Comparison

Secret Diary vs Random Gua

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

Head to head
About

Secret Diary

This app serves as a private digital journal for recording daily activities, thoughts, and ideas. It allows users to organize entries with rich media like photos and voice notes, and offers features for easy retrieval and customization.

Highlights
  • Create and edit moments and diaries
  • Rich content: text, photo, voice, location
  • Thematic icon and text tagging
  • Customizable fonts, themes, and wallpaper
  • Passcode and Touch ID lock
  • Data sync across devices
  • Export to PDF
Features
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Secret Diary is a great diary app, designed to record activities, experiences, thoughts and ideas throughout a day and sync data across all your devices. It lets you organize your created diary / journal entries or notes from the past in the easiest way. What is "Moment" in Secret Diary? You can keep every moment that happened in your life with "moment". What is "Diary" in Secret Diary? You can save all thoughts & feelings germinated in your mind with "Diary". Many people use Secret Diary as, : Personal diary for freely jotting down personal thoughts & feelings : Journal for saving all the visited places in a travel : Baby book for compiling photos of growing child : Fashion scrap book for keeping records of one’s daily fashion choices and wish lists COMPREHENSIVE AND IRRESISTIBLE FEATURES: 1.Create, edit moments and diaries. 2.Support moments & diary mode. 3.Rich content : text, photo, voice, location data. 4.Every moment can be shared to social networking media. 5.Thematic icon & text tagging for fast and easy organization of pages. 6.Customized font color/size/style. 7.Support Timeline. 8.Support Calendar view. 9.Photos. Slide show in landscape mode. 10.Tags. 11.Customizable themes. 12.Customizable wallpaper. 13.Passcode Lock. 14.Touch ID unlock. 15.Support offline use. 16.Data Sync Service 17.Export to PDF. Email :maydiaryapp@163.com

About

Random Gua

Features
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Random Gua makes everyday decisions simple and quick. Use focused random tools to settle choices, add variety, or bring a little surprise into your day. Tools Included: • Coin Flip for quick either-or choices • Dice Roll for one or more dice • Lucky Color for daily inspiration • Custom Wheels you can build and edit freely • Random Number selection • Mixed Picker for text, images, or both from your own collections • More lightweight tools for everyday moments Simple to Use: No account required. Works offline. Your collections sync automatically through iCloud across iPhone, iPad, Mac, and Apple Watch. Great For: Choosing where to eat, planning small games, picking a workout, organizing tasks, selecting a photo, or deciding what to do next when you just can’t choose.

Screenshots

Secret Diary4 screens
Random Gua4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Secret Diary at every 3 weeks against Random Gua's every 4 months. Secret Diary also leads on iOS requirement (8.0 vs 26.0). Random Gua's advantage is device support (4 vs 2). On price, ads and in-app purchases 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. Secret Diary sells 5 one-off in-app purchases and Random Gua sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Secret Diary ships an update every 3 weeks, Random Gua every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and November 8, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Secret Diary versus Random Gua: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSecret DiaryRandom Gua
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.4 (45 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews65.2% of reviews—
Number of ratings45 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks — betterEvery 4 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS8.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size75 MB19 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer明军 李程辉 赖

In-app purchases

5 purchases

Secret Diary

One-time5
  • Photo-Sync Service(1 month)$1.99
  • Photo-Sync Service(3 months)$4.99
  • VIP for May Diary Pro$7.99
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  • Photo-Sync Service(6 months)$7.99
  • Photo-Sync Service(1 year)$13.99
1 purchases

Random Gua

One-time1
  • Plus Pack$3.99

Questions

Is Secret Diary free?
Secret Diary is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Random Gua free?
Random Gua is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Secret Diary or Random Gua have ads?
Neither Secret Diary nor Random Gua shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Secret Diary or Random Gua?
Secret Diary ships an update every 3 weeks, and Random Gua every 4 months. Most recently, Secret Diary was updated on November 2, 2026 and Random Gua on November 8, 2026.

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