The new Journal app that
comes with iOS 17.2 is basically
Jotunheim (and a jillion other journal apps), except done super slickly by a team at Apple.
Jotunheim is an app I released in 2011. For many reasons, it did not take off. I think I set the price at $2. It had a total lifetime revenue of around $30.
I made it without bothering to do any research about whether anyone would want it. I just assumed that because I wanted it, thousands of others would, too.
Apple most certainly did research into this before starting development. I do wonder what they found out, either in terms of existing demand or demand they could create and what leverage it will provide them.
The new Journal app that comes with iOS 17.2 is basically Jotunheim (and a jillion other journal apps), except done super slickly by a team at Apple.