DAILY NOTE vs HighNotes
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
DAILY NOTE
Capture your daily thoughts and memories with this digital journal. Easily write entries, add photos, and customize your experience with various themes. Organize and find your notes effortlessly through calendar views and search.
- Easy and fast writing
- Attach photos
- Customizable themes
- Calendar view for notes
- Searchable content
- Backup and restore
- Password and biometric lock
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Write today's diary [ DAILY NOTE Features ] ● Easy and fast writing ● Attach photos when writing ● Support for various themes (font, background) ● Read your all notes in calendar ● Monthly / Tag / Overview ● Type words to search contents ● Backup / Restore function ● Password & Biometric lock
HighNotes
This app encourages frequent, brief journaling to build a consistent habit. Easily add photos to your entries to make them more engaging and enjoyable to revisit.
- Frequent, brief note-taking
- Builds journaling habit
- Attach photos to notes
- Enhances memory
- Improves emotional health
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Never miss a meaningful moment! HighNotes is a journaling app designed in a way that encourages you take smaller notes more frequently so it doesn't feel much of a commitment. It makes it easier to build a regular journaling habit. Attaching photos to your notes makes them more engaging and enjoyable to read. Keeping a journal many advantages like enhancing memory muscles, boosting comprehension, improving emotional health and communication skills. There are countless benefits you can count on with HighNotes.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: HighNotes at none against DAILY NOTE's 1. HighNotes also leads on ads (none vs shown) and iOS requirement (9.0 vs 17.0). DAILY NOTE's advantage is update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 2 months) and review sentiment (83% vs 73%). On price, rating 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
Both are free to download. DAILY NOTE sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. HighNotes asks for nothing beyond the download.
DAILY NOTE holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 4.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: DAILY NOTE has 307 ratings behind it against 47, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 83% of DAILY NOTE's written reviews are positive against 73% of HighNotes's.
DAILY NOTE ships an update every 3 weeks, HighNotes every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 3, 2026 and September 30, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | DAILY NOTE | HighNotes |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (307 ratings) — better | 4.4 (47 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 83.3% of reviews — better | 72.7% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 307 — better | 47 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 9.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 40 MB | 23 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | youngjin seo | Aleksandr Fiodorov |
Customer experience
DAILY NOTE
HighNotes
Bugs and requests
DAILY NOTE
Reported bugs
3 issues- Occasional app crashes
- Inconsistent behavior when saving notes
- Delayed or missing notification alerts
Requested features
5 requests- Add support for bullet points, bold, and italic text
- Implement iCloud/Google Drive sync for cross-device access
- Allow creation of multiple notes per day
- Introduce a dark mode option
- Provide more font and color customization options
HighNotes
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
DAILY NOTE
- Premium$9.99
HighNotes
No in-app purchases
