# Sunset Micro Journal — user reviews > 25 indexed App Store user reviews of Sunset Micro Journal by WayDC, rated 4.40/5 from 162 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/sunset-micro-journal/id1335813618/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/sunset-micro-journal/id1335813618.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 113 · 4★ 26 · 3★ 10 · 2★ 3 · 1★ 10 ## Newest reviews (5 of 25) ### 3/5 — Landscape orientation needed *2019-01-09, version 1.1.9* I bailed on this because there’s no landscape orientation and my iPad has an external keyboard. I hope there are plans for this! ### 4/5 — How have I lived without this app? *2018-10-26, version 1.1.9* I still have some things to figure out, like can I sync across devices, and how to get my timed events in order, but I love, love , love how free my brain feels right now with all my to do items categorized and out of my head. I love that I can bullet point and check list them....or not 😀. I am also going to try and use this as a daily journal. Wish there were more colors to choose from for categories and wish I could add pictures and videos to my journal section. Otherwise, PERFECTION! ### 3/5 — i really want to love this app! *2018-09-18, version 1.1.9* the app was so great when it was working, but for the past month or so, it just freezes up on me every time i try to use it and it’s so frustrating! i have a lot of notes that i’d like to see on there, but i can never scroll because the app just freezes. please fix this issue! ### 4/5 — Great Journal *2018-07-31, version 1.1.7* I’ve tried my hand at a couple of journal apps and I’ve had my fair share of time using most of them. A lot still have more bells and whistles than this one does but I guess that’s what does it for me. The simplicity, functionality, and overall how well organized and useable it really is. My biggest thing is that I can’t add photos but I hope that changes in the future. Overall I really enjoy the UI and I’m glad Sunset exists! ### 4/5 — Good Job! *2018-06-27, version 1.1* Features: What I like personally is how the default font setting resets every time you press enter. It’s very useful to me (though could be controversial to others preferences I guess) because i mainly like font changes for headings and such, so as opposed to the Apple Notes app, this is a very small, but very appreciated feature. And of course, they very nice little touch of the smile/frown next to the logs. Design: I like that it’s very clean, organised, and minimal. It’s easy on the eyes and not too overwhelming to begin with, in regards to features and such. Criticisms: I see that the first couple of reviews do bring up the “how does this differ from any other journal app?” and that’s a valid point which I would love for the app makers to explore and I can’t wait to see how it changes, but at the same time, maybe this is just the simplicity that someone could be looking for! Overall: Clean, simple, not overwhelming, good alternative to the Notes app, bullet journalists might like it to keep quick notes on their phones, and congrats on the release! ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Doesn’t work *2020-12-15, version 1.1.9* I tried to use this and it won’t let me type anything. There’s also no instructions on how to use the features. Seems like a lot of people have had this issue. ### 1/5 — Did not work *2020-08-21, version 1.1.9* The app doesn’t work ### 1/5 — Does not work - will update review when it does *2020-05-20, version 1.1.9* Love this app because it has a very simplistic journal feel. I really appreciate the bullet points that you can check off once you’ve completed a task for the day. However, as of a few days ago, the app will not let me type anything. I can edit templates and use my keyboard, but beyond that there is nothing I can do. Please fix this bug and I will update my review to 5 stars!! ### 1/5 — backup *2019-03-13, version 1.1.9* i truly love this app. i do. but its the second time syncing does not work and i lose all my content. please make a way to store your information because its really heartbreaking for all your entries to disappear. ### 1/5 — app freezes *2018-12-06, version 1.1.9* the app only works while on airplane mode and even then will freeze up not allowing any movement or tapping on screen at all. does this quite often. ### 1/5 — Screen Orientation Issue *2018-09-23, version 1.1.9* Deleted this app due to it’s screen orientation. Only works in the portrait mode. I use an iPad Pro with a Smart Keyboard which is always in Landscape mode. Emailed the developers but got no response. ### 1/5 — Like the design, hate the bugs *2018-07-15, version 1.1.4* This is such a great app for journaling thoughts out and organizing them into different categories. However, there are too many times where the app freezes on me and I can’t do anything at all. I tried everything but when going back into the app it won’t even let me scroll. Would love to actually be able to use the app again hopefully as soon as this problem gets fixed... ### 3/5 — :( *2019-09-27, version 1.1.9* You have to pay to save and restore your entries