I’ve been suffering with Depression, Anxiety and Anorexia Nervosa and this was recommended to me by my therapist. I gave it a shot and it’s so easy to use. We all get stuck in a cloud of negativity but this will help you break from it. I started to notice after a few days of using this that I started to see the positivity in things. It’s changed my mindset to look at the good of the days we go through instead of focusing on the negativity as well as appreciating the good in our lives even if it’s as small as the smell of our shampoo bottle. I upgraded right away to the premium and made my own prompts! I highly recommend this app! I feel miles better than I did before!
I have used this app for a long time (I have the purchased version). I love that I can add photos and create my own prompts, and the prompts that are there in the beginning are also good to utilize. I never had an issue until a few weeks ago. The app would crash every time I tried to open it. I didn’t want to delete it because I didn’t want to lose all of the memory filled entries I had made (probably close to a years worth), and I couldn’t remember the last time I backed it up to the cloud. After a couple weeks of hoping an update would occur to fix it, I ended up having to delete the app. Fortunately I only lost about a week or two worth of entries (not including the two weeks it didn’t open for me). I transferred all of the entries I had been keeping in my Notes app, backed the Grateful app up to the cloud, and continued to use it. But it was short lived. I am now experiencing the same issue. Even if I uninstall the app, reinstall it, restore my purchase, and import my data from the cloud, it tells me to restart the app to complete that process and then crashes all over again. I’m not sure what’s going on, but I would really appreciate a solution as I look forward to using this app every night before I go to bed. Until this issue is resolved, I would not recommend this app. Maybe others are having better luck than me.
I just tried using this app for the first time. When I first opened it, I loved the simple UI and design. I was pretty excited to get my gratitude on after just waking up. So, the prompt asked me “What are you looking forward to?” I spend a good five minutes considering my response, and about another ten minutes typing in my entry. I also liked how you can add photos if you’d like. Since my entry was about taking my first trip to London, I thought perhaps I should attach a picture of the city to help me visualize it better. So, I swing over to Google Images so that I could grab a photo, and when I came back—poof. My entire entry was reset. NOT COOL. I spent a considerable amount of time coming up with a thoughtful entry, and it all gets deleted just because I switched to another app for a brief moment. This wasn’t good for my first experience using the app, as I do quite a bit of multitasking on my device. It’s such a basic feature, why would you wipe all of my intimate thoughts just because I momentarily switched apps? With that said, I’ll probably delete the app and never upgrade to the premium. Perhaps I’ll change my mind if you fixed this issue. I only gave this app 3-stars because I like their other apps so much. I expected way more.
😊 I downloaded the app yesterday and I find its simplicity nice, however was tempted to look into other apps as i saw they have a “track your mood” calendar view that allows you to set your mood with a face and then see how you felt every day (displaying the faces) and then see an overall mood graph for the month/week etc... i thought that was super cool, but then again other apps are too full of stuff its overwhelming. Tried using an emoji here but then i dont have a calendar view to track my mood progress (which btw is pretty encouraging if you manage to uplift it)... seeing more happy faces on a calendar for sure helps! Any chance this could be included? 😃✨ (I also saw a cool “gratitude jar” on some app, which allowed you to see your blessings (what you were grateful for) after clicking on it, but again, it was too complicated, also kind of public and needed to upgrade to a paid version for the nicest things advertised on the app store (not so cool). Maybe you can give this a thought and improve it much more! Thanks tho! Nice app
I typed a very long grateful story and then left the app for a email notification, I return to the app and it all vanished. I wasn't even off the application for more than 30 seconds and everything I typed disappeared instantly. That’s so unfortunate..since I wanted to really get involved into this platform but I don’t want to stress myself out over my paragraphs being deleted so quickly. That would just cause so much more stress & anxiety for me then actually enjoying the app & act of gratitude. I am hoping the developers find a way to work through this. Since I’m a writer and write long entries, I can’t imagine having to copy and paste every time I want to save my entries from being deleted. From Grateful App to Notes, from Notes to Grateful App, vice versa. I could just use my notes on my iPhone. It has less aesthetic but at least my notes don’t vanish once I leave the application to roam in the background. I feel and love the potential, won’t delete the app, but hope to see future improvements & updates to counteract this inconvenience. Namaste to All!
