# Custom Journal: Daily Prompts — user reviews > 24 indexed App Store user reviews of Custom Journal by Jerry Sha, rated 4.80/5 from 84 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/custom-journal-daily-prompts/id1521050047/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/custom-journal-daily-prompts/id1521050047.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 69 · 4★ 13 · 3★ 1 · 2★ 1 · 1★ 0 ## Newest reviews (11 of 24) ### 5/5 — Perfect for my needs *2023-06-05* This app has everything that I was looking for in a journaling app. It is very easy to create a journal prompt and use it every day. It’s very easy to create it and share it, and very easy to go back and read the ones I’ve completed in the past. Love love love it! Thank you ### 5/5 — Better than anything else *2023-04-06* A superpower on your phone. Enables smart minds to mold their own progress formula as easily as ever **Developer response:** Adding images to the journal is planned for a future release and integrating it into the calendar is a great idea. Thank you for the review! Update: Adding images has been released! Similar to the Android app, Statistics with graphs and charts of your responses will be coming! ### 5/5 — Best Journal *2023-02-19* This is an amazing app, I love being able to set up my journal exactly how I want it to look. Thank you so much for creating this! ### 5/5 — Thank you thank you thank you!! *2022-11-29, version 2.6.1* This is exactly what I was looking for 😍 I’m going to try the free version first but I may well upgrade to the premium as I like the sound of some of the benefits! Thank you for creating this. Made my day! ### 5/5 — my favourite journal app *2022-08-16, version 2.5.0* this is the best one out of the many i’ve tried over the years. has many features without going through a pay wall. ### 5/5 — Journaling made convenient *2022-01-03* This app has provided a convenient way for me to do daily journaling for my different interests. I have daily templates, weekly templates, and yearly templates. I also like the different options I can put on a journal page: questions, checklists, banners, etc. It’s not perfect but it’s good enough for a free resource. ### 5/5 — Excellent journal app *2022-01-02* In was very tired of habit tracker and journal apps that are over-stuffed and over-constraining. This app is elegant, simple, and makes it very easy to journalthe things you actually care about. Thank you for making it! ### 5/5 — Brilliant *2022-01-02, version 2.2.0* Been searching for an app like this for a long time. Fantastic tool that allows you to reflect with custom made questions. The stats feature then allows you to review your progress and make the tweaks required for ongoing personal development. Love it. ### 5/5 — In Love with the app… I have a suggestion: *2021-08-04, version 1.7.3* This was the most useful app I ever bought for productivity. as for my suggestion: - I pay a reasonable premium to have the ability to star a section of the journals to be displayed on a downloadable vertical document with dates. - having a family option could really push your mission to groups that can create systems of accountability for each other. Also, thanks for making this app. Nothing out there even comes close! ### 5/5 — Totally customizable *2020-09-03* This app is very simple and effective. I love how customizable everything is. It is missing a few basic features of other common journaling apps, but the customization aspect makes this app stand out above others. The developer also responds very quickly to feedback and seems to have a lot of good ideas in the works. I can’t wait to see how this app evolves, although I will say it is already very useful. ### 5/5 — Best custom journal app for daily use *2020-08-25, version 1.0.4* I’ve been trying to find a custom journal app that allows me to add my own questions and prompts from handwritten journals/printable daily worksheets I do. This allowed me to move it all into one template to do every day. I love it! It does literally everything I need it to do. My only piece of feedback is to have a reminder function, and maybe add a numbered list for one of the template items. But small things! I’m so glad I found this app. ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 2/5 — It does not sinc *2021-04-28* I loved it for being totally customizable so I bought the premium, but the journals on my iPhone do not appear on my iPad. **Developer response:** Hi! Thank you for purchasing premium. Please make sure you have enabled sync via the app Settings. Hope this helps. Sorry if this was not clear. You can also feel free send an email to ios.help@customjournalapp.com . More updates are coming soon :) ### 4/5 — Just about perfect! *2021-07-27* I've only been using this app for a week or so, but already it's been pretty amazing. Here are a few things I love about it: - I can make templates, but better yet while I'm filling one out, I can edit it and it updates the template I'm currently using live vs having to flip back and forth between tweaking my template and adding my entry (very easy to build your templates as you journal) - Backup (on free) - Simple interface that stays out of your way - No ads or anything like that in your way - You can add images to build a good memory - You can tell the author probably uses it themselves (very high quality) - Export as PDF (paid) is why I would pay for it (backup and portability if the app goes under is very important) Here are some things I think need improvement: - Sometimes export (as image) doesn't work (but I'm gonna pay for PDF) - The skinny view is annoying, go full width - When answering questions return should start a new answer - Allow questions to be numbered somehow - Sometimes when live editing a template the text screws up the UI (favorite feature though) - When adding an image let me take a picture (vs having to switch to camera app) But how templates work alone in this app and