Echo support
Writing, lenses, mood, locking your journal and exporting your writing. About Echo
Echo is in private preview. Apply to test Echo
Getting started with Echo
Write your first entry, understand where it is stored, and decide up front how private you want the journal to be.
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Writing entries
A fast Markdown editor with a floating formatting toolbar, checklists, tables, code and inline media.
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Dictate an entry and review it first
Record on-device, edit the transcript, and choose raw or cleaned text before inserting anything.
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The six lenses
Six different ways back into what you have written: by everything, by week, by anniversary, by picture, by mood and by place.
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Mood and the Mood Map
Add mood labels and view patterns across days and months.
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Locking your journal
Face ID, Touch ID or a passcode, auto-lock, and a privacy screen that blanks Echo in the app switcher.
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Your monthly Review
Review tells the story of a month or a year from what you wrote: photos, counts, how it felt, where you were and the days that stood out. How to open it, what Apple Intelligence adds, and how saving and sharing work.
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On-device intelligence
Apple Intelligence can sense mood, offer reflective prompts and build monthly reviews using on-device models.
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Version history
Echo keeps previous revisions when an entry changes, so you can review or restore an earlier version.
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Bringing a journal in, and taking yours out
Bring a journal in from Day One or Apple Journal, and take yours out whenever you like in a documented open format, with entries, tags and full-resolution media.
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Echo’s privacy in practice
Local-first storage, private iCloud sync, no account, no tracking, and exactly what that does and does not protect.
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Siri and Shortcuts
Echo’s actions for Siri and the Shortcuts app: writing, appending, searching, updating and deleting entries, and why deleting is not a voice phrase.
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