DAILY NOTE vs Trace
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
Trace
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Trace is a visual diary where your daily words slowly become your portrait. Start with a photo. Write a little each day. Reveal one more piece of the image. Over time, your entries gather into a finished portrait that you can explore, revisit, and save. Trace is made for quiet, personal journaling. It is not a social feed, and it is not built around pressure. A sentence is enough. What you can do in Trace: • Create a portrait from a photo • Write short daily entries • Reveal your portrait piece by piece • Zoom in and revisit past days • Keep multiple portraits over time • Export and import local backups • Save a completed portrait to Photos Why people use Trace: • Writing feels lighter when it is visual • Progress is something you can actually see • Your archive becomes emotional, not just chronological • Everything stays private by default Trace is local-first. No account is required. No ads. No subscription. Just your words, your portrait, and your archive.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Trace at none against DAILY NOTE's 1. Trace also leads on ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 8 days vs every 3 weeks). On price 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. Trace asks for nothing beyond the download.
DAILY NOTE ships an update every 3 weeks, Trace every 8 days. The most recent releases landed on September 30, 2026 and September 20, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | DAILY NOTE | Trace |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (307 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 83.3% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 307 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Every 8 days — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 15.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 40 MB | 26 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | youngjin seo | Semicolon Dev Co.,Ltd. |
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
Trace
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
DAILY NOTE
- Premium$9.99
Trace
No in-app purchases
