Releases

Sunday, January 29, 2023

a year ago • 1.0.5

Added real-time, cross-device data synchronization. This is needed for the upcoming iOS app, but you can already see it in action now by opening Journal on multiple Macs ⚡️
Tags are now visibe even when the calendar is opened on window size 1560 px and greater 🏷️
Journal now runs end-to-end automated tests before each new version is released 🤖
Minor updates under the hood 🤓

Saturday, January 14, 2023

a year ago • 1.0.4

Fixed bug when after closing the app window (⌘W or red 'x' icon) and reopening, entries were no longer saved
Removed the delete icon from calendar
Improved entry saving performance

Thursday, December 15, 2022

a year ago • 1.0.0

Journal official 1.0.0 release 🎉

Last 12 months were intense! I started working on Journal in January 2022. Thanks to all beta tester who helped improve journaling experience! Official release introduces free plan and a paid plan. Free plan is limited to 30 entries (counting from today) and has all the features. Paid plan has unlimited entries.

New features:

Prompts. Prompts can help inspire and motivate you to start writing, or simply give you a starting point if you're not sure what to write about.
Tags. Tags are labels or keywords that help you describe and organize entries. A tag could be something like “Family”, “100daysofcode”, or an emoji e.g. “😍”.
More color themes. Now you can choose from 4 color themes (plus font faces and sizes), so you can easily create a look and feel that suits your personal preferences.
Export entries in markdown. You own your data and you can download it any time in text or JSON format. However, all entries are automatically synced with the cloud, so you don’t have to make backups.

Improvements:

Rewritten data synchronization engine, which brings better performance and less memory consumption

Wednesday, July 27, 2022

2 years ago • 1.0.0-beta.5

Improved editor focus after navigating to a day or creating new entry 🧘‍♀️
Fixed wrong cursor position after clicking on entry 🖱
Minimum window size is now 400x300px
Improved app's startup time 💨
Under the hood editor updates

Wednesday, July 20, 2022

2 years ago • 1.0.0-beta.4

This update is mainly about under the hood improvements, including 🔑 security and 💨 performance
Added minimum width and height of the app's window

Thursday, July 7, 2022

2 years ago • 1.0.0-beta.3

Public Beta release 🎉

Added option to disable spell check 🖍
Added follow-up email address field to Give feedback form 📧
App remembers its window size and position between launches 🏓

Friday, July 1, 2022

2 years ago • 1.0.0-beta.2

Added option to remove empty entries from calendar view
Performance improvements

Friday, June 24, 2022

2 years ago • 1.0.0-beta.1

First beta release 🎉