Day One: Daily Journal & Diary
★ 4.2What it actually doesDay One is a digital journal supporting text, photos, videos, and audio recordings with transcription, cross-device synchronization, and E2E encryption, but suffers from frequent synchronization and interface bugs after recent updates.
Actually does
- ✓Note taking95% of reviews
- ✓Markdown editor30% of reviews
- ✓Photo cloud40% of reviews
- ✓Voice notes30% of reviews
- ✓Функция «В этот день»10% of reviews
- ✓Теги и фильтрация15% of reviews
Claimed, but not confirmed by reviews
- ⚠End-to-end encryption
- ⚠Biometric Authentication
- ⚠Backup / restore
- ⚠Sync across devices
- ⚠Reminders
- ⚠Настраиваемые шаблоны
- ⚠Progress Tracking
- ⚠Offline maps
- ⚠Data export
Common complaints
- ✗Sync breaks after updates25% of mentions
«Before the last update, sync between the app on iOS and the web version was working fine. Now the journal is empty on iPhone and there's a sync error in settings»
- ✗App freezes and crashes20% of mentions
«I really liked the app, but there are lots of bugs. I often have to close the app and reopen it»
- ✗Bugs when adding and deleting photos10% of mentions
«When adding a photo to a note, the photo group immediately shows 'media already added', and added photos don't delete on the first try»
- ✗Interface degraded after updates15% of mentions
«After the update, there's no way to display all notes at once, they removed color formatting, buttons became small, the diary became really boring»
- ✗App lags in newer versions10% of mentions
«I've been keeping a diary for 4 years. With each new version release, the app gets slower and slower»
What people praise
- ★Voice recordings with transcription
«I use it as a diary where I record everything using voice recognition, because it's convenient. The audio recording feature! And all this gets converted to text, you won't find this anywhere else»
- ★Reminder feature for past entries
«On This Day, where the app would remind you about your thoughts and visuals on this day of the year»
- ★Long-term reliability for memory storage
«Essential instrument of my lifestyle with 7678 entries as of today (more than 21 years). I've been using it daily for 8 years»
- ★Beautiful app design
«I love this app. The best diary of all I've seen. Very good and beautiful application»
- ★Support for photos, videos and documents
«Adding images and documents like PDFs to entries. This feature especially shines with On This Day»