Bullet Journal Companion

I love having this app, mainly as the missing link when I’m away from my physical journal. The reminds you reflect are nice as well. The majority of my use of the app is jotting down tasks and notes so I don’t forget them before I’m back with my journal. With that in mind, there are a few key improvements that could be made: 1. Give the option to disable animations. Sometimes waiting for the main screen to load in is maddening when I’m trying to ensure something is preserved before I forget it. 2. Light / Dark mode options. There seems to be no way to change the dark background, meaning that the app is difficult to use in bright sunlight. 3. Allow nesting when using the log.

Whenever you want to log with this app away from your bullet journal, you'll have to wait for all the categories to slowly fade in from top to bottom which might be pretty but is hardly productive and efficient; for some reason the log is the last category instead of the first! So, you'll be waiting the longest if you want to do any logging! This... is very poor design, and makes the app cumbersome and frustrating to use even as just a 'companion'. Other than that, it's okay. It's pretty, minimalistic, smooth, and does what it's advertised to do. Is it worth the price tag though?.... It might be for you, but I'd warn you to investigate this app's flaws first before taking the plunge if you don't want to be immediately disappointed what feels like... a free very basic app designed to get you to buy official bullet journals (that's all the store category is for...).

I’ve been using the general Bullet Journal system for over a year, and it’s been very effective for me. I hoped the logging function of this app would be more practical, which would have allowed me to consolidate my digital note-taking needs (which mostly revolve around bullet journal related stuff) into one app. The app doesn’t even let you copy/paste (from or to), and theres no convenient way to import or export anything. Up to this point, that hasn’t happened, which is okay — I get that it’s not really a full-fledged note app, but I’d be willing to pay for an app that blends what’s in this app with the expanded note functions of other apps. That said, without more of that kind of functionality, I don’t really need yet another app on my phone taking as much space as this one does without doing much of anything.

I love the app and the purpose behind it. The library feature is a good way to help with sorting old journals to go find old logs, notes and projects. The quick log feature is great when you’re not right next to your journal. It would be nice if the app didn’t skip the reflection quote because you have log items. The addition of pictures for all pages at first might seem excessive, but I’d used as a way to capture big stuff, becomes much less overwhelming. My big complaint right now is the reflection feature seems to be glitching out. It’s not capturing two reflections a day (case and point, I just got credit for my AM 15JAN reflection and it’s still 14JAN), and will remind me of evening reflections at noon, morning reflections at night, or just get stuck on a screen telling me to backup my files.

I have no idea how such a simple app is so pleasant to use...but it is. The background photos are just beautiful, and the articles are laid out in such an aesthetically pleasing way that I love browsing through them throughout the day, instead of defaulting to browsing social media. No visual clutter. The log is great for when things pop into my head when I'm lying in bed or not in a place where I can easily write them in my bullet journal. (They disappear after 48 hours so that they don't cause clutter like every other note taking or reminders app does. The reflection part is there to remind you to check in and update your journal.) I'm not one to spend money on apps but for some reason, this was an easy choice.👍🏼