daybook. vs Personal Diary For You!
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
daybook.
This app combines a calendar with journaling features to help you record your life. It automatically tracks your steps and visited locations, allowing you to create a visual diary with photos and notes.
- Calendar synchronization
- Customizable design themes
- Automatic step counting
- Automatic location tracking
- Photo and journal entries
- Map view of visited locations
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Daybook is a beautiful calendar & journaling app. Record your life as you live it. ◎Calendar - Calendar including synchronizing to Google and other calendar. - To sync Google calendar, use "Settings" app. Tap "Mail, Contacts, Calendars" in top menu of Settings app, then tap "Add account". ◎Design Themes - 13 design themes. - Custom design theme - you can use your own photo as background. ◎Step counter - Daybook counts your steps automatically (pedometer). - This functionality uses Health Kit. ◎Location - Daybook capture your visit location automatically. - See where you have visited on the map and write a journal. - The places you visit are automatically recorded. ◎Photo & Journal - Daybook shows your photo of the day. - You can write journal easily. ◎In-App Purchase - Custom design theme is paid feature.
Personal Diary For You!
Securely record your daily activities, thoughts, and secrets with a user-friendly interface. Organize your entries with calendar and timeline views, and protect your privacy with PIN or Touch ID.
- PIN and Touch ID protection
- Calendar and timeline views
- Dropbox cloud synchronization
- Daily reminders
- Edit existing notes
- Pin emojis to entries
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Personal Diary For You! is the easiest and most secure way to keep a diary. Trusted by millions of users worldwide, download now for free and keep your secret diary or diet, travel or life journal securely. Personal Diary For You! is designed to record your activities, daily events, appointments, experiences, thoughts, secrets and ideas throughout the day and sync with your dropbox account. It helps you organize your diary / journal entries or notes from the past in the easiest way. Main Features 1. Simple to use 2. User friendly interface adapted for iPhone, iPad and iPod 3. Protect your entries private with a PIN or Touch ID 4. Calendar view 5. Timeline view of a day's notes 6. Cloud storage (Dropbox) 7. Pin emojis to your notes 8. Multiple diary notes can be saved on a day 9. Edit your notes 10. Free from disgusting ads 11."Don't miss out your daily activities "- Here we introduce daily reminders
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Personal Diary For You! at none against daybook.'s 2. Personal Diary For You! also leads on device support (3 vs 1). On price, review sentiment, update cadence and ads 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
Both are free to download. daybook. sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Personal Diary For You! asks for nothing beyond the download.
daybook. ships an update monthly, Personal Diary For You! every 3 weeks. Both last shipped on November 2, 2026.
| Parameter | daybook. | Personal Diary For You! |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 1.7 (10 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 22.2% of reviews | 29.4% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | — | 10 — better |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 95 MB | 44 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | MASAYUKI WADA | ILEAF SOLUTIONS PRIVATE LIMITED |
Customer experience
daybook.
Personal Diary For You!
In-app purchases
daybook.
- Remove Ad.$2.99
- daybook Premium$2.99
Personal Diary For You!
No in-app purchases
