Maiku - A Haiku Composer 4+

In our all too chaotic world, it’s nice to pick up my phone and spend a few minutes doing something thoughtful but not-too-difficult. I have friends who use this app to capture something from each day. Some like to share/post while others just look back on it as a kind of personal journal.

I’m using it to try and just describe one particular moment—at my desk at work, something I saw on a walk, how I feel about the day’s news. It’s satisfying to see the poems accumulate.

Don’t hesitate to let me know how to make your experience better. Thanks for the review.

The free version is clean & effective while the extra options come at a reasonable price, which seems rare these days. Kudos to the developer!

That said, I’d like to have an extra field at the bottom of exported images to add short context notes (date, location, etc). The text should be small and a little transparent so it doesn’t stand out.

It would also be nice to read different published haikus for inspiration instead of the one instructional haiku. Another haiku writing app does this, but Maiku has more features.

Lastly, why not make the app open to the writing page rather than the journal page? If I open the app, it’s more likely to be because I want to write rather than to read what I’ve already written.

Again, thank you for making this app. I hope my suggestions help.

They help so much. Thank you for taking the time to write and for your excellent suggestions. I think starting on the composing view is a fabulous suggestion. Also a time stamp makes a ton of sense.

Thank you for using Maiku. 🙏

Maiku has opened an entirely new way to express myself. Blank pages don’t work for me. I’ve found the haiku constraints and brevity along with the ease of creating with Maiku has enabled me to write about my experiences and observations as I have never before. And since I’m am 70 that means I’ve had many years of opportunities to write in other ways!

Thanks for the feedback!