Journal Your Way
Apps to help your daily reflection.
Carve out time to sit with your thoughts and feelings with these journaling apps full of prompts and reminders to make reflection a habit.
Day One is a powerful journaling app that goes beyond basic “Dear diary” entries: Your reflections can include photos, audio, sketches, and other digital ephemera. You can also export your journal as a beautifully bound book.
If you’re looking for more guidance, try journaling with Clearful. The app is full of hundreds of prompts to help kick-start your personal growth. Clearful also helps you see patterns in your journaling habit—like how many entries you created in a month or a week, or a summary of your entries from that time period.
Bookend your days with stoic., which suggests daily questions for your morning and evening to help you think deeply about your feelings. It’s all inspired by the ancient philosophy of the Stoics, and you can tweak your prompts so they’re inspired by Seneca, Marcus Aurelius, and other thinkers.
While journaling is often a solo endeavor, sometimes it’s helpful to share your thoughts with trusted friends, family, or health professionals. In Waffle, you can create multiple journals—for example, one for you and your partner, and another for your whole family. The app will adjust its prompts based on your relationship.
This guided journaling app is a place to record your thoughts, reflect, and find your purpose. It was created by Elizabeth Uviebinené, best-selling co-author of Slay in Your Lane: The Black Girl Bible.
This video journal app stitches one-second snippets of your life into a compelling personal movie. Forgot to make a recording one day? The app can turn your Live Photos into videos so you can add them after the fact.
