Show HN: Journelly for iOS: like tweeting but for your eyes only (in plain text)

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██ ██ ███████ ███ ██ ██████ ██████ ██ ██ ██ ███ ███ ██ ██ ██ ████ ██ ██ ██ ██ ██ ██ ██ ██ ████ ████ ███ █████ ██ ██ ██ ██ ██ ██ ██ ██ ██ ██ ██ ████ ██ ██ ██ ██ ██ ██ ██ ██ ██ ██ ██ ██ ██ ██ ██ ██ ██ ██ ██ ███████ ██ ████ ██████ ██████ ██ ██████ ██ ██ May 1, 2025 On iOS, we're spoiled for choice when it comes to note-taking, journaling, or social media apps. In note-taking alone, I've flip-flopped back and forth between different note-taking and journaling apps. For one reason or another, none would stick. My initial attempt at building such an app faded just the same. That is, until I realized what I really wanted was a cocktail of sorts, combining user experiences from all three kinds. Only then, I finally gained some traction and Journelly was truly born. I'm happy to share that, as of today, Journelly is generally available on the App Store. Check out journelly.com for all app details or just read on... While bringing social to note-taking was categorically never a goal, we got a thing or two we can draw from social media apps. They make it remarkably easy to browse and just share stuff. All my previous mobile note-taking attempts failed to stick around almost exclusively because of friction. By bringing a social-media-like feed to my notes and making it remarkably easy to just add and search for things, app stickiness quickly took off. Of course, these being my personal notes, privacy is non-negotiable. With Journelly being offline by default, combining elements from note-taking, journaling, and social media apps, I came to think of Journelly's experience as "tweeting but for your eyes only". Is it a notes app? Journaling app? It's whatever you want it to be… I like how journaling apps automatically bundle timestamps with your entries and maybe additional information like location or even weather details. At the same time, splitting my writing between two apps (quick notes vs. journaling) always felt like unnecessary friction. Even having to decide which app to ...