The Journal app, coming to iOS 17.2, is Apple’s new mental health tool for reflection. CNET’s Bridget Carey has been using it for the past month and shares her impressions on what was helpful – and what was unexpected.
0:00 Using Apple’s Journal App: What Surprised Me Most
1:00 Journal App Coming in iOS 17.2
1:51 Getting Started with Journal
2:59 Apple Claims Journal Apple Protects Users’ Privacy
3:55 Journal App Does Have Limits
4:53 Journal Posts Resist Sharing and Searching
6:29 CNET’s Second Opinion on Apple’s Journal App
7:46 Apple’s Journal is Worth A Shot
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@benmatt8940
December 1, 2023 at 12:38 pm
I only watch those videos because of her energy and enthusiasm, she either likes her job or she paid well…
@ChristopheHanne
December 1, 2023 at 12:40 pm
One point that we must emphasis to is the fact that your journal IS NOT SYNCHRONIZED WITH YOUR ICLOUD account (yet). So if you delete the app, you’ll delete all it’s content. Forever. Just be aware of that. It happens to me…
@ChristopheHanne
December 1, 2023 at 12:43 pm
I like the fact that you mentioned that the posts are for yourself, and you’re wondering why it’s important… I think the goal is not only to get access to your memory or your old activities or souvenirs… but journaling is important to STOP… and start thinking about you, your life, your situation, and your goals. It’s so easy to being lost in Facebook or Twitter, watching meaningless videos over and over like a robot. It’s important to stop, sometimes.
@robertmueller2023
December 1, 2023 at 1:41 pm
Who here wants to break up big tech?
@bobbyv3
December 1, 2023 at 2:06 pm
By your tone, I have no clue if you like it or hate it.
@MrOmega52
December 1, 2023 at 2:13 pm
That would be all I need, something to nag me to death. Don’t need a wife, more a best friend, you know an android phone lol.
@777VIV
December 1, 2023 at 2:14 pm
i will try it out.
@SMX815
December 1, 2023 at 2:39 pm
I think that this would be great for making a journal about your holiday or ability to add photos, so on & so forth. Great review 😊
@javtimestwo
December 1, 2023 at 3:07 pm
I had no idea Wendy’s still had customers 😮
McDonald’s for the win. The fries are 🔥
@jurt00
December 1, 2023 at 3:33 pm
Yeah, I don’t need Apple learning more about me. I’ll pass on this and continue to use my reMarkable for journaling.
@jaykoh1514
December 1, 2023 at 3:41 pm
That’s the point… to NOT share… is nothing sacred anymore? I applaud Apple for keepin’ it real. Do it for yourself, not to impress your neighbors and friends, you will be a better person for it.
@pujaballer
December 1, 2023 at 3:47 pm
Is this app only available in the states? I’m in Canada I’ve never seen it.
@keon3155
December 1, 2023 at 3:49 pm
Thanks for updating us on the journal app. I didn’t know what it was for. I don’t think I’ll use anything that will lock me into a specific phone brand. But it’s nice to keep up to date on these things
@matthew.trickett
December 1, 2023 at 4:05 pm
Can’t wait for this app!
@DougiePlaysSoccer
December 1, 2023 at 4:26 pm
I think the amount of data the phone is collecting is scary. And the promised security is a facade if you don’t subscribe into their icloud model. All this enhanced with AI makes it even more scarier
@PaulSeagull
December 1, 2023 at 6:34 pm
Bridget is sweetheart and charmer 🖤
@goldfinga786able
December 1, 2023 at 6:42 pm
Free Palestine 🇵🇸
@SFJayAnt
December 1, 2023 at 7:38 pm
I ❤ “Yournal”
@joshs3916
December 1, 2023 at 7:42 pm
Bridget made a good point about this making it just one more reason you’re outdone easily switch to android. I personally never have written journal entries, but apparently I’m in the minority.
@championblessed2917
December 1, 2023 at 7:48 pm
Your channel is so good❤
@MiltBrady
December 1, 2023 at 7:48 pm
good job
@JohnSandovalesq
December 1, 2023 at 8:11 pm
Questions, if your journal is backed up to iCloud can you access it from your iPad and your iPhone? Can you use Apple Pencil to write in the Journal app on iPad ?
