Daylio Journal

What reviewers actually said

Built only from these 120 real reviews (foreign ones translated). Superscripts jump to the quote here. Apple has no per-review links, so [ref] opens that app's reviews on the App Store.

1. [R3] 5/5 · US Best app on my phone: This is the best app and well worth premium. I’ve had it since 2018. It keeps me on track with habits - I track EVERYTHING! From mood to food habits, working out, my cycle, and non habits like not doom scrolling and drinking less - you can track anything. And I love all the added features of journaling, adding pictures, and setting goals. Loveeeee it
2. [R4] 5/5 · US Perfect for my needs!: Super simple and customizable. I have adhd, so many apps can be too overwhelming to look at. The free version is perfect for all I need, and you can customize everything to make it your own. I recommend!
3. [R14] 5/5 · US Live laugh love Daylio: This is an amazing app. I love being able to add my own emotions and customize each mood to relate to me and how I experience emotions. I also love being able to write as much as I want without a limit so I can vent as much or as little as I want. Being able to add images is also a really nice feature so I can connect my feeling to images from that day if I want to. As some
4. [R20] 5/5 · US Love this app: I love how much you can customize it, it’s easy to access and gives so many options to personalize.
5. [R1] 5/5 · US Good Tool: Helps me with my emotions
6. [R5] 5/5 · US I saw how I was changing and growing!: I loved that I could see how I was growing and feeling that day. And the writing prompts were great for helping me brain dump at three am before bed! lol. I have used this app for some time, and loved every minute. It’s not making you stressed to keep up your score. It’s just there when you need it. Always ready to listen. Thank you for reading! ❤️
7. [R6] 5/5 · US Been using Daylio for years now: Been using this for yearsssss through highschool to graduating college !! Love looking back at patterns and stuff
8. [R18] 5/5 · US good app: It really helps me I feel like it’s just something I can do daily and not worry about it. I’m allowed to freely express myself and put photos in there and it’s great knowing I’ll be the only one to see it. This app also shows my improvement over the months on my mood, habits and accomplishments! I can truly see myself doing better things and changing a lot positively.
9. [R37] 5/5 · US i love this app.: I just wanted to preface that I have been using this app for at least 3-4 years. I love it, and you can do so much without premium. The journal helps me remember what I’ve done every day. I’m always quick to update the app whenever they’re available because the updates are always great, such as voice memos. The only thing I’d like to see is the ability to upload videos, not just
10. [R8] 4/5 · US Amazing app: I can record how I feel for the day, set myself goals, set important days and the free version is super good. I can’t add more than 1 goal though. Highly recommend!
11. [R26] 5/5 · US Free Account: Offer paid options but no need. Many many stuffs in here are free & lovely. Enter your mood, but then also what you did today, weather, activities, type of food intake, add a summary photo, add custom buttons for each area. It’s the Good stuff. Plus gives you a daily streak & has a widget to make it easy. 🌸
12. [R22] 5/5 · US Colorful and intuitive: It’s great to be able to look back on my moods and important events over the year.
13. [R33] 5/5 · US Love love love: I have been using Daylio for close to 5 or 6 years now at this point. I love how easy to use and how easy it is to customize. The weekly, monthly and yearly reports are vital to me as someone who is chronically ill. I love this app so much. I recommend it to everyone I know.
14. [R38] 5/5 · US Love the app: I have loved being able to monitor my emotions over the years and see where I am and where the body keeps the score bc of something three years ago to the day is still making my belly hurt. The only think I don’t like is I don’t remember my password and I don’t know how to fix it. If I get a new phone I fear I’ll lose this.
15. [R12] 3/5 · US too many upsells: for an app you could just vibe code nowadays. I would need some uniquely valuable killer feature to pay for a glorified spreadsheet app like this.
16. [R31] 1/5 · US Not "in-app purchases": I really wish app descriptions were required to be honest about their costs - this is NOT an app with "in-app purchases" available, it's an app that requires a PAID SUBSCRIPTION to use after five days.
17. [R88] 2/5 · US Locks your data: Just found out after 1 month of daily tracking, that I CANNOT SEE MY DATA. My own records are locked behind a paywall. I was enjoying the app and considering Premium, but really disappointed. I was using this data for MEDICAL TRACKING and foolishly trusted Daylio to hold onto it.
18. [R137] 1/5 · US Expensive Subscription Model: I like how if a review mentions the overpriced subscription model, the developer just responds with ‘um actually, you don’t have to pay’, completely ignoring the fact the majority of their app is, in fact, paywalled. You can make entries for free, and that’s it. Any kind of analytics or tracking is blocked, so if you’re trying to use this app to track and find patter
19. [R116] 1/5 · US Notifications are annoying: I wish there was a way to remove the notification bubble from Dailyo, I haven’t written in it since Thanksgiving but I have 87 notifications showing on the app. When I open the app, there’s no notifications to view (besides the app asking me to buy it again - I already purchased a lifetime subscription on Android but for some reason that doesn’t apply to iOS…), so the n
20. [R231] 1/5 · US Really sad, account with lifetime subscription lost, price is absolutely absurd for a diary app: I had this app for YEARS. I had my whole life written into this app. I think I had a 800 day streak or something like that. I had bought the lifetime offer that was available at the time and was super happy with the app. Then I had to switch phones and no matter how hard I tried I couldn’t transfer the
