I built a voice journal for iPhone where the recordings never leave the phone

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I'm the developer. I just got my first version of Lived approved on the App Store and I'd like honest feedback. How it works: hold a button, say how today felt, let go. Lived turns it into a short note with a mood from 1–10, a summary, and the stressors you mentioned. Some choices I made: Recordings stay on the iPhone and aren't uploaded. The App Store privacy label is "Data Not Collected". Face ID can lock the journal. You only sign in if you want the text on another device. A week of notes becomes a streak. A month becomes Insights: mood, meetings and recurring stressors. You can ask the journal a question, and the answer comes only from notes on your phone. You can export the month as a PDF. It's free. Lived Pro unlocks Insights ($7.99/month or $39.99/year, US store). It needs iOS 26 and is English only for now. https://apps.apple.com/us/app/lived-voice-journal/id6829497249 What I'd love feedback on: is voice-first journaling something you'd actually use, and does the free/Pro split feel fair?   submitted by   /u/iYousef911 [link]   [comments]