@jeffbonar7716
December 1, 2023 at 10:12 pm
At the moment, no. It’s only an iPhone app as of 17.2. But I’d be really surprised if they’re not already planning on iPad and Mac updates in the future.
@BrianCrosby007
December 1, 2023 at 8:38 pm
Sounds like a pointless app that will be removed from my phone right away.
@sewing1
December 1, 2023 at 11:17 pm
Please let us know when Apple adds search and calendar view to their new Journal app. Until then I’ll continue to use Day One. I search my old entries a lot.
@mariacheebandidos7183
December 2, 2023 at 12:07 am
why do people insist on calling or referring to apple improving their products and user experience, as a “lock in” “walled garden” “preventing you from leaving”… would you rather they make them worse, leave them stagnant with worse user experience?
@wiwingmargahayu6831
December 2, 2023 at 1:15 am
zamzam water
@cadenchurchill4296
December 2, 2023 at 2:25 am
This video was brought to you by our sponsor – Wendy’s!
@rogerbravo3783
December 2, 2023 at 5:38 am
I loved the app by far. But m kinda looking for a folder structure. You know seperate journals for other aspect of our life! That would be phenomenal!
@abelluciano
December 2, 2023 at 5:47 am
I want that on Mac
@rusepoix
December 2, 2023 at 7:07 am
Dear Bridget,
Since macOS now supports iPhone apps, you should be able to save your Journal’s content on a Mac, photos included. I don’t use an iPhone because the audio sucks, compared to my trusty LG V40 (with its high-impedance audio jack and LDAC codec support, ask Steve Guttenberg…), but I’m a writer and have been using Pages for over 20 years to keep a diary and write novels.
Pages supports all sorts of multimedia files and made me ditch MS Word when I updated my first iMac (the 1998 one with Mac OS 9) to Mac OS 10.2 Leopard. Word couldn’t handle long files and hundreds of fonts without crashing twice an hour. Pages never let me down, except when Apple removed half of the advanced features for the iPad, but I had bought it and just stopped updating till 2 years ago, when they finally restored long-lost features, like footnotes and the double-page display mode, very convenient with a 27′ screen, since you literally can see both of them at full size, plus sidenotes. Being light-sensitive, I’m a big fan of the dark mode as well.
Just know there’s no point keeping a diary if it’s just meant to be family-friendly. Social media serve your public persona; a journal’s meant for processing your intimate thoughts without oversharing like Elon Musk, who should know better at 52, being a rocket scientist and all. I’m the same age and not as smart, but 32 years of journaling made me wiser, and a decent wordsmith in my native French language.
Take care, Mrs. Carey, and please keep making my Friday.
@LibertaliaExplorer
December 2, 2023 at 7:26 am
Would have been nice if you had toned down the antics (seems like you are stopping yourself from laughing mid-sentence).
Came off as an insincere review and almost like you’re taunting Apple (keep in mind that this is just version 1).
@ninjanerdstudent6937
December 2, 2023 at 8:18 am
Handwriting is better because the speed of writing slows down and allows the processing of emotions. Journaling is a dedicated time to stay off of a screen and reflect on recent emotional events. Also, I only clicked for Bridget’s beautiful face.
@slonekettering25
December 2, 2023 at 8:22 am
This is the first time I have seen a video with Bridget. I really enjoyed her. Super likable and engaging. Good job!
@rc2257
December 2, 2023 at 9:47 am
Great video, makes some important points I haven’t seen in other reviews, like the inability to search.
I can kind of understand why Apple didn’t give us the ability to share stuff from the journal app.. Journals are generally intended to be private. Still, though, the multi-media journal entries you can create with it are sometimes going to be things you’d want to share, but can’t.
Anyway, thanks for the thought and time you put into make this video review. It was really helpful.
@jasona.2044
December 2, 2023 at 9:58 am
No searching? That’s garbage
@zuczekbansaj3339
December 2, 2023 at 10:38 am
Oh wow i had Journal app in galaxy s1…so innovatvie apple🎉
@tgoddard1988
December 2, 2023 at 12:16 pm
See I’m an android phone user, but back in 2018 I try to switch to iPhone because I’ve been an iPad fan for, well as long as they’ve been about. But I just couldn’t do it. I spent a year with the iPhone and I just struggled, I didn’t like how they did things you know? I didn’t like not having a Home Screen, I didn’t like not having app folders, I just struggled with it. I love the freedom of an android and I found androids a lot more interesting than iPhones, so I’m a bit upset but I won’t be able to use the journal feature fully because obviously when I do have an iPad Pro and it won’t be able to give me the same suggestions as an iPhone. Still won’t switch to iPhone though.
