September 1, 2026

Export your journal

Your Volumes journal lives on your device and in your private iCloud. Starting today, you can take it anywhere else, too. Tap the three-dots menu in your Library and choose Export.

Two formats, two purposes

Markdown reads like your journal: entries grouped by month, ratings as stars, your notes alongside each book, and whatever you're currently reading pinned at the top. It's easy to read and pastes cleanly anywhere text goes.

JSON is the complete, structured version. Every entry with its title, author, rating, and notes, in a stable format that apps, scripts, and tools can understand.

Made for AI assistants

Attach your export to a conversation with Claude, ChatGPT, or Grok and ask it things your journal knows the answers to:

"What genres am I neglecting?"
"Based on my highest-rated books, what should I read next?"
"How has my taste changed since I started logging?"

Either format works well. Markdown if you want to read along, JSON if you want the assistant to have every detail.

Your journal stays yours

A reading journal is a long-term project, and you should never wonder whether years of entries are stuck in one app. Export is our answer: your history, in open formats, whenever you want it.

Available now

Update Volumes from the App Store, open your Library, and tap Export. Then ask your favorite assistant what you should read next, and log what you think of it.

Get the update.

Volumes is free on the App Store.