Day One Journaling App Update Adds iPad Trackpad Support, New Day View, and More

Great! Love this app - one of the few sub' services I don't mind paying for.

Day One is a fantastic app. I used to keep entries about things I did on vacation, lectures I saw, what we did on our anniversary, etc., in a Word file, but that doesn't show you where you were on a map, or what the weather was at the time, or what you did that day in previous years, or do a lot of things that Day One does so well.

I was a little hesitant when they went subscription, but it's an app I use almost every day, and whenever I report a problem or make a suggestion, I get a reply within a day if not within hours. Support is great. For whatever reason, I got locked in at the lower subscription price of $25 a year, which I don't mind paying at all.

I used to keep a certain journal on Mac OS. Then it was left unsupported and inaccessible after an OS upgrade.

Now I keep a paper journal, just like in the old days. It's good to know it will always be there.

Did it fix the issue where basic things like dark mode and adding journals requires a monthly subscription?

EDIT: You can see here ('https://dayoneapp.com/pricing/')that Dark Mode is $2.92 a month.

Love this app and it is a subscription that I don't mind paying for at all. I have close to 7,000 entries now dating back to 11 years ago and spread out over 13 different journals. Love it.


Seriously? A Subscription is only $35 a year which breaks down to less than $3 a month. It's a great journal app.

It doesn't matter if it's $0.99 a year. They converted an app they already sold as a one time price into a subscription platform. IOS apps are not the same as desktop apps. You can't just slap a 2 on it and claim it requires another purchase. There was no additional expense for adding Dark Mode because they had already promised feature updates when they originally listed the app. The cost of that development should have been accounted for in their price.

What is their justification for needing recurring revenue on a text editor? Providing proprietary cloud storage? Continued support? They could have just added the ability to export and save to icloud or one of the dozen of existing cloud storage services. They could develop a new app that justifies another purchase.

It is simple. They fleeced their early adopters.They could have added their proprietary cloud service as an IAP, and than developed a service that outperforms other options, but they didn't.

And before you throw the 'entitled' word about, you should know that yes, we are entitled to feature updates and bug fixes on software I purchased that promised feature updates and bug fixes. We shouldn't have to pay them over and over to fix their software.

I don’t subscribe. I can add new journals and dark mode works for me.

You can have multiple journals and dark mode without paying?! That makes their pricing page ('https://dayoneapp.com/pricing/') confusing as it specifically says you have to subscribe to get those 'features'.

Did it fix the issue where basic things like dark mode and adding journals requires a monthly subscription?

I don’t subscribe. I can add new journals and dark mode works for me.