Journi Blog - Travel tracker Reviews

by Claidheamdanns

You had one job!

Simply terrible at fetching photos, no matter what source you pick — phone, Google, Facebook. It just spins and spins, and never shows any photos.

And when the albums finally do show up — like they did by the time I was finished posting this review — they are in only in a semi-logical order, even after the latest update. They certainly don’t follow the order of the platform you are getting them from.

Example: photos from the native iPhone photo app are MOSTLY in reverse date order, with the newest photos at the very bottom of the list. As a profession photographer with over 130,000 photos, this takes a LONG time to scroll down to the most current photos. Not all of the albums in my photo library show up (or at least not in the order created).

When I do open an album it takes FOREVER to show even a single photo — on high speed cable internet! I can watch a whole TV episode without one photo showing up.

by VBscorer

I found the journi app very easy to use during a trip to Europe. Although integrating photos that I took with my DSLR required me to upload them to my iPhone photos before I could put them in journi, the logging and time stamping went well.

However, once you finish your trip, going back to review it is very tedious. It can only be reviewed on JourniBlog or by purchasing a printed book. In my case, that book was nearly €90.

I would like to be able to transfer the journey descriptions and photos to something like a PDF file that can be viewed on my computer, and shared with friends, but that doesn’t seem to be an option.

I took this trip more than two years ago, and despite several upgrades to JourniBlog in the interim, reliving the trip is still only available on JourniBlog or by buying a printed book. As a disappointing result, I have not been able to share this trip with friends and family at all (getting the journi app just to review my trip on the small screen on their phone really isn’t a reasonable option).

Unless journi comes up with a better sharing option, I will never use it for another trip again (and I haven’t used it on trips taken since that trip just for that reason)

by NedBin

I’m really having a hard time trying to create past Journals. Every time I attempt to upload photos to a new Journi event from iPhoto’s, it freezes or it just continuously searches forever wher I just give up.

Also, I wish their was a search feature for a specific key word or date when looking for past trips to upload.

Right now I’m giving JourniBlog a 3 star review due to the issue of uploading photos to create a Journi event.

by Hfireijfroejf

Planned a 30 day family road trip and wanted an app that would allow me to keep a log of my memories through both words and photos. While very new to Journi I did find some hiccups. We are limited to 10 photos per memory if we could up that to 12-16 that would have been nice not to have to eliminate photos I really wanted to include. Their is no interface with instagram? Not sure why they’re no capabilities with Instagram? Sharing memories on Instagram would be amazing? Nice to add stamps of the different states of the US instead of just a US stamp. We road tripped through 7 states and it would have been nice to stamp them.
Loved the ability to creat a book at the end of the trip and to have the ability to edit photos placement with my iPhone was the best compared to all other photo book apps. Thank you for the easy to use photo book app

by Eperry727

Love the automatic and clean design layouts. When will the larger size books be available for the US market? I was so excited to see the 11.5”x11.5” listed in the print shop several weeks ago, but when I went to create a book today, it is no longer listed. I hope this can be made available soon. As much as I love the simplicity of Journi books, the larger size is worth the extra effort in the other apps. I am also a premium member and JourniBlog would not let me add a caption while I was on WiFi saying I was offline. I thought you should be able to work offline with the premium membership. Please bring the larger sizes to the US!

by Tjc2333

I like JourniBlog, it pulls photos and shows you on the map, but I originally thought it would pin the map where I’ve been and then like those pins to the journis it doesn’t, the maps are within the journis and it just organizes the photos, I’ve seen that a lot, it has neat features, but most I’ll never use and the thinks I wanted it for, organizing my photos and providing a “where you’ve been” map it has kinda done, just not any better than Apple already does.

by Brian1246

This is a very handy app to document travels. I especially like how my recently taken photos are easily available. The opposite can be said for producing a printed book with JourniBlog; the captions are scattered about randomly on the page, often nowhere near the photos they describe, and it is an exercise in frustration to sit on the Shuffle Page button until the random placements eventually happen to make some sense. We cannot even choose how many photos are on a given page. The final printed product is quite nice if one is willing to spend the necessary hours tapping the Shuffle Page button.

by 11chrissy11

I was living abroad for a year and used Journi as a blog to update my family and then to turn into a photo book at the end. Because I had posted for an entire year it was a little expensive to get the book. That being said it worked great as a blog and the book is wonderful just won’t use it again for long trips like that.

by Futynuty

Latest update added most of the features I was looking for. Including printing photo book from the blog.
The biggest limitation I ran into: cannot use for planning. I’d like to create “future” moments to place my plans in the trip. Then if it will open on “today” (and/or has a button to jump there) moments I can see/read my plans and update/replace them with actual one.
Easy quick access to create different kind of moments.
Would be nice to have video moments and keep books and presentation (like book can hide some content) for future. Of cause videos cannot be printed on paper, but could be included into presentations (and e-books).

