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Apple Plans iPhone Journaling App in Expansion of Health Initiatives

• gnicholas 4y ago
  > For Mr. Mayne of Day One, the possibility of Apple entering the journaling space will mean that he will have to work to differentiate his product from the iPhone maker’s. “It will definitely give us some competition,” he said. It can be good to have a new competitor, which draws attention to the sector. I had never considered using an app like this, and presumably many people will give them a look if Apple launches a competitor. It might still be a net negative, but they could carve out a good-sized niche, especially if they're cross-platform. > About three years ago, Day One support from Apple dropped off suddenly, Mr. Mayne said. Day One wasn’t featured as prominently on the App Store as it was in the past, he said. He didn’t know why the support stopped but suspected it could be that Apple was building its own app. Good to know there are foreshocks to this sort of thing...I'll definitely take notice if this happens to me. > In 2021, Mr. Mayne sold his app company to Automattic Inc., owner of the website builder WordPress.com. He has continued to oversee Day One at Automattic. Sounds like he saw this coming and decided to de-risk the situation. Smart move!