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1. [R7] Gratitude 1/5 · US DO NOT DOWNLOAD THIS APP: I will contact the BBB, as I have never downloaded this app and now every time I delete it, it shows up back on my Home Screen every other day, unauthorized.
2. [R13] Gratitude 1/5 · US Can’t delete 🫪: I’ve deleted this app many times, and it keeps coming back. Every. Single. Day. I’m not sure how you could mess up so badly that your app is acting as a sort of virus, but I (and at least a few others) would really appreciate it if you’d make it your top priority to fix it. It’s a good app, sure, but not so good that I should be forced to have it downloaded… Do something about this
3. [R19] Gratitude 1/5 · US App that won’t go away: I have to delete this app every day because it will not go away. I deleted I come back a few hours later and it’s back on my screen. Sometimes I delete and the next day is back on my screen.
4. [R25] Gratitude 1/5 · US Unable to delete: The app has an auto-redownloading and comes back every day after I deleted it (and now it’s getting worse even twice a day!) Please understand some users just no longer need the app. If there’s a bug please fix it soon. Very annoying user experience.
5. [R6] Gratitude 3/5 · US Great App, No Support: I have enjoyed the app for several years, but when I had an issue with losing entries in process of moving to a new phone, I have reached out to their support 3-4 times at least y email and through the app and have gotten zero response. So I don’t know whether the development team is gone or what the story is, but it makes me question whether I want to keep paying for the
6. [R43] Gratitude 1/5 · US All gratitude journal entries lost: I understand it’s an upgrade/you have to pay to back up your data, but I have only been using this app on this phone and one day when I updated the app I lost EVERYTHING. I have had this phone for two years without deleting the application so that is two years of entry lost for seemingly no reason when I updated the application. Please do not expect any of you
7. [R47] Gratitude 1/5 · US Bull: I’ve had this app for 3 years. I updated my phone yesterday to find out that all of my journaling for the last THREE years has been deleted. Why would my app info delete from a PHONE UPDATE. I will not be paying for my renewal.
8. [R9] Gratitude 3/5 · GB Great journal but …: I can see why this journal is great because it sets times for you every day to take the time to journal your thoughts. You can also create vision boards and it asks you why you want to use this app to make it more personalised for you but I don’t understand why we have to pay for premium or to upgrade this app. Once you do 1 vision board you have to pay to make another. It doe
9. [R12] Gratitude 3/5 · GB Moderate To be honest: Subscription needed for too much things
10. [R22] Gratitude 1/5 · US Forcing a purchase: My phone did an update the app is trying to force me to buy a plan to restore data (saved on my phone & the cloud)
11. [R39] Gratitude 1/5 · US What??: Writing an entry for a past day is a pro feature? So now I’m supposed to pay you to write one line of text or lose over a year long streak? Nope! I’ll go to a different app instead.
12. [R4] Gratitude 1/5 · US Shame feature: This app shames you for missing one day! I had 107 days of journaling, got sick, missed 1 day and this app brought my streak down to day 0, as if all those other days of journaling were nothing!!! Don’t like this app for that shaming feature! As if I’m a loser for not being able to journal everyday
13. [R10] Gratitude 1/5 · US App No Longer Fully Functional!: No longer able to read posts which do not open when clicked on.
14. [R15] Gratitude 3/5 · GB Laggy at times: Quite laggy when you write more than average length posts.
15. [R24] Gratitude 3/5 · GB Really like the concept: It’s just a shame that adding your own music is completely broken and doesn’t work. The built in music options aren’t great.
16. [R16] Gratitude 1/5 · US Gratitude: So confusing does not let you do little shows and takes up my storage
17. [R49] Gratitude 1/5 · US Not starting: This is the 2nd time I downloaded this app and after enter my name it jus constantly showing things to be grateful for and doesn’t go further than that
18. [R18] Gratitude 3/5 · GB Ingratitude for the gratitude app: Pretty good. Needs more variation in quotes on startup as well as more prompts added. They don’t seem very random and there aren’t that many. Could do with more updates to keep things fresh.
