Boy I wasn’t expecting a lot out of an initial release in the beta, but to say this is barebones is a woeful understatement. Grant it I may be missing something here as I’ve only played with it a few minutes, but there’s no way to create multiple journals; no way to tag entries; no way to link entries together; no way to even search your entries; no way to format text, much less insert tables; no way to embed images inline (they show up at the top of the entries). The Notes app is far more capable. I’m surprised they didn’t reuse most of that editing code for this.
People thought this would be the end of Day One because it had access to far more on-device metadata than Day One was allowed, but this *automatically* captures almost nothing–no location, no activity statistics from Health, no weather, not even the specific time that the entry was made (only the date). You can *manually* add your location, but that’s an opt-in step.
I still find it absurd that Apple has to tie a full OS update with an app release. Granted, maybe the api updates couldn’t be included in previous 17 builds? But why not just use the App Store and push more frequent updates and fixes, without needing an OS upgrade?
I assume it’s just so they can stick it on every device, maybe legally they can’t do that if it’s they the App Store?
I think it is being released on the App Store. Apparently you can delete the app from your phone on the 17.2 Beta but there’s no way to get it back atm lol
I thought the appeal of it was simplication for people that just want to write a few paragraphs at the end of the day. I’m speaking for myself, but as an end of the day, quickly write down your thoughts type of thing I can’t see a reason for multiple journals, tables, or note linking for instance. At that point use the Notes app.
Yeah agreed. I’m not sure that many users genuinely want tags and links because that feels a bit counter to the idea of casual journaling. That feels more like you’re taking down notes. I do hope they build on the suggestions though because that is truly the main appeal of Apple having control over this.
Boy I wasn’t expecting a lot out of an initial release in the beta, but to say this is barebones is a woeful understatement. Grant it I may be missing something here as I’ve only played with it a few minutes, but there’s no way to create multiple journals; no way to tag entries; no way to link entries together; no way to even search your entries; no way to format text, much less insert tables; no way to embed images inline (they show up at the top of the entries). The Notes app is far more capable. I’m surprised they didn’t reuse most of that editing code for this.
People thought this would be the end of Day One because it had access to far more on-device metadata than Day One was allowed, but this *automatically* captures almost nothing–no location, no activity statistics from Health, no weather, not even the specific time that the entry was made (only the date). You can *manually* add your location, but that’s an opt-in step.
I still find it absurd that Apple has to tie a full OS update with an app release. Granted, maybe the api updates couldn’t be included in previous 17 builds? But why not just use the App Store and push more frequent updates and fixes, without needing an OS upgrade?
I assume it’s just so they can stick it on every device, maybe legally they can’t do that if it’s they the App Store?
I think it is being released on the App Store. Apparently you can delete the app from your phone on the 17.2 Beta but there’s no way to get it back atm lol
I thought the appeal of it was simplication for people that just want to write a few paragraphs at the end of the day. I’m speaking for myself, but as an end of the day, quickly write down your thoughts type of thing I can’t see a reason for multiple journals, tables, or note linking for instance. At that point use the Notes app.
Yeah agreed. I’m not sure that many users genuinely want tags and links because that feels a bit counter to the idea of casual journaling. That feels more like you’re taking down notes. I do hope they build on the suggestions though because that is truly the main appeal of Apple having control over this.
But it doesn’t harm anyone to be able to search through notes. It’s kind of surprising you can’t do that
Tables in a journal?