For those that struggle with journaling. (AI assisted)

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Today I'm utilising AI to help me with my Journaling. I've not been consitant with Journaling in the past, mostly because I feel I'm not too good at it.

The prompt I started with was

"I want to create a journal entry with your help. In this conversation, I will write my activities and thoughts. And at the end of the day I will ask you to compose a journal entry"

I'm still recording my thoughts and activities and so far it's keeping track. I'll let you know how it goes tonight when I ask for a journal entry.

Google gemini 2.5 flash (free) android

It worked, I gave the AI some of my daily doings and it made a journal entry from basically nothing. It creates the journal with a good flow from thought to thought and even uses more exiting adjectives than I had originally gave it, without changing the context.

I've tried a few different AI apps for this. These are my two top contendors.

Gemini - is good at keeping things breif. It remembers most of the details you give it. Even offering some sort of encrougment if you tell it you are struggling. Outcome journal entry is more formal than I'd put it, but sometimes formal is nice. I prefer this one when jotting things down.

Grok - seems to remember every detail. And has an advanced emotional vocabulary. Its sometimes annoying how much it reminds you of every detail all the time. I prefer this one when its time to write the journal entry.

After a few days of testing. Chatgpt is the clear winner. The same emotional understanding as grok, the same professionalism as Gemini. It's also really good at writing journal prompts if you ask for them.

I just open ChatGPT, start a fresh chat, type “improve this:” and spill whatever’s in my head like I’m talking to the universe. Then I hit send — and somehow, it not only fixes all my lazy typos, but also tidies the grammar, sharpens the pacing, and makes everything sound like I actually know what I’m doing. If I choose to share any of it in a blog post or use it in my memoirs, nobody can say they don’t understand me anymore. I’ve gained a lot more confidence speaking my mind.

Sure, I could ask it to write a full journal entry based on what it already knows about me — and the results are fascinating — but it still occasionally makes one or two totally wrong assumptions. I always reply to correct those. There are also certain phrases I’ve had to ban altogether; some are so American they cut deep. But honestly, my favourite thing is asking it to turn my rambling thoughts into a beautiful rhyming poem. Now that is impressive.