Live for this app! *2026-08-29, version 4.3.24* Have done it every day for over 4 years. No better way to start a day! ### 5/5 — A good way to keep your mind in gear *2026-08-21, version 4.3.21* As part of my morning routine, I make journaling a part of my day. It’s nice to look back on to see the growth I have made. ### 5/5 — Journal *2026-08-11, version 4.3.19* Im in love with 5 mints journal! It's so minimalist and easy Wo write anywhere u want just from your phone and Ipad 💕✌️ ### 5/5 — Love this *2026-08-01* I love the app so much would love to see more cutesy features in the future 🍉💕 **Developer response:** Hi Ashwini, I see you’re currently using version 4.1.4 of the app. Please update to version 4.1.6, where the crashing issue has been successfully fixed. Once you update, the app should be working smoothly again. ### 5/5 — Lovely experience *2026-07-11* I’ve been using fora decade it actually changes my day how I view it **Developer response:** A decade with the Five Minute Journal means so much to us! We love hearing that it's shifted the way you see your day. Thank you for being such a long-time part of this community! ### 5/5 — It’s easy *2026-06-27, version 4.3.16* It’s become such an awesome daily habit and I find it impacts my day and night so positively ### 5/5 — Easy way to be more mindful *2026-06-15, version 4.3.14* Great easy to use app ### 5/5 — Good Tool *2026-05-19, version 4.3.12* The journal is a good habit. ### 5/5 — Eva *2026-05-18, version 4.3.12* Wasn’t sure what to think of the new Eva feature at first, but now I can’t start my day without her feedback and questions. Forces me to be more detailed and specific, and feel like I can start my day with more actionable items. Love! --- *Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). User reviews are verbatim App Store reviews. Ratings, prices and chart positions refresh continuously; this snapshot is from 2026-09-03.*