Comparison

Personal Diary vs Fresh Diary

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • Daily journaling
  • Passcode security
  • Daily writing reminders
  • Writing motivation quotes
  • Today Widget
Features
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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!

About

Fresh Diary

A minimalist and private journaling app with a powerful rich text editor. Track your moods, visualize your entries on a map, and set yearly goals. Securely sync across devices and export your memories.

Highlights
  • Rich text editor
  • Diary footprints on map
  • Mood statistics
  • Calendar view
  • Year goals
  • Cloud synchronization
  • Bulk export
Features
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"Fresh Diary" is a minimalist and pure Diary app. No ads, no community, no annoying notifications. Private, secure, supports cloud synchronization and rich text editor. APP Features: 【Rich Text Editor】Supports styles such as bold, italic, underline, strikethrough, font size, text color, text background color, first line indentation, left/center/right alignment, line spacing, etc. 【Diary Footprints on Map】See where you have written Diary entries over the years on the map. Full of memories. 【Mood Statistics】Detailed statistics of mood fluctuations and can view Diary entries based on mood. 【Calendar View】Supports calendar view, see Diary entries for specific dates on the calendar, makes searching for Diary entries easier. 【Year Goal】Set your goals or wishes for this year and become better! 【Supports Date Feedback】Supports feedback of Diary entries, if you forget to write a Diary, you can always catch up. 【Cloud Synchronization】Supports iCloud storage, automatic synchronization between multiple devices, makes your Diary more private and secure. 【Bulk Export】Supports bulk export of Diary entries, exports beautiful printable PDF files, even more beautiful when bound. You can also export beautiful images to facilitate sharing of Diary entries. 【Unlock Password】Supports setting gesture unlock, Face ID/Touch ID unlock, to protect your privacy. 【Diary Writing Reminder】Daily reminders, you will never forget to write a Diary again! 【Not Just a Diary】You can record your little thoughts at any time on the "Thoughts" page, and it also supports an editor as powerful as the Diary. —————————————————— Privacy Policy: http://lixkit.gitee.io/app/FreshDiary/privacy.html Service Agreement: https://lixkit.gitee.io/app/FreshDiary/service.html Contact Us: feedback@lixkit.com

Screenshots

Personal Diary4 screens
Fresh Diary4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Fresh Diary at 100% against Personal Diary's 19%. Fresh Diary also leads on rating (4.9 vs 4.5). Personal Diary's advantage is ratings volume (362 vs 31) and iOS requirement (10.0 vs 13.0). On price, update cadence, 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. Personal Diary sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Fresh Diary sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Fresh Diary holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Personal Diary has 362 ratings behind it against 31, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 19% of Personal Diary's written reviews are positive against 100% of Fresh Diary's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Personal Diary ships an update every 9 days, Fresh Diary every 6 days. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Personal Diary versus Fresh Diary: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPersonal DiaryFresh Diary
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (362 ratings)4.9 (31 ratings) — better
Positive reviews18.8% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings362 — better31
Update frequencyEvery 9 daysEvery 6 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS10.0 — better13.0
Further details — not scored
Size29 MB13 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperTeleprompter LLC峰峰 李

Customer experience

Personal Diary

All ratings362 ratings
Positive86.7%
Neutral6.4%
Negative6.9%
Written reviews69 reviews
Positive18.8%
Neutral11.6%
Negative69.6%

Fresh Diary

All ratings27 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews20 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

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
Show 4 more
  • Account with username and password
  • Login on phone and tablet
  • Ability to write in past dates
  • Search reviews by keywords

Fresh Diary

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Personal Diary

One-time1
  • Plus mode$4.99
3 purchases

Fresh Diary

Subscriptions2
  • 月度会员7 Days trial$0.991 Month
  • 年度会员$6.991 Year
One-time1
  • Lifetime Membership$1.99

Questions

Is Personal Diary free?
Personal Diary is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Fresh Diary free?
Fresh Diary is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Personal Diary or Fresh Diary?
Fresh Diary is rated higher. Personal Diary averages 4.5 out of 5 from 362 ratings, while Fresh Diary averages 4.9 from 31 ratings.
Do Personal Diary or Fresh Diary have ads?
Neither Personal Diary nor Fresh Diary shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Personal Diary or Fresh Diary?
Personal Diary ships an update every 9 days, and Fresh Diary every 6 days. Most recently, Personal Diary was updated on November 2, 2026 and Fresh Diary on November 3, 2026.

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