Reviews of Writeaday - AI Journal

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List of user reviews and ratings for Writeaday - AI Journal

Total ratings

3.89 (Rating count: 5,856)

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Review summary

Writeaday is praised for its beautiful UI, gradient visuals, prompts, and easy backups, offering a strong free tier and ad-free experience. However, multiple reviews cite persistent AI issues (bugs and privacy worries), data loss after updates, and difficulties accessing older entries. Stability problems and UX changes after upgrades further affect reliability. Overall, the app has a compelling concept and design, but AI reliability, data integrity, and long-term navigation need attention.

Pros

Beautiful, minimalistic UI with color gradients and widgets.
Prompts and past-entry features help with reflection and writing.
No ads and a strong free tier with a lifetime purchase option.
Reliable backups and an easy backup system.
Easy-to-use, intuitive interface for quick journaling.

Cons

AI features are buggy and unreliable, with glitches and privacy concerns about AI reading entries.
Data loss or content being overwritten after updates/upgrades; key entries disappearing.
Difficulty accessing older entries (calendar view/navigation) and limitations on viewing long-term history.
App instability and crashes (crashes when switching tabs, display glitches).
AI integration/changes behind a paywall and disruptive AI-related updates.

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User Reviews

Recent rating average: 3.40

All time rating average: 3.89

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17% (12)

Date	Author	Comment
2026-05-05	Gi*****	I accidentally deleted my review from 2022 but thats okay, it wasn't relevant any more. Still a lovely app. Im glad the beta issue is resolved now, but I can't find my old backup to try and restore it. im glad the app maintains its identity, despite the slight ui changes and feature additions. I dont love the ai prominence, but i get the need to use the buzzwords to compete. my big issue is that i cant figure out how to put photos in entries anymore! please reinclude that feature!
I accidentally deleted my review from 2022 but thats okay, it wasn't relevant any more. Still a lovely app. Im glad the beta issue is resolved now, but I can't find my old backup to try and restore it. im glad the app maintains its identity, despite the slight ui changes and feature additions. I dont love the ai prominence, but i get the need to use the buzzwords to compete. my big issue is that i cant figure out how to put photos in entries anymore! please reinclude that feature!
2026-04-01	Am*****	Glad to find this app is still on the Play Store. I used this years ago before I moved to iPhone and missed it. I just got a small Android and thought to look for it again and it's still here! so grateful.
Glad to find this app is still on the Play Store. I used this years ago before I moved to iPhone and missed it. I just got a small Android and thought to look for it again and it's still here! so grateful.
2026-02-11	Do*****	I have been using this app more than three years and I absolutely love it!!the journal prompts, the past entry spotlight, quote and format all make for an amazing way to capture your thoughts. Very grateful that I have thousands of entries from over the years.
I have been using this app more than three years and I absolutely love it!!the journal prompts, the past entry spotlight, quote and format all make for an amazing way to capture your thoughts. Very grateful that I have thousands of entries from over the years.
2026-01-02	Je*****	Forced pastel theme. No minimalistic black and white theme. Forced emojis. AI does not function. Everything else is behind a paywall.
Forced pastel theme. No minimalistic black and white theme. Forced emojis. AI does not function. Everything else is behind a paywall.
2025-12-29	Me*****	not a good app.
not a good app.
2025-11-29	Le*****	I swear this app disappeared for a while for me.
I swear this app disappeared for a while for me.
2025-08-10	Ke*****	Great app. I was looking for an AI journal that can compete with Dairium. From the price to own and UI, this was great, though the sticky note was not something I expected, but it was great.
Great app. I was looking for an AI journal that can compete with Dairium. From the price to own and UI, this was great, though the sticky note was not something I expected, but it was great.
2025-07-13	cR*****	buggy gunk ... bought it yrs ago. It's never worked, half the functions still don't work. App crashes constantly when changing tabs, entries don't fully display, years of entries but can't see anything older than 2 months any more (only in a huge ugly continuous list). Nothing has really ever been fixed and each subsequent update added more instability and issues. Good concept, baaaad implementation. Had to stop using it, too risky, too unreliable, too clunky. ... wish it wasn't though.
buggy gunk ... bought it yrs ago. It's never worked, half the functions still don't work. App crashes constantly when changing tabs, entries don't fully display, years of entries but can't see anything older than 2 months any more (only in a huge ugly continuous list). Nothing has really ever been fixed and each subsequent update added more instability and issues. Good concept, baaaad implementation. Had to stop using it, too risky, too unreliable, too clunky. ... wish it wasn't though.
2025-07-01	Ka*****	I love the simplicity of the app but hate the AI aspect. it's just superfluous and useless. I used this app for years and I always liked that it had no bells and whistles.
I love the simplicity of the app but hate the AI aspect. it's just superfluous and useless. I used this app for years and I always liked that it had no bells and whistles.
2025-06-25	Al*****	I preferred this app as my go-to for journaling for a long time. I uninstalled it to make room on my phone, and when I went back to get it again it now includes the words "AI journal" and has AI features. I have absolutely NO desire to use AI in ANY aspect with my creative and personal journaling, and so I guess I'll be moving on now. I really loved the pretty UI and the widgets, so it's a shame, but I'm outtie.
I preferred this app as my go-to for journaling for a long time. I uninstalled it to make room on my phone, and when I went back to get it again it now includes the words "AI journal" and has AI features. I have absolutely NO desire to use AI in ANY aspect with my creative and personal journaling, and so I guess I'll be moving on now. I really loved the pretty UI and the widgets, so it's a shame, but I'm outtie.