21. [R276] 3/5 · GB I’m not paying another subscription.: I’ve had Daylio for years, through google play I paid for a lifetime subscription for everything to be released. Now switching over to iPhone I’ve lost out. It’s my same account, I thought it would be on the account not to my google play account 👎 so it’s not as good anymore. I can’t follow all my moods and triggers now.
22. [R330] 1/5 · GB Total sham: I paid for a lifetime subscription when using android and used for years - recently changed to Apple and this is the only app that doesn’t carry over the subscription. I have several subscriptions that transferred without any issue. Really disappointed in this app and the developers for such a short sighted approach and not considerations for customers changing platforms.
23. [R47] 1/5 · US Pls Daylio Read this: I’ve been using Daylio for over 2 years and it contains some of the most important memories of my life. I trusted this app with very personal moments, including audio recordings, photos, and journal entries. Unfortunately, there are serious issues on iPhone that need improvement. When I receive a phone call while recording an audio entry, the recording gets interrupted or cu
24. [R48] 1/5 · US Delete all my voice recordings DO NOW DOWNLOAD: Daylio Randomly decided to delete all my voice recordings for the past 237 days . DO NOT DOWNLOAD THIS APP. I have been a loyal user since 2022 and I regret it. Personally memory with my grandma are gone I suffer from memory loss and this was the app I used to remember things and now that’s gone. DO NOT DOWNLOAD
25. [R342] 2/5 · GB Doesn’t Sync across devices: I love basically everything about this app but I just cannot justify using it long term when it doesn’t have the basic feature of syncing across devices. I do not want to have to export and import backups across my phone and ipad :(
26. [R513] 2/5 · CA There is no sync across multiple phones: I have two phones and an iPad and they can't be synced with each other. I'd like it if, when I make a post, it automatically appears on my other devices
27. [R89] 1/5 · US scam app: I paid for the premium version, but the restore purchase function does not work on my new device, and the developer has ignored multiple support requests. This makes the app feel very dishonest and untrustworthy.
28. [R94] 1/5 · US They stopped responding: I have reached out to customer service (via instagram) and they just stopped responding. I have purchased the lifetime membership a few years ago for $5.99. I recently changed phones and cannot restore my subscription for some reason. I provided them with proof of purchase, screenshots with my receipt and Apple ID matching, and I’ve let them know I’ve followed their instru
29. [R92] 3/5 · US Great for tracking but can be buggy and needs some pattern improvements: It’s a great app for tracking and customizable on multiple levels, which is fun! You can choose categories, colors, emojis, etc. but lately it’s been really buggy- it keeps crashing, especially when you start a new entry and go to select categories and moods. I like the idea of being able to track patterns (especially around
30. [R19] 3/5 · US Generally good, graph changes suck: Frustrated that the graph no longer lets me see a full year! And I don’t want to be forced into landscape mode. You’re fixing things that don’t need fixing.
31. [R747] 3/5 · CA Widget help: I like the widget where it shows your moods in a graph from entry to entry. But there is no such graph inside the app for looking at. It’s only the average of each day for a month. Is there no way to see a graph that isn’t the average mood but just each entry over a week? It would be way more helpful for me.
32. [R364] 1/5 · GB Rude!: Super rude notification if you miss a few days. Super passive aggressive message about how clearly their reminders don’t work lmao, made me feel terrible about having a few bad days and not feeling like logging them
33. [R912] 1/5 · AU STOP ASKING ME TO LEAVE A REVIEW EVERY DAY.: STOP ASKING ME TO LEAVE A REVIEW EVERY DAY.
34. [R128] 1/5 · US Charging when I don’t have a Subscription: I cancelled my subscription before the trial ended, and they still charged me 😡
35. [R396] 1/5 · GB BAD: THIS IS SUPPPSED TO BE A MENTAL HEALTH APP- Cancelled app in trial still charged for a year: I tried the app for about 20mins before deciding I probably wouldn’t use it. I cancelled the subscription. I noticed a couple of weeks later a full years payment had been taken. I don’t have any proof of my cancel as inside the app or inside apple subscriptions there is no way to prove the date you do
36. [R762] 3/5 · AU Free Trial for $9.99 upfront: I went to sign up for the 7 day free trial and it charged me $9.99 upfront. Not sure if I will see it through. This is supposed to be for peoples mental welfare.
37. [R151] 1/5 · US Adware: This app is a conduit for ads. I’ve paid for a premium subscription and they still show me ads! What’s the point of doing this? It’s entirely stupid and shortsighted. Plus, over 200MB for a journaling app?! Ridiculous.
38. [R660] 1/5 · CA Ads. Even paid.: First. The price of this app is insane. Second, after I finally gave in and paid for it the app still contains ads. Ridiculous.
39. [R2] 2/5 · US Suddenly can’t edit previous goal entries: I’ve been using Daylio for years, but now can’t edit some previous goal entries. This has never happened before. Software snafu?
40. [R11] 5/5 · US As Simple - or as detailed as YOU NEED: Some days I just pick a happy face. Some days I have the energy for notes and details. Either way, the overall visual data it provides is so helpful. The widget you can put right on your iPhone Home Screen is awesome.
41. [R16] 5/5 · US So nice, so nice!: I can’t exactly remember how I found this app, but I’m so glad that I did. I honestly love everything about it, from the interface, the customization, to the app being overall fool-proof.
42. [R741] 1/5 · CA Deleted all my info and I paid for it: I got a new phone and tried to import all the data but it deleted everything. I paid and now that money is gone. As well as the years of info very important for therapy purposes. Terrible app - unreliable and disappointing
43. [R790] 1/5 · AU Update: WHAT HAPPENED?! I TYPED REALLLLLLYYY LONG PARAGRAPHS SPENDING LIKE 20 MINUTES ON THEM! AND YOUR TELLING ME IT’S ALL GONE?! I REALLY LOVED THIS APP, FIVE STARS!! BUT NO! NOW I HATE THIS APP