@brianvogelsong754
December 2, 2023 at 12:53 pm
Good stuff looking forward to it the new app
@AhmadSohailWahab
December 2, 2023 at 2:29 pm
Not having a search is a bummer. I usually search the amount that I paid in a barber I went to in a different location.
@AhmadSohailWahab
December 2, 2023 at 2:29 pm
Life cycle and geofence are much better.
@user-hi8zq1qy1i
December 2, 2023 at 2:49 pm
😊😊😊😊😊😊 Bridget
@user-hi8zq1qy1i
December 2, 2023 at 2:51 pm
Bridget is cute 😊😊😊😊😊🥺🥺🥺💨🤓🤓🤓
@JasonMcFadden
December 2, 2023 at 7:13 pm
Thanks for this overview of Journal. My main reason to avoid it is platform lock-in. As you said, I think it’s another lock on the gate to the walled-garden. Another reason: it’s iPhone only, not for iPad or Mac (yet). Third, I won’t use it b/c it’s kind of creepy how much the phone “knows” about my activities. Last, Apple is trying too hard to be helpful with health. Mental health is important, journaling is good (I already journal daily). But like your list of things Apple does to help your health, it’s too much. Like, telling me to stand up, wash my hands (Apple Watch), and take time to breath, to reflect, to stop staring at the iPhone too closely, and then to stop staring at the iPhone too much/often, and to turn down my headphone volume…what am I, a kid? Too much “Apple knows best.”
@malikshaurya94
December 2, 2023 at 7:43 pm
Is there ANY such even comparable smart journal app on Android? Is it expected from Google or any of the other players?
@nukesean
December 2, 2023 at 8:00 pm
No search?! Wtf?!
@dariusthorne
December 2, 2023 at 10:52 pm
So if your photo library isn’t safe as it is from government organizations and nefarious entities, we are just going to give a play by play on daily activities and personal insights….genius.
@rocksinger45
December 3, 2023 at 3:11 am
Thanks for the quicky pictures of your beautiful family I was wondering what you family look like ~ Wishing you and yours the best for the New Year ~
@simstander5471
December 3, 2023 at 3:53 am
No searching? 😢
@omnoir
December 3, 2023 at 4:01 am
Great video! Cant wait to try this.
@brooklynsix1931
December 3, 2023 at 4:05 am
As I’m scrolling through my phone at night 😂
@jazzfan7491
December 3, 2023 at 6:06 am
No search? My gosh, use Pages instead
@evindrews
December 3, 2023 at 7:28 am
really weird you can’t search
@thecodemongoose
December 3, 2023 at 8:28 am
DayOne.
@flackowitz7412
December 3, 2023 at 8:59 am
I love the idea of the Journal app and I can’t wait till it’s available, sometimes we focus more on the everyday people but also forget about how there are people with mental challenges that this app will make their lives sooo much better. Also for me, I haven’t been on facebook for 2 years now and one of the things i loved about facebook was that it would occasionally remind me about past posts back when i used to post everything i ate and did and it would bring me back to the great funny moment that i would forget about. Also I don’t believe in having to share your entire life with the world, my life is much better when i share my experiences with people that i care about and that care about me and i love to share them in an old school conversation, and i know I can’t share my journal but it can help me remember those moments I love to share in a simple conversation. And finally the journal is a great way to be thankful of your accomplishments, that should be an everyday thing to help you stay a flote in this crazy world. Can’t wait for iOS 17.2
@danielsolstrand
December 3, 2023 at 9:22 am
Well I cant find it on the app store even?
@NicholasMcClure
December 3, 2023 at 10:35 am
I suspect a search function will come as a later update – it’s a pretty obvious necessary feature
@ranamorjal
December 3, 2023 at 11:41 am
Why you making face like this. Too annoying 😮
@jamesjackson5546
December 3, 2023 at 11:42 am
ehhhhhh not for me
@danielcobian2123
December 3, 2023 at 12:23 pm
We know she’s used 2 testing betas 😅😅