Privacy Settings You Might Want to Change in Journal

Let’s start by saying that the Journal app is completely private and secure. You are the only one who can access your entries and the activities it can track.

With that said, some people might not like sharing too much with an app, so it’s worth managing certain settings to keep things more private.

First is Location. Journal can track your location so you can add it to your entries if you want. While this sounds cool, you might not want to share it all the time. You can change this by going to Settings > Journal > Location.

Journal also has a feature that lets your iPhone let other folks in your contacts know when you’re with them. This is to help them prioritize their suggestions when you’re doing something together (and vice-versa, assuming they have this feature enabled on their iPhones).

Before you freak out, this feature is completely safe. No personal information is shared, and it’s solely designed to help the Journal app identify when you’re with a group of friends. It’s not even specific about which of your contacts are nearby. It’s similar to how AirDrop can be limited to only allow sharing with people who are in your contact list.

Still, if you want to disable it, you can go to Settings > Journal > Journaling Suggestions > Suggestion Privacy Settings and then disable Discoverable by Others.