19. [R50] Gratitude 4/5 · US I’m humbled: This app has become an important part to the start of my day. It helps me to stay grounded and appreciative. There is so much going on with the outside world. I need ways to keep peace on the inside. I recommend this app to my clients. My only feedback is to get more varied prompts. It seems they recycle and no need for repeats. There’s plenty to be inspired by. Incorporate the sense
20. [R52] I am 5/5 · US ArbinDhardi: Good fur me and always keeps me guided
21. [R55] I am 5/5 · US Always new affirmations: I have had “I am” for years. Recently I got a good deal on the premium subscription and purchased. I will say that the app is phenomenal with or without paying the premium fee! I find it amazing that they always give new affirmations, they do not just repeat the same collection. In awe just thinking about the years and years of fresh affirmations, even when I was using the
22. [R58] I am 5/5 · US Saving grace: The only way I can keep affirmations coming all day!
23. [R61] I am 5/5 · US Love it: I love this app has made my life grow with abundance and my self esteem is ascending to where I want it to be 😊
24. [R66] Reflectly 5/5 · US Best journaling app: This is the best journaling app for free I have ever seen. It’s super interactive very clean and simple. Good expression options and knowing how you truly felt in a moment being able to get it out and have it saved the good and the bad
25. [R69] Reflectly 5/5 · US Fantastic Journal App: I have used Reflectly for years. The free version is very good and I highly recommend it to people I know! I love the daily reflections, and how the check ins track your mood and what’s going on in life. It’s super easy to use and also somehow I like it better than journaling in a notebook nowadays. Highly recommend!
26. [R72] Reflectly 4/5 · US Using it for years now: This app has been my diary off&on for years now. This app has really helped me recognize my mental health patterns and become more self-aware. Admittedly I use it inconsistently but the daily check-ins & reading my old ones help me become more stable whenever I’m in an unstable time. The tags you can use on each entry is super helpful. Sometimes I’m not sure what else to sa
27. [R78] Reflectly 5/5 · US User Friendly: Simple to learn and assess the features that may work for you. It’s a very easily navigable app and user - friendly for all. I also love the motivational quotes throughout the day!
28. [R80] Daylio Journal 5/5 · US Five stars: Very helpful tool to understand my trends and pinpoint triggers I didn’t otherwise notice
29. [R83] Daylio Journal 5/5 · US Genuinely love this app: absolutely best decision of my life on jan 1 2023 starting with this app. i love having this data. its so easy. i love how you can fix your streak with literally no time limit. i was hospitalized without phone access for a month and was devastated that i would lose my 2 year streak, but was able to come back months later and fill it in to save the streak! its been really m
30. [R86] Daylio Journal 5/5 · US Changed my life: I’ve been using the app for seven years. Insights from it have truly changed how I live my life for the better. I’m a much happier person now than when I started, and if you want proof of that I have it here in this app.
31. [R89] Daylio Journal 5/5 · US Download!: Daylio changed my life. I have the last 6 years of the best and the worst, funniest priceless memories documented forever! I always have my phone on me so it makes a great diary. I write my thoughts I track my moods, I track my medications. This is great for mental health. I wish I’ve had this app my whole life
32. [R95] stoic. mental health journal 3/5 · US Free version is annoying by design: I can’t remember the free version, so only use if you’re ok with the subscription. Free version doesn’t even offer a cloud sync option, and it’s riddled with features that requires the subscription, effectively having guard railed advertising which is annoying. I could understand limiting features for a premium version, but the ads for the app in the app are too
33. [R99] stoic. mental health journal 1/5 · US All about the $: I was under the impression I could use what I felt necessary and each time a new prompt showed up, the end result was signing up for a subscription. If you don’t decline the prompts (even the simple questions you think are designed to help you), I the next page is something else asking for money. I checked this app out for my kid but I will not suggest it for him.
