Personal Diary vs Secure Daily Diary
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Personal Diary
Document your life with this private journaling app. Set daily reminders to write and secure your entries with a passcode. Get daily writing motivation through quotes and widgets.
- Daily journaling
- Passcode security
- Daily writing reminders
- Writing motivation quotes
- Today Widget
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Personal Diary is an app to help you document your life. It reminds you to update your journal and write a few words every day. You can then read the previous posts. - It is completely secret. If you would like to, you can set a passcode for the app as well, which you have to enter every time you want to use the app. Therefore, no one else can read your journal! - You can also set a reminder to write every day. - Get motivation to write from out Today Widget or from the main screen of the app, which shows you a quote about writing every day. If you are interested, please download the application and check yourself!
Secure Daily Diary
Capture your thoughts and memories securely with a private journal. Protect your entries with a passcode, Face ID, or Touch ID. Enjoy a customizable experience with various themes and icons, all stored locally and synced via iCloud.
- Passcode, Face ID, or Touch ID protection
- Local storage and iCloud sync
- No third-party servers or sign-ups
- 20+ color themes
- Multiple app icons
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Secure Daily Diary is a simple, elegant, and secure way to capture your thoughts, memories, and daily moments. Your privacy comes first: your entries are protected by a passcode, Face ID, or Touch ID. Everything is stored on your device and synced via your personal iCloud — no third-party servers, no sign-ups. Only you have access to your diary. Customize your experience with 20+ thoughtfully designed color themes and multiple app icons. Make it feel truly yours. With Secure Daily Diary, the important moments of your life are always safe — and always just a tap away.
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Verdict
Personal Diary and Secure Daily Diary both sit at 4.5 stars, but that hides the real split: 71% of Secure Daily Diary's written reviews are positive against 19% of Personal Diary's. Personal Diary's advantage is update cadence (every 9 days vs every 3 weeks) and iOS requirement (10.0 vs 14.0). On price, rating, ratings volume 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. Personal Diary sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Secure Daily Diary sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.5 for Personal Diary against 4.6 for Secure Daily Diary. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 362 and 456 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 19% of Personal Diary's written reviews are positive against 71% of Secure Daily Diary's.
Personal Diary ships an update every 9 days, Secure Daily Diary every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and November 6, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Personal Diary | Secure Daily Diary |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (362 ratings) | 4.6 (456 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 18.8% of reviews | 71.2% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 362 | 456 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 9 days — better | Every 3 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 10.0 — better | 14.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 29 MB | 16 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Teleprompter LLC | Dmytro Vynokurov |
Customer experience
Personal Diary
Secure Daily Diary
User reviews
Personal Diary
From 362 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Simple and easy to use
- ✨ Beautiful layout
- 📝 Good for notes and thoughts
- 💡 Great idea to add photos
- 😊 Enjoyable experience
Room to improve
- 💸 Pro version doesn't work
- ❌ App crashes after purchase
- 🔓 Cannot access app after setting passcode
- 📉 Data loss after purchase
- 🚫 No backup or sync
Secure Daily Diary
From 456 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🔒 Password protection keeps entries secure
- 👍 Simple and intuitive user interface
- ✍️ Allows long, detailed diary entries
- 🎨 Customizable background colors
- 📋 Clean, condensed entry list view
Room to improve
- 💰 Severely limited free storage (only 5 entries)
- 💸 Expensive paid upgrade ($4.99-$7.99)
- 🐛 Entries not saving or disappearing after updates
- 🔐 Password protection fails to work on app restart
- 🆘 Poor developer communication and support
Bugs and requests
Personal Diary
Reported bugs
10 issues- App opens and closes immediately
- App doesn't open after Pro purchase
- Entries disappear
- Screen freezes
- Cannot access app after setting passcode
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- Pro version doesn't work
- App crashes at launch
- Paid for premium, app doesn't work
- App closes every time it's opened
- App goes black and returns to home screen after purchase
Requested features
9 requests- Export to PDF
- Save to computer
- Cloud backup
- Import/export functionality
- Syncing across devices
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- Account with username and password
- Login on phone and tablet
- Ability to write in past dates
- Search reviews by keywords
Secure Daily Diary
Reported bugs
9 issues- Entries disappear after app update or reinstall
- Entries fail to save properly
- Password protection bypassed when reopening app
- Search function causes app to freeze/lock up
- Paid upgrade not registering - asks to repay
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- Storage limit notification appears too early
- Partial entry saving (only portion of text saved)
- All entries deleted unexpectedly
- Password reset not working after reinstall
Requested features
7 requests- Photo/image upload and attachment capability
- Touch ID or biometric authentication
- Better background customization and decoration options
- Ability to write entries for past dates
- More creative design and styling options
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- Free or unlimited storage without paywall
- Improved search functionality
In-app purchases
Personal Diary
- Plus mode$4.99
Secure Daily Diary
- Unlimited Diary$9.99
Questions
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