# LifesJournal — Automatically track your life

> Automatically tracks and archives all visited locations and journeys. (iPhone/iPad app by GravyTrain Inc.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/lifesjournal/id6759104287 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [GravyTrain Inc](https://appshunter.io/developer/1873312527)
- Category: Travel, Lifestyle
- Price: Free with in-app purchases
- Rating: 5.00/5 from 2 App Store ratings · 1 written reviews indexed
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 18.6 · 134 MB
- Languages: English
- Released: 2026-05-01
- Data updated: 2026-09-13
- Monetization: freemium
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/lifesjournal/id6759104287/reviews.md

## What is LifesJournal?

Life's Journal automatically and privately records every place you visit and every journey you take — no manual check-ins, no tapping, no effort. Just live your life and let the app build a beautiful, searchable archive of everywhere you've been. An app that only gets better, with even richer data, the longer you use it!

TIMELINE
See your day unfold in a rich, visual timeline. Every visit is logged with the place name, duration, and how you got there — whether walking, driving, cycling, or flying. Add notes, attach photos, and mark your favorites.

SMART PLACES
Your visits aren't just GPS coordinates. Life's Journal recognizes actual place names like "Starbucks" or "Central Park" instead of street addresses. Every location becomes a place in your personal database with visit history, categories, notes, and photos.

HAVE I BEEN HERE BEFORE?
Ever walk into a restaurant and think "I've definitely been here before… but when? And who was I with?" Life's Journal knows. Ask Siri "Have I been here before with Life's Journal?" or press the button in the app and instantly get the answer — how many times you've visited, when you were last there, and how you got there. No more racking your brain. Your journal remembers what you forgot.

STATS & ANALYTICS
Discover patterns in how you move through the world. See your visits, distance traveled, time spent, and transport modes broken down by day, week, month, or any custom date range.

COVERAGE EXPLORER
Visualize your geographic footprint on interactive maps. Track which countries, US states, and counties you've visited. With Street Coverage (beta), see every road you've traveled in your favorite cities, or try to visit every street in your hometown. 

MEMORY LANE
Life's Journal surfaces meaningful memories automatically — visit anniversaries, milestones like your 50th trip to a favorite spot, places you haven't been in a while, and travel highlights. The longer you use it, the richer your memories become. Tap the memory banner and relive the day!

HEALTH INTEGRATION
Connect with Apple Health to see steps, distance, calories, heart rate, and workouts correlated with your visits. Understand how your movement patterns connect to your wellbeing.

PHOTOS
The app automatically detects photos taken during your visits and suggests attaching them. Build a visual record of your life tied to the places you've been.

SIRI & SHORTCUTS
Ask Siri "Have I been here before?" to instantly check your visit history at any location.

MORE FEATURES
   • Home screen and lock screen widgets
   • Apple Watch companion app
   • Search and filter across all visits by name, category, date, or notes
   • Import history from GPX, CSV, and JSON files
   • Export your complete journal as a backup
   • Customizable notifications for daily recaps, milestones, and weekly digests
   • All data stored privately on your device

Life's Journal is free to use with core tracking, timeline, places, and basic stats. Upgrade to Premium for Health Dashboard, Memory Lane, full Coverage Explorer, Street Coverage, advanced search, and more.

Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
Privacy Policy: https://gist.github.com/GravyTrainInc/4be781b5c45ed250d7df1e085acf132e

## Key features

- Automatic location tracking
- Visual timeline of visits
- Smart place recognition
- Visit history search
- Geographic footprint maps
- Memory surfacing
- Apple Health integration

## Pricing and in-app purchases

Base price: Free.

**Subscriptions**

| Subscription | Price | Period |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Monthly 3.99 | $3.99 | per month |
| Yearly | $39.99 | per year |


## Recent user reviews (1 of 1)

All indexed reviews: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/lifesjournal/id6759104287/reviews.md

### 5/5 — Cool idea for an app

*2026-05-04*

I downloaded this mostly as a novelty, thought it was a neat idea but figured I’d forget about it within a week. I’d been using an app for years that shut down, then I switched phones and lost most of that data, so when I saw LifesJournal had an import option I figured why not try to import the old backups.

Fast forward and I opened it on a whim while waiting for a friend. Ended up sitting there for twenty minutes just scrolling. I kept tapping places I didn’t even remember going. A random parking lot turned out to be near a restaurant I used to go to all the time. A neighborhood I’d “just passed through” apparently three separate times over the summer trying to meet this girl :-). 

