# Once 2 - Immersive Diary Book — Elegant clean private journal

> Elegant private journal for recording life moments, ideas, and emotions with rich features. (iPhone/iPad app by 实 许.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/once-2-immersive-diary-book/id1633788837 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [实 许](https://appshunter.io/developer/681075194)
- Category: Lifestyle, Productivity
- Price: Free with in-app purchases
- Rating: 4.60/5 from 60 App Store ratings · 140 written reviews indexed
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 15.0 · 39 MB
- Languages: Russian, American English, European Spanish, Italian, Korean, German (Germany), European Portuguese, Chinese (Traditional, Taiwan), Chinese (Simplified, China), French (France) and 1 more
- Released: 2022-08-12
- Data updated: 2026-09-08
- Monetization: free with in-app purchases
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/once-2-immersive-diary-book/id1633788837/reviews.md

## What is Once 2?

Once is designed to inspire writing and focus on the essence of journal: all the moments, ideas, secrets, emotions and pictures - the nature of your life. It encourages you to record your inspirations, keep tracks of your stories, and easily share them with others.

Some of the features are:

• Exquisite experience of reading like a book
• Elegant themes and customized fonts
• Focused reading and immersive writing in full screen
• Rich text editing support
• Inserting multiple photos/images anywhere throughout the entries
• Auto set weather, temperature and location
• Books and Tags to filter entries
• Calendar as an overview
• Text searching
• Passcode protecting your privacy
• Export to PDF files
• Share journal as a beautiful picture on social networks
• Share plug-ins (support for Safari, memos, etc.): text sharing as a new diary (If the icon is not displayed, click more to activate)
• Syncing between iPhone, iPad and Mac via iCloud
• iOS / iPadOS / macOS universal app - purchase once, use everywhere!

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## Key features

- Exquisite book-like reading experience
- Elegant themes and custom fonts
- Immersive full-screen writing
- Rich text editing with photo insertion
- Automatic weather, temperature, and location tagging
- Organize with books, tags, and calendar view
- Passcode protection and PDF export

## Pricing and in-app purchases

Base price: Free.

**Subscriptions**

| Subscription | Price | Period |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Once Pro 1x | $0.99 | per month |
| Once Pro 12x | $9.99 | per year |

**One-time purchases**

| Purchase | Price | Type |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Once Pro ∞ | $29.99 | one-time |
| Legacy Version Support | Free | one-time |


## What do users think of Once 2?

Overall sentiment: mixed

**Pros**

- 👍 Nice interface and design
- 📖 Book-like writing experience
- ✍️ Comfortable for journaling
- ✨ Minimalist and clean
- 🖼️ Ability to insert photos
- 🗂️ Organized entries
- 💡 Export to PDF
- 🔒 Passcode protection (paid feature)
- 🔄 Sync across devices (paid feature)
- 🎨 Customizable fonts and colors
- 📅 Calendar view for entries
- 📚 Multiple journals/books
- 💯 Good for long-term use

**Cons**

- 🐛 Frequent crashes and freezes
- 🐌 Slow performance and lag
- 🗑️ Loss of unsaved work
- 🔄 Poor syncing across devices
- 💸 Paid features for basic functionality (passcode)
- 🖱️ Difficult scrolling and navigation
- 🖼️ Issues with multiple photo uploads
- 📸 Photos not fully visible in entries
- 🔄 Book cover sync issues
- ❌ No 'recently deleted' or back button
- 💻 Mac version buggy
- 📱 Mobile version better than desktop
- ⏳ Long loading times when editing
- 📉 Infrequent app updates

**Commonly reported bugs**

- App crashes when editing
- App freezes when typing
- Entries lost after crashing
- Syncing issues between devices
- Cursor jumps randomly during typing
- Export function not working
- Text overlap in export preview
- Paid subscription not recognized
- App crashes on Mac when editing
- App freezes when switching between apps on Mac
- Sync issues after updating to Once 2
- iCloud sync not turning back on
- Glitching and out-of-order books
- Cannot send feedback through the app
- Dark mode not working
- App hangs when selecting text or editing
- App crashes when copying and pasting
- App freezes and requires force quit
- App lags significantly

