Comparison

Secret Diary with Lock vs Daily Diary Notes

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

Head to head
About

Secret Diary with Lock

This app allows you to capture and preserve life's moments with rich detail. Protect your thoughts with biometric or passcode locks, personalize your entries with various media, and sync across devices. It's designed to make journaling an enjoyable and secure experience.

Highlights
  • Password, Face, and Fingerprint Lock
  • Multiple Customizable Journals
  • Add Photos, Audio, Geolocation, Mood, Weather
  • iCloud Synchronization
  • Journaling Reminders
  • Elegant and Intuitive Design
Features
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Muse Journal — it's not just a diary. It's a tool that allows anyone to recreate and capture life's moments with unparalleled clarity and style. With Muse Journal, every entry becomes more than just words on a screen; it's a story told in the most vivid details. Privacy First: Your space. Your thoughts. Your experience. Protect them with a password, or let your face or fingerprint be your unique key. With Muse Journal, your privacy is 100% guaranteed. Not a single entry leaves your devices unless you decide otherwise. Your Journals, Your World: Create multiple journals, each reflecting your mood, dreams, or memories. Personalize every page — choose icons, design styles, and fonts that perfectly match your vibe. Living Entries: Capture moments not only in words. Add photos, audio recordings, geolocation, mood, emotions, and even the weather. Your entries will be alive like never before. Sync with iCloud: No matter which device you're on, your memories are always with you. Thanks to iCloud, all your entries are flawlessly synchronized. Never Miss a Moment: Set up notifications, and Muse Journal will remind you to jot down something important that you might've forgotten. Aesthetics and Functionality: Every element, every pixel of the app is designed for you to experience joy while using it. Elegant, beautiful, and intuitive — that's what makes Muse Journal stand out. We believe in the magic of memories and the power of penned words. We've created Muse Journal for you to feel this magic every day. Welcome to your new world of memories. Welcome to Muse Journal. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Email: info@meenin.com

About

Daily Diary Notes

Features
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A private diary that behaves like a real book. Paper has grain. Ink sits on the line. Leaves turn in 3D with weight and a whisper of haptics. Every volume is bound differently, with its own paper stock, its own ink and its own foil stamping on the cover. Nothing ever leaves your phone. No account. No sync. No server. No analytics. Your diary is a file on your device and nowhere else. BOUND, NOT TEMPLATED • Fourteen bindings: Midnight Velvet, Rose Gold, Sakura, Emerald Library, Vintage Parchment, Nordic Frost and more • Six paper textures and five rulings, from single line to dotted to blank • Foil-stamped titles, raised spine bands, silk ribbon markers • Bind as many volumes as you like, one for each part of your life WRITING THAT FEELS LIKE WRITING • Real page turns, with perspective, weight and haptics • Ink that sits on the ruled line rather than floating between • Write straight onto the paper, with no forms and no boxes • 42 prompts for the days you do not know where to start WHAT A DAY HOLDS • Mood and weather, place and tags • Photographs, and 32 decorations to place, drag and resize • Bookmark any page, favourite any entry • Per-page paper and ruling, when one entry wants its own FIND IT AGAIN • Search every volume at once, each result cut from its own book's paper • A calendar with a mood-coloured dot on every day you wrote • Streaks, word counts, a mood line and a 91-day heat map YOURS ALONE • Face ID or Touch ID lock • A daily reminder at whatever hour suits you • Export everything as plain text, whenever you want • Use your own photograph for the home screen and arrange it how you like Built entirely in SwiftUI, with no third-party code, no trackers and no ads.

Screenshots

Secret Diary with Lock4 screens
Daily Diary Notes4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Daily Diary Notes at none against Secret Diary with Lock's 4. Daily Diary Notes also leads on ads (none vs shown). Secret Diary with Lock's advantage is update cadence (weekly vs every 6 weeks) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). On price 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. Secret Diary with Lock sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Daily Diary Notes asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Secret Diary with Lock ships an update weekly, Daily Diary Notes every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and October 9, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Secret Diary with Lock versus Daily Diary Notes: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSecret Diary with LockDaily Diary Notes
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (734 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews78.3% of reviews—
Number of ratings734 — better—
Update frequencyWeekly — betterEvery 6 weeks
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size62 MB12 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperBogdan FilippovOfficial Vishwateja

Bugs and requests

Secret Diary with Lock

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Entries sometimes disappear or get deleted
  • Syncing issues with iCloud
  • App getting stuck during setup

Requested features

4 requests
  • Calendar view for entries
  • Multiple photo support per entry
  • Formatting options (bold, italic, etc.)
  • Ability to change password

Daily Diary Notes

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

4 purchases

Secret Diary with Lock

Subscriptions3
  • Muse Plus: Monthly7 Days trial$4.991 Month
  • Muse Plus: Annual Individual7 Days trial$24.991 Year
  • Muse Plus: Family Yearly7 Days trial$29.991 Year
One-time1
  • Muse Plus: Family Lifetime$59.99
None

Daily Diary Notes

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Secret Diary with Lock free?
Secret Diary with Lock is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Daily Diary Notes free?
Daily Diary Notes is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Secret Diary with Lock or Daily Diary Notes have ads?
Secret Diary with Lock shows ads; Daily Diary Notes does not.
Which is updated more often, Secret Diary with Lock or Daily Diary Notes?
Secret Diary with Lock ships an update weekly, and Daily Diary Notes every 6 weeks. Most recently, Secret Diary with Lock was updated on November 2, 2026 and Daily Diary Notes on October 9, 2026.

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