GitJournal User Reviews

Customer Experience

Positive experience56.7% of reviews
Neutral6.7% of reviews
Negative experience36.7% of reviews

~ Based on 30 written reviews from the US App Store.

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Top reviews

unusable

it crashes 9/10 times and it will delete random selections of a file. i actually don’t think i’ve used a worse piece of software. terrible because they’re really is no alternative.

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Use it daily

I use it everyday. For the most part, it’s simple and it works. Just like git.

Dead :-| Unclear IAP

This could be the perfect go-to app for all folks realizing a Git based PARA/Zettelkasten-like information organization.

Alas! The latest change in the roadmap dates Nov '22, there are various bugs (i.e. history not loading, arbitrary sync issues demanding full resets etc).

The IAP seems illogical to us: you either need to pay 12 months in advance OR pay the monthly fee until the full payment is done so you get the benefit. Not sure if this doesn't violates Apple's IAP policies.

We just use the app as a mobile read-only store of a Foam repo, but in general, the app has much bigger potential.
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Very useful App

I was searching for an PlainText Journal App sync with an external cloud platform and this perfect

Pas mal du tout

Cette répond parfaitement à mon besoin d'avoir une appli de notes backée par du git, plutôt que les solutions propriétaires où on ne contrôle pas ses données.

Mon principal regret vient de l'impossibilité de gérer finement les merges quand l'appli est confronté à une origin différente (genre après du push force par un autre canal) ou à un conflit. Les merges réalisés automatiquement ont parfois des pertes, mais ca va, ca se répare sur le repo, merci git.
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Buggy

I can write a note, then can’t escape from the editor and it doesn’t save anything. The ‘raw editor’ is just a blank page that does nothing. I resent having paid for this.

Finally! Exactly what I have been looking for!

I have been waiting for an app storing markdown notes in git for years. Thank you so much! Finally, I have found the last piece to my note taking workflow (vimwiki with markdown syntax + git) and now my notes are also available on my mobile.

You pay for the app and it’s still not free

First I have to pay $2.99 for the app, then I still have to pay for features. Worse, you are limited to only one git repository with the „free“ version that you had to pay for.

App isn’t impressive. If I change a file it’s unclear how to see the git diff or see the git log for a file or everything. Can’t make sure I only commit before reviewing the changes.

It’s also has some bugs like when flipping to iCloud as storage. It flips back and the files are no longer visible and git is no longer configured.
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App I’ve always dreamt of making

Yeah thanks dude… thanks for stealing my dream! On the other hand, awesome app! I don’t think I could have implemented it any better myself! Thanks for fixing the RSA issue and sorry for the initial bad review. This dev cares about the users!!

Buggy

Pros:
- Love the idea.
Cons:
- Have to pay in-app to unlock all features
- Buggy basic functionality (eg. Notes titles)

GitHub client for $50

6.20 CDN$ just to see the most basic app and $44 minimum for ‘Pro’ with 12 months of updates. They will ‘generously’ let you pay more.

In app purchase busted on restore purchase.

I paid for the app. I paid for the in-app purchase for the pro version. Now when I reinstall the app it doesn’t restore my purchase! This needs to be fixed because that in-app purchase was $35!

Really nice app

Lightweight, nimble app that grants me access to my notes while I’m on the move without access to my laptop.

I use branches and pull requests to manage changes to notes, so the ability to pull changes from one branch and push changes to a branch other than master where I can clean them up before merging would be awesome. I’d go Pro and give a fifth star for that 🙏
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Instable

Ravie d’avoir trouvé une application qui semblait répondre à mon besoin, j’ai tout de suite acheté cette app en sachant que je prendrais plusieurs jours avant de me pencher dessus. Quand ce fût le cas, je n’ai pas tarder à déchanter : rien n’est stable. Si on a le malheur de créer une note de test, elle ressuscite à chaque ouverture de l’application. Je n’ai jamais réussi à venir au bout d’un clonage de dépôt existant, alors qu’il était parfois partiellement téléchargé mais pour le voir, il faut redémarrer l’app, ce qui provoque une interruption du clonage et donc empêche l’enregistrement du dépôt. En plus de ça, il y a des interruptions intempestives lorsqu’on sélectionne certains choix de menus. J’espère que le développeur travailleras à stabiliser la version iOS (je n’ai pas testé celle Androïd), pour ma part, je viens d’effectuer une demande de remboursement.
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Excellent

Thank you! This is what I was looking for!

Good peace of Software - issue with restore purchases

It’s a good penance of software, it’s quite useful. The “restore purchases” seams not to work as expected - it doesn’t come to an end and it’s doesn’t restore a purchase. Purchasing a second time will result in a second purchsed within the same applied!

A+

My second purchase in the App store and would say it worth the money. Thank you!

Slow loading notes

The app is slow to load links to other notes. It hangs in the middle of the sliding animation while waiting for the next one.

My bug report was instantly fixed

All good so far. Recommended:)