I’ve used this app on and off for a couple of years. I have the paid version. It has great, pleasing, simple interface. I appreciate the ability to choose between the app’s prompts or to write my own. It does have cloud-based backup that can be used to sync between devices, which is nice. However, you must instigate this sync manually under the app settings every time you want it to run, and if you have a new entry on each device that hasn’t been synced, you’ll have to decide which device’s entries to lose. I would love to see a true cloud-based sync that I didn’t have to instigate every time. As one other reviewer pointed out, if you leave the app mid-entry or before saving the entry, the app seems to reboot and whatever you have written but not saved is lost. This is less of an issue once you realize it, but if there’s a fix there it would be a great upgrade!
I absolutely love this app. I started using it during the pandemic as a daily journal to remember one good thing that happened to me. Then it suddenly wouldn’t open for the longest while as the app kept crashing so I stopped using it. Even then, as I put a widget on my screen, I loved seeing a random past grateful moment to remember. I’ve since opened it back up and am using it again. That said, the widget hasn’t been updated and is still in the old mode. I’m concerned an Apple update is going to wipe it. I’d absolutely adore an update to the widget part so I can see more grateful moments as I use my phone. 💕
I love this app! It’s super easy to use and the more you use it the more features you’ll find. I started just writing text but found that photos add so much more to my journal/joy. Recently I started tagging my entries which helps me filter/search entries but a side benefit is that it’s an indication of what makes me happy… and then I can focus on doing more of the same. When I’m feeling down I often open the app, scroll through my entries and find myself smiling. I highly recommend this app.
I love the simplicity of this app and I wouldn’t really change anything about it, I love looking back on the things that have brought me joy. The only issue is technological glitches that lead to the app not working at times. It will not always allow me to upload photos, depends on the day. Also it will not always save the changes I make. I have updated to the most recent version and am still having problems. No issues with any other app. I would definitely give 5 stars if the bugs were fixed, however due to these issues I often end up more frustrated than grateful when using this app.
I absolutely love this app. You can add/edit entries and add/edit photos very easily. I am not real tech savvy, so I mean it is EASY! Best feature is the ability to write any prompt you need to track any area of your life. It is much more than a gratitude journal. I track everything from my moods to pics of cute things that happen during day (such as pet pics)etc. I can look at the memories any time to remember the good things when I am sad, which is often. Very much worth the one time fee to purchase this app. It has made a huge difference in my life.
I was pretty excited when I downloaded this because I just wanted a simple app to keep a gratitude journal with. I am on my phone a lot, and it’s easy to flip over to the app and notate something for which I’m grateful. This had a free version, no bells and whistles, awesome! Well, with the free version you only get 15 entries, which is not actually a free “version,” it’s a trial. That information wasn’t disclosed up front, so I’ll be deleting the app in favor of something else. If you’re interested in a premium membership, this app is pretty easy to use and has great prompts to get you thinking about all the things we have to be grateful for, but if you’re looking for a free version, this isn’t the app for you.
This is only my second day using this journal so that’s why I only gave it 4 stars, I’m still learning about it and seeing what I can do with it.. so far I am enjoying it, it’s very simple which I Love and the Prompt questions they give when you first open it is Great!! Sometimes you don’t always know how to get started when you’re new to having a journal, Even though I’m not totally sure about it yet, I paid the $4.00 for the full version I like the free version enough to take chance of paying for the upgrade.. I will update in a couple of weeks, for right now I would say ‘Yes’ try it out for yourself..
I loved this app and used it religiously but the backup user interface is awful. You have to do it manually and the restore from backup link is placed directly below the backup link which resulted in me hitting the wrong button in a distracted hurry and losing almost a months worth of grateful entries. I feel so sad. It’s like a month of precious and personal journal entries have been lost forever and the memories that I thought I was saving are gone. It meant a lot to me to have these memories, especially during the pandemic. The restore button should be in another safe location. How often does a user need to revert to an old backup and delete all new entries? It doesn’t even make sense. It seems small but this is a huge design flaw. Time to go back to pen and paper.
