Comparison

Jortessimo vs Diary! SmartDiary

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Jortessimo

This app offers a vertical scroll calendar for quick event and task viewing. Personalize your calendar with custom themes, fonts, icons, and colors. Attach photos to events and set countdowns or notifications for important dates.

Highlights
  • Vertical scroll calendar view
  • Event and task management
  • Customizable color themes and fonts
  • Event personalization with icons and colors
  • Attach photos to events
  • Countdown and notification features
  • Calendar synchronization (Jorte Cloud, Google Calendar)
Features
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A calendar viewer in vertical scroll format to check your events and tasks for today quickly and easily. ■Main Features■ Jortessimo is a vertical scroll calendar application that allows the management of events, tasks and other information in a list format. Customize your notebook by selecting the color theme and fonts that best suits your style. Easily specify the month and date to be displayed in a vertical list on the left side of the screen as well as switch list of dates and month calendars. Check your important events at a glance with personalization options for events like icons, symbols, and font color. Keep important memories in your notebook by attaching photos into your events. Use features like countdown and notification to know how many days are left until an event occurs and receive advanced notifications about it. Synchronize your calendar information with either Jorte Cloud or Google Calendar as well as sharing calendars with other users. *Offering of the Premium service is no longer available. Jorte Privacy Policy  http://www.jorte.com/en/privacy.php

About

Diary! SmartDiary

Record daily life with photos and track your mood and schedule on a calendar. Secure your entries with a passcode and easily access past memories. Customize your diary with various settings for a personalized experience.

Highlights
  • Record memories with photos
  • Track daily mood and schedule
  • Passcode lock with biometric support
  • iCloud backup and data migration
  • Customizable calendar and diary settings
  • Input forgetting notifications
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Simple and easy operation private diary application. ・Leave memories of daily life with photos easily. ・You can enter in the calendar the mood and schedule of the day. ・You can easily display past memories. ・Passcode lock (Touch ID, Face ID support) ・iCloud backup (iPhone, data migration between the iPad is also possible) [Other functions] ・Cover photo setting ・Calendar display setting (Start Week On, Calendar Position, Cover Photo Size, Transparency) ・Diary text setting (Font Size, Font Depth, Line Spacing) ・Theme color setting ・Notification of forgetting input ・Support for landscape orientation (iPad only) [Credit] ・Designed by Freepik and distributed by Flaticon (https://www.flaticon.com) ・Icons8 (https://icons8.com) ・This software includes the work that is distributed in the Apache License 2.0.

Screenshots

Jortessimo4 screens
Diary! SmartDiary4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Diary! SmartDiary at 93% against Jortessimo's 55%. Diary! SmartDiary also leads on rating (4.6 vs 4.2) and ratings volume (45 vs 5). Jortessimo's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and ads (none vs shown). On price, update cadence, device support and iOS requirement there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Diary! SmartDiary sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Jortessimo asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Diary! SmartDiary holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 4.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Diary! SmartDiary has 45 ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 55% of Jortessimo's written reviews are positive against 93% of Diary! SmartDiary's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Jortessimo ships an update every 2 months, Diary! SmartDiary every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 2, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Jortessimo versus Diary! SmartDiary: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterJortessimoDiary! SmartDiary
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.2 (5 ratings)4.6 (45 ratings) — better
Positive reviews54.8% of reviews93.3% of reviews — better
Number of ratings545 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 months — betterEvery 3 months
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS14.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size59 MB12 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJorte Inc.Hideki Okuno

Customer experience

Jortessimo

All ratings5 ratings
Positive80.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative20.0%
Written reviews84 reviews
Positive54.8%
Neutral16.7%
Negative28.6%

Diary! SmartDiary

All ratings44 ratings
Positive90.9%
Neutral2.3%
Negative6.8%
Written reviews45 reviews
Positive93.3%
Neutral6.7%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Jortessimo

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Diary! SmartDiary

One-time1
  • Remove Ads$2.99

Questions

Is Jortessimo free?
Jortessimo is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Diary! SmartDiary free?
Diary! SmartDiary is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Jortessimo or Diary! SmartDiary?
Diary! SmartDiary is rated higher. Jortessimo averages 4.2 out of 5 from 5 ratings, while Diary! SmartDiary averages 4.6 from 45 ratings.
Do Jortessimo or Diary! SmartDiary have ads?
Diary! SmartDiary shows ads; Jortessimo does not.
Which is updated more often, Jortessimo or Diary! SmartDiary?
Jortessimo ships an update every 2 months, and Diary! SmartDiary every 3 months. Most recently, Jortessimo was updated on November 6, 2026 and Diary! SmartDiary on November 2, 2026.

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