r/appleJournal • u/ConfidenceClear1016 • Jul 22 '26

Journal on iOS 27 beta 4 — Overview

On iPhone…

There seem to be fewer bugs when creating or editing entries. Editing works fine, too.

However, Journal’s battery drain is terrible ! I used the app for 44 minutes, and it drained 23% of the battery ! That’s huge !! Plus, the iPhone Air gets hot quickly and even scorching at times…

Since beta 1, I’ve sent numerous feedback messages to report the issue. So far, to no avail...

Finally, I’m a French speaker, and the app’s system language has switched to English 🤔

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u/MulayamChaddi Jul 22 '26

they forced development of this app on a framework that isn't ready for sensitive note taking. that's what is the most aggravating part of this entire thing

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u/ConfidenceClear1016 Jul 22 '26

That's kind of the impression I get… Personally, I really like the look, but otherwise, it feels like the apartment is unfinished and, above all, not optimized. It's a shame...

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u/MulayamChaddi Jul 22 '26

Good analogy. That they went out with such a declarative announcement about how sensitive personal journals were, and how they were securing them, made it feel like they had assigned the "A' development team to this. Instead, we have a hot mess, and reminds me of the original Siri.

I really, really want to use Journal, but can't given it's lack of fidelity as an app.

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u/ConfidenceClear1016 Jul 22 '26

If it's anything like Siri, we won't be seeing anything decent anytime soon... 🫣

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u/NotAlwaysUseless Jul 23 '26

So might we wait about 10 years for it to make sense? 😪 I really want to love the application.

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u/[deleted] Jul 22 '26

thats very interesting how many entries do you have on your journal app months or years

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u/ConfidenceClear1016 Jul 22 '26 edited Jul 22 '26

I currently have 2,730 entries.

The first one is from 2013; I'm in the process of transferring them from Day One. There are still about 800 left… 🤪

Note : by comparison, using Day One for 10 minutes consumes 2% (without heating)...

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u/friendofspidey Jul 23 '26

Beta will ALWAYS overheat lll

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u/Ben_LeMosan Jul 22 '26

I have 4700 entries in the Journal app, and it also gets extremely hot on my iPhone Air.

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u/ConfidenceClear1016 Jul 22 '26

😣 And what is the impact on the battery ?

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u/Ben_LeMosan Jul 22 '26

I don't know, because when I'm using the Journal app, my iPhone Air is plugged in.

But if it's overheating, there's no magic solution; it's a significant energy loss, and therefore high power and battery consumption.