and I deleted the app because I got a new phone and I guess I’ll just never be able to look back on my journal entries again :( I guess this is why I should write on paper ### 3/5 — Needs to be linkable *2019-07-17, version 1.1.9* This app is excellent and simple. The only downfall , which is quiet large, is the inability to sync / transfer journal entries on another phone. For example, my iPhone got completely ruined and I had many entries in the journal; things I’ve forgot. Once I redone loading the app on my new phone, I was unfortunately unable to retrieve my previous entries & have to start back from scratch. I highly recommended a system where a user logs in or is able to save the entries at least. ### 3/5 — Bug needs fixing *2019-04-27, version 1.1.9* Normally I would give this 5 stars. I love this app and I never noticed this before but now it’s showing the wrong year for my entries and I can’t find any way to change it from 2018 to 2019. Everything is out of order so until it’s fixed I’m going to have to use another journaling app but I really hope an update comes out with bug fixes because this is one of my absolute favourite apps. Thank you. ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Please Fix Bugs *2020-06-21, version 1.1.9* I LOVE this app it’s so important to me but out of no where now it doesn’t let me type on the app!!! Please fix this journal app is my life and how I keep organized it has everything I need on it and where I write everything ### 5/5 — What happened?!!!! *2020-05-24, version 1.1.9* Like another reviewer, it was fine. I love love love this app. Now it won’t let me enter anything. I tried to click a link and it gave me the dns error. Is this app shut down? I hope Not. PLEASE HELP! ### 5/5 — Stunning. *2020-01-06* This app has helped me gather my thoughts in one simple place - it’s so easy to work and i love the feature of having multiple journals for separate things (i have two, one for present me and one for future advice) I fully recommend this app it’s so lovely and trust me, everyone deserves a little time to themselves and this app can provide that for you, whether it’s a simple diary or a quick way to remember a poem you thought of or even a shopping list ! However i do wish you could add photos to the entries that would make the journal much easier (they do say a picture tells a thousand words y’know) At the end of the day this app is free and extremely useful 5 stars :) ### 5/5 — Great *2019-09-12, version 1.1.9* It is great for writing personal things and keeping them safe. Your welcome, Avery ### 5/5 — Beautiful design and simple tone. *2019-02-01, version 1.1.9* I love the simplicity of this app. ### 5/5 — Great App!! *2018-07-20, version 1.1.6* Awesome for journaling quick thoughts! I use this mostly to remind me of things I should focus on when I wake up. So far so good! ### 5/5 — Perfect for memory tracker so when you look back and remember the days!! *2018-07-13, version 1.1.3* Been looking for an app like this for sooo long but they always made it too overly complicated... until i found this one!! Soo simple and perfect!! Very easy to use and actually does what it’s supposed to do unlike other apps! Cant wait to look back on my days over the years and see the changes and remenace the memories💯 ### 5/5 — Great concept with a lot of promise *2018-07-11, version 1.1.3* I can easily see this being my favorite at. I love the simple UI which harkens back to the apps philosophy on journaling (I believe)—short and to the point. I hope that eventually they will have support for macs, but I’m patient. What made me give it a four is the lack of instructions on how the app SHOULD be used. I also wish that the different subjects/topics/tabs/(whatever) for day could be bunched together for one day as opposed to a bunch of separate entries for one day. Great app still. ### 5/5 — Passcode!!!!! *2018-07-10, version 1.1.3* wow wow wow! I’m in love with this app! After trying out so many different ones I finally found sunset and I’m just so glad that it has a passcode. That’s really useful bc I don’t want others reading my thoughts and I like that everytime I exit out of the app and open it again it asks for the passcode so I don’t have to force stop the app everytime. Its also very nice to look at and I like to personalize my journal covers. ### 4/5 — :) *2019-01-22, version 1.1.9* So I wanna start off by saying, I really love this app. It’s so promising. However definitely needs some adjustments. As I read in a few other reviews, I too would love love love to be able to use in landscape mode (I’m using on an ipad pro with a keyboard) and the whole freezing thing is way too recurring. Small things I personally would enjoy (but probably not necessary haha): ability to duplicate post, more customizable text features like underlining, strike through, etc., maybe a today view, more flexible organizing besides just categories/sub-categories. Also, I don’t really get the emotions feature? Overall I like the concept and simplicity. Looking forward to seeing it grow/change! --- *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 2026-08-24.*