MacJournal for iPhone App Reviews

Are you telling me I just purchased this app and you cant even have photos in your entries? As an iPhone user, like everyone else, I am visual and media centric and if I was a text only user I would just have a Blackberry. Disappointing. Other journal apps integrate photos, videos, social media, etc.

I love Mac Journal on my laptop and I bought this app to use on the go. Im very disappointed in the iPhone app. Its ridiculous for $5 that we cant put photos in and there arent bullet points. There are many other cheaper apps that have way more functionality for less money. Mariner Software is typically great with this one exception. PLEASE MAKE THIS BETTER AND UPDATE!!!

Why would _anyone_ pay for a separate version of an already-truncated app to run on an iPad? Cheesy corporate avarice, anyone?

This app works just like the Mac version and syncs without any problems. Excellent support too.

When I turn on"Remember Location" in a DropBox Syncing journal, created entries are duplicated often.

I really like this app, but its still really hard to sync!

Usually a rock solid app for iOS and MacOS, but this recent upgrade wont even see my Mac to sync. Please fix!

MacJournal is a great app that offers the ability to post to personally hosted blogs. Having both the iOS version and OSX versions makes it easy to write, keep journals and even compose articles to upload to blog. I personally hope that Mariner continues to improve the iOS version as they are about to have serious competition on this front with both Bloom and RedSweater looking capitalize with their own iOS apps that link to personal blogs.

I havent used the iPhone app in a few months because the UI and design had some flaws, though I regularly use the OSX app. I needed to pull up a note yesterday and couldnt log in to my synced Dropbox folder. I use a password keeper as well as 2-step verification and MacJournal ends the Dropbox login folder when you leave the app to copy a password or authentication number. Does the team at Mariner assume that will I write down the long, randomly generated p/w from 1-Password, along with the authentication code, then furiously enter them before the authentication code expires?

Best journaling app I have ever used. For a long time Ive been searching for an easy-to-use journaling app with great functionality and keyboard support. Finally I found it! Thanks so much for creating this app. And thanks for making it so accessible with VoiceOver.

I used this app extensively in the past but after several iOS updates the app could not sync data between devices. With this update (11-02-2016), I had renewed hope that syncing could take place once again via my Dropbox account. Well, this update just causes the app to open with a completely BLANK SCREEN. Very disappointing.

One problem I have previously complained about, and has not been addressed, is the inability to zoom in on PDFs. It is very nice to have PDFs stored in the Mac application and sync them to the iPhone app, but you cannot zoom in to see any details, especially if the font is small. They released version 6 of the desktop app in December, then issued two updates. and still no iCloud sync. This is surprising as many users would like this feature to be implemented soon. You would not think this would be a hard task for a well established developer since a newcomer (Day One) has already implemented it.

I really enjoy the desk top version very much, the iPhone is limited when viewing entries and I hope they will update with the ability to see photos, bold and underlined text etc... Still a nice app just somewhat limited visually.

I have the desktop version as well and syncing it daily to Dropbox. However, please have this capable of storing images too and not just the desktop version.

Hey guys! What about iCloud sync? Or even Dropbox? Will you do it? Or there is no reason to wait for it? Update: DO NOT BUY THIS APP, BCZ DEVELOPERS FORGOT ABOUT THIS AND DONT WANT TO UPDATE IT! P.S. soon we will celebrate last update anniversary :) thanks for great app

Im a long time user of MJ and use it nearly every day. Its a full-featured journal/writing app, and has become like a well worn notebook & fountain pen for this writer. The visual file organization is simple and what drew me to the software in the beginning. So when the iOS version was released I gave it a try. Im using it more and more. I have used MJ on my iphone with a wireless keyboard in a pinch. Not ideal but it works and Im glad its an option. Syncing. It works very well and its my personal preference to sync directly to my mac via wi-fi instead of "icloud-ing it". The only syncing issue I encountered was with locked journals holding many nested journals. For some reason, it wouldnt sync and eventually locked up. Tried a couple times. I had no data loss but wondered why the problem. Dont know but I went back to how Id been organizing my entries & journals and everything synced up fine again. So.. I knock off a half star for that. Love the simple password protect for the program. I dont have the secrets of the universe in there but I do want to keep inquiring eyes out. I found that .doc(s) (MS Word) that Id imported into MJ OS X are empty entries in MJ iphone app. Also, from Final Draft, I have some .rtf files Id imported, in script format, and those show up fine in MJ on my iphone, except the formatting isnt really maintained but is readable. The ability to take a photo within the app and add it to your entry, I think is essential, especially for an app that is on an iphone or ipad! Photo integration ought to be way up on their list of updates, imo. You have the option to send the entry to your blog but it cant have a picture. Humm. But I can live without it for now. The roar for syncing with icloud or similar is only going to get louder - many will want or need that. Schimpf & Co ought to make it available. But keep the wi-fi sync option! That and taking pics within the app are obvious misses. But overall, a nice way to access your MJ data on our portable devices. Finding the right tools for what you want to do, also applies in the world of apps. The MJ desktop app is excellent and Id struggle to find something as useful. The iOS MJ app is OK to very good but needs feature improvement. What it does, it does well enough, and it has been surprisingly helpful to have MJ on my iphone.

I was hesitant to buy this due to some of the other reviews about losing data but so far so good. I havent had any issues other than having an encrypted journal. It has been great to have my journal with me at all times. Needs: Image capability Website link capability Rich text format Mood tracking Format with templates Video capability

This is a great journaling app for the iPhone. Ive been using it for over a year. I have the desktop version and had no issues with syncing until I upgraded to MacJournal for Mac 6.0. Now my iPhone 5 wont sync with the desktop version. Ive read that others are having sync issues as well. How many companys would get away with NO UPDATE since September 2011??? That says alot about the program, but it really needs to get updated.

Seriously? This is a major omission. Desktop version has good features in this regard. Also, syncing is inconsistent at best. I wish I had not purchased the iPhone version...

How is this not a features app? Its by far the best journal app on the Mac. DayOne doesnt hold a candle to this app!