DAILY NOTE vs GiftMsgs
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
GiftMsgs
Create personalized messages that are revealed at a future date. Ideal for special occasions or surprising a loved one, this app ensures your heartfelt words arrive with perfect timing.
- Create personalized messages
- Schedule message delivery
- Hidden until future date
- Surprise and delight recipients
- Ideal for special occasions
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GiftMsgs lets you create meaningful, personalized messages that stay hidden until a future date. Whether it’s for a birthday, anniversary, long-distance partner, or just a surprise to brighten someone’s day, GiftMsgs makes it easy to deliver emotion with perfect timing.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: GiftMsgs at none against DAILY NOTE's 1. GiftMsgs also leads on ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 3 days vs every 3 weeks). DAILY NOTE's advantage is ratings volume (307 vs 1). On price 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. GiftMsgs asks for nothing beyond the download.
GiftMsgs holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: DAILY NOTE has 307 ratings behind it against 1, 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 100% of GiftMsgs's.
DAILY NOTE ships an update every 3 weeks, GiftMsgs every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 16, 2026 and October 14, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | DAILY NOTE | GiftMsgs |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (307 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 83.3% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 307 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Every 3 days — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 15.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 40 MB | 25 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | youngjin seo | Klayton Dal Pra |
Customer experience
DAILY NOTE
GiftMsgs
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
GiftMsgs
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
DAILY NOTE
- Premium$9.99
GiftMsgs
No in-app purchases
