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iPhone User Guide

Build a habit with Journal on iPhone

With the Journal app, you can keep track of your journaling goals and build new habits.

Track your journaling with Insights

  1. Go to the Journal app 👁 Image
    on your iPhone.

  2. Tap 👁 the Journals Back button
    to see your current streak—the number of consecutive days or weeks you’ve journaled—along with other insights.

  3. Tap Insights, then tap any tile to see more details.

    👁 A screen in the Journal app showing the current streak and metrics like number of words written.

Set a journaling schedule

You can be reminded to write with journaling notifications.

  1. Go to the Journal app 👁 Image
    on your iPhone.

  2. Above the Insights summary, tap 👁 the Journal More button
    ,     then tap Notifications. You may need to tap 👁 the Journals Back button
    to see the Insights summary.

  3. Tap Custom to set a weekly schedule or tap Smart to receive notifications based on your routine and location.

Use the Journal widget

Add a widget to your Home Screen or Lock Screen with your current streak or writing prompts that change throughout the day, so you can reflect on what’s going on in the moment.

  1. On the iPhone Home Screen or Lock Screen, add a Journal widget.

  2. To change the widget, touch and hold the widget, then tap Edit Widget.

  3. Tap the widget to select from different writing prompts, start a new entry, or see details about your current streak.

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