# JustWrite - Daily Journal — The elegant daily journal > The elegant daily journal (iPhone/iPad app by Andre Berg-Stølen.) - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/justwrite-daily-journal/id6752517920 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`) - Developer: [Andre Berg-Stølen](https://appshunter.io/developer/1829516490) - Category: Lifestyle - Price: $4.99 - Age rating: 4+ - Requires: iOS 26.0 · 1 MB - Languages: American English - Released: 2025-09-16 - Data updated: 2026-08-14 - User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/justwrite-daily-journal/id6752517920/reviews.md ## What is JustWrite? A daily journal built around your calendar. One entry per day. See your writing history at a glance. JustWrite puts the calendar front and center. Tap a date, write your thoughts, add a photo if you want. Days you've written fill in on the calendar. Your streak grows naturally without gamification pressure. HOW IT WORKS Open the app. See this month's calendar. Tap today. Write. Done. Add one photo per entry to capture the moment. Set a daily reminder if you want a gentle nudge — off by default, because we respect that some of you already have the habit. ON THIS DAY The feature that keeps people coming back. JustWrite shows what you wrote on this date in previous years. Rediscover forgotten moments. See how your thinking has changed. Like finding old letters from yourself. REDISCOVER Tap "Rediscover" to jump to a random past entry. Reconnect with thoughts you forgot you had. A quiet way to browse your own history. IMPORT YOUR HISTORY Switching from Bear, Day One, or another markdown journal? Import your entire history — entries and photos. Select your export folder, preview what's coming in, import everything. Your past comes with you. EXPORT TO ANYTHING JSON, Markdown, CSV, or plain text. Photos included. Export anytime to any app. We don't hold your words hostage. PHOTO JOURNAL Browse all your journal photos in a grid. Tap any photo to jump to that day's entry. A visual timeline of your life. WRITING INSIGHTS Track your streak, word count, and writing patterns over time. Elegant statistics that inform without pressuring. PRIVACY Everything stored on your device. No cloud sync, no account required, no tracking, no data collection. Your thoughts are yours. One-time purchase. No subscriptions. No premium tiers. Buy once, own forever. ## Version history (last 5 releases) ### 1.8.1 — 2026-04-07 Redesigned Settings with Export & Import together, lifetime insights, and an About screen. ### 1.8 — 2026-03-14 We introduce «Rediscover»: Tap "Rediscover" in the menu to jump to a random past entry — a quiet way to reconnect with thoughts you forgot you had. Tap "Another" to keep exploring. Full VoiceOver support across all icon buttons for better accessibility. Improved error logging under the hood. ### 1.7.2 — 2026-03-11 You can now set a daily reminder to write. It's in Settings, off by default — because some of you already have the habit, and we respect that. For everyone else, a gentle nudge at the time you choose: "Time to write." That's it. Just a quiet prompt to sit down with your thoughts. We also reworked how editing saves your text — the editor now buffers locally and writes only when you're done, so typing feels faster and lighter. And you can now delete a photo directly from the full-screen viewer without going into edit mode. Everything else remains exactly as it should. One entry per day. Your data stays yours. Own your words forever. ### 1.7 — 2026-03-09 You can now set a daily reminder to write. It's in Settings, off by default — because some of you already have the habit, and we respect that. For everyone else, a gentle nudge at the time you choose: "Time to write." That's it. No badge counts, no guilt. Just a quiet prompt to sit down with your thoughts. Everything else remains exactly as it should. One entry per day. Your data stays yours. Own your words forever. ### 1.6 — 2026-02-19 WHAT'S NEW IN 1.6 MARKDOWN READER MODE Tap the "Aa" button to see your entries in beautiful typography. Headers, bold, italic, lists, blockquotes, links - rendered with premium styling. Choose to open entries in reader mode by default, or toggle per entry. Editing stays plain text. Reading becomes beautiful. FULL-SCREEN PHOTO VIEWER Tap any photo to view it full-screen. Pinch to zoom up to 4x, pan when zoomed, double-tap for quick zoom. Share or save directly from the viewer. Caption and date at the bottom. Immersive viewing for your memories. PHOTO FAVORITES Star button to mark favorite photos. Filter the photo grid between All and Favorites. Yellow star badge on favorited photos. Toggle from grid view or full-screen viewer. One binary state, your interpretation. ON THIS DAY - EVERYWHERE Long-press any calendar date to explore memories from that day in previous years. Purple dots now appear on every date with past entries, not just today. The calendar tells you where your memories live. IMPORT & EXPORT IMPROVEMENTS Clearer import statistics. Button shows exact count of unique dates. Merge details explain precisely what happens before you commit. Import from Bear, Day One, or any markdown journal. Export to JSON, Markdown, CSV, or plain text. UNDER THE HOOD Centralized configuration. Safer data patterns. Code quality improvements you won't see but your journal benefits from. PHILOSOPHY INTACT One entry per day. Your data stays yours. Privacy-first. Features serve the writing habit, not the feature count. Write simply. Read beautifully. Own your words forever. ## More apps by Andre Berg-Stølen - [Note-Self](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/note-self/id6749246171) - [Mikro - Activity & Habit Log](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/mikro-activity-and-habit-log/id6751157235) - [MemoryAnchor - Visual Ideas](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/memoryanchor-visual-ideas/id6751170216) - [My M43 Kit](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/my-m43-kit/id6751171667) - [WonderScouts](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/wonderscouts/id6751411352) - [FocusAnchor](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/focusanchor/id6751417117) All apps by Andre Berg-Stølen: https://appshunter.io/developer/1829516490 --- *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 2026-08-14.*