So far I really enjoy using this app. I downloaded about 4 different gratitude journals at once so I could use them all simultaneously to narrow down which one I liked the most and wanted to stick with or invest in the upgraded version. I'm liking this one because it's simple and quick. It's effortless and you have the option to upload photos as well and add additional notes or thoughts or affirmations to the entry. Good job dev....I haven't decided on which app I'm going to use permanently but this is definitely in the running.
I used to love this app, the design is so beautiful, BUT after loosing my data after getting a new phone and experiencing that the backup feature is CRAP, I can NOT recommend it! It is not possible to start a backup and switch to another app while waiting (takes many minutes), it stops without letting you know it failed. Even if you watch it and the screen locks because it is inactive!! And it seems to copy ALL your data every time, not only the new data, so it takes forever!! Your data is not safe with this app!! Try Happyfeed instead, they automatically save everything for you!!
One of my favorite features about the app is when it asks you questions which really helps you connect with the feeling of gratitude I can honestly say gratitude and the gratitude app has really help me connect with God & manifest some major blessings in my life such As reconnecting with my son & trips to New Orleans and Florida & significant financial increase 2018 has had a lot of tears of joy for me and I feel gratitude is a big part of that so grateful that the movie the secret really encouraged this concept To me
Won’t open, keeps crashing, lost a year’s worth of entries.
I pay for this app, and I enjoyed using it until a couple months ago when one day I opened it and it just wouldn’t load. This problem persisted, so I had to delete and redownload, losing my previous entries (1.5 yrs worth of journaling and photos) in the process. And that was pointless, because it STILL won’t work. I see that Reflecty bought the app, and is presumably intentionally sabotaging/killing it because it competes with the app they offer. DON’T SWITCH TO REFLECTY. There are other gratitude journals and apps out there, and those people are dicks for doing this. They could have at least let us save our old entries before turning Grateful into a brick.
I do love this app. Definitely worth the one time $. I gave it a 5 star rating because it gave me what I was looking for, an electronic gratitude journal that I could easily use on the go. I love being able to modify the prompts and personalize them. I love being able to add pictures to enhance the entries. Couple of things I’d like to see the developers work on. I wish it had the ability to show the full picture, rather than having to crop the picture to meet the size parameters. Also, while I use the app mostly on my iPhone, I do occasionally use on my iPad. I wish that the developers would make the app responsive for those of us who use a keyboard with our iPad. (It won’t display landscape, or I haven’t found out how to make it do so.) So even though I have a couple of suggested things to improve, it still warrants a 5. Love it!
In practice this app has been an accessible way to get my feelings of gratitude down easier than onto paper. I love the added bonus of adding photos to my entries. I definitely feel the difference in everyday life and some of the challenges that come with. As I am in a state of gratitude I’m reminded daily of the smallest things that I appreciate and value. It’s a great addition to my spiritual growth. I recommend to ALL🙏🏼🌙
This is everything I had wanted in a gratitude journaling app. The format is extremely simple, and the design is sleek and beautiful. The entries give you options and variety and you can even customize the prompts yourself. There is also a feature that lets you add additional notes or photos to each submission. The main page displays your reflections with no clutter or nonsense. It's the perfect tool for an individual to privately reflect on and appreciate life.
I had over a year of entries on this app and they’re all lost. For about a month it wouldn’t open, I would tap on the app, it would start to open, then time-out and automatically close the app. I tried a number of things to fix it, but eventually just decided to be patient to see if it would fix itself. It didn’t. I ended up just checking to make sure it was backed up to iCloud and then nervously deleted it. After redownloading and successfully opening for the first time in a month, the app kindly informed me that I “had nothing to restore” from iCloud.🙃 Save yourself the pain of losing over a year of journal entries and find a better app!
