Journal

Google LLC

About this app

Say hello to Journal
1. Write about your day, spark creativity, and more to support your wellbeing
2. Add photos, places, and activities to journal entries
3. Get personalized writing inspiration and track how you're feeling

Ratings and reviews

I was excited about the app, and it influenced my Pixel purchase, but I wish the entries all flowed together like a physical journal, where I could scroll to continuously read my entries. Having to click each day to open it would be like having to remove a piece of tape covering each journal entry in a physical journal. I should also be able to indicate more than one mood in a day. And this should also be available on desktop to make typing long entries easier. Lots of potential.

I truly hope Journal app can connect to all Google apps like Gemini, Email, health, doc, weather, photo, etc. Automatically generated the entry based on my activity. Notify me before my sleeping time (can be set in the app). I see great potential but it is definitely not doing right. Hope the team can make it right. People argue privacy matters, all data is owned by Google anyway, best you can do is avoid all Google product then.

When I open the app, it immediately takes me to a new entry entirely. So it's not really a journal, when you write personal things, typically you write in daily entry, not 20 short entries in a single day. I want to use the application, but that is literally the only reason I won't. I could see if this was a notepad, you get a new entry every time you open the app, notes aren't personal and are normally lists or small notes for a reminder. Very disappointed in this app.

What’s new

Journal August 2026 Updates:
• Auto format to organize text
• Sleep data from Health Connect
• Daily custom routine reminders
• Interactive live map search