Excellent upgrade!

This is a huge upgrade from the earlier version, with a lot to make it attractive. I don’t understand the complaints, but there seem to be always three:

1. Sync solution.
Everyone wants Dropbox or iCloud storage back, citing that the journal is using some proprietary, unproven sync solution. If you look around, you’ll learn Day One sync is built on Amazon AWS sync platform. If you think AMAZON’S server infrastructure is unproven, then you should stop shopping. The thing is solid. Add to that, they’ve promised private-key encryption in the near future, and when that happens, you’ll be more secure than you ever were on Dropbox OR iCloud.

2. Picture size
Yes, the pictures store at a lower size than in Day One 1.0. Are you upset because they’re smaller or because you can’t use them, because really, this trade-off for smaller images in exchage for up to 10 per entry is trivial. The pictures render in Day One for me at over 1000 x 1000 pixels. How big do you need them onscreen? On my iPad, they render as brilliantly as they ever have fullscreen. Nevermind the fact that it’s perfectly possible (might even be by default) that you keep any full-res versions in your Photos library anyway. I have have a 27” 5K iMac, arguably one of the larger screens out there, and they’re plenty big enough for me. If I wanted to print these images, I could still do a nice 5x7 no worries. Not that I would because if I wanted a photo, I’d use the one in my photo library. If you want to print the text and photos, The PDF renders the images I take out of my iPhone at 4x3 inches, and they print fine.

3. Cost.
This is an independant software shop. A handful of people create software that rivals and in some ways surpasses Apple’s own in-house software solutions. They create a tool that when properly used reaps countless benefits. You think 70 bucks is too much for a cross-platform, unlimited storage, redundantly backed-up, constantly improving way to document your lives? You must not think much of your memories. This software earns its cost, and the people who create it deserve to be supported. They are a dedicated team who keep improving the product and are responsive to their customers. I know some things aren’t worth the price, but for my money, this is not one of them. For those of us who genuinely love to keep track of their lives for whatever reason, this is well worth the cost.

And no, I don’t work for Bloom. I have been a daily, satisfied user of Day One for over three years. I haven’t had any real issues with the software, and the one time I mentioned something strange in a tweet, they were right there to help with a solution. They didn’t go SaaS, they respect your data, and they create pretty, useful, relevant apps. I promise you, I do not advocate lightly. A piece of software needs to really earn it from me. Day One is one of few that absolutely does.

PickleOfTheNorth about Day One, v2.0