| A | B | C | D | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Strengths | Weaknesses | Opportunities | |
2 | Journey | - Views: List, calendar, atlas - Can sync across multiple devices - Can be printed as a PDF - Can select font for PDF - Images can be uploaded - Supports markdown - mobile app and web based app - can easily access from computer | - journal can only be exported to PDF with no option for formatting - Pictures are low quality on PDF | - Responsive web app - can use computer or phone for entries - Preformatted pages (edited as you go) - Easily change design o entries - Preview entries in calendar view (include pictures added) - Ability to set reminders - Open to daily entry - Easily change date - Prompts available to get started if stuck |
3 | Day One | - Views: List, calendar, location - Entries can be published to a webpage and shared - Can add one image (non-premium) and unliminted if premium - Can set reminders - Supports markdown - Adds location, activity status, miles walked & weather to entries automatically - Pictures can be added from the iOS photos app with the Day One extension - Clean and beautiful - Can order book to be printed - Can edit in ordering process | - Calendar view doesn't preview entries when clicking on a date - Book printing preview shows pages in a grid view rather than as side by side pages - difficult to know what content will appear side-by-side - Printed books have strange spacing - No web app - have to download app to computer | |
4 | Grid Diary | - grid format - clean - User can select from a list of prompts - Provides a starting place for people who are having difficult coming up with what to journal - User can edit prompts to make them their own - Can set reminders - can add up to 5 pictures to an entry - syncs with cloud for backup | - prompts can be limiting - difficult to just write how I feel and what I did - Daily entries can be very long if multiple fonts are chosen - Journal stays on the phone - no way to print entries. | |
5 | My W Days | - Today is... starter prompts user but can also be deleted - can easily add mood - can star favorite entries - Calendar view clearly shows if there is an entry on that day - Calendar view previews text entries below calendar - Prompt library is available if user is having trouble getting started - pro can export to evernote and dropbox - User can set reminders | - Interface is messy - there is a lot going on - In editing view, it is not clear if pictures have been added - can be seen in review though - In calendar view, photos added to entries are not visible |