ZenJournal: Minimalist Log5.4.1 - App Store

ZenJournal is a fast, private journal built around calm, frictionless writing.

Open the app and start logging. Speak it, type it, or snap it. Search with ?, organize with #hashtags, and switch between timelines for life, work, travel, ideas, or anything else you want to keep separate.

ZenJournal keeps journaling simple:

- Fast timeline-first writing
- Voice logs with on-device transcription, so your audio never leaves your phone
- Photos attached to any entry
- Export in Paper, Ink, and Warm styles as an image, PDF, TextBundle, or text
- Separate timelines for separate parts of your life
- iCloud sync across your devices
- Discreet Mode to blur your logs in public
- Face ID and Touch ID lock
- #hashtags and ? search built into the same input
- Backup and restore
- Dark mode and light mode support

Use ZenJournal for stream-of-consciousness writing, morning pages, private notes, ideas, memories, travel logs, work reflections, or a calmer alternative to noisy feeds.

ZenJournal is free to use, with unlimited logs and two timelines. Zen Pro adds photo and voice logs, on-device transcription, PDF and TextBundle export, and as many timelines as you need. Every plan starts with a 7-day free trial.

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Version History What's new in 5.4.1
- Fixed a freeze on first launch, where the keyboard could rise over the welcome screen and cover its only button.
- The first-run setup can now be skipped from the top right.

Voice logs, an activity chart, home screen widgets, and a real editor for your timelines.

Talk instead of typing
- Record a voice log right in the input, without leaving your timeline. Scrub the waveform, pause and resume mid-thought, or discard and start over.
- Transcription happens on device, in the language you actually speak, and the words land in your timeline the moment you stop. The audio never leaves your iPhone.
- Copy the transcript from any recording.

See every day you showed up
- Swipe up from the input for a chart of your activity. Not a streak counter, just the shape of your months.
- Put the Activity widget on your home screen, small or medium. Tap a day and the app opens right there.
- With Lock Mode on, the widget stays put and shows the shape without a single word.

Timeline Garden
- Your timelines are now a tree you can tend. Drag a bubble onto another to nest it, tap to rename, reorder, or remove. Entries in a removed timeline are kept and stay searchable in All.

Also new
- A share extension: send text, links, or photos from any app straight into a timeline.
- New photo and camera cards for attaching images.
- Journal reminders as real notifications, with the frequency set in Settings.
- A guided first run that lets you try each feature instead of reading about it. Replay it any time from Settings.
- Discreet Mode keeps dates and times readable so you can still find your way around, and Copy and Share ask you to unlock first when Lock Mode is on.
- Haptics across capture, save, and selection.

Zen Pro has new pricing, and every plan now starts with a 7-day free trial. If you already subscribe, your price stays exactly as it was. 5.4.1 Sep 19 Voice logs, an activity chart, home screen widgets, and a real editor for your timelines.

Talk instead of typing
- Record a voice log right in the input, without leaving your timeline. Scrub the waveform, pause and resume mid-thought, or discard and start over.
- Transcription happens on device, in the language you actually speak, and the words land in your timeline the moment you stop. The audio never leaves your iPhone.
- Copy the transcript from any recording.

See every day you showed up
- Swipe up from the input for a chart of your activity. Not a streak counter, just the shape of your months.
- Put the Activity widget on your home screen, small or medium. Tap a day and the app opens right there.
- With Lock Mode on, the widget stays put and shows the shape without a single word.

Timeline Garden
- Your timelines are now a tree you can tend. Drag a bubble onto another to nest it, tap to rename, reorder, or remove. Entries in a removed timeline are kept and stay searchable in All.

Also new
- A share extension: send text, links, or photos from any app straight into a timeline.
- New photo and camera cards for attaching images.
- Journal reminders as real notifications, with the frequency set in Settings.
- A guided first run that lets you try each feature instead of reading about it. Replay it any time from Settings.
- Discreet Mode keeps dates and times readable so you can still find your way around, and Copy and Share ask you to unlock first when Lock Mode is on.
- Haptics across capture, save, and selection.

Zen Pro has new pricing, and every plan now starts with a 7-day free trial. If you already subscribe, your price stays exactly as it was. 5.4.0 Sep 4 Timeline export is here.

You can now turn a day, session, or single entry into something polished enough to save, send, print, or keep outside the app.

New in this version:
- Export timeline moments in three styles: Paper, Ink, and Warm.
- Share as a beautiful image for quick sending.
- Export as PDF for archiving or printing.
- Export as TextBundle to keep Markdown and attached images together.
- Copy or share text with image-aware rich formatting when your logs include photos.

Also included from recent V5 updates: iCloud sync, multiple timelines, the refreshed Liquid Glass interface, broader localization coverage, and editable logs for the typo that refuses to let anyone achieve inner peace. 5.3.0 Jun 6 New: you can finally edit a log.

Normally, ZenJournal does not encourage tampering with history. Logs are time's fingerprints: little artifacts of who you were when you wrote them. But there are perfectionists among us who simply cannot achieve inner peace while a typo sits there blinking at them. This one's for you.

