Apple’s All-New JOURNAL App — Everything You Need To Know!

Apple’s new Journal app for the iPhone helps users log their thoughts and reflections anytime, anywhere. This article will help you get started with using the app and explore everything around it.

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Introduction

Apple spoke about its native Journal app coming to iPhones with the release of iOS 17, back in June during WWDC. The release of the app was slated for later this year and with the release of the beta for iOS 17.2, it is closer than ever to public release. The public beta allowed me to test the Journal app and what it had to offer. So whether you are reading this during the beta stages of iOS 17.2 or its release, you should find this article updated with time with all the features the app has to offer.

In this article, I will go over the app’s user interface, the writing entry customizability, writing prompts, notifications, and some other notable features in the app. Finally, we shall conclude with how this app compares to other journaling apps in the app store and what could make it better.