that it's such high quality alone give this app a place on my home screen. **Developer response:** Thank you for this amazingly detailed positive review! Yes I do use this journal myself and so I do try to make it a certain quality :) All your suggestions sound great. Will keep it on the backlog and work through them over future updates. Thanks for the feedback. This is helpful and very much appreciated! Update: The option to take a picture via the app and line numbers for questions has been added! ### 4/5 — Love it *2021-02-21, version 1.2.3* Love it, finally a journal where I can make my own prompts and you can make fit your own style. I’ve been looking for something like this for ages thanks so much. My only issue is that the homescreen widget isn’t really a style I like but I guess that’s personal preference and it’s not a big deal. ### 5/5 — Simple and clean *2025-02-23* The fact that this is right on my phone makes it so easy to journal. I journal much more with this than having to pull out my laptop or find my paper journal. The custom templates are great. I feel like I have a lifeline and therapist in my pocket. ### 5/5 — Excellent *2025-01-15* Clean simple format, but able to be customised to suit needs. Change it as you go. Used it daily for over a year. ### 5/5 — Setting the bar! *2025-01-05* I LOVE the flexibility and custom options and personalization capabilities. This app is exactly what I have been searching for after downloading multiple habit/journaling apps. I do have a habit tracker along side this still for the visual data because I want to be able to see the consistency day after day but using the two apps side by side is perfect for accountability and motivation! I have my template organized to track through my day and reminders set to check in 3 times a day. My sections include: Sleep (wake up time amount of sleep, quality, and notes) Morning Mood (quick check in how I’m feeling what I plan to do, what I’m concerned about, my weight) breakfast lunch and dinner(note sections to hold accountability with protein priority) water tracker, exercise (types and minutes) daily rundown before bed (best part of the day, what could be improved, how many minutes of social media and being mindful, meal plan for tomorrow, todo list, and reminder to check in with my habit tracker) ### 5/5 — This app has transformed my work and helped me beat procrastination almost completely! *2024-09-18, version 2.9.1* This app is the perfect mix between simple while also having enough flexibility and interchangeable features that it helps me to set up the perfect morning and night questions to ask myself, ticklist and quotes/things to remember. I love it! I’ve found it particularly useful to have a space to ask myself ‘What work/task are you scared of today’ and I have found that trying to find out what to write for that has enabled me to tackle difficult tasks I’ve been putting off head-on and the ticklist etc that this app then allows me to incorporate means that I can start my day really well. ### 5/5 — very flexible *2024-08-29* I never write reviews but this app is very flexible while being quite simple, exactly what i’m looking for and the free version has a lot of features! thank you! ### 5/5 — Better than other journaling apps *2024-03-21* it was confusing at the beginning, but I figured out how to use it very quickly. I love how customizable this is. You can do multiple-choice questions which is helpful for me. You get to create a personalized checklist. All in all, this is a great app. I would 100% recommend this if you would like to start journaling. ### 5/5 — Best journaling app *2023-12-16* Best and most customizable journaling app out there. Definitely recommend, can keep multiple books - I use one for daily entries, one for weekly and one for quick notes and thoughts. ## Most praised reviews (3 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Best Journal app, been using for years *2023-09-14, version 2.6.1* Just wanted to drop another 5 star review for this app, I have been using it pretty much daily for the last 2 years and it is amazing. The best features are the availability for customization and the simplicity yet effectiveness of the entire app - and the fact that it is very functional without things being guarded behind a pay wall. Thanks again for making this top notch app, will continue to use for years to come. ### 5/5 — Have been looking for a tool like this for a long time! *2023-09-02* As a stay at home mother of 3 young kids and a business owner, I am juggling a lot. I deal with overwhelm very easily and have needed to design thoughtful routines that keep me in check and not dropping any balls. Being able to create my own template for multiple daily routines has been the missing piece of the puzzle. This app is incredibly helpful! ### 5/5 — I’m Impressed! *2023-07-31* Today is my last day of the 7-day trial and I’m going to subscribe. Here’s why I think it’s worth a subscription: It’s very inexpensive. Questions have been answered in a very timely manner which I truly appreciate. Statistics have shown to be quite helpful in giving me an idea how much progress or regression is being made. It’s a quick way to look back. The advanced search feature which is part of the subscription is also much more helpful than the basic search in the free version. While I didn’t think these features would be worth a subscription, for the low price, it’s worth it to have less frustration. I love being able to make my own templates (which is also part of the free version). This feature alone makes it more worth it than similar apps and I’ve tried several. If you haven’t already done so, give the 7-day trial version a try. You can cancel anytime before the 7 day period and not be charged if you don’t find this app is for you. Thank you, Jerry Sha for this great app and for your quick and helpful responses. --- *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 2026-08-26.*