**Most requested features**

- Arrow navigation for pages
- Pen functionality for iPad
- Voice recording feature
- More colorful icons
- Ability to add multiple photos at once
- Share to feature for direct content sharing
- Option to resize images
- Dark mode
- End-to-end encryption
- Free passcode option
- Improved editing tools (punctuation, grammar)
- Make the app pink
- Make the app free
- Sync Once 1 diaries to Once 2
- Keyboard hides automatically when typing
- More journal/notebook options without payment

## Recent user reviews (10 of 140)

All indexed reviews: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/once-2-immersive-diary-book/id1633788837/reviews.md

### 5/5 — Easy

*2026-08-12*

I love how easy it is to speak to the diary and have a written down accurately. Is changed my ability to journal because I lax a patient. Write it all down. I think it’s awesome.

### 4/5 — Простое и понятное глазу приложение

*2026-08-10*

Единственное приложение без лишнего шума, простое, понятное, мне очень нравится это, но иногда виснет. Например, когда я меняю курсор по тексту-очень долго происходит процесс
вот только это можно было бы доработать, а в остальном мне нравится

### 4/5 — Не работает прокрутка

*2026-07-29*

Не работает вертикальная прокрутка. Опускается до определенного момента, а дальше не листает вниз

### 4/5 — 简介好用

*2026-07-15*

如果有免费锁密码就好了

### 5/5 — Впечатляюще

*2026-07-09*

Дизайн приложения великолепен

### 5/5 — Journal

*2026-06-30, version 1.0.2*

The only thing that keeps me consistent at journaling

### 3/5 — Could be better

*2026-06-04, version 1.0.2*

The concept is honestly so great. I can’t currently write due to tendinitis and this is a better alternative. It’ss very much book like but my only thing I’m really struggling with is the fact that scrolling to previous pages and back is super hard. I would honestly love to have an arrow to go to the next page instead of scrolling. I dont know if its my computer or what but its honestly a super pain in the butt.

### 5/5 — Книжное

*2026-05-29, version 1.0.2*

Очень удобное и комфортное приложение, даже без покупки дополнительных опций

### 1/5 — BUG

*2026-04-29*

comme tout les autres, l’appli bug énormément, jusqua même me forcer a devoir quitter l’application systématiquement. Elle me fait perdre a chaque fois tout ce que j’écris…. Horrible

### 5/5 — Great

*2026-04-08, version 1.0.2*

Love it

## Frequently asked questions about Once 2

### What is Once 2 - Immersive Diary Book?

Once 2 is a private journaling app designed to inspire writing and capture life's moments, ideas, secrets, emotions, and pictures. It offers an elegant and immersive experience for recording your stories and sharing them.

### What are the key features of this journaling app?

Key features include an exquisite book-like reading experience, elegant themes, customized fonts, full-screen immersive writing, rich text editing, photo insertion, automatic weather and location tagging, organization with books and tags, a calendar overview, text searching, passcode protection, and PDF export.

### How much does Once 2 cost?

The app is free to download and use, but it offers in-app purchases for additional features or content. The description mentions a 'purchase once, use everywhere' model for iOS/iPadOS/macOS universal app, suggesting a one-time purchase for full functionality across devices.

### What devices is Once 2 compatible with?

This is a universal app for iOS, iPadOS, and macOS. It supports syncing between iPhone, iPad, and Mac via iCloud, allowing you to use it across all your Apple devices.

### How can I use Once 2 for my daily life?

You can use Once 2 to record daily events, personal reflections, creative ideas, travel memories, or any other thoughts you wish to keep private. The app's features like photo insertion and automatic tagging enhance the richness of your entries.

## Version history (last 3 releases)

### 1.0.2 — 2023-01-17

- Fixed a problem that the vertical scrolling reading mode did not work on iOS 16.
- Other bug fixes.

If you like this app, please consider giving us a rating! This will help us a lot for the future development!
Or any suggestions/problems please use the "Send feedback" option (in the settings page of the app) to let us know :)

### 1.0.1 — 2022-08-15

- Fixed a problem that word count was not working.

If you like this app, please consider giving us a rating! This will help us a lot for the future development!
Or any suggestions/problems please use the "Send feedback" option (in the settings page of the app) to let us know :)

### 1.0.0 — 2022-08-13

No release notes.

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