# Reflection: AI Journal & Diary — user reviews > 581 indexed App Store user reviews of Reflection by Journal Better Inc., rated 4.70/5 from 1,115 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/reflection-ai-journal-and-diary/id1504547616/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/reflection-ai-journal-and-diary/id1504547616.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 916 · 4★ 129 · 3★ 47 · 2★ 9 · 1★ 14 ## Is Reflection safe? Reflection: AI Journal & Diary appears safe based on user ratings. The AppsHunter Safety Score for Reflection is 94 out of 100. This assessment is based on 1,115 user ratings, with an App Store average of 4.7 out of 5. Of 1,115 App Store ratings, 93.7% point to a safe experience, 4.2% suggest some concerns, and 2.1% point to a risky experience. ## Is Reflection legit? Reflection: AI Journal & Diary appears to be a legitimate app. The AppsHunter Legitimacy Score for Reflection is 93 out of 100 points across 7 verification signals from App Store and developer data. ## What do users think of Reflection? Reviews of Reflection are mostly positive: the Health & Fitness app is rated 4.7/5 from 1.1K App Store ratings. What users like most: easy to use, smooth user experience. Top complaints: some features locked behind paywall, occasional technical issues (e.g. login, syncing). Summarized from real user reviews. **Pros** - 👍 Easy to use - 🚀 Smooth user experience - 💡 Helpful AI-powered prompts and insights - 🌟 Beautiful and clean interface - 📚 Useful journaling guides and categories - 🔍 Ability to review past entries **Cons** - 💰 Some features locked behind paywall - 🐛 Occasional technical issues (e.g. login, syncing) - 📱 Limited functionality on mobile devices **Commonly reported bugs** - Keyboard covering screen on smaller devices - Inability to delete or edit entries **Most requested features** - More customization options (fonts, themes, etc.) - Handwriting/Apple Pencil support - Improved web/desktop app experience ## Newest reviews (19 of 581) ### 4/5 — Looks good of the first view *2026-10-14* I think it’s a good app when you take the premium version. My biggest problem with this app is that she hasn’t German as a language inside. **Developer response:** thanks for this, and glad the app is landing well for you otherwise. the interface is english only for now, though the AI does answer in whatever language you write in, so german entries come back in german. a german interface is on our list, no date to give you yet. ### 4/5 — Lovely app *2026-10-02* I’ve recently returned to this app and I think it’s a great tool. Really good prompts that help me unpick things and the AI summaries and tips feel useful and sensible - not being a cheerleader who thinks I’m wonderful like ChatGPT that can end up muddying thoughts a bit more! I’m not sure if it’s just my laptop needs turning off and on again but the desktop version seems pretty glitchy though. **Developer response:** so glad you came back to it, and thanks for writing this up. the desktop glitchiness isn't your laptop, we've got a report open on it and we're working through it. ### 3/5 — Toll, aber mit Luft nach oben bei der Barrierefreiheit *2026-09-25* Vorweg, ich habe mich trotz allem für Lifetime entschieden, weil das die erste App war, deren KI-Funktionen tatsächlich funktionieren - die Folgefragen sind treffend und hilfreich, es wird nicht nur widergekäut, was ich gesagt habe, sondern man han das Gefühl, dass es verstanden wurde. Leider sind die Menüs für blinde Menschen wie mich nicht vollständig zugänglich - Voiceover, Apple's Screenreader, kann wohl nicht alle Punkte anspringen. Leider stürzt Voiceover bei der Stimmaufnahme auch ab bzch. wird was die Sprachausgabe sagt mit transkribiert. Das ist schade, denn die voice-Funktion war mit ein Grund, diese App zu kaufen. Obwohl ich bereits für lifetime bezahlt habe, wäre es schön, wenn man für mich und künftige Nutzer an der Barrierefreiheit feilen könnte. **Developer response:** danke dass du dir die zeit genommen hast, das so genau aufzuschreiben. die drei voiceover-punkte sind beim team, vor allem dass die sprachausgabe selbst im transkript landet. das sollte so nicht sein und wir schauen es uns an. ### 3/5 — Pushy for premium sub *2026-09-25* The onboarding almost made me sign up to their annual plan. Especially as I’m new and learning to navigate the app. Not a good first impression and hopefully things get better from here on end **Developer response:** sorry the onboarding came across as a hard sell, that's fair and i've passed it on. there's a close button in the corner of that screen if it comes up again, and you can journal on the free plan without paying. hope it gets better from here. ### 4/5 — Great so far *2026-09-05, version 6.29.0* I usually use chat but I love the prompting options on this. ### 4/5 — Great feedback, Desktop needs help *2026-09-03, version 6.29.0* This app is the best response app I have used. Writing down what I am going through and having it respond with what I am feeling is mind blowing. It takes all my jumbled thoughts and emotions and types it out in plain English exactly what I am trying to explain… ### 5/5 — Off to a great start *2026-09-02, version 6.28.0* I could see the value in the premium version but I need to be a bit more