A nice little app to
Response from developer
Thank you so much! We hope you enjoy! Thanks for your support we really appreciate!
Can’t believe I waited so long to review
Some of the writings are nice to read back and see Pythia’s responses. Some are good, a few are a little… interesting. But I wouldn’t say any are ever bad. I did see a small issue of the last response on the five card draw rarely getting cut off. However the developer is extremely responsive and figured out and fixed the problem very quickly.
Definitely looking forward to using this app the rest of the year. Looking back on it helps me realize how much I actually forget about in my thoughts and feelings.
Response from developer
Thank you for this — and for taking the time to write something so considered. "It helps me make a journey out of days" is the thing I most hoped someone would eventually say out loud. That's the whole idea of the app, and seeing it come back in someone else's words is a strange and lovely feeling. Something you might like knowing: several of the companions are my own cats. Their expressions, their postures, the particular way one of them sits and judges me from across the room. They're in there, and I see them every time I open the app. Especially one… Ade. Thank you also for flagging the five-card draw getting cut off. That was a genuine bug and you helped me find it — fixed in 1.0.7. The music means a great deal to me too. It was chosen to slow you down before you write, so hearing that it sets the mood is a real compliment. As for a printed deck — you're not the first to ask, and I've started taking the idea seriously. And since you're planning to stay for the rest of the year: weather fables are coming. I won't spoil what they are, but the sky outside your window is about to start mattering.
A Magical Journey of Self-Reflection
Response from developer
Thanks so much for using the app, we’re glad you’re enjoying it!
Not free
Response from developer
Thanks for taking the time to write, and I'm glad you're enjoying it — let me clear up the free part, because it matters to me. Lumen really is free, and the App Store description lists exactly what that means: unlimited journal reflections with no daily limit, a new Companion each week, and a daily Lens. No time limit, no account, no login, and no advertising anywhere in the app — which is rare in this category. Premium adds Pythia's written interpretations, a Companion every day instead of weekly, and the weekly woven Chapters. Those run on paid infrastructure, and the subscribers who fund it are what keeps the free tier free and ad-free for everyone else. If you'd like to try those features, the Annual plan includes a full week free and the Weekly plan three days free — everything unlocked, and you can cancel any time before the trial ends at no charge. And if anything in the app gave the impression that subscribing was required, I'd genuinely like to know where — you can reach me by email any time. I read and answer every message, and feedback like yours is how the app gets better. Thank you again for trying Lumen.
Won’t Load Past Tuning
Response from developer
1.0.5 is now live, and this is fixed. You weren't doing anything wrong. On certain display sizes the Continue button on that screen sat below the visible area, so it read as a loader that never finished — waiting longer was never going to help. The screen has been rebuilt so the content adapts to the size of your display and the button is always reachable. On your other concern: nothing was ever at risk. It was a layout problem, not a data one — entries are stored on your device and were never in danger. Thank you for the detail you wrote; it's what made this findable. If you'd like to give it another try, it should work now.
Well
Response from developer
Fixed in 1.0.5, now live. The issue was specific to third-party keyboards: they're taller, which pushed the mood picker below what the screen could scroll to, and there was no way to dismiss the keyboard to get at it — so a first entry couldn't be finished. Both fixed, and tested on device with a third-party keyboard installed. Thank you for the report and for coming back to update your review earlier. It's the kind of detail that makes a bug findable.
Beautiful
Response from developer
Thank you so much I hope you enjoy the journaling experience!
Storied Journaling
Response from developer
Thank you for your kind words, I hope you enjoy the journaling activities!
