After a flurry of particulars about iOS 17 leaked final week, a brand new report claims Apple is engaged on a brand-new app for the subsequent iPhone working system: a journaling app. In accordance with the Wall Road Journal, the Day One competitor “is designed to assist customers preserve monitor of their day by day lives.”
The report claims the brand new app, codenamed Jurassic, will “let customers compile their day by day actions as a part of its efforts out there for psychological and bodily well being know-how.” The app will provide a lot tighter integration with the remainder of Apple’s apps, with the flexibility to investigate habits to find out what a typical day is like, together with well being, location, textual content messages, telephone calls, calendar occasions, and “whether or not a sure day included one thing exterior the norm,” based on the report.
That may give the app a serious benefit over present journaling apps, that are restricted from accessing sure elements of the telephone. The Journal says the app “is about to work with all iPhone {hardware} that comes with Apple’s coming working system, iOS 17.” It’s unclear whether or not there shall be a Mac part just like the Freeform app that launched in iOS 16.2 and macOS 13.1.
Journaling apps have lengthy been a staple for iPhone customers, with Penzu, Day One, 1SE, and different widespread apps garnering tens of millions of downloads. Apple’s push into the journaling area is bound to rankle app makers, who typically accuse Apple of “Sherlocking” widespread app classes. The time period was popularized after Apple launched its personal Sherlock 3 search app to compete with the same Watson app in Mac OS X.
Some journaling apps cost subscriptions for additional options. For instance, Day One costs $35 a yr to take away limits on journals, pictures, movies, and different options.
WWDC will kick off on Monday, June 5 with a keynote presentation to unveil the newest variations of iOS, iPadOS, macOS, watchOS, and extra, together with the anticipated launch of its new AR headset. It’s not clear from the report whether or not this new journaling app shall be a function of the headset.