34. [R101] stoic. mental health journal 3/5 · US Could be great: I want to like this app but there is so much going on that it’s overwhelming. Too many ideas, exploration page, create your own template but it’s not really a template and let’s not forget the constant push to upgrade to “premium”. I do think it has useful features but I can’t get past all of the other stuff. I just want to document my feelings in a journal and have better de-stres
35. [R102] stoic. mental health journal 1/5 · US Subscription Spam Kills UX: As a first-time user who just wanted to learn more about and explore the app, the first five or ten minutes with it was awful and frustrating. I just wanted to see the interface and determine whether or not I might like it. Instead, I got hit with a bunch of popups, subscription paywalls, rating requests, and more *constantly* within the first five minutes, to the
36. [R108] 5 Minute Journal・Daily Diary 4/5 · US Great App Overall: I love using this app daily and been doing so for many years! I think being able to customize the prompts is wonderful. My ongoing frustration is with pictures one adds with their entries. If you click on them to see the larger version, many times they won’t appear; you will just see a black screen. If the picture is from a few years ago, it won’t come up at all. This is disappo
37. [R111] 5 Minute Journal・Daily Diary 5/5 · US It’s easy: It’s become such an awesome daily habit and I find it impacts my day and night so positively
38. [R114] 5 Minute Journal・Daily Diary 5/5 · US Easy way to be more mindful: Great easy to use app
39. [R115] 5 Minute Journal・Daily Diary 3/5 · US UI/UX - From Streamlined to Cumbersome: One of the core promises of the 5-Minute Journal is efficiency. It is designed to help users reflect and journal meaningfully in just five minutes. Recent changes to the user experience seem out of alignment with that purpose. When I first started using the app, I could open it and immediately begin my evening entry. I was prompted with the mood check-in, t
40. [R11] Gratitude 5/5 · US best app: simple, adorable UI, no subscriptions. by far better than any other
41. [R38] Gratitude 5/5 · US Great app great support: I loved this app, but with the newest update it wiped two years of journaling. However, the support team was incredibly helpful, and managed to get my data back and help me secure it going forward! It’s a great simple app that helps me stay on top of my gratitude practice, and the support team is top notch.
42. [R51] I am 1/5 · US Misleading Free Trial & Unexpected Annual Charge: I signed up because the app advertised a free trial and stated that I would receive a reminder before the trial ended. Unfortunately, I never received any reminder or notification. I planned to cancel my subscription, but shortly after midnight I discovered I had already been charged for an entire yearly subscription instead of the monthly plan I
43. [R53] I am 3/5 · US Great but unnecessarily expensive: This app is great, but it's so unnecessarily expensive. There is very limited things in this app that you can use for free. To access everything else, you have to subscribe. The monthly subscription is $15. That's ridiculous. Again, I loved this app during my free three day trial, but it's absurd to charge $15/month just to use an app with daily affirmations.
44. [R68] Reflectly 1/5 · US Paying for Nothing???: I really loved this app and have been using it for almost 8 years, so I decided to upgrade to the premium version as I felt I would only enjoy it more. But after purchasing, none of the premium features were unlocked. It just kept telling me I had to upgrade to premium to access them. I ended up emailing customer their customer service with screen shots proving that I did su
45. [R70] Reflectly 3/5 · US good app but my premium not working: i’d give 5 stars but i paid $30 for the app to not work pleeease fix or refund bcuz the chart is t working. i paid but i still can’t see my charts. i used to use this app when i was down and seeing a chart if my mood helped a lot but now it doesn’t work for some reason. idk if it’s apple or the app but the chart screen is glitched for me
46. [R77] Reflectly 1/5 · US “Could not sign in for an unknown reason.”: I was going to wait some more till I trusted this app and because I usually don’t write reviews. This could not wait, especially after membership purchase. I have been using this smart journal fine until today. I was really starting to use this more and about to recommend. Oh the disappointment. I read there is a new update, but has made the login for ret
47. [R90] Daylio Journal 5/5 · US Good Tool: Helps me with my emotions
48. [R93] stoic. mental health journal 1/5 · US Removed Functionality, added AI slop: Deleted many widgets (namely the quote widget), added AI slop integration and locked other features behind paywall.
49. [R107] 5 Minute Journal・Daily Diary 1/5 · US Lost Most Of My Journal Entries: Support took 4 days to respond. I followed the steps they provided, including signing out and signing back in. Unfortunately, I have now lost most of my journal entries. I have not heard back from support in 8 days now.
50. [R110] 5 Minute Journal・Daily Diary 1/5 · US Entries Disappearing: For the past week or so sections of my entries have disappeared after being saved - when I go back into the app then the entries for “What will I do to make today great”, “Daily Affirmations” and “What did I learn today” will have disappeared. I have been using the app for almost three years and haven’t noticed this happening before. Very disappointing.
51. [R113] 5 Minute Journal・Daily Diary 1/5 · US Losing content: Been using this app for years and have thousands of entries and now it’s losing content silently. Can’t seem to debug why but i save and it just loses the last 2 questions. As a dev myself this is a p0 to fix because users cancel subs over stuff like this. Stop adding useless features and make sure your core journal functionality works.