Developers of receipt and document management, recipe management, and writing and creativity software for the macOS, iOS and Windows platforms. MacJournal is the world's most popular journaling software for the Mac. MacJournal 6 adds a calendar mode that show entries from any journal, geolocation, word count, and progress tracking, as well as additional blogging support.
Play vita games on ps4. Some people did not like the agèd nature of MacJournal during the original match. So now, considering that MacJournal has just released a new version and Journler will soon be going commercial, I figured I would do a “fairer” match-up.
Interface
I must say, kudos to Mariner for the improvements in the MacJournal interface. It is starting to look like a nice, Leopard-worthy app. However, one thing I simply do not get is the fact that some of those godawful toolbar icons from v2 are still hanging around. I mean, they have a new dock icon, I don’t think it would kill them to get some new toolbar icons as well. Those hideous, Panther-y icons are what’s really killing this interface. I’m not crazy about the fullscreen here (but I’m not really big on fullscreen writing anyway) but it is quite customizable. The option to display entries either in the sidebar or above the actual entry text (like you would see messages in Mail) is nice. The calender looks a bit odd swimming in a see of white space when one’s sidebar is extra wide but otherwise it looks a-okay. One thing I do not like is that while in three-pane view, the entry list does not have an alternating background. The entry selection buttons (on the far left of the toolbar) are a little odd because they go up and down rather than left/right. Although this makes more sense I still think it looks a little odd (however, the plastic finish on the buttons is nice).
The Journler interface recieved a pretty small facelift with the latest update. The main change is that I noticed is slightly more spacing in the entry list. Overall, the Journler interface is quite similar to that of MacJournal. I prefer the calender in Journler and I obviously prefer Journler’s toolbar icons. Magically, Journler finds out what your system folder icons and uses them in its sidebar. I also like the more integrated header in Journler because it is both easier to fill out and, in my opinion, looks better.
MacJournal: 7/10 – This would be a really solid interface if Mariner would just redo those buttons!
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Journler: 8/10 – A nice, consistent interface that could use a couple tweaks.
Features
I’m not sure if journals in MacJournal are supposed to act like folders, but I’m not feeling it. Although journals can be placed inside each other, I really don’t like how the hierarchy works. Bad folder structure aside, MacJournal has all the features I would expect. It has wiki-linking, labels, fullscreen and blogging as well as sound and video recording.
Journler has finally brought real tags, a feature I have been waiting for for a while. Journler has all the features of MacJournal except blogging support which was recently dropped because the developer decided it was an underdeveloped feature. However, I do feel that the fullscreen (which includes all three panes rather than just the text) isn’t as strong as the fullscreen in MacJournal.
MacJournal: 7/10 – Bad folder hierarchy aside, a very nice set of features.
Journler: 7/10 – Good features but no blogging and fullscreen is lacking.
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Overall
Journler is ahead by just a little bit and because it will be selling for ten dollars less, I think it’s the better choice.
MacJournal ($34.95): 14/20 – Needs more polishing, but it’s a good app at the core.
Journler ($24.95 as of v2.6): 15/20 – A good journaling application that needs a bit of work in some areas.
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| Developer(s) | Dan Schimpf |
|---|---|
| Stable release | |
| Operating system | Classic Mac OS, macOS |
| Type | Journal software & Blogging tool |
| License | Freeware |
| Website | danschimpf.com |
MacJournal is journaling and blogging software originally developed for Mac OS X. It is published by Dan Schimpf Software. MacJournal offers only basic text formatting and limited page layout features. MacJournal's audience includes diarists, bloggers and podcasters.
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MacJournal supports online blog tools including: LiveJournal, Blogger, Movable Type and WordPress. It also contains powerful searching capabilities, allows keeping multiple nested journals. Includes password protection, AES-256 encryption and Palm (PDA) syncing.
MacJournal was written by Dan Schimpf and was awarded Best Mac OS X Student Product at the 2002 Apple Design Awards. It was initially distributed as Freeware, then made Shareware. In 2004 the project was purchased by Mariner Software, and Schimpf was hired to continue development.
In 2012, MacJournal was given an Editors' Choice Award by Macworld.[1]
In early 2019, development and distribution of MacJournal was reverted from Mariner Software back to its original developer, Dan Schimpf.[2] In March 2019, Dan Schimpf Software released version 7.0.0 of MacJournal as freeware.[3] As of May 2019, Schimpf is continuing active development of MacJournal, releasing occasional beta updates.[4][5]
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References[edit]
- ^http://www.macworld.com/article/2019722/the-28th-annual-editors-choice-awards.html
- ^Wray, Michael. 'MacJournal Reverts Back to Dan Schimpf Software'. Mariner Software. Retrieved 2019-05-23.
Since January of 2005, Mariner Software has been the exclusive distributor for MacJournal. Effective March 1, 2019, MacJournal is reverting back to the developer, Dan Schimpf Software.
CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link) - ^Schimpf, Dan. 'A message about the transition from Mariner Software'. DanSchimpf.com. Dan Schimpf Software. Retrieved 2019-05-23.
MacJournal 7 is free to download and use.
CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link) - ^https://danschimpf.com/macjournal/history.html
- ^https://danschimpf.blogspot.com