consistent before pulling the trigger ### 5/5 — Super App! *2026-08-31* Diese App hilft zu reflektieren und gibt zahlreiche hilfreiche Tipps für den Alltag. **Developer response:** danke dir, das lesen wir sehr gern. an den tipps feilen wir laufend weiter, da kommt noch einiges. ### 5/5 — Tolle App! *2026-08-30* Hilft beim täglichen Reflektieren und gibt praktische Tipps und Anregungen für den Alltag und die persönliche Entwicklung. **Developer response:** das freut uns riesig, danke fürs schreiben. schön zu hören, dass die impulse im alltag wirklich was bringen 🙏 ### 5/5 — Interesting *2026-08-30* I’m using if just for 3 days and see that in comparison to other diary apps this one is one step ahead, with elements of coaching and down to earth summaries and tips z **Developer response:** glad it's clicking this early on, thanks for taking the time to write. the coaching and the summaries are the parts we keep refining, more coming. ### 5/5 — Great so far *2026-08-28, version 6.28.0* Love it…was soooo frustrated with day one…this is exactly what I was looking for ### 5/5 — Awesome *2026-08-26, version 6.28.0* Exactly what i was looking for ### 5/5 — Very helpful *2026-08-25, version 6.28.0* I am enjoying it. ### 5/5 — Amazing! Wow! *2026-08-25, version 6.28.0* This app is incredible. So far it’s better than my therapist. Gives wonderful feedback! It has layers and layers of feedback and insights it gains from your entries. I thought I was negative and it showed me my negativity is almost equally balanced with positivity. I repeat… it’s better than any therapist I’ve ever had!!! ### 5/5 — Well done and full of potential *2026-08-23* I’ve tested several (voice)-journaling apps and kept with Reflection. I can talk to it in several languages and the transcription work very well. It keeps very good track of the essences of my entries and refers to them accurately. I can definitely recommend it! Well done!! **Developer response:** thanks so much, this made our day. multilingual voice is something we've put real work into, so hearing the transcription holds up across languages is great to know. glad reflection's the one that stuck. ### 5/5 — Nice *2026-08-22* KI works as it should **Developer response:** freut uns sehr, danke dir fürs bewerten. an der ki feilen wir laufend weiter, da kommt noch einiges. ### 5/5 — 𝕊𝕠𝕞𝕖𝕥𝕙𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕚 𝕨𝕒𝕟𝕥 𝕕𝕠 *2026-08-20, version 6.28.0* 𝕥𝕙𝕚𝕤 𝕚𝕤 𝕣𝕖𝕒𝕝𝕝𝕪 𝕘𝕠𝕠𝕕 ### 5/5 — Liking so far *2026-08-19, version 6.28.0* I haven’t been on journaling apps for too long and I wanted my journaling experience to have a “back and forth” kind of feel. The AI on this app seems to be helpful so far. I have the free version and looking to get premium soon. ### 4/5 — Helpful *2026-08-18, version 6.28.0* This app is very helpful and has tools to guide you. ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Clunky *2026-10-21* The coach mode even on a paid subscription just Office generic advice times out after five minutes and you can’t continue that conversation I think you’re better off using an LLM directly **Developer response:** sorry it's landing that way, and thanks for being blunt about it. one thing worth knowing: coach sessions run about nine and a half minutes, so the five minute mark is just the heads up that time's running down, and you can start another one right after. the generic advice part is a fair hit and it's something we're working on now. ### 1/5 — Horrifying Privacy Violation - NOT PRIVATE *2026-07-21, version 6.26.0* Do not trust this app with your personal thoughts. The App Store description explicitly promises that your entries are "encrypted and accessible only to you." This is a complete lie. I recently received an email from an actual human employee referencing highly sensitive, personal details I had written in my journal. I was under the impression I was writing in a secure, machine-only environment. Having staff read private entries without clear consent is an extreme invasion of privacy and a deceptive business practice. I have demanded a refund and the deletion of my data. Stay far away if you value your privacy. ### 1/5 — Terrible *2026-06-24, version 6.25.1* Worst app I ever used. Cost me my relationship. Called me a doormat. Forget this AI slop. ### 1/5 — It won’t open *2026-05-16, version 6.23.0* I’m afraid that all My entries are gone. I used this app to write my thoughts during a loved ones passing away. I tried opening the app now and it won’t open. Deleted and redownloaded, still won’t open. ### 1/5 — Not happy *2026-05-14, version 6.23.0* It lost my first entry. Poor internet connection was the excuse. I have excellent internet connectivity so that’s not true. I am going to try again but this is extremely disappointing! ### 1/5 — Fix the audio feature *2026-04-23, version 6.21.0* The audio journaling feature is literally the most important feature in this app for me, but it constantly crashes, ive lost at least a dozen recordings because of this, and when I try to recover them it's impossible. You also need to make it so if the phone sleeps, the recording continues. I'm cancelling my subscription if this is not fixed. ### 1/5 — Ruined the app with removing monthly and yearly reflection as they were *2026-02-22, version 6.18* Was using