Good basic journaling app

I wont go as far as some of the other reviews in raving about how beautiful this app is. It certainly is attractive but I like the design sensibility of Day One better. It is quite a bit more attractive than the utilitarian look of the granddaddy of Mac journaling apps though (MacJournal).

For basic journaling this app pretty much has what most people would want. You can enter text and changes colors and fonts. You can insert pictures. You can even put in videos. You can also encrypt your journal (though Im not clear on how good this encryption really is). If youre only looking for simple journaling on your Mac this is a pretty good bet.

Why the four stars then? I think the export options leave a lot to be desired. For example, exporting a journal to plain text makes a file without obvious breaks in the entries. I also dont like the way weather and location are handled. Id like more options for the weather and more importantly better handling of setting the location.

And from a geek standpoint this app doesnt leave many options for automation. Unlike MacJournal it doesnt have an AppleScript interface. Unlike DayOne it doesnt have a standard XML file format that is easy to use from a scripting language like Python or Ruby.

jkratz about Memories