Author of the app here. I use this daily, mostly for journalling. I like to think of it as a way to shut up the inner editor, and separate writing and editing into two different steps (as they should be) - and it works amazingly well for that.
Neat app, btw.
I found the biggest improvement is having separate journals for 'projects' and 'day-to-day' as the writing for both is entirely different. A project in this case is something that doesn't have a distinct end. Watch and take notes on a youtube video? That goes in a day journal. Watch a series of videos on youtube that is going to take you a couple days? That goes in a project journal.
Trying to merge everything into one is what killed me.
For me, it wasn't about setting thoughts & feelings free, it was about getting clarity around them.
A good example - Donald Trump. Do I like him? (No! He's racist!) What about him do I respect? Are there better options? etc.
Give it a try!
Thank you for this.
Edit: My bad. It does not consider deleting characters as typing. Apparently, I wasn't hitting backspace for that long. Funny how it feels like 5 secs is like 2 seconds when you are set time constraints.