the app for 2+ years. In the last update developers fully removed the functionality of yearly and monthly reflection from which I was getting most of the value personally. ### 1/5 — Please stop with the AI nonsense *2025-12-17, version 6.16* I’ve used the app for several years, and I loved it back when it was just a regular, minimalist journaling app. Now, they’ve leaned fully into making this an AI centric app. It was very jarring to suddenly have AI slop rammed into my journal after writing many entries over the years. After turning all AI features off in the settings, things were fine for a bit, but now they’ve added buttons to the journaling page for various AI prompts with no way to dismiss/turn them off. That’s it for me - it is no longer the app I signed up for so I cancelled my subscription. ### 1/5 — Horrible interface *2025-10-28, version 6.12.0* The keyboard covers the screen on which I’m typing and doesnt auto scroll down. I have given this feedback to the dev twice and no response. Absolutely unacceptable. ### 1/5 — Can’t cancel subscription online *2025-07-24, version 6.09* Can’t cancel the subscription when I try online I think I was scammed ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Absolutely love this app! *2026-10-29* Brilliant app. So easy to use, get daily reminders. The voice option is great because you literally say whatever you are thinking/feeling. The summary puts it into perspective and then gives you options. I need to explore the app more but just the basics are so worthwhile and helpful. **Developer response:** so glad it's clicking for you, thanks for taking the time to write this. the voice option is one we keep working on, and there's plenty more in there once you go exploring. ### 5/5 — Great for reflection *2026-10-20* I have been journaling now for over a year, and have moved to reflection from another app. Much prefer reflection, which gives great reviews, weekly and monthly, giving a chance to look back over a period of time. I never though after a year i would be journaling every day after this period of time. Also enjoying it and its also helping with the niggling anxiety and SAD at this time of year. Love the app **Developer response:** so glad it's stuck, and a year of journaling every day is brilliant. the weekly and monthly look backs are something we keep polishing, so it's good to hear they're landing. hope it helps you through the dark months. ### 5/5 — So far so good *2026-10-18* Good app easy to use, I like the options for the journal reflection, coaching and the ability to upload photos etc. **Developer response:** so glad it's been easy to get going with, thanks for taking the time to write this. the coaching side especially is one we keep refining 🙏 ### 5/5 — Love how I can adjust to my preferences easily *2026-10-04* I didn’t trying a few journaling apps and really not been satisfied with many or any of them. I’m really enjoying reflection so far. I like that I can journal several different ways. I like that there are several different ways to get prompts and I like that there are coaching tips that I can reflect on and I’m looking forward to seeing how this app’s going to help me reflect on my disability and the loss of my physical and mental health to permanent injury and disability so I can adjust to having a better quality of life **Developer response:** so glad it's clicking for you, and thanks for taking the time to write all that. being able to journal a few different ways is the bit we most want to get right, so it's good to hear that's landing. wishing you well with everything you're working through. ### 5/5 — Great *2026-09-28* Enjoying using this app xo **Developer response:** so glad you're enjoying it, and thanks for taking a moment to say so. xo right back 🙏 ### 5/5 — Helpful *2026-09-26* Like the format and the guides **Developer response:** so glad the format and the guides are clicking for you, thanks for taking the time to write this. hope it keeps being useful. ### 5/5 — So far so good *2026-09-11* Loving it **Developer response:** thanks for this, glad it's clicking so far. if anything comes up or there's something you wish it did, hello@reflection.app reaches us. ### 5/5 — So far so good☺️ *2026-09-08, version 6.29.0* Its a perfect journal to keep track of things for me. I love that the AI gives insight on my patterns. It helps me understand myself better. I am quite the writer so getting feedback and summaries of my entries is helpful to me and helps me organize my innerworld. ### 5/5 — Fantastic App *2026-09-07, version 6.29.0* I've been looking for an app just like this for some time, where I can either type or speak my thoughts and get some good feedback. The templates are great, and if there's anybody looking for a journal that is more thoughtful and grows with you, then this is the app that you need to have. ### 5/5 — Easy to use *2026-09-06, version 6.29.0* I am just starting out with journaling and it has never really been my thing, but having this on your phone and having it be so easy to use has been helpful in keeping up with it so far. Excited to see where this take me. --- *Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). User reviews are verbatim App Store reviews. 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