I got this app just after my son turned a year old. I was struggling with strong feelings of sadness - that I wasn’t good enough of a mother for my child. I was always focusing my thoughts on the 1 negative thing that happened each day (what I did wrong) rather than the 100 good things that happened. This app allowed me to intentionally think of the good things in each day and to appreciate what I have vs. what I don’t. I only wish I had it sooner!
I downloaded the app and started using it. It was great ! Although as time passed I did forget about it and stopped using it. Today I opened the app and read all the cool things I did with my friends and things my boyfriend has done. Things I have completely forgot. That just lit up my heart. I am great full for these memories. The best part is that you can attach a picture. So I have like a window to a memory I cherish. 10/10
I started using this app a few weeks in to the COVID-19 situation and am so glad I found it. I have nothing but good things to say about it — it’s incredibly simple and easy to use. I’ve had no trouble keeping up the daily habit and owe credit to the app for helping me find the strength to get through such a challenging time. It’s really helped me take a second to count my blessings and appreciate the little things in life. Such a great find!
13 June 2021 update: After a few months of working ok again, we are back to crashing on open. I have an iPhone 12 with current iOS, so this is especially unacceptable. Looking for a replacement. Earlier review: Paid user for many years. App started crashing after update before last but started working again the next day. Now after most recent update it crashes on startup again. I’ve already deleted and reinstalled (losing a lot of entries due to only having manual cloud backup) and still crashing. No response from developer after messaging support.
I’ve only been using this for about 30 minutes and I already love it. I have a hard time being happy because of all of the mental heath problems I have but this really helped. I was able to be happy and realized that the reason I want to be happy is so that other people around me can enjoy their life too. The best way for you to be happy is to appreciate what you have and this app really allows you to do this.
Changing my 2 stars to a 1 | App is pretty much broken
So disappointing that this hasn’t been fixed.. I’ve been using this paid version of the app religiously for almost 2 years and now (like everyone is saying + I just reviewed about a month ago) the app is pretty much broken. 90% of the time when you attempt to open it, it’ll stall on the “loading” page and then just crash. Every now and then it’ll open, but extremely slowly. It’s gotten to the point where although I have so much valuable entries in the app that I’d love to keep I’m going to find a new one. This one isn’t worth it.
I’m using most of the apps in this bundle (Moody, Grateful, Tally, and Last). They are all awesome. I’m not big into journaling, but this has been AWESOME for that purpose. I love that I can attach a photo to each entry. The only update I would recommend is to allow the user to attach pictures to subsequent entries without having to close and reopen the app first. Otherwise, it’s an awesome app and has really helped me be mindful of the abundance that is mine, daily!
Majority of people who have unique selves may view this comment differently but I believe I was narrow-minded for some time and everything was about me. Once Covid hit, things changed and for myself. I step back take in the larger picture and see the view. Everyone is fighting a battle I know nothing about even in our past lives. So, I now appreciate gratitude as my friend
I used and loved this for years, faithfully backed up my data to iCloud. It no longer will open on my phone. I deleted and restored my purchase. Attempted to restore my previous entries from iCloud. Restore says it’s successful, but app still will not load, and contact/support buttons take me nowhere. Don’t want to lose my previous entries! I loved it while it was working.
I used this app for years and never had to pay a subscription.
I have used this app, at least it was called the same. And it was free. Now I got a new phone, and I got a message after 15 entries that, this is it. Either pay or forget it. That is lame. At least they should offer two options, a free one and a subscription based. And both should allow daily entries. You could offer extras on the subscription, but don’t just cancel people who don’t want to or can’t pay you. That’s mean and ruthless. As I indicated, the app I used which had the same name, I was using it fit years and years.
The simple interface and prompts make it easy to start a habit of recording what I'm grateful for. It's helping me end even the most hectic days with a dose of gratitude. Pretty nice. I've added pictures a couple of times and even that's easy. I decided to upgrade and I don't usually pay for apps. Well worth it. Thanks for helping me get centered each evening and for making it easy to reconnect with what really matters.
I’ve tried journaling and keeping track of my mood with apps and on paper, but nothing stuck quite so well or felt near so good as Grateful. Documenting good moments keeps me focused on positives, and I always have time to write a few short sentences. I especially love adding photos—it brings the memory of a good event back as I write the update and again every time I browse through my other entries.