by MandLSB

I learned about Journi through my sister-in-law who invited me to follow her travels through Europe. It was so cool, that I decided to use it for our New Zealand/Australia travels. This was such the easy way to keep a journal while traveling. It was a super easy way to allow friends and family to follow along on our travels while keeping a daily diary. It was a way for me sit down every evening and recap the day with words and photos. The followers can chime in along the way with comments which makes it really cool. When we returned home, I did some editing.....updated a bit of wording, changed a few pictures around and ordered a fantastic book. I am so happy with the quality of the book. It came in a timely manner just as promised. Will definitely do this again. Definitely recommend JourniBlog . I had one question along the way for customer service, and they were prompt answering my question in an easy to understand manner (this was done by email).

by Rayandyaz

I found Journi online after moving to Spain about 18 months ago. I knew I would be siteseeing in Europe quite often and wanted to keep a diary of my travels. I find JourniBlog excellent for setting up individual trips and it automatically dates and maps the photos. At the end of 2019 I decided I wanted to create a book of my adventures. JourniBlog was easy to use and quite efficient. While there are a few things regarding editing I would love to see but really that would possibly take away from the simplicity of JourniBlog . Once I set up the book, I was concerned about price and quality. My book was 180€ but when I checked other apps and resources, that was a fair price for 190 page hardcover book. I have a friend I referred JourniBlog and he is now sharing his trips with friends. He just ordered a book as well. The quality of the book is great. You can’t beat Journi.

by ChelseyR-

We traveled the country for 9 months and I really wanted a journal app I could print. After quite a bit of searching I ran across Journi. I recently printed our book and I am soooo pleased with it. The quality is top notch, we got it in just a few weeks, and it’s a book full of memories. Will definitely use the journi app for our yearly scrap books. So much easier. ❤️

by MCheiron

JourniBlog is great so far with our first Journi. I found it very easy to use, share and collaborate. In the future, I would really like to see better integration of panorama photos, maybe even videos and more categories related to families and finer differentiation within activity categories, e.g. nature could contain beach, lake, waterfall, meadow,... activities could contain hiking, fishing, snow boarding, horseback riding, ...

by Tiffany Sexy

So far so good. I started using JourniBlog back in 2016. I find myself starting to use it more often. I really love the daily journal. It’s awesome! However I have some trips coming up in the future and would like a countdown clock to use while waiting to take the trip.

by DaniM2408

I’ve made about 20+ books through Journi and I’ve been highly satisfied each time. The books are very high quality. Making the books id easy & JourniBlog continues to get better each time I use it (more options etc). Finalizing your book & payment/checking out is a breeze too. I highly recommend!!!

by AmyNCDDS

Really loved this for our family road trip. So easy to post and show others where all we went. I liked the map feature as well. Best part was that when I got home, I basically spent 5 minutes to have a photo book made. It came in about 5 days and was gorgeous. Will definitely use JourniBlog again. Only downside was the book was a bit pricey but for the convenience I feel it was worth it.

by Lalitrev

Journi really makes it easy to write a few thoughts, quickly tap on a bunch of photos, and share a trip with friends & family without making it seem like a chore at the end of each long travel day. At the suggestion of a family member, I tried a paid journaling app -- but found it much slower and harder to use than journi. Also, journi lets me make journals private to just my family if I want, which is great if I want to journal about my kid. Journi has premium content available, but you can create nice journals without purchase. Try it!

by Racquelangelina

i love JourniBlog because i can add pictures, write how i am feeling and kind of unwind without everyone knowing my business. i love to write & i always wanted a diary but i hate my hand writing and i write A LOT, so it makes my hand hurt 🤣 this is the best thing that ever happened to me and i love how i can always look back and login to see what i did the past few days. i been using it for about a week now & it seems like i dont really HAVE to upgrade to premium but we’ll see if it starts being annoying. other than that i love it!!!

by KQDen

Journi app is amazing. I rarely recommend things, but some are very worthy! We recently took a trip to Israel. I wanted an app to blog our trip, allow others to follow us daily and align photos with events effortlessly. (I just knew I would not take time later to do it.) JourniBlog hit the spot. And it was 100% accomplished from my phone. I took pics with a WiFi enabled camera and uploaded them at the end of everyday. Our family and friends could follow our trip. Journi also has the ability to print a book.... with photos and comments all ready organized. So easy. I received the book today. It was made well and exceeded my expectations. If you are taking any kind of trip I very highly recommend Journi.

by Kathy USA

Journi is an app that allows you to create awesome photo books of a recent trip, special event or family vacation. The quality of the photo books is excellent. And JourniBlog is easy to use. It allows you to write a description of each photo and select the photos for each page. I am most impressed by the quality of the photos and the arrangement of the books. I have used Journi to make several photo books. I highly recommend them especially if you are looking for an awesome high quality photo book to capture special memories. Additionally, they are easy to work with and quick turnaround to receive your completed photo book. I encourage everyone to order a photo book or other items from Journi. You won’t be disappointed. Kathy USA

by Owthatsrox

i love JourniBlog because i can add pictures, write how i am feeling and kind of unwind without everyone knowing my business. i love to write & i always wanted a diary but i hate my hand writing and i write A LOT, so it makes my hand hurt 🤣 this is the best thing that ever happened to me and i love how i can always look back and login to see what i did the past few days. i been using it for about a week now & it seems like i dont really HAVE to upgrade to premium but we’ll see if it starts being annoying. other than that i love it!!!