Apple’s new copying in iOS 17
According to media reports, the said feature, which is considered a kind of journaling, is actually a copy of the famous Day One software.
According to Aetna from 9to5mac, one of the new features that will be presented as a part of iOS 17 is a diary program that is offered by Apple.
The app is one of the default apps that will come pre-installed on all new iPhones and can reportedly automatically track your location and read data from other Apple apps.
What is a journaling program?
The note-taking and journaling app is actually a daily practice of writing about thoughts, feelings, decisions, plans and more related to each user.
Normally, some people write normally and freely, simply writing down whatever comes to their mind at any given moment without censorship or structure; Others find it important and useful to answer specific questions or answer requests and address them.
Some topics to write about could include:
What are you struggling with right now?
– What topic is important to you right now?
– What is the goal you would like to achieve today?
– What is your short-term goal?
– What is your long-term goal?
– What is your plan today to achieve these goals?
Benefits of journaling
Psychological experts and therapists sometimes consider writing to be a good tool in the path of greater mental health; For example, a medical website WebMD Pointing out the benefits of this action, he says studies show that writing and journaling can help people in many ways, including:
– Reducing anxiety
– Reducing unhelpful obsessive thought cycles (known as thinking)
– Increased self-awareness
– Better regulation of emotions
– Helping people to pay attention when they need help
More interestingly, some studies even found writing to have positive effects on people’s physical health.
For example, a study of 49 adults in New Zealand found that those who wrote for 20 minutes about their specific feelings about distressing events recovered faster than those who wrote only about daily activities.
Similarly, students who wrote about their stressful events were less likely to get sick compared to those who wrote about neutral topics such as the state of their room.
Jurassic: Apple’s journaling application
In this context, the Wall Street Journal cites Apple’s internal documents, in which a note-taking application (currently codenamed Jurassic) is mentioned.
According to the Wall Street Journal, as part of its efforts in the physical and mental health technology market, Apple is planning an app for the iPhone to allow users to record and collect their daily activities.
The software will compete in a category of so-called journaling apps, such as Day One, which allows users to track and record their activities and thoughts.
Of course, Apple’s new product will also focus on the company’s growing interest in mental health.
In addition, it is said that this new app also collects and archives the data of other programs on the Apple device, and of course it does this with privacy and user permission.
In this context, it is expected that this application will offer “All Day People Discovery” to detect the physical proximity of the user to other people, and Apple will also make a distinction between friends outside the workplace and colleagues.
Also, according to these documents, Apple has said that red lines such as privacy and security will be considered, and thus, the analysis of the user’s daily information will be done only inside his device, and the data inside each person’s device will be mainly transferred or transferred to will not be shared.
Of course, Apple currently has several programs to strengthen physical and mental health, such as: Health, Activity and Mindfulness
An image of the Day One app that Apple is said to have copied in iOS 17
The founder of the Day One application says that his software has been copied!
Paul Mayne, the founder of the Day One app, says that his app has become a so-called “Sherlock” (the term is used when Apple copies the idea or functionality of popular third-party software and incorporates it into its own operating system, or He offers an independent application in this field.)
When told by the Wall Street Journal about Apple’s plans, Remain added: “The worst thing is always to hear that this disaster has come upon us.”
According to Mine, after the Apple company gave the design award to the Day One app in 2014, of course this program was seen much more and more support was given to A. However, he says “that ended in 2020,” and he’s suspected the iPhone maker was building its own app ever since.