Diary - The most simple and elegant way to keep a journal. App Reviews

I normally dont review the Apps I buy but I thought this one deserved some attention for those of you who were unsure about purchasing it. I didnt want to buy this app because of the name "MOappsDiary." I certainly didnt want a little candy like heart shape icon on my dock. The price was unbeatable and the screenshots and features were all appropriate for something like this, so I took a gamble. Its an amazing Journal/Diary. Its very simple in its mac-like intuitiveness with all the features in all the places you would expect them to be. It looks and operates like the iCal and Itunes. This is definitely a great purchase so dont be put off by the Name and Icon. I could deal with MOappsDiary but the icon could be a little more telling, LIke a journal or a pen. Buy this app.

I find this app/program/whatever oddly confusing. It doesnt want to save the library much of the time. It has no logical or intuitve way of importing or oprning old libraries. Why do I even need so many libraries. I guess I got quickly spoiled by the Chapters app on the iPad but didnt want to spring for a real keyboard.

This is a great app, but I wish I could sync it with my iPad or my iPhone. Any chance of that Michael Gobel??

I concur with greyblack, Excellent functionality, Simple yet very functional UI. Allows attachments such as pics. Ive been enjoying journaling my thoughts and days with this app. Encrypted and password protected if need be. Its easy to use and at 5.99 its a big time winner. Just what I was looking for. I would like it to be able to journal a day in the past but that function is not available but all you have to do is reset your Macs clock for those one or 2 times you need to journal a prophetic day from your past. Worth every penny. Definitely recommend. I look forward to minor upgrade from MOO.

today was just a bad day, and I purchased this app. its convenient. Instead of typing how you feel on microsoft word or whatever, this actually has dates for each entry. The password lock ensures privacy and ensures no one else will see what you write. Instead of having a pen and a paper and worrying about who will see what you right, its easier to type it on the computer and know witht he password no one can break in. Also there is no limit to how much you write. You can write paragraphs and just never stop writing. The app also gives us the ability to have attachments and stuff. Overall I recommend this app. Click the install button now! its worth every penny :) and its kind of the same as buying a diary, but the only difference is you might lose that book diary you buy, yet on your computer you know itll be there for a while :)

Developer responded personally to my email and fixed a bug in less than 12 hours. This app is elegant - easy to use.

I love this app. i used to write my diary in just a plain ol notebook, but i got tired of my hand cramping up, and so i bought this. The app is SO WORTH THE MONEY and its amazing. Its cute, simple, and way better than any other diary app. The only problem i have with this app is that you have to use the same font for EVERY entry. i would like to be able to use bold and italic...that kind of thing. Other than that, you should DEFINITELY BUY THIS APP.

When adding previous entries there should be a faster way then having to scroll through each month. You should be able to type in the previous date or at least scroll through years. But other than that it is a great diary app!!

It is a very clean implementation and it has many features important for a journaling app. I gave it 3 stars for the following reasons. 1. low efficiency for input. In comparison, the app DayOne can be called up from the manu bar by the keyboard shortcut. This leads to very high efficiency in writing (and of course more convenient). (at this moment, no encryption or password protection is available for DayOne yet; while MOAppsDiary does). 2 The data base is rather awkward conceptually. Every since entry leads to one more directory, so as you keep writing and then open the directory containing your journals, it looks quite messy. I have no idea if this has to do some features of the app, but the other similar apps all store all entries in one file.

This is a really nice app, extactly what Ive been looking for; however, I wish I could customize the app more. I wish there were themes and the option to change the font style and color as you type. Its good that the app is very simple and straight to the point but I would definitely give 5 stars for those added features. Otherwise, I really like this app!

This version has been very scaled down for the AppStore and is not at all worth the price.

Absolutely love it now. Tagging is awesome. Perfect now.

Im a 17 year old guy, yes guys keep journals (not diarys), and I love this app. I use it as something to reflect my day on and it just helps to clear my head. this is absolutely perfect on my macbook air and i love using it

I absolutely love the privacy of this app. You have the option to write, record, and attach anything you want. Also all entries created within the app are virtually invisible in the finder. My only dislike is that when recording if the stop recording is clicked instead of the "done" button, whatever previously recorded is erased….ugh. Other than that, if you need privacy post lock screen protection, get this app!

I LOVE this app! The only improvement I could possibly ask for would be the ability to embed pictures INTO the entry instead of attaching them on that separate page. Otherwise, this app is PERFECT!!! Worth every cent :)

Over the last two years Ive been writing my journals in a pages document and as you can imagine, it was getting fairly long. I needed a simple and elegant solution to organize my entries and this application was the answer! I plan on using this for many years to come. If I could update two things it would be: 1. Allow for an option to view the entries in a list format. 2. Have the ability to personalize the appliactions color/texture. I like the grey as it is very clean however I would like the option to have a beautful wood texture as my background.

I need help I just got this app instanlty set a password remembering exactly what it was and as I turn around to log in it keeps saying wrong password. I feel like my moneys been wasted can anyone help?

It is awesome if you want your hand to stop cramping from writing all those words in a note book and i figured out how to do different text like italic you just go to preferences and select custom text and there will be a millon choices:)

This is a great app. Ive had it for a year or so now, and I use it constantly. Simple, straight-forward, and sleek to boot, its nearly perfect. But please, add some text formatting options! The app seems to be consistently evolving in terms of how it stores and displays media… I hope to see similar improvements with text in the future. But thats my only complaint-- otherwise I love this app. Very pleased.

I was using Day One journal app, but when I discovered this one includes a gallery feature for photos and movies, I couldnt resist the switch. I also ilke how thumbnails of journal entries are displayed in Gallery view. Note however that photos do not get embedded in the pages of journal entires. They are attached, so you have to click the attach icon to view them. This approach enables you to add more than photo or video to a journal, and at the seem time it keeps your journals from looking cluttered. Hopefully the developer can add iCloud support at some point. Overall, this is a clean and well design app. Similar to Day One but with added features. UPDATE::::::: Oh wow, hold on. After I spent some time using this application, I discovered some serious issues. You cant actually sync database files between computers using Dropbox. You have to manually copy those files from Application Support to the Dropbox folder. I did a symbolic link set in order to sync the database for each of my Mac. It works, but it seems to take a while for the attached photos to update. Plus, unlike Day One app, Diary has no supporting iOS app. So if you care about all these features, you might hold back on switching to Diary. This app has a lot of promise, but the developer needs to find a way to add iCloud sync, and then later on add an iOS version. iCloud support might help make the syncing smoother between Mac. Too bad the developers of Day One and Diary cant get together and merge their apps into one. Both have features that each one needs to add to their application.