Personal Diary vs Fresh 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!
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.
- Rich text editor
- Diary footprints on map
- Mood statistics
- Calendar view
- Year goals
- Cloud synchronization
- Bulk export
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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
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Verdict
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
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.
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.
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.
| Parameter | Personal Diary | Fresh Diary |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (362 ratings) | 4.9 (31 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 18.8% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 362 — better | 31 |
| Update frequency | Every 9 days | Every 6 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 10.0 — better | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 29 MB | 13 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Teleprompter LLC | 峰峰 李 |
Customer experience
Personal Diary
Fresh Diary
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
Fresh Diary
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Personal Diary
- Plus mode$4.99
Fresh Diary
- 月度会员7 Days trial$0.991 Month
- 年度会员$6.991 Year
- Lifetime Membership$1.99
Questions
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