The Gift Journal is one journal with platform-appropriate views. A feature being absent from Watch does not mean the underlying journal is different.
| Capability | iPhone/iPad | Mac | Apple Watch |
|---|---|---|---|
| Browse/edit People | Yes | Yes | No full People browser/editor |
| Import Apple Contacts | Yes | Yes | No |
| Quick capture Idea | Yes | Yes / desktop capture paths | Yes, voice-first |
| Save from Safari / Browser Saves | Yes — review/sync Browser Saves; Safari capture itself is on Mac | Yes — Safari extension capture plus inbox/review | No |
| Received Gifts | Yes — Self and Person recipients, giver/date precision/occasion and Journal/search | Yes — Self and Person recipients with separate Given/Received relationship history | No |
| Wishlist → Received | Yes — preserves photo, link, price, notes and Wishlist origin | Yes — synced conversion/history workflow | No |
| Person Practical Details | Yes — Detail/Avoid values, Updated freshness, Previous values and correction-vs-change history | Yes — same persisted semantics, including editable history and dates | No |
| Private Stored at memory | Yes — outgoing gifts from Chosen onward; excluded from notifications/system surfaces/ordinary sharing | Yes — same journal-only privacy boundary | No |
| Photo-first/offline Quick Capture | Yes — iPhone/iPad photo capture for Idea or Hint with explicit Save and no URL required | No dedicated photo-first capture path; normal photo editing and Hint → Idea preservation remain available | No |
| Discreet notification detail preference | Yes — discreet by default; richer detail is an explicit device-local opt-in | Yes — same device-local preference | Receives Apple-routed notifications; preview presentation follows Apple system behaviour |
| Portable Journal v2 export | Yes — selected automatically when Received Gifts or Version 1.4 semantics require it | Yes — same v1/v2 semantic export selection | No |
| Quick capture Hint | Yes | Yes / desktop capture paths | Yes, voice-first |
| Browse full Gift details | Yes | Yes | No |
| Edit Gift details/photos/links/prices | Yes | Yes | No |
| Browse Hints/Context/history | Yes | Yes | No full browsing |
| Create/edit full Occasions | Yes | Yes | No |
| See upcoming Occasion/readiness | Yes | Yes | Yes, compact Next up |
| Contextual Idea for upcoming Occasion | Yes | Yes | Yes, voice-first |
| Budgets | Yes | Yes | No |
| Light fulfilment | Yes | Yes | No |
| Wishlist management | Yes | Yes | No |
| Selective sharing | Yes | Yes | No |
| App-to-app recommendation send/import | Yes | Yes | No |
| Protected item authentication/browsing | Yes | Yes | No |
| Reminder notifications | Yes | Yes where configured | Apple-routed companion notification |
| Privacy-safe widgets | Yes | Native Mac widgets | Not a Watch app feature |
| Full backup/restore | Yes | Yes | No |
| Portable Journal Export | Yes | Yes | No |
| Print/PDF/CSV | No dedicated desktop print suite | Yes | No |
| Continue on Apple Watch | Sends/prepares context | — | Receives From iPhone context |
Important Watch wording
Do not describe the Watch as supporting Contacts, People management or Occasion management. It receives a small capture-person list and privacy-safe upcoming-occasion summaries. Those are intentionally constrained companion datasets, not the full journal UI.