# 5 Minute Journal・Self-care

> Guided gratitude journaling app, mood tracking, and daily stress relief.

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/com.intelligentchange.fiveminutejournal](https://chrome-stats.com/d/com.intelligentchange.fiveminutejournal)

## Overview

- **ID:** `com.intelligentchange.fiveminutejournal`
- **Platform:** Android
- **Type:** Android app
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Intelligent Change LLC
- **Category:** LIFESTYLE
- **Downloads:** 417,015
- **Rating:** 4.56 / 5 (11,123 ratings)
- **Version:** 4.1.35
- **Last updated:** 2026-08-28
- **First published:** 2017-04-06
- **Publisher country:** US
- **Size:** 100 MB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-22
- **Store listing:** [Google Play Store](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.intelligentchange.fiveminutejournal)
- **Website:** [http://www.intelligentchange.com](http://www.intelligentchange.com/)
- **Privacy policy:** [https://www.intelligentchange.com/pages/fmj-app-privacy-policy](https://www.intelligentchange.com/pages/fmj-app-privacy-policy)

## Description

The 5 Minute Journal・Self-care Chrome extension offers a guided gratitude journaling experience inspired by positive psychology, designed to improve your happiness and mental health in just five minutes daily. It includes easy-to-use features such as morning and evening prompts, mood tracking, positive affirmations, and daily inspirational quotes to foster mindfulness and motivation.

With privacy-focused tools like passcode and Touch ID protection, reminders to sustain your journaling habit, and the ability to review past entries, the extension supports personalized self-care routines. Premium features add capabilities such as attaching photos and videos, custom journaling prompts, notes sections, and a memory timeline, making it ideal for anyone pursuing stress relief and personal growth through mindful journaling.

## Rankings

- #110,243 — Overall
- #10 — minute

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `BIND_GET_INSTALL_REFERRER_SERVICE`
- `android.permission.ACCESS_ADSERVICES_AD_ID`
- `android.permission.ACCESS_ADSERVICES_ATTRIBUTION`
- `android.permission.ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE`
- `android.permission.CAMERA`
- `android.permission.FOREGROUND_SERVICE`
- `android.permission.INTERNET`
- `android.permission.POST_NOTIFICATIONS`
- `android.permission.READ_APP_BADGE`
- `android.permission.READ_EXTERNAL_STORAGE`
- `android.permission.READ_MEDIA_IMAGES`
- `android.permission.READ_MEDIA_VIDEO`
- `android.permission.READ_PHONE_STATE`
- `android.permission.RECEIVE_BOOT_COMPLETED`
- `android.permission.SCHEDULE_EXACT_ALARM`
- `android.permission.USE_BIOMETRIC`
- `android.permission.USE_FINGERPRINT`
- `android.permission.VIBRATE`
- `android.permission.WAKE_LOCK`
- `android.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE`
- `com.anddoes.launcher.permission.UPDATE_COUNT`
- `com.android.vending.BILLING`
- `com.android.vending.CHECK_LICENSE`
- `com.google.android.c2dm.permission.RECEIVE`
- `com.google.android.finsky.permission.BIND_GET_INSTALL_REFERRER_SERVICE`
- `com.google.android.gms.permission.AD_ID`
- `com.google.android.providers.gsf.permission.READ_GSERVICES`
- `com.htc.launcher.permission.READ_SETTINGS`
- `com.htc.launcher.permission.UPDATE_SHORTCUT`
- `com.huawei.android.launcher.permission.CHANGE_BADGE`
- `com.huawei.android.launcher.permission.READ_SETTINGS`
- `com.huawei.android.launcher.permission.WRITE_SETTINGS`
- `com.intelligentchange.fiveminutejournal.DYNAMIC_RECEIVER_NOT_EXPORTED_PERMISSION`
- `com.intelligentchange.fiveminutejournal.permission.C2D_MESSAGE`
- `com.majeur.launcher.permission.UPDATE_BADGE`
- `com.oppo.launcher.permission.READ_SETTINGS`
- `com.oppo.launcher.permission.WRITE_SETTINGS`
- `com.sec.android.provider.badge.permission.READ`
- `com.sec.android.provider.badge.permission.WRITE`
- `com.singular.preinstall.READ_PERMISSION_SINGULAR`
- `com.sonyericsson.home.permission.BROADCAST_BADGE`
- `com.sonymobile.home.permission.PROVIDER_INSERT_BADGE`
- `me.everything.badger.permission.BADGE_COUNT_READ`
- `me.everything.badger.permission.BADGE_COUNT_WRITE`

## Review summary

Users largely praise the app for its simplicity, easy prompts, and positive impact on journaling and gratitude, with many reporting long-term use and habit formation. However, recurring issues undermine value: a refused/export functionality and misleading export claims, slow or unresponsive support, and multiple complaints about monetization (premiums, monthly charges, banners) that disrupt the experience. Additional UX friction includes forced prompts and challenges at inconvenient times and limited offline functionality. Overall, the app is helpful and well-designed for daily reflection, but significant reliability and monetization concerns limit its appeal for many users.

### Pros

- Easy to use and has a simple, user-friendly interface.
- Prompts are helpful and support forming a journaling habit.
- Positive impact on mood, gratitude, and overall outlook.
- Long-term habit-building with years of daily use; good companion to a physical journal.
- Pleasant design and feel; enjoyable to use.

### Cons

- Export feature is not available and claims about exporting are misleading, with slow or unresponsive support.
- Monetization concerns: premium pricing, monthly charges, and intrusive prompts/banners.
- Forced prompts and challenges (e.g., writing at a set time) with limited ability to opt out.
- Offline writing is limited or non-functional.

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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/com.intelligentchange.fiveminutejournal)