ZenJournal: Minimalist Log
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Updated 25 Oct 2026 · rankings refresh through the day
DeveloperShaomeng Zhang
CategoryHealth & Fitness
PriceFree
Released
Rating★ 4.5 (81)
Version5.4.1
Age rating4+
First seen by us
24 Oct 2026
Rating
4.5 ★
81 ratings
Measured
ZenJournal: Minimalist Log on the App Store
App details
App ID
1399816360
Publisher
IdealistSpace Inc
On the store since
Aug 2018
8 years on the store
Minimum OS
iOS 26.0+
iPhone 11 and later
Devices
iPhone · iPad
Universal purchase
Content rating
4+
Languages
9
EN FR DE JA KO PT ZH ES ZH
Size
21 MB
Also listed in
Productivity
Where it ranks now
Every top chart it appears in across 30 countries.
| Country | Charts | Rank |
|---|---|---|
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Ratings
App Store, worldwide.
Rating
4.5 ★
81 ratings
Measured
Ratings
81
Measured
About ZenJournal: Minimalist Log
ZenJournal is a fast, private journal built around calm, frictionless writing.
Open the app and start logging. Speak it, type it, or snap it. Search with ?, organize with #hashtags, and switch between timelines for life, work, travel, ideas, or anything else you want to keep separate.
ZenJournal keeps journaling simple:
- Fast timeline-first writing
- Voice logs with on-device transcription, so your audio never leaves your phone
- Photos attached to any entry
- Export in Paper, Ink, and Warm styles as an image, PDF, TextBundle, or text
- Separate timelines for separate parts of your life
- iCloud sync across your devices
- Discreet Mode to blur your logs in public
- Face ID and Touch ID lock
- #hashtags and ? search built into the same input
- Backup and restore
- Dark mode and light mode support
Use ZenJournal for stream-of-consciousness writing, morning pages, private notes, ideas, memories, travel logs, work reflections, or a calmer alternative to noisy feeds.
ZenJournal is free to use, with unlimited logs and two timelines. Zen Pro adds photo and voice logs, on-device transcription, PDF and TextBundle export, and as many timelines as you need. Every plan starts with a 7-day free trial.
Privacy Policy:
https://thezenjournal.com/posts/privacy-policy
Terms of Service:
https://thezenjournal.com/posts/terms
Open the app and start logging. Speak it, type it, or snap it. Search with ?, organize with #hashtags, and switch between timelines for life, work, travel, ideas, or anything else you want to keep separate.
ZenJournal keeps journaling simple:
- Fast timeline-first writing
- Voice logs with on-device transcription, so your audio never leaves your phone
- Photos attached to any entry
- Export in Paper, Ink, and Warm styles as an image, PDF, TextBundle, or text
- Separate timelines for separate parts of your life
- iCloud sync across your devices
- Discreet Mode to blur your logs in public
- Face ID and Touch ID lock
- #hashtags and ? search built into the same input
- Backup and restore
- Dark mode and light mode support
Use ZenJournal for stream-of-consciousness writing, morning pages, private notes, ideas, memories, travel logs, work reflections, or a calmer alternative to noisy feeds.
ZenJournal is free to use, with unlimited logs and two timelines. Zen Pro adds photo and voice logs, on-device transcription, PDF and TextBundle export, and as many timelines as you need. Every plan starts with a 7-day free trial.
Privacy Policy:
https://thezenjournal.com/posts/privacy-policy
Terms of Service:
https://thezenjournal.com/posts/terms
Latest updates
5.4.1
What's new in 5.4.1
- Fixed a freeze on first launch, where the keyboard could rise over the welcome screen and cover its only button.
- The first-run setup can now be skipped from the top right.
Voice logs, an activity chart, home screen widgets, and a real editor for your timelines.
Talk instead of typing
- Record a voice log right in the input, without leaving your timeline. Scrub the waveform, pause and resume mid-thought, or discard and start over.
- Transcription happens on device, in the language you actually speak, and the words land in your timeline the moment you stop. The audio never leaves your iPhone.
- Copy the transcript from any recording.
See every day you showed up
- Swipe up from the input for a chart of your activity. Not a streak counter, just the shape of your months.
- Put the Activity widget on your home screen, small or medium. Tap a day and the app opens right there.
- With Lock Mode on, the widget stays put and shows the shape without a single word.
Timeline Garden
- Your timelines are now a tree you can tend. Drag a bubble onto another to nest it, tap to rename, reorder, or remove. Entries in a removed timeline are kept and stay searchable in All.
Also new
- A share extension: send text, links, or photos from any app straight into a timeline.
- New photo and camera cards for attaching images.
- Journal reminders as real notifications, with the frequency set in Settings.
- A guided first run that lets you try each feature instead of reading about it. Replay it any time from Settings.
- Discreet Mode keeps dates and times readable so you can still find your way around, and Copy and Share ask you to unlock first when Lock Mode is on.
- Haptics across capture, save, and selection.
Zen Pro has new pricing, and every plan now starts with a 7-day free trial. If you already subscribe, your price stays exactly as it was.