Apple’s Journal App Released! — What’s Inside?

Can this replace your existing Journal app? Let’s find out.

Credit: App Store

The Journal app was teased by Apple in WWDC23 and the company told it’ll be released “later this year”. Ever since, it’s been one of the most awaited iOS 17 perks.

Know what?
I’ve just updated my iPhone to iOS 17.2 Developer Beta 1, and to my surprise, I found the Journal app out-of-the-box.

It’s released guys!
(Only in iOS 17.2. I couldn’t find Journal in macOS 14.2 or iPadOS 17.2 for now.)

Here’s its App Store link for your reference. (It won’t download if you’re not on iOS 17.2.)

By the way, here’s a coincidence I found:

• iOS 16.2 Beta 1 — Freeform app
• iOS 17.2 Beta 1 — Journal app
• iOS 18.2 Beta 1 — ???

What do you think? I’m excited.

Here’s Journal

Screenshot by the author

To be frank, I rarely journal, but I tried typing few journals to just know how capable the app is.