Heartspring Journal User Reviews

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Reminders of hard days is HARD

I used to love and recommend this app to others but now it sends constant reminders to view clearly rough days… I’m not sure why it would do that to but I’m not a fan.

Disappointed

I’ve been a user since Jan 2025 and it’s just such a great app but now that it’s changed its name and updated the subscription now I’m about to lose all the progress I’ve made over the few months because im not able to download my videos. It’s a really great app overall but just so disappointed I won’t be able to look back on my old
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Talkbook

I've been with this app since it was called talkbook. Since the new updates, I've come to hate it unfortunately because there is nothing I can do anymore. I can only talk for so many minutes (it's like 4 mins limited without the subscription) whereas before everything- I can talk as long as I want. I can't look back and watch MY OWN VIDEOS from a year ago without subscribing- which is sad because that's the whole point for me is to look back and see how far I've come.

9.99$ a month is a lot to be honest for what it gives you. I miss when I had the freedom to use the app without any of the restrictions. I legit have been through with it since 2025 and the amount of times this app has crashed or glitched, I always had faith because I truly loved the concept..
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New update

Can you change it back to how it was before this recent update? I’m missing entries that were there before the update and the new layout is just confusing..

Not functional

I cant put my phone number

Won’t stop haunting me

I deleted this app and it continued sending me an alarm every single night at 9pm for DAYS. Through movies. Through quiet time. Through every focus mode I have. I reinstalled it just to find the setting and there was no way to turn it off from inside the app either. Formerly Talkbook, currently a poltergeist.
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Amazing tool

I downloaded this app a year ago and used it for a bit while I was going through some stuff. Forgot about it, found it recently and I am OBSESSED. One it was so nice to see where I was and where I am now, but the new added features of analyzing your emotions is such a great tool to use when reflecting. Love this app and recommend to everyone. 10/10. Can’t wait to show my therapist
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Unable to use

Ever since they changed the app, it has been unusable. None of my old videos are loaded and the screen is too big to properly fit into my iPhone screen so I can’t even press anything. So weird

Can’t Delete Data

This app is terrible, I can’t delete my account and every time I try to tap contact for help, the app crashes. I can’t get a hold of anyone!

I don't know what happened...

I've been using this app for some years back when it was talkbook. but this new update is absolutely terrible. all my previous recordings are gone and there are so many glitches and bugs that i have to keep exiting out the app to even do my daily journal. i also don't like the fact that i can't go back and do the days i've missed because of the apps glitch problems have kicked me out in the middle of me typing. and when you open it again everything you just wrote is gone. i really did love this app with the recommended topics, emotion analysis, and video recording but it seems like i'll possibly have to find another journal app because this is starting to get frustrating.
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Can’t edit your posts.

This is really dumb.

love the app but i am very disappointed

i loved this app it became a monthly thing for me to do but after the most recent update i have lost all of my data and im very disappointed almost a year of memories gone its a great app i will surely keep using it just very disappointed about losing the memories (i didnt update my phone to the most recent update maybe thats the reason im not to sure but its an amazing app i do recommend for those that love to talk a lot )
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I was good until the update

Please tell me why it made of updating it sound like a good idea which it is, but now all my past recordings are gone
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my old memories aren’t there anymore

i rediscover this app at least once a month so i can talk about my life and what’s going on and i’ve been doing that since february 2025 , i come back on this app today and im feeling nostalgic so i wanted to look at my old videos but i can’t seem to find them it’s like my memories of me talking bout my feelings are gone. please help me out
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Angry

I got this app so I could talk to it and JOURNAL when I didn’t feel like writing. It had a couple glitches at first but I was fine with that. Then they updated it so much that they deleted all my old journal entries, very upset🤦‍♀️

Lost memories from talkbook

I enjoy doing a video journal entries. It has allowed me to grow and reflect. I had recorded some great memories that appears to be lost with the transition without any notice. Now the entries are shorter in length unless I purchase would consider upgrading but very upset my past recordings are gone.
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lost entries

i’ve had this app for a while but don’t use it a ton. if used it on and off for the past few months but when i tried to look at my previous recordings they were all gone and i couldn’t find them anywhere. The help link won’t work either so i don’t know how to get my entries back.

They listen to feedback

I loved the idea of talkbook (now called Heartspring). I have a hard time speaking with other people, so being able to journal my feelings and practice speech at the same time was super helpful. I loved that the video journaling was saved in app so I could reflect on it later on instead of taking up space in my camera roll. I haven’t found any apps that focus on video journaling the way this one did. Now they updated the app and made a lot of changes. You have to pay like $100 a year to record videos, granted, you get lots of other features, but I think making people pay to record videos after you had it free for so long, sucks. It’s no different than any other journaling app out there now. It’s really disappointing. EDIT: I appreciate that the developers listen to feedback! They brought back free video journaling shortly after the rebrand. Thank you for listening to our concerns and wishes!
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Was so good - till it wasn’t

I’ve been using this app for 2 years and I’ve loved it. I loved the video feature because I hated typing out my feelings. However, it’s gone down the path most good apps do and you have to pay for their once free features. This app used to be about video journaling, now you have to pay for their main feature?? If I want to write down my feelings I would text in my notes app. I’m heavily disappointed and am now in search for a new app.
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Happy.

I loved this app so much for the voice recognition for video journalling and although I don’t journal all the time, coming to the new update was very sad and disappointing for me.

As many reviews have mentioned, one of the big things of this app was how free it was to video journal and I really liked it since I could say whatever, edit if needed and then be done with it. It’s a lot less effort than writing and I preferred it.

Just saw the update and want to say thank you for bringing back free journalling and listening to your customers. If you are wanting terms of revenue, perhaps add ads in a non-invasive manner where we can support you on your own or have a donation tab? I’m not sure.

Once again, thank you.
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