I’ve been using Grateful daily and absolutely loving it for several years now! However since the newest update it has completed stopped working!😢 I haven’t been able to use it for weeks and it’s so frustrating! Every time I try to open the app it just crashes... I hope you can make a fix for this soon so I can start my daily writing again!!❤️
Granted, this is my first day using the app, but after doing a substantial amount of clicking around, I found this app is very close to PERFECT for me. For starters, everything I need is free. There’s an option to upgrade (which I haven’t looked into yet), but for what I need, it’s everything. I’m just looking for a simple, electronic gratitude journal that I can write in literally whenever or wherever, and that’s what this is!
I've recommended this app to tons of people! Grateful is an easy way for me to remember all of the amazing things that have happened :-) Counting my blessings (especially the small ones) plays a key role in helping me focus on the positive! Note: You DO have to upgrade to the paid version to continue using the journal. I didn't mind, though, since other free journals didn't work as well for me. Love this app!
Simplicity at its best! I adore the ease of use, although I would love to have a selection of stock photos to choose from instead of grabbing from Google then adding when I don’t need a personalized photo. Love that I can customize prompts and go back to add an entry. I usually journal about the day before rather than the night of. I would highly recommend this app after sampling many other free ones.
I used this app for a solid year and half quite religiously... it was great Bc I could add pictures along with my daily gratitude log and look back at old entries. But suddenly about 2 weeks ago the app stopped working. It crashes every time I try to open it. I emailed the developer who told me they are working on fixing the bug and suggested redownloading the app at the risk of losing my old entries but has been unresponsive to my emails ever since. I wish there was better customer service because I really would like to access my old entries and not have to start fresh.
Update: I still can’t open the app but emailed the developers and got a friendly and helpful message back quite quickly to say they are aware of the issue and trying hard to figure out how to fix it. So, I’m hopeful I’ll get all my entries back soon and can get back to loving the Grateful app like I have for years.
This app is beautifully simple. I went through and read all my entries since the beginning of the year and there were so many little moments that I would’ve forgot otherwise. This app is helping me in changing my mindset which is what I want to focus on this year. Think of all the stuff you buy, this is worth $5 to be a more grateful person. Thanks app makers😁
I bought the upgrade! I would love if I could sort entries by date with most recent opening up first. I also suggest being able to flag certain posts. I like to go back and reflect and a “flag” of some kind would make that easier. I would recommend the app because it is easy to use, however I would like to customize with the paid app!
It’s proven being grateful makes you more resilient. I have always been a worrier worst scenario negative outlook person. This along with some positive psychology and mindfulness has made such a difference. You start with simple things but in time you will feel it as it happens in the small moment. It’s easy to use you can even add photos and videos. Can’t say enough!!
This is a perfect app for focusing on gratitude. I noticed that when I wasn't using an app specified for that purpose I was more hesitant to to take the time to write my daily entry. The UI is minimal and beautiful which also adds to the experience. My only suggestion would be to include the ability to add tags to each journal and a search ability. Otherwise, this is a flawless app.
App was great but then they updated to an annual subscription with no notice
I had purchased the app when it went for a flat rate, but recently whenever I tried to open it— it crashed every time. So I deleted and re-downloaded the app and I can’t restore my purchase to the one I had purchased and it keeps asking me for an annual subscription. Very dissatisfied that the platform was changed without any notice and won’t even honor the previous version of the app I had purchased.
In one of the recent updates it started crashing on launch. Then an update fixed it. And now it’s again crashing on launch. Not sure which updates. Support stopped replying to my emails anyway. Looking at the db stored in Dropbox is fruitless. Serves me right for using an app with some strange proprietary format I guess. While it worked, I loved it though, and it was certainly helpful but I do kinda regret now using it to write so many intimate thoughts for 2+ years, lost into the ether.
