Comparison

EZDiary vs My Diary With Lock

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

Head to head
About

EZDiary

This app offers a stylish and intuitive way to journal your thoughts and memories. It supports rich text formatting, emojis, and powerful search capabilities to easily find past entries. Personalize your diary with custom fonts, colors, and styles, and keep your entries secure with passcode protection.

Highlights
  • Intuitive diary writing interface
  • Markdown formatting (italic, bold, headings)
  • Emoji support
  • Powerful search with various options
  • Customizable fonts, colors, and styles
  • Passcode protection for privacy
  • Image and block quote support
Features
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Tired of writing diaries in the same old style? Searching through all your diaries is a pain in the neck? You just can't find what you want to find? EZDiary is for YOU! EZDiary provides a simple, intuitive and elegant interface for dealing with your diaries! Just tap on a date, and write your diary with style: italic, bold, titles, block quotes, code blocks, emojis... In addition, EZDiary has a powerful search feature. You can fiddle around with search options: search in the last year? Last month? Or search in title only? Show earlier diaries first? You can adjust all these bits and bobs! Sounds interesting? Give it a try! Major features: - Intuitive design! - Formatting with Markdown! - Italic! - Bold! - Headings! - Block quotes! - Code blocks! - Emojis! - Search options - Exact match - Date Range - Sorting - And more! - Cool fonts! - Images! - Background Colors! - Cool-looking diary styles! - Passcode protection!

About

My Diary With Lock

This app provides a secure and private space to record daily thoughts, moods, and memories. It offers password protection, mood tracking with emotion icons, and a calendar view to revisit past entries. Customize your journal with various artistic styles.

Highlights
  • Password and Face ID protection
  • Mood tracking with emotion icons
  • Quick notes with photos and emojis
  • Calendar view for browsing entries
  • Customizable fonts, backgrounds, and covers
Features
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The cute diary app specially designed for you, with mood tracking and password protection features. Whether it’s daily moods, memorable moments, or deep reflections, everything is safely stored here. Private & Secure Your diary is protected with a password lock and Face ID. Everything you write stays private and visible only to you. Mood Diary Record your moods using adorable emotion icons inspired by Plutchik’s Wheel of Emotions, allowing you to record moods in a soothing and easy way. Quick Notes Capture your feelings anytime with photos, text, and emojis. Calendar View Browse your diary by day or month and easily revisit memories from any specific date. Personalized Journal Customize artistic fonts, font size, background letter styles, and diary covers to create your own exclusive journal. If you have suggestions or feedback, please contact us in the app!

Screenshots

EZDiary4 screens
My Diary With Lock4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: My Diary With Lock at 91% against EZDiary's 0%. My Diary With Lock also leads on rating (4.7 vs 4.0) and ratings volume (2K vs 1). EZDiary's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 3) and update cadence (every 10 days vs every 3 months). On price, ads and device support 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. My Diary With Lock sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. EZDiary asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

My Diary With Lock holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: My Diary With Lock has 2K ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 0% of EZDiary's written reviews are positive against 91% of My Diary With Lock's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

EZDiary ships an update every 10 days, My Diary With Lock every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and November 4, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
EZDiary versus My Diary With Lock: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterEZDiaryMy Diary With Lock
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.0 (1 ratings)4.7 (2K ratings) — better
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews91.1% of reviews — better
Number of ratings12K — better
Update frequencyEvery 10 days — betterEvery 3 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS8.0 — better14.0
Further details — not scored
Size41 MB33 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperXiu ChengMEETFIRE LIMITED

Customer experience

EZDiary

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral33.3%
Negative66.7%

My Diary With Lock

All ratings1,826 ratings
Positive93.0%
Neutral3.9%
Negative3.1%
Written reviews169 reviews
Positive91.1%
Neutral5.9%
Negative3.0%

Bugs and requests

EZDiary

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

My Diary With Lock

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Submitted diary entries sometimes reset font settings
  • Occasional data loss when switching devices

Requested features

4 requests
  • Add more journal cover options
  • Implement backup and restore functionality
  • Improve font customization options
  • Introduce a dark mode theme

In-app purchases

None

EZDiary

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

My Diary With Lock

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly VIP$1.991 Month
  • Yearly VIP$7.991 Year
One-time1
  • Lifetime VIP$9.99

Questions

Is EZDiary free?
EZDiary is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is My Diary With Lock free?
My Diary With Lock is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, EZDiary or My Diary With Lock?
My Diary With Lock is rated higher. EZDiary averages 4.0 out of 5 from 1 ratings, while My Diary With Lock averages 4.7 from 2K ratings.
Do EZDiary or My Diary With Lock have ads?
Neither EZDiary nor My Diary With Lock shows ads.
Which is updated more often, EZDiary or My Diary With Lock?
EZDiary ships an update every 10 days, and My Diary With Lock every 3 months. Most recently, EZDiary was updated on November 2, 2026 and My Diary With Lock on November 4, 2026.

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