Journal app Day One is introducing Shared Journals, a brand new social characteristic that permits you to share tales and recollections along with your family and friends. Shared Journals are a personal area the place you and your pals can share life updates with one another. It’s sort of like a small social community the place you may share experiences with as much as 30 different folks. Members of Shared Journals can depart feedback and reactions on entries, bringing a brand new stage of social interplay to the journal app.
Day One notes that Shared Journals are separate out of your private journals, and that no entry in a personal journal will ever be shareable. The corporate additionally notes that Shared Journals are end-to-end encrypted. Because the creator of a shared journal, you may take away members, and as a member, you could have the choice to go away Shared Journals.
You want a Day One Premium subscription, which prices $3 monthly, to create Shared Journals. Individuals you invite can entry your Shared Journal with a free account. Premium customers can create limitless Shared Journals.
There are various alternative ways for customers to make use of Shared Journals, the corporate says, whether or not it’s connecting with household or small good friend teams. As an example, you should utilize the characteristic as a digital household reminiscence e book, particularly if your loved ones is unfold throughout totally different places. Or, you should utilize Shared Journals as a collaborative journey journal the place you and your family members all share tales and images from journeys.
It may be used for wellness initiatives like health challenges and psychological well being assist teams. You may share suggestions with others and encourage each other as you overcome challenges collectively. If you’d like a extra intimate Shared Journal, you may create a {couples} journal the place you and your companion replicate in your relationship and have a good time milestones collectively.
To get began with Shared Journals, you have to faucet the app’s higher left menu the place you will note a brand new “Shared” part. Then, you have to to click on “New Shared Journal” and customise and title your new Shared Journal. Day One suggests making the title and outline clear since you’ll be sharing it with others. You may then invite members via an invitation hyperlink. After sharing invite hyperlinks, you’ll nonetheless have the choice to approve or decline member requests.
When you publish the primary entry within the Shared Journal, it would seem within the “Timeline” view for the Shared Journal. The entry will seem with the date, your title and a preview of any images or photographs you added to it. It is going to additionally seem with any reactions and a remark depend.
The launch of the brand new characteristic comes simply over a month after Apple formally rolled out its Journal app. The app allows you to seize moments with textual content, images, movies, audio recordings, places and extra. Journal additionally leverages AI to supply customers with personalised solutions for journal entries. With at the moment’s announcement, it’s attainable that Day One is seeking to retain and appeal to customers by giving them entry to a characteristic that differentiates its platform from the competitors.
