Import your Apple Journal into WOYM

Bring every entry across, with its photos, videos and recordings, in about five minutes. Your entries keep their dates, and running it twice never makes copies.

1

Export your journal on iPhone

The export lives in the Settings app, not in Journal itself:

  1. Open Settings, scroll down and tap Apps.
  2. Tap Journal.
  3. Scroll down, tap Export All Journal Entries, then Export. You may be asked for your passcode.
  4. Stay on the screen until it finishes. Files opens: choose a place and tap Save.

You now have a ZIP called AppleJournalEntries, with every entry and its attachments.

Apps
Journal
Lock JournalOff
Export All Journal Entries
Stay on this screen until the export finishes.
Settings → Apps → Journal
2

Open Import Entries in WOYM

Sign in at woym.app and open Settings, then Import Entries. You can do this in Safari on the same iPhone, or on a computer if you send the ZIP there with AirDrop or iCloud Drive.

New to WOYM? Create a free account first. The free plan has unlimited entries.

Import Entries
Choose the ZIP from Apple Journal. Each entry keeps its date.
Import from Apple Journal
or choose an unzipped folder
woym.app → Settings
3

Choose the ZIP

Tap Import from Apple Journal and pick AppleJournalEntries.zip. There is no need to unzip it. If you already have, use or choose an unzipped folder on a computer and pick the AppleJournalEntries folder.

4

Keep the tab open until it finishes

WOYM reads your entries, adds each one on its original date, then uploads the photos, videos and recordings. A journal with a few hundred photos takes a few minutes. When it is done, you see how many entries came across and anything that was left out, with the reason.

Stopped halfway, or lost your connection? Run the import again with the same ZIP. Entries already in WOYM are not added twice.

What comes across

Comes across
✓Every entry, on its original date
✓Titles and the text, with bold, italics and lists
✓Journaling prompts you answered
✓Photos (HEIC becomes JPEG), Live Photo stills, videos and audio recordings
Stays behind
–State of Mind (you can set a mood in WOYM)
–Locations, workouts, contacts and music cards
–Lock Journal and notification settings

Questions

Will my entries keep their dates?+
Yes. Each entry goes on the day Apple Journal shows for it, in your own time zone.
What if the import stops halfway, or I run it twice?+
Run it again with the same ZIP. Entries that are already in WOYM are not added a second time, and only the photos and videos that are missing get uploaded.
Can I do this without a computer?+
Yes. Save the ZIP in Files on your iPhone, then open woym.app in Safari on the same iPhone and choose the ZIP there.
My photos didn't all come across. Why?+
The free plan includes 50 MB of photos, videos and recordings. When it fills up, the text still imports and WOYM tells you how many files were left out. With Premium, run the import again to add them.
Some entries were skipped because of the date. What now?+
WOYM reads dates in English and in your browser's language. If your iPhone is set to another language, switch it to English, export again, and run the import with the new ZIP.
Will the entries show up in the WOYM app?+
Yes. Imported entries sync to WOYM on iPhone and Android like any other entry. They are tagged "imported" so you can find them.

Coming from Notion instead? See how to import a Notion journal.

Keep journaling, on any phone

WOYM works on iPhone, Android and the web, free. Your Apple Journal entries come with you.

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