Moleskine Journey Review. The Diary App With The Best Concept But No Feeling.

Moleskine Journey

Moleskine Journey Review. The concept is the best, but somehow the diary app that I can’t use…

몰스킨이 실물 다이어리로 유명하고 나름 역사와 전통이 있는 듯한 브랜드지만 의외로 회사가 젊은 스타일인지 몰스킨 앱들이 은근히 많습니다. 대표적으로 이번 스타벅스 플래너를 사면 쿠폰을 줬던 Action, Timepage, Flow가 있겠네요. 이 세 친구들은 몰스킨에서 직접 만드는 앱인 것 같고, 몰스킨이 다른 앱을 인수해서 몰스킨 앱으로 만든 친구도 있습니다. 지금 소개할 moleskine Journey입니다. 앱스토어 링크

Moleskine Journey Review. The concept is the best, but somehow the diary app that I can’t use…

I like the concept of Moleskine Journey.

As I explained earlier, Moleskine journey is an app that was created by acquiring (probably) a company that made an app called edo agenda that was already there. This app was already made that had already been completed to some extent, and there were quite a few users. Maybe it’s because the Moleskine brand name is good or because there are fewer users than I thought… Anyway, I think I made a bold choice in my own way.

After acquiring a good application company, Microsoft tends to eliminate the old brand and incorporate it frequently. Examples are Sunrise Calendars and Wunderlist. Not only Microsoft, but IT giants such as Apple and Kakao usually take over a lot. I don’t think Moleskin is doing anything similar because it is a large company. I think it’s just a strategic decision.

Anyway, if you look at the concept of moleskine journal, it is the best among the existing diary apps. There is a space for writing such as a journal or a diary by default, and you can add and write things like today’s to-dos and today’s moods in a block format as you like. Apart from this, there is also a space for writing down projects and planners. If you look at the concept, it’s a very ideal app where you can add your own diary and write it down. You can say it’s a diary with freedom.

The arrangement and composition of the amusement park are good, but each ride in the amusement park is not good…

The concept is really good like this, but personally, I don’t like each and every part of the concept. To paraphrase my lack of writing skills, there is an amusement park, and each of the composition of the amusement park is very good, but each of the equipment is not good. Write down what you need to do today, write down how you feel today, and write down what you ate today… It comes out like this, but it’s not like there’s a unique vibe to the diary app. It’s a space where we write the same thing, but we just named it like this… When I thought about this, I lost interest anymore.

이 부분에 대해서 생각을 좀 했었는데요, 예전에 Daylio를 리뷰했던 것을 생각해보면 제 아무리 일기장이라고 해서 꼭 뭔가 글 쓰는 부분이 뭔가 특이해야 하는 건가 생각이 들면서도, daylio는 당시 대부분의 일기장 앱들이 감성 위주로 글을 적는 것을 중시하던 상황에서 우리는 간단하게 탁탁 쓰기 좋은 일기장을 지향해서 나온 앱이란 말이죠. 이게 사람마다 생각이 당연히 다르고, 이 앱을 좋아하는 사람도 제법 있는 것이 사실이기에 이 부분은 그냥 단순히 저만 느끼는 것일 수 있습니다. 정말이지 이 ‘손이 안간다는’ 느낌이 말로 표현하기 정말 어렵네요…

It’s still beta, but it’s not clear how far it’s going to go

As you can see from the link above, there is also a web version, so we can give a good score in terms of platform. However, there is another problem with this, the interface is a bit over-focused on iOS, so if you look at it on a wide computer screen, it looks like something overall… I don’t know it will be better or not.

The Android version also has a very similar interface to the iOS version, but the similarity itself is not a disadvantage, but Android is influenced by Google’s design as a whole, so when the iOS version is the main app, it gives a different feeling. Android apps are mostly similar, right? As with Apple apps, Android has an Android-like design and iOS has an iOS-like design. However, since the Android version is an open beta version, we can expect improvement.

Another disappointment here is that this moleskine journey is not a completely new app, so it is unknown how much it will be improved. Personally, I hope it will be combined with the timepage and action that Moleskin made before, but I don’t know if it will work out too.

I said I’d review it and paid for a year of premium. I was attracted to this app before I actually paid for it, but when I actually used it, it was a bit disappointing; Usually, when I spend money, I get attached to it even if it’s because of money… I don’t know how I feel yet.