It’s like finding a journal you didn’t know you were writing. I don't remember setting anything up, but the timeline was full of my recent visits too. It just quietly builds this record of your life and waits for you to go looking, super neat.

Genuinely one of those apps I’d be annoyed to lose. Now I wander my neighborhood just to see if the app knows where I went LOL.

## Frequently asked questions about LifesJournal

### What is LifesJournal?

LifesJournal automatically and privately records every place you visit and journey you take. It builds a searchable archive of your travels, offering insights into your movement patterns and surfacing meaningful memories. The app is free to use with core tracking features.

### How does LifesJournal track my location?

LifesJournal automatically and privately records your location and journeys without requiring manual check-ins. It uses your device's location services to build a timeline and archive of everywhere you've been.

### Can I see where I've been with LifesJournal?

Yes, LifesJournal provides a rich, visual timeline of your day, logging each visit with place name, duration, and transport mode. You can also visualize your geographic footprint on interactive maps and explore street coverage in beta.

### Does LifesJournal have ads?

No, LifesJournal does not contain advertisements. The app is free to use with core tracking features, with an option to upgrade to Premium for additional functionalities.

### What are the Premium features in LifesJournal?

LifesJournal is free to use with core tracking, timeline, places, and basic stats. Users can upgrade to Premium for access to features like the Health Dashboard, which offers deeper correlations between movement patterns and wellbeing.

### How does LifesJournal integrate with Apple Health?

LifesJournal connects with Apple Health to correlate your visits with data such as steps, distance, calories, heart rate, and workouts. This integration helps you understand how your movement patterns connect to your overall wellbeing.

### Is my data private with LifesJournal?

Yes, all your data is stored privately on your device. The app is designed for automatic and private recording of your life's journeys.

### What devices does LifesJournal support?

LifesJournal is available on Apple Watch, iPhone, and iPad. It also features home screen and lock screen widgets for quick access to your data.

## Version history (last 5 releases)

### 5.6 (1) — 2026-09-07

What's New in the best update yet!

We've packed in a lot since the last update:

• Ask Your Life — Ask questions about your journal in plain language ("When was I last in Denver?") right from the timeline or with Siri.
• Memory Lane, now its own tab — A fresher, ever-rotating feed of your highlights, with fuzzy anniversaries, a mini map, and the full day's arc on each memory.
• Sleep tracking — Overnight stays now show your sleep from HealthKit, right on the timeline.
• Smarter place naming — Better POI picks (prominence-weighted, airport-aware), a "Your Regulars" section, and Smart sort for your go-to spots.
• Street coverage, rebuilt — On-device map-matching for far more accurate street-by-street coverage, sub-segment tracking, and gap bridging.
• Travel-aware timeline — Visit times now stay correct across time zones as you travel.
• Google Timeline import — Bring your history over from Google.
• More reliable roundups — Daily Recap and Monthly Roundup now have persistent in-app screens, and heavy users no longer miss weekly/monthly/yearly digests.
• Better background tracking — More dependable location capture, plus fixes for workouts that were disappearing or mislabeled.
• Plus accuracy fixes to visit counts, duplicate places, and lots of polish throughout.

### Version 5.5.2 (3) — 2026-07-22

Improvements & Bug Fixes

Much faster, smoother timeline especially for large datasets
Fixed several freezes and stalls when opening the app and scrolling your timeline — launch and navigation are noticeably quicker.

More reliable background tracking
Trips are captured more consistently in the background, so fewer visits and routes get missed or drawn as straight lines.

Workouts fixed on the timeline
Resolved workouts disappearing or showing up on the wrong place/time.

Accurate visit counts
Corrected inflated "times visited" numbers so your place stats reflect reality.

### 5.5.1 (1) — 2026-06-05

Massive update for those with large data sets. If you have a large amount of tracked data everything should load much faster. 2-3 seconds instead of 30!
Updated free version, now getting better location data...premium still has best location recognition. As always please submit bug and feature requests to: support@gravytraininc.com

### 5.5 (2) — 2026-06-01

Massive update for those with large data set. If you have a large amount of data everything should load much faster. 2-3 seconds instead of 30!
Updated free version, now getting better location data...premium still has best location recognition.

### 5.0.2 — 2026-05-05

Fixed a rare bug that caused app to crash on first load.
No longer multiple 0 minute visits from one place in a short amount of time. 
Widget is now more accurate.

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*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 2026-09-13.*