A journal that will actually mean something to you
I have downloaded many journal apps, only to stare at a blank page and not know what I want to write about. However with this journal, I have been able to create my own questions to prompt me daily. Now each day I know what I want to write about, and I have finally understood why so many people recommend journaling
I am a mom of 3 teenagers, we all have those moments of time we wish we would have written down in a journal. This app brings the journal with you wherever you are. Add pictures to each entry! Get reminders for you to capture your day. Then export and print. Awesome!! I’d like to be able to add multiple pics to one entry, but overall, 5 stars. Love this app!!
I have been trying to find an app that isn’t so pushy with monthly subscriptions but still offers fantastic support. I think I found the app! This app lets you write whatever you want and in a beautiful theme. I’m so happy I came across this app and can only hope the creators keep updating! I usually don’t write reviews but seeing this app just made me have to!
I have paid version of the app, it hasn’t opened, just crashes, in the last few days. I have been using for over a year, and this happens occasion but hasn’t been broken for this long before. Last update messed it up for me. Waiting on the next update to hopefully fix again, I guess... UPDATE: Latest update still has not fixed it. It’s been weeks. I’m sad to have lost this previously therapeutic outlet. Taking away a star...
I had to uninstall the app because it would not let me enter my password to get into the app. It accepted the first three numbers but would not let me enter the fourth because it was blank. After about an hour of trying to get in, I uninstalled the app. After reinstalling it, I entered the app. It did not request my password, all my entries were gone, and my reminders were not set. I downloaded my backup from Cloud, and there were only two entries from November. All the journaling I have done is lost. By the way, I am a bundle subscriber.
According to researchers at the Harvard Medical School, “Gratitude helps people feel more positive emotions, relish good experiences, improve their health, deal with adversity, and build strong relationships.” Grateful was created to make expressing gratitude in your life both easy and fun, as well as to remind you, during those down moments, of the many blessings in your life (that you've documented in Grateful). *Daily Prompts to Start You Off* With its simple interface and daily prompts, Grateful is designed to make reflection and giving thanks both a joyful and easy process. Daunted by a blank page? Not quite sure where to start? Grateful will greet you with one question, such as. 'What made you smile today'? or 'What made today a good day?'. All you have to do is answer. It can be a simple word. Or a simple paragraph. Grateful allows for both. You can also add a photo to support your thoughts. *Easy to Browse your Past Entries* Grateful's simple journal feed lets you browse your entries by TIME or by PROMPT. Want to see all the things that made you smile this year? Jump to those entries in your timeline. Want to see what your state of mind was last January? Jump to that month in your timeline. *Our Prompts or Yours* Grateful gives you the flexibility to make the journal truly yours. When sit down to write an entry, Grateful will start you off with a prompt. You have the option of: 1.) Answering the prompt 2.) Choosing a different prompt 3.) Writing your own prompt *Totally Private* No sign ups. No logins. No Facebook integration. All you data resides only on your device. FREE Features: • 15 journal entries • Unlimited reminders • No login of any kind required. This journal is for you only. • Each session starts with a prompt, making writing easy. • Grateful lets you answer the prompt and also save any additional thoughts for later reading. • Ability to edit past entries • Customize your timeline - show entries by time, prompt, tag, or randomly Additional PREMIUM Features (available with one-time upgrade or with a Growth Bundle subscription): • Unlimited entries (Free version allows 15 entries) • Data backup with Dropbox and iCloud • Passcode with Face ID for added privacy security • Ability to create your own prompts to answer • Export your entries to file (PDF or CSV format) Grateful‘s GROWTH BUNDLE is an optional monthly or annual subscription. If you choose to upgrade, payment will be charged to iTunes Account at confirmation of purchase. Subscription automatically renews unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24-hours before the end of the current period. Account will be charged for renewal within 24-hours prior to the end of the current period, for the chosen plan's price. Subscriptions may be managed and auto-renewal may be turned off by going to your iTunes/App Store Account Settings after purchase. No cancellation of the current subscription is allowed during active subscription period. Read more about our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy here: • Terms of Service: https://growthbundle.com/terms-of-service/ • Privacy Policy: https://growthbundle.com/privacy-policy/
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