Ponder
Daily journal from your new tab.
What is Ponder?
"Ponder" is a Chrome extension that makes daily journaling convenient and immersive. It reinvents your new tab window into a beautiful, customizable writing space. Ponder offers self-reflective prompts, keyboard shortcuts, scenic backgrounds, and private entries storage. It features productivity tools like reminders, timers, and progress trackers. Your entries are secured locally and encrypted when synchronized online. Ponder promotes a habit of self-reflection and creativity, where your privacy is always paramount.
Stats
Users:
1,000+
Rating:
4.53
(17)
Creation date:
2021-02-17
Risk impact:
Low risk impact
Risk likelihood:
Very low risk likelihood
Manifest version:
2
Overrides new tab:
Yes
Permissions:
Size:
1.65M
Email:
re*****@gmail.com
URLs:
Website
,Privacy policy
Stats date:
Chrome-Stats Rank
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Summary
Ponder guides you through daily journaling right from your new tab. With self-reflective prompts, fast keyboard shortcuts, aesthetic backgrounds, and privately-stored entries, you can just focus on writing — Ponder takes care of the rest.
Features:
- Replaces your new tab window with a beautiful page so you can start writing immediately
- Respond to thought-provoking prompts organized into 6 different categories — Daily Productivity, Daily Lists, Daily Reflection, Creative, Self-Reflection, and Free-Write
- Set gentle reminders to write daily when visiting unproductive websites
- Use built-in keyboard shortcuts for a seamless writing experience
- Enjoy aesthetic morning, afternoon, and evening backgrounds
- Write at any moment with 2 minimalist editors in either light or dark mode
- View, filter, and search past entries by category and content
- Built-in timer to write longer prompts easily
- Your entries are safe, private, and secure — stored locally with an option to sync with Ponder's secure online storage for peace of mind
- Password-enabled entries page so no one but you can read your entries
- Ability to customize daily questions and number of questions asked
User reviews
User reviews summary
Pros
- Beautiful design and UI
- Thoughtful prompts for reflection
- Easy to integrate into daily routine
Cons
- Lack of autosave feature
- Limited ability to edit or delete old entries
- Word tracker does not work well for Chinese
Most mentioned
- Beautiful design and UI
- Thoughtful prompts for reflection
- Easy to integrate into daily routine
- Lack of autosave feature
Recent reviews
Moving from Momemtum. Looks promising :)
So far, so amazing. I love the look of the app/extension, its functionality and the ease of use.
I'll circle back after I log some writing.
Beautiful app! Simple, clean, very promising.
I am knee-deep in my Spanish language studies and need to start a language journal. Everything seemed lovely and I was making great (albeit slow) progress in my first entry in Spanish. I clicked "Take a Break" to get a coffee but when I returned to the entry - none of it was saved! Only the first sentence of the four paragraph entry was kept.... :-(
Very depressing and even if this was just a glitch or "user error", if I continue to use this app to journal I would be anxious that any hard earned progress made would just be lost in the ether. So long Ponder...I Ponder why your app does not have a frequent autosave feature.
Safety
Risk impact
Ponder is relatively safe to use as it requires very minimum permissions.
Risk likelihood
Ponder has earned a good reputation and can be trusted.
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Screenshots
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