Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication.
— Leonardo da Vinci
Write
Writing things down spawns awareness and clarity. Recap your days in a few bullet points and align your actions with your goals.
Reflect
Looking back and re-assessing your experiences with hindsight is the key to improvement and progress.
Keep track
Simply use Twitter syntax to tag activities and mention people in your journal, or tap on bullets to create highlights. Tags and mentions are private, only you can see them.
Highlights
Highlight the great moments and reminisce about them later.
Tags
Tag special activities and track them automatically over time.
People
Mention people and easily find all experiences with them.
Dreams
Dreams are a window into our subconscious mind. Attach details about last night's adventures to your entries.
Notes
Make notes beyond your daily entries, e.g. monthly recaps, lessons learned, thought experiments, etc.
Wisdom
Collect shower thoughts, mind-blowing facts, insightful quotes and excerpts from good books.
Focus
Adjust priorities and highlight the things that are truly important to achieve your goals.
Ideas
Store all your ideas in one place, elaborate on them, make plans, and work out solutions.
Insights
While you write and go about your day, Journalistic crunches data automatically and compiles useful insights about your entries for you.
Explore stats like...
- How many words do you write per day?
- How many highlights did you have this month?
- What's your dream rate?
- When did you first mention someone?
- When was your last skiing day?
- What time of day do you write usually?
Pricing
FAQ
What is micro journaling?
A micro journal is essentially a bullet journal with focus on a minimalistic writing style. Distilling events down to the essential gives rise to clarity and in the end that is why you keep a journal in the first place, isn't it?
Why should I start a journal?
Keeping a journal is all about awareness and focus. Both writing and recapping daily logs help you reflect upon your relationships, accomplishments, goals and life in general. Check out our article "Some Good Reasons to Journal" for more good reasons.
What is the advantage of a journaling app over a paper journal?
In terms of writing experience certainly nothing comes close to physical writing. However, a digital journal has the advantage of always being with you, and while searching and aggregating insights can be very tedious with a paper journal, Journalistic makes it easy as pie.
Is micro journaling suitable for beginners?
Yes! In fact, micro journaling was conceived as a way to make it easier for beginners to get into journaling. It requires less time, which makes it easier to establish a habit.
Can I use a Journalistic micro journal together with my traditional journal?
Absolutely! Why not?
Will my journal entries stay private?
Of course! We do not share your entries with anyone.
Is the Journalistic app available on Android and iOS devices?
Yes! Journalistic is a Progressive Web App (PWA), meaning you can install it on Android, iOS and Chrome just like a native app. Journalistic is also available as native Android app in the PlayStore™ and might come to the AppStore™ as well at some point.
How can I install the Journalistic app on my device?
Check out our "PWA Installation Guide" and you'll be up and running in less than a minute.
Can I export my journal?
Yes, you can download your journal entries easily in text (.txt), markdown (.md) and JSON (.json) format.