Also included from the recent V5 updates:
- New localization coverage for German, English, Spanish (Mexico), French, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese (Brazil), Simplified Chinese, and Traditional Chinese.
- iCloud sync, multiple timelines, and a refreshed Liquid Glass interface for keeping different parts of life separate and synced across devices. 5.2.0 May 14 This is the biggest update since the launch of ZenJournal: ZenJournal V5.

We introduced iCloud sync, multiple timelines, and a refreshed Liquid Glass UI. You can now keep different parts of your life in separate timelines, switch between them quickly, and keep your journal synced across devices.

- New localization coverage for German, English, Spanish (Mexico), French, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese (Brazil), Simplified Chinese, and Traditional Chinese. 5.1.0 May 8 This is the biggest update since the launch of ZenJournal: ZenJournal V5.

We introduced iCloud sync, multiple timelines, and a refreshed Liquid Glass UI. You can now keep different parts of your life in separate timelines, switch between them quickly, and keep your journal synced across devices. 5.0.1 May 5 Prithee, we have uplifted the heartstone of yonder system, the revered React Native. Verily, it doth now operate with a swiftness that surpasses all its former states. 3.6.1 05/29/2023 Fixed bug on labels with non-English locales 3.5.1 01/05/2023 Happy holidays. Enjoy the app on us! 3.5.0 12/25/2022 One tap and easily share a log, a block of logs, or a day of logs. Enjoy! 3.4.0 09/20/2022 Brand new engine, it should be even faster than the last version. 3.3.0 01/16/2022 Better and faster engine. Remember to periodically backup your logs manually. Happy holidays! 3.2.0 12/19/2021 New with V3:
- Photographic memory with image logs!
- Rewrite search to be 10x faster. Even if you have more than 100K logs, it will be just as fast.
- Rewrite hashtag to be faster and matches strictly.
- Monochromatic and consistent icons inside app. 3.1.0 09/04/2021 - Fixing the restore button that will reset your logs. If you upgraded to v3, remember to always backup your logs periodically.
New with V3:
- Photographic memory with image logs!
- Rewrite search to be 10x faster. Even if you have more than 100K logs, it will be just as fast.
- Rewrite hashtag to be faster and matches strictly.
- Monochromatic and consistent icons inside app. 3.0.1 08/22/2021 - Photographic memory with image logs!
- Rewrite search to be 10x faster. Even if you have more than 100K logs, it will be just as fast.
- Rewrite hashtag to be faster and matches strictly.
- Monochromatic and consistent icons inside app. 3.0.0 08/22/2021 Loads of updates with this version:
+ Much improved iPad support (ergonomical 700p width, more responsive layout)
+ Input also follows font scale
+ Fix animation jitter
+ Adding haptic feedback on Settings and on contribution graph close.
+ Adding Chinese question mark ？for searching.
+ Better hashtag autosuggestion
+ Make "#" and "?" buttons smarter so it inserts at the cursor, not just the end of the line.
+ Nicer Settings Icon and contrast
+ Internationalization on date time
+ Full Simplified Chinese UI support 2.3 06/27/2020 Is the text on your log stream too small or too big for your eyes? Resize text whenever you want.
Do you like to write long logs before adding them onto your stream? Now, these will be auto-saved even if you force-close the app.
Do you use a Bluetooth keyboard? We now have some keyboard shortcuts support that's perfect for it. You no longer have to touch the screen while journaling.
You can finally support the development of ZenJournal by becoming a subscriber. It will unlock one small feature: font customization as a thank you. 2.2 04/28/2020 ○ Discreet Mode now can be quickly toggled on without FaceID/Password
○ When Lock Mode is on, Discreet Mode will also be turned on by default on app open.
○ Fixed a bug when Lock Mode setting was not persisted when app closes.
○ Make views responsive to devices with smaller screen.
○ Improve search with more handling for edge cases. 2.1.0 01/23/2020 - Fixed long log pushing button behind keyboard.
- Fixed modal animation. It's still janky, but smoother than previous version.
- Fixed white background on flipping.
- Fixed missing top padding for illustration.
- Increased last log bottom padding. 2.0.2 01/14/2020 ● Journal anywhere with Discreet Mode.
● Protect your logs with TouchID/FaceID Lock Mode.
● Redesigned Dark Mode makes it easier to read in the dark. 2.0.0 12/24/2019 More friendly microcopy for searching mode.
Fixed a bug for first-time installers that tapped the "?" button before they logged anything. 1.6.3 03/11/2019 - Autofocus and pop keyboard on app open, one less tap, 2x faster.
- Subtle input field shadow. 1.6.2 02/16/2019 - Empty state doesn’t have to be ugly.
- Log input box now have consistent font and padding.
- Log input top shadow more subtle. 1.6.1 01/27/2019 New logo. New loading page. Happy New Year! 1.5.2 01/17/2019 - New borderless style and emoji icons for Settings, cleaner and colorful look just for the holidays.
- New color theme for Contribution Graph, also with Dark Mode support!
- Added Rate ZenJournal button in Settings. Please give us a review so more people can discover the app